Larry Mondello was an annoyance but the sneaky 'adult" concept of his character's backstory was priceless. His mom, Madge Blake, was great in her part. She was way too old to actually be the mother of a little kid - and her husband was never home and it was subliminally obvious why. ("Now, Larry. You know your father is away on business" -- lol) Her older daughter ( who we never see) was said to be homely and vapid. His older brother (who we never see) was married and henpecked. That was a hoot.
@@davemattia Great character Larry Mondello was. Must've cost production a fortune keeping him in apples 🍏. Dude was munching on an apple at all times.
I loved the character of Larry Mondello. He was always getting yelled at and pushed by his mother, and he was always making fun of his sister. He was definitely the funniest of Beaver’s friends.
@@angieolson1741I agree. I didn't necessarily want to puke but Beaver's acting grew phony. All other characters remained good, natural, and believable.
@@angieolson1741maybe it was the writers or creators who forced him to continue acting like a younger child? That was the case with Anissa Jones and Susan Olsen
It makes me happy that Larry and the Beav still keep in touch. That friendship deserves to be long lasting, and am glad that Rusty Stevens is still alive, and living a fulfilling life.
That Larry was always getting Beaver into trouble. My husband and I are in our 60's and we still watch Leave it to Beaver every night. Always a good laugh or two in each episode. Families today would benefit greatly from the life lessons and from the advice Ward gave. Always a moral to the story.
My college roommates & I still died laughing at this show in the early 1980s. One of the best sitcoms ever made, it routinely had its serious side and didactic moments.
@@FactsVerse The one when Beaver's prissy Aunt made him wear a fancy outfit for school and his dad felt sorry for him and gave him casual clothes instead secretly.
@@carolcarney1022 And Stanley Fafara (Whitey) had, of any cast member, the most tragic life after the shows run ended. (Drug addiction, in and out of jail). Sad.
Just watched the episode where Larry runs away from home and winds up hiding in Beaver and Wally's bathtub! The funniest part was getting Beaver to smuggle in some food to feed him without getting busted by Mom (June) 😂
Leave it to Beaver was not the same without Larry's character in it after three seasons. They tried putting Keith Taylor in there, but it wasn't the same. One of my favorite episodes with Larry was where pretended to find money which he swiped from his moms sewing basket and threw out the window. Then he convinced Beaver to search with him to find this so-called treasure on the ground and then they spent it at a carnival. Very Funny!🤣
This explanation doesn't add up. After Leave it to Beaver he had roles on Perry Mason, Wago Train, Rifleman, etc. Barbara Billingsly's explanation about an overbearing stage mother seems the most plausible.
It would never happen today because they would have to have mixed nationalities to be fair and its obvious in todays U.S. it would not work. Be sure to tell all older people how extremely lucky they are.
Im so glad that Rusty had supportive parents that did what was best for their son as opposed to only what they wanted. Im glad that he grew up in a normal fashion.
I had no idea that "Larry Mondello" was in a Liz Taylor movie lol. Good for him to choose to leave, and good for his parents to support his decision. It's safe to say that he would've been typecast as a "Larry Mondello-type" character had he chose to try and stay in acting, especially since he remained heavyset. The actress who played Mrs. Mondello was about 48 years older than Rusty, and she was dressed to look even older.
The picture you show at the 7:20 mark of a "supposedly" now grown up Stevens today is NOT him. Just grabbing any picture off the internet to imply its him is not very cool.
Ah Larry Mondello. Im 64 and loved this show since day 1. He was the neighborhood kid we all had that would talk us into doing things, then disappear when it hit the fan, leaving us with the consequences. The go cart, drilling holes in the garage wall etc. Such fond memories it brings back. I never did see my childhood friend again after he moved away when i was 11. Happy for Jerry and Rusty that they reunited. What memories they must share.
At least he didn't stay in Tinseltown, a tarp for shelter, hooked on hard drugs. It's hard for child actors to make the transition to adult roles. He knew he didn't want any part of it. So non-L.A.
His character was a nice contrast to how "perfect" the Cleavers always were! Always got a kick out of his tales of his family life with his usual "...my mom was yellin' at... while my dad was hittin!...!" Haha! Of all Beaver's friends that came and went over the course of the series Whitey Whitney was the only one that was there from beginning to end! Even if he wasn't always used.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda, as explained, it sounds as though it was the best move at the time under the decision of Rusty and his parents. Larry was a hoot on the show. He made me laugh. 😅
Larry would always encourage Beaver to do what he wasn't supposed to. Then when it went haywire, he'd say, "You know, Beave, you shouldn't have done that." It might be good that he left the fickle world of entertainment, and valued his privacy and the pursuit of a more conventional life.
Finally, some solid answers about Mr. Stevens. It just goes to show that that fame and fortune stuff isn't for everybody. Seems like in Rusty's case he hated it.
He really was such a good actor. He made this character of Larry Mondello very believable. I too, heard that he was missing his childhood. Missing just being a normal boy.
@@hhhggg4687maybe it was true, but he doesn’t want to out his mom? Barbara probably shouldn’t have even mentioned it though since it’s an embarrassment.
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I thought one episode that was really funny was when Larry told Beaver that their principle Mrs. Rayburn keeps a Spanking Machine in the closet of her office. Beaver had to sneak into her office when the school was closed because he wanted to see if it existed. Of course he was caught in another jam and had to explain his way out of this one with his Mom and Dad and the fire department because he was locked inside the office.
As good a little actor as he was, Rusty was wise to leave showbiz. So many cute and talented child actors have ended up miserable due to the pressures, rejections, and negative temptations of the industry. The show was never the same without him, but we have the many reruns to enjoy his performances.
It took a lot of courage for Rusty Stevens to walk away from a life in the limelight and to opt for an ordinary life and job. Congratulations to his parents for raising a boy who could listen to his "inner voice" and walk away from Hollywood and for creating a home life for him that made him comfortable enough to tell his parents that he wanted "out".
I am more conspiracy theory oriented. He was funnier than the beaver. All the characters in the show were great whether I liked them or not. What was not to like? It's just like Young Sheldon. All the characters are great. I like them all. In the Big Bang Theory, Sheldon became the most annoying character.
Since my retirement, I've enjoyed watching, Leaving to Beaver " it allows me to revisit a simpler, more wholesome time; since I too was born in 1949. It's like "putting on a pair of old comfortable shoes."
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I loved the whole Mondello family even though the father and sister were never shown, just hearing about the was great. I love the episode where Larry takes money from mother and tells Beaver it fell out of an airplane so they could go to the Carnival.
Yes. He believes what his parents told him as a child, but the truth is that the producers could no longer deal with his mom and bought him out of his contract.
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Well it's his business but apparently as much as he tried to leave acting & only to return to acting it's why he found out that's why he couldn't leave acting completely.Most actors just cant.
I liked Larry Mondelo's character, and I think Rusty did a great job making the character seem real. The only thing I found strange was the lady who played Larry's mother, Madge Blake, was more of a grandmother's age than a mother's. In fact she was probably 57 or 58 at the time (born 1899). She was a good actress, but not believable by reason of her age.
Such a good decision on Rustys part to quit. Glad his parents supported him. It was a super show with excellent actors and l watch the show alot. Wish life was like that now. A perfect generation!
Wrong! His career on the Leave It To Beaver was cut short, because of his mother, a typical, over bearing stage mother with whom the producers finally got tired of, so they wrote him out of the show.
Larry and beaver were great together my favorite Larry episode was when Larry picked a fight with sonny the big kid from 5th grade and asked him how he would like a punch in the nose when sonny took him up on it he cleverly passed the challenge over to beaver same premise as my favorite honeymooner's episode the Bensonhurst bomber when Norton continuously provoked Harvey who was even bigger than ralphs friend Shirly classic shows Eddie Haskel might be my all-time favorite tv character Larry is right there with him glad to hear Larry and beaver are still friends
Larry was a trouble-making little scamp. We all either have one in our life, or are one to someone else. And the Beav would naively just keep following his lead knowing it led to trouble. I love Leave It To Beaver.
This particular video, Tim, is one of my favorites from you in all these years. It brought tears to my eyes as I reminisced about growing up in those days of the late 1950s & early 1960s and watching these two grow up with me on TV. They were such beautiful times, innocence that hadn't yet been breached, and the simplicity of life that was truly sweet. I greatly miss those days and anyone who grew up remembering them surely misses them, too! Thank you, Tim!
Not everyone shared your great times in the period that "Leave It to Beaver" was produced. There were thousands of kids who were not allowed to share in your world because they weren't allowed into your community. For every "Leave It to Beaver" episode, there was a "Naked City" or "Route 66" episode to remind Americans that that period wasn't so golden for a lot of Americans. You might've enjoyed a time of innocence as a child but many didn't have that choice, even in suburbia. I don't say this to rain on your parade but there is a tendency with human beings to either put on rose-colored glasses and see the past as they wished it were or not take into account that, while they might've experienced bliss in childhood or lived well, they don't see that their situation was not the norm for countless other children and it wasn't, necessarily, the fault of those children's parents.
While those of us who lived during that era (did you???) may be looking back at those times with a touch of "rose colored glasses", some people (as yourself) tend to look back at those times with a pair of Foster Grant extra-dark sunglasses. Those who make such comments as your's are usually ripe with a touch -- or more -- of envy or jealousy towards those who did, indeed, live in that time period because of the times in which they lived were, by comparison, quite dark, more evil and having a much more selfish nature to their character than way back then. No....those times were not perfect -- not any time in history is perfect. However, despite whatever faults you and others like you wish to bring a charge against, I dare say that you better pull off those sunglasses of your's and take a much more honest look at the times of Leave It To Beaver and when you do, you'll find that many more things about that time period that you darn well better believe you wish you had lived and experienced as compared to today!! Something tells me YOU are one of those that did NOT live during that time and, thus, you have no actual living experience of what it was like back then. You remind me of Dial Soap commercial that aired back in those days of the late 1950s and early 60s. It went like this: "You use Dial Soap....don't you wish everybody did?" We lived in those days and sometimes....we wish everybody did! @@caraqueno
@@gabrielhalston6726 I did live during that time and I lived in a safe, suburban neighborhood. From the outside, things looked rosy but I knew which families in my neighborhood were dysfunctional and the comments people said about where they'd go if Black people moved into the neighborhood. I knew a lot of what really went down in quiet suburbia in the 1960's. I just don't pretend it wasn't there. For you to be so insulting to me, I must've struck a nerve you might've deadened a long time ago.
For me to be so insulting to you??? Are you kidding me??? In what manner? I was born and raised in Los Angeles, in a simple middle-class neighborhood. It wasn't perfect -- no place is -- however, I can vividly remember the times my childhood friends and I rode our bicycles everywhere from sunrise to sundown without a fear whatsoever of anything bad happening to us. I'm speaking of the 1950s and into the early 1960s!! Families did, indeed, leave their homes unlocked as they left and slept at night, crime wasn't near as prevalent as it is today. You haven't been insulted -- you just need to stop being so narcissistic and to quit playing the victim game! @@caraqueno
@@gabrielhalston6726 I am thankful for the Foster Grant glasses wearers! I need the reality fix on those times. I grew up with the unrest and the youth burning flags and hating our nation in the 1960's. I watched and longed to be part of the "Leave it to Beaver" times. No communists (I didn't hear of McCarthy and the Red Scare!) going to win in Vietnam and take over the world. Life was solid and happy all the time. I would have sold my soul to BE back then. Then came this 1950's nostalgia time in the early 1970's. Realists were trying to tell us it wasn't Heaven on Earth then, there were dark moments too. I never could stop feeling the envy of people from back then having that "perfect" Leave it to Beaver Life. I can't break those rose colored glasses, only remind myself those times weren't as perfect as I imagine. They were just normal life in many ways. The Foster Grant glasses writers make me laugh at myself, get real and end the depression sneaking back in me like I felt in the '60's about being "Born Too Late".
I didn't really care for Larry, IMO, to me, he was a "Eddie Haskell" Jr. Always doing things that got Beaver into trouble, (however),😅 Beaver ALWAYS gave into Larry's "demands" and got into trouble himself. Granted, one would think would think Beaver would "stay clear" of people ĺike Larry Mondelo (JMO)
I don't remember if Larry was in the episode where the Beav and his friends were making a prank call to a store. And the person was about to take an order from them. And I believe it was the Beav that said: "Yes, I want a model." And the clerk asked: "What's a model? And the Beav says: " I don't know! What's a model with you!?" Lol! And then just hung up!
Mrs Mondello, "Wait Until Your Father Gets Home !" What kid didn't hear that growing up. Ha. Larry's father makes one brief appearance. I've seen every episode but don't recall that one.
Larry Mondello was a weasel. He would always con beaver into doing something stupid that would get him in trouble,like boring a hole through the garage wall,or smoking the pipe,or buying a bow and arrow set for himself instead of a camera for wally,and then he would take off and let Beaver suffer the consequences alone. Larrys father was always absent and his mother clearly couldnt regin Larry in or discipline him. The character was funny,but it annoyed me that Beaver kept getting used by him.
Lets just call it what it was -these kids were great at what they did-each one of these actors including Rusty stevens-were spot on-never saw a single bad acting job from one of them-call it great writing-or just great acting chops-but whatever it was-its kept people like me watching for over 50 years...why like the lucy-show-it will be watched for 100 years-no horror stories-they were nice kids growing into nice adults -with one like rusty-just not liking a acting field and choosing another life! And none were paid a million per episode-or per year-geez..Ken osmond even became a LA cop-no one drug over dosed-mathers never speaks badly about castmates-and truly loved his fellow acting buddies-and it showed with every show-in a nutshell-this little much loved tv show puts today overly paid-smug &self rightous actors who with commercials are on screen-what like 16 minutes- to shame-Thank you cast of leave it to beaver who in reruns make my mornings a little brighter....RIP..Tony & ken..
@@FactsVerse Any with Rusty he made it more about the Beaver, being his closest friend. The show was a good family one at the time which is non-existent in today's programming and it's all programming of a mindset they desire to push. So many plays and ploys seeking in political garbage and now it's been years since I've watched anything,, it's just a idiot box.
I respect rusty's decision to just be a normal kid out there in the world, but not many kids and adults would just walk away from the fame, popularity and money made from being a movie and/or tv star.⭐
I haven't seen Leave it to Beaver for quite a while. But I remember Rusty. Glad he made the transition from child actor to adulthood. And glad Jerry Mathers was able to find his old friend. Have a blessed day everyone
I watch the reruns daily! Still so funny and wholesome. Makes me long for 'those days!' Yes...absolutely the best decision to leave while the show was at it's best, and while Rusty still had a normal future ahead of him.
My sister used to get candy and flowers and go to movies and junk, now her husband just tells her to shut up. I damn near fell out of my chair over larrys lack of political correctness 😅😅😅
I was born in 1949, so i 'grew up' with these characters. My younger brother and I shared about the same age difference as Wally and Beaver, so we loved watching 'Leave It To Beaver' back in the day. Ward, (Hugh Beaumont) was the best t.v. dad ever in my opinion. I liked the series even more in 1962-'63, when it centered around Wally, Eddie, and Lumpy. Their teenage high jinks really made me laugh. It's also fun remembering how simple life was without cell phones, computers, microwave ovens, etc. How'd we ever survive?! 😂
I just loved that some of the episodes focused on Wally and his trials and tribulations. Wally had some good lines too...When trying to give Beaver a haircut so he wouldn't get into trouble.... You'd see the hair falling onto the floor and Beaver asked, 'Are ya finished Wally? Wally answered, 'I'm not sure if I'm finished but I think that I'd better stop!' LMAO....
I remember the episode where Larry talks Beaver into ditching Saturday dance class. While they're sitting behind a barn along comes a girl on a horse (played by Karen Sue Trent who would return in later seasons as Penny Woods). They ride the horse and then come back to the Cleavers a mess and smelling like a horse. When June asks why they're so dirty, Larry says, "Gee Mrs. Cleaver, they played some pretty fast numbers." 😆 Gotta hand it to Larry, even if it doesn't make sense, he's pretty fast on his feet with an answer.
Whenever Larry Mondello showed up you knew it was gonna be a great episode.
He was always getting Beaver into trouble then bailing. IRL we'd probably hate that kid but in the show it's what makes it great.
Larry Mondello was an annoyance but the sneaky 'adult" concept of his character's backstory was priceless. His mom, Madge Blake, was great in her part. She was way too old to actually be the mother of a little kid - and her husband was never home and it was subliminally obvious why. ("Now, Larry. You know your father is away on business" -- lol) Her older daughter ( who we never see) was said to be homely and vapid. His older brother (who we never see) was married and henpecked. That was a hoot.
@@davemattia Great character Larry Mondello was. Must've cost production a fortune keeping him in apples 🍏. Dude was munching on an apple at all times.
@@chrisnizer5702 That's exactly my prime memory of him. "Gee, Beav" [bites into apple] 🤣
We all had a friend like that. @@JasonLeeIsAGod
My favorite Beaver episodes were the earliest. The kids didn't seem to be acting -- everything moved so naturally.
I loved the character of Larry Mondello. He was always getting yelled at and pushed by his mother, and he was always making fun of his sister. He was definitely the funniest of Beaver’s friends.
Jerry Mathers's acting seemed to get a bit self-conscious as he grew older. Tony Dow and Ken Osmond were never less than excellent beginning to end.
I agree! In the older episodes it seems to me that the Beaver was trying to act like he was still the cute little kid…..made me want to puke!
@@angieolson1741I agree. I didn't necessarily want to puke but Beaver's acting grew phony. All other characters remained good, natural, and believable.
@@angieolson1741maybe it was the writers or creators who forced him to continue acting like a younger child? That was the case with Anissa Jones and Susan Olsen
It makes me happy that Larry and the Beav still keep in touch. That friendship deserves to be long lasting, and am glad that Rusty Stevens is still alive, and living a fulfilling life.
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That Larry was always getting Beaver into trouble. My husband and I are in our 60's and we still watch Leave it to Beaver every night. Always a good laugh or two in each episode. Families today would benefit greatly from the life lessons and from the advice Ward gave. Always a moral to the story.
I'm 66 and NEVER stopped watching
i'm 63 and i watch an episode everyday before leaving for work
More like Whitey was the antagonizer.
Do not watch the news. Watch Leave it to Beaver instead. This should be a Bumper Sticker.
I watch it at home and on my phone.
I too am in my 60's.
I loved his character! This show is up there with The Andy Griffith Show! 🥰 They don't make em like this any more!
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My college roommates & I still died laughing at this show in the early 1980s. One of the best sitcoms ever made, it routinely had its serious side and didactic moments.
I am glad Rusty is still around and is still friends with Jerry .RIP to all the other cast members.
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@@FactsVerse The one when Beaver's prissy Aunt made him wear a fancy outfit for school and his dad felt sorry for him and gave him casual clothes instead secretly.
He made the right decision and he seems like a happy man returned to normalcy and I'm glad that he and Jerry Mathers keep in touch.
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The show was never the same for me without Larry. I found the show some years ago and immediately fell in love with Larry and his bond with Beaver.
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Larry & Eddie were funny, funny, and more funny.
I didn't really like Gilbert or Richard...
They needed Larry in that group..
But I did like Whitey...🙂🙂🙂
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And Stanley Fafara (Whitey) had, of any cast member, the most tragic life after the shows run ended. (Drug addiction, in and out of jail). Sad.
Just watched the episode where Larry runs away from home and winds up hiding in Beaver and Wally's bathtub! The funniest part was getting Beaver to smuggle in some food to feed him without getting busted by Mom (June) 😂
Madge Blake, who played his mother, also played Aunt Harriett on “Batman.” She was nearly sixty when she portrayed Larry’s mother.
An older mom there was an older sister never shown, but the he match was great Madge Blake and rusty have strong resemblance
She was the perfect Actress for that role. Very convincing.
I am 71. Leave it to represents a time in America that was just stunning; most certainly for children a marvelous time
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Did you get to watch the new leave it to beaver with them as adults? It’s on TH-cam
I'm 69 years an still loving it
i also heard different stories about Rusty Stevens leaving and I know the truth Also glad to know that Jerry Mathers find him and become friends again
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Leave it to Beaver was not the same without Larry's character in it after three seasons. They tried putting Keith Taylor in there, but it wasn't the same. One of my favorite episodes with Larry was where pretended to find money which he swiped from his moms sewing basket and threw out the window. Then he convinced Beaver to search with him to find this so-called treasure on the ground and then they spent it at a carnival. Very Funny!🤣
that was a good episode. i like the one of him running away from home and camping out in Beaver's tub.
I agree with you. @@SiccDeville
He told Beaver it fell out of a pilots pocket.
@@XCambodianBuddha Thanks for sharing.
This explanation doesn't add up. After Leave it to Beaver he had roles on Perry Mason, Wago Train, Rifleman, etc. Barbara Billingsly's explanation about an overbearing stage mother seems the most plausible.
I miss those days and the people that stared in them.We need a show like that again
It would never happen today because they would have to have mixed nationalities to be fair and its obvious in todays U.S. it would not work. Be sure to tell all older people how extremely lucky they are.
Im so glad that Rusty had supportive parents that did what was best for their son as opposed to only what they wanted. Im glad that he grew up in a normal fashion.
He made a change to better himself and good for him.👍👍👍
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I had no idea that "Larry Mondello" was in a Liz Taylor movie lol. Good for him to choose to leave, and good for his parents to support his decision. It's safe to say that he would've been typecast as a "Larry Mondello-type" character had he chose to try and stay in acting, especially since he remained heavyset. The actress who played Mrs. Mondello was about 48 years older than Rusty, and she was dressed to look even older.
He was already a "Larry Mondello type" when he was on Leave It To Beaver.
Adults looked dressed and behaved differently then it’s honestly sad
The picture you show at the 7:20 mark of a "supposedly" now grown up Stevens today is NOT him. Just grabbing any picture off the internet to imply its him is not very cool.
For real. It's bs
One of my favorite shows as a kid. Sad that Larry left, but glad Rusty is happy with his life.
Larry Mondello was one of my favorite characters on series Rusty's contribution was enormous.
Ah Larry Mondello. Im 64 and loved this show since day 1. He was the neighborhood kid we all had that would talk us into doing things, then disappear when it hit the fan, leaving us with the consequences. The go cart, drilling holes in the garage wall etc. Such fond memories it brings back. I never did see my childhood friend again after he moved away when i was 11. Happy for Jerry and Rusty that they reunited. What memories they must share.
Whitey was a pissa two
Only thing I can say, is good for him.I'm happy for him.I am 80 yrs old, and STILL remember him in Leave it to Beaver.
At least he didn't stay in Tinseltown, a tarp for shelter, hooked on hard drugs. It's hard for child actors to make the transition to adult roles. He knew he didn't want any part of it. So non-L.A.
He didn't follow beaver into trouble, he usually got beaver into trouble lol.
I think he made the right decision to move on. Thanks for the update appreciated
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Rusty Stevens was truly an incredible child actor!
He was a natural for sure.
Larry and Beaver were the BEST together ...
Larry was great! Really enjoyed his character.
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His mother on the show looked more like his grandma
Lol, we remember it too 😆😆
I have always regarding LITB as "With Larry" and "After Larry." Richard and Gilbert were great characters but no one could be Larry Mondello.
Larry and his Mother on the show were perfect together. They even looked alike.Those were my favorite episodes!❤
His character was a nice contrast to how "perfect" the Cleavers always were! Always got a kick out of his tales of his family life with his usual "...my mom was yellin' at... while my dad was hittin!...!" Haha! Of all Beaver's friends that came and went over the course of the series Whitey Whitney was the only one that was there from beginning to end! Even if he wasn't always used.
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Except Beaver tended to lie.
i liked the episode when he and Beaver were reading his sister's diary and his mom came in and caught them.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda, as explained, it sounds as though it was the best move at the time under the decision of Rusty and his parents. Larry was a hoot on the show. He made me laugh. 😅
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Larry would always encourage Beaver to do what he wasn't supposed to. Then when it went haywire, he'd say, "You know, Beave, you shouldn't have done that." It might be good that he left the fickle world of entertainment, and valued his privacy and the pursuit of a more conventional life.
Finally, some solid answers about Mr. Stevens. It just goes to show that that fame and fortune stuff isn't for everybody. Seems like in Rusty's case he hated it.
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He really was such a good actor. He made this character of Larry Mondello very believable. I too, heard that he was missing his childhood. Missing just being a normal boy.
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Nothing against Barbara Billinglsey. But I wonder why she would say he was fired due to a horrible stage mom that he had if it was not true?
@@hhhggg4687maybe it was true, but he doesn’t want to out his mom? Barbara probably shouldn’t have even mentioned it though since it’s an embarrassment.
@@dianesingerman9650it's possible both reasons are true. Maybe he was not happy being a child actor, partly because of his mom.
I love all the characters on the show, but I must admit Larry Mondello and Eddie Haskell were my favorites!!
Smart for him.
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I thought one episode that was really funny was when Larry told Beaver that their principle Mrs. Rayburn keeps a Spanking Machine in the closet of her office. Beaver had to sneak into her office when the school was closed because he wanted to see if it existed. Of course he was caught in another jam and had to explain his way out of this one with his Mom and Dad and the fire department because he was locked inside the office.
As good a little actor as he was, Rusty was wise to leave showbiz. So many cute and talented child actors have ended up miserable due to the pressures, rejections, and negative temptations of the industry. The show was never the same without him, but we have the many reruns to enjoy his performances.
child stars are prone to sad adult lives, so glad he didn't have these issues and is happy and well.
It took a lot of courage for Rusty Stevens to walk away from a life in the limelight and to opt for an ordinary life and job. Congratulations to his parents for raising a boy who could listen to his "inner voice" and walk away from Hollywood and for creating a home life for him that made him comfortable enough to tell his parents that he wanted "out".
Thanks for working this and this is a very classic show
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Loved Larry! Thanks for some great memories.
I am more conspiracy theory oriented. He was funnier than the beaver. All the characters in the show were great whether I liked them or not. What was not to like? It's just like Young Sheldon. All the characters are great. I like them all. In the Big Bang Theory, Sheldon became the most annoying character.
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Great character.
Larry's mom looked old enough to be his grandmother!
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Since my retirement, I've enjoyed watching, Leaving to Beaver " it allows me to revisit a simpler, more wholesome time; since I too was born in 1949. It's like "putting on a pair of old comfortable shoes."
Please do a video on the actors that played Beaver's friends Richard and Gilbert.
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What a grounded young man!❤
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I loved the whole Mondello family even though the father and sister were never shown, just hearing about the was great. I love the episode where Larry takes money from mother and tells Beaver it fell out of an airplane so they could go to the Carnival.
His dad shows up at the end of the school play episode where Beav has his role changed to a toadstool or tree because he makes a lousy butterfly.
Rusty had such a bossy real life mother who forced him out of the show. It was her way or the highway. Poor Russ did not deserve that.
Yes. He believes what his parents told him as a child, but the truth is that the producers could no longer deal with his mom and bought him out of his contract.
Larry was also the kid that was largely ignored at home. He was the child with older siblings and parents that were much older.
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I'm not sure about that. His mom was always hollering at him and his dad, when home, was always hitting him.
I loved him on the show. I am glad he went the path he did as its appears he is happy with the life he created far from the public eye. Good for him.
Well it's his business but apparently as much as he tried to leave acting & only to return to acting it's why he found out that's why he couldn't leave acting completely.Most actors just cant.
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@@FactsVerse The Donna Reed Show for how that show lasted the longest of all shows in rerun syndication on Nick@Nite.
I liked Larry Mondelo's character, and I think Rusty did a great job making the character seem real. The only thing I found strange was the lady who played Larry's mother, Madge Blake, was more of a grandmother's age than a mother's. In fact she was probably 57 or 58 at the time (born 1899). She was a good actress, but not believable by reason of her age.
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Such a good decision on Rustys part to quit. Glad his parents supported him. It was a super show with excellent actors and l watch the show alot. Wish life was like that now. A perfect generation!
Thanks for his story and he was funny.
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As long as he is happy, thats all that matters.
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Wrong! His career on the Leave It To Beaver was cut short, because of his mother, a typical, over bearing stage mother with whom the producers finally got tired of, so they wrote him out of the show.
Larry and beaver were great together my favorite Larry episode was when Larry picked a fight with sonny the big kid from 5th grade and asked him how he would like a punch in the nose when sonny took him up on it he cleverly passed the challenge over to beaver same premise as my favorite honeymooner's episode the Bensonhurst bomber when Norton continuously provoked Harvey who was even bigger than ralphs friend Shirly classic shows Eddie Haskel might be my all-time favorite tv character Larry is right there with him glad to hear Larry and beaver are still friends
RUSTY DIDN'T SAY A WIRD. THUMBS DOWN THUMBS DOWN THUMBS DOWN THUMBS DOWN THUMBS DOWN
Larry was a trouble-making little scamp. We all either have one in our life, or are one to someone else. And the Beav would naively just keep following his lead knowing it led to trouble. I love Leave It To Beaver.
This particular video, Tim, is one of my favorites from you in all these years. It brought tears to my eyes as I reminisced about growing up in those days of the late 1950s & early 1960s and watching these two grow up with me on TV. They were such beautiful times, innocence that hadn't yet been breached, and the simplicity of life that was truly sweet. I greatly miss those days and anyone who grew up remembering them surely misses them, too! Thank you, Tim!
Not everyone shared your great times in the period that "Leave It to Beaver" was produced. There were thousands of kids who were not allowed to share in your world because they weren't allowed into your community. For every "Leave It to Beaver" episode, there was a "Naked City" or "Route 66" episode to remind Americans that that period wasn't so golden for a lot of Americans. You might've enjoyed a time of innocence as a child but many didn't have that choice, even in suburbia. I don't say this to rain on your parade but there is a tendency with human beings to either put on rose-colored glasses and see the past as they wished it were or not take into account that, while they might've experienced bliss in childhood or lived well, they don't see that their situation was not the norm for countless other children and it wasn't, necessarily, the fault of those children's parents.
While those of us who lived during that era (did you???) may be looking back at those times with a touch of "rose colored glasses", some people (as yourself) tend to look back at those times with a pair of Foster Grant extra-dark sunglasses. Those who make such comments as your's are usually ripe with a touch -- or more -- of envy or jealousy towards those who did, indeed, live in that time period because of the times in which they lived were, by comparison, quite dark, more evil and having a much more selfish nature to their character than way back then. No....those times were not perfect -- not any time in history is perfect. However, despite whatever faults you and others like you wish to bring a charge against, I dare say that you better pull off those sunglasses of your's and take a much more honest look at the times of Leave It To Beaver and when you do, you'll find that many more things about that time period that you darn well better believe you wish you had lived and experienced as compared to today!! Something tells me YOU are one of those that did NOT live during that time and, thus, you have no actual living experience of what it was like back then. You remind me of Dial Soap commercial that aired back in those days of the late 1950s and early 60s. It went like this: "You use Dial Soap....don't you wish everybody did?" We lived in those days and sometimes....we wish everybody did! @@caraqueno
@@gabrielhalston6726 I did live during that time and I lived in a safe, suburban neighborhood. From the outside, things looked rosy but I knew which families in my neighborhood were dysfunctional and the comments people said about where they'd go if Black people moved into the neighborhood. I knew a lot of what really went down in quiet suburbia in the 1960's. I just don't pretend it wasn't there. For you to be so insulting to me, I must've struck a nerve you might've deadened a long time ago.
For me to be so insulting to you??? Are you kidding me??? In what manner? I was born and raised in Los Angeles, in a simple middle-class neighborhood. It wasn't perfect -- no place is -- however, I can vividly remember the times my childhood friends and I rode our bicycles everywhere from sunrise to sundown without a fear whatsoever of anything bad happening to us. I'm speaking of the 1950s and into the early 1960s!! Families did, indeed, leave their homes unlocked as they left and slept at night, crime wasn't near as prevalent as it is today. You haven't been insulted -- you just need to stop being so narcissistic and to quit playing the victim game! @@caraqueno
@@gabrielhalston6726 I am thankful for the Foster Grant glasses wearers! I need the reality fix on those times. I grew up with the unrest and the youth burning flags and hating our nation in the 1960's. I watched and longed to be part of the "Leave it to Beaver" times. No communists (I didn't hear of McCarthy and the Red Scare!) going to win in Vietnam and take over the world. Life was solid and happy all the time. I would have sold my soul to BE back then. Then came this 1950's nostalgia time in the early 1970's. Realists were trying to tell us it wasn't Heaven on Earth then, there were dark moments too. I never could stop feeling the envy of people from back then having that "perfect" Leave it to Beaver Life. I can't break those rose colored glasses, only remind myself those times weren't as perfect as I imagine. They were just normal life in many ways. The Foster Grant glasses writers make me laugh at myself, get real and end the depression sneaking back in me like I felt in the '60's about being "Born Too Late".
I didn't really care for Larry, IMO, to me, he was a "Eddie Haskell" Jr. Always doing things that got Beaver into trouble, (however),😅 Beaver ALWAYS gave into Larry's "demands" and got into trouble himself. Granted, one would think would think Beaver would "stay clear" of people ĺike Larry Mondelo (JMO)
Larry and Gilbert were hilarious. The writers came up with great dialogue for those characters.
Larry, big yes, but Gilbert? I thought he was just irritating.
I’m glad rusty and Jerry stay in contact! Good freinds!
I don't remember if Larry was in the episode where the Beav and his friends were making a prank call to a store. And the person was about to take an order from them. And I believe it was the Beav that said: "Yes, I want a model." And the clerk asked: "What's a model? And the Beav says: " I don't know! What's a model with you!?" Lol! And then just hung up!
Mrs Mondello, "Wait Until Your Father Gets Home !" What kid didn't hear that growing up. Ha.
Larry's father makes one brief appearance. I've seen every episode but don't recall that one.
There were also Rumors He left because of his Contract was not offered enough of a raise due to the Star Power that he gained as Beavers sidekick.
Larry Mondello was a weasel. He would always con beaver into doing something stupid that would get him in trouble,like boring a hole through the garage wall,or smoking the pipe,or buying a bow and arrow set for himself instead of a camera for wally,and then he would take off and let Beaver suffer the consequences alone. Larrys father was always absent and his mother clearly couldnt regin Larry in or discipline him. The character was funny,but it annoyed me that Beaver kept getting used by him.
Lets just call it what it was -these kids were great at what they did-each one of these actors including Rusty stevens-were spot on-never saw a single bad acting job from one of them-call it great writing-or just great acting chops-but whatever it was-its kept people like me watching for over 50 years...why like the lucy-show-it will be watched for 100 years-no horror stories-they were nice kids growing into nice adults -with one like rusty-just not liking a acting field and choosing another life! And none were paid a million per episode-or per year-geez..Ken osmond even became a LA cop-no one drug over dosed-mathers never speaks badly about castmates-and truly loved his fellow acting buddies-and it showed with every show-in a nutshell-this little much loved tv show puts today overly paid-smug &self rightous actors who with commercials are on screen-what like 16 minutes- to shame-Thank you cast of leave it to beaver who in reruns make my mornings a little brighter....RIP..Tony & ken..
He was Good 👍👍 !!!! I like 👍👍 the Show's with him in them !!!!
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I enjoy the re-runs of Leave It To Beaver but if "Larry" isn't on, I watch something else.
Rusty played the fat dumpy kid so well, I swore he wasn't acting.
Rusty, in fact contributed to the show and was missed. He was a kid that should have been given a award for nest supporting actor.
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@@FactsVerse Any with Rusty he made it more about the Beaver, being his closest friend. The show was a good family one at the time which is non-existent in today's programming and it's all programming of a mindset they desire to push. So many plays and ploys seeking in political garbage and now it's been years since I've watched anything,, it's just a idiot box.
I respect rusty's decision to just be a normal kid out there in the world, but not many kids and adults would just walk away from the fame, popularity and money made from being a movie and/or tv star.⭐
Rusty's TV mom went on to become millionare Bruce Wayne's aunt.
It's good that he made a life for himself, a lot of child actors then and now end up with no life at all..
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The oldest apple in tv history 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lumpy and Eddie Haskell.
I haven't seen Leave it to Beaver for quite a while. But I remember Rusty. Glad he made the transition from child actor to adulthood. And glad Jerry Mathers was able to find his old friend. Have a blessed day everyone
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@FactsVerse I couldn't really say. I haven't seen it in years.
I've seen every episode and still get a big kick out of it
Larry was one of my favorites
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@@FactsVerse I think when they discovered Larry’s sisters diary. But I liked any episode with him. Gilbert and whitey not so much
Rusty turned into Zach Galifanakus
I watch the reruns daily! Still so funny and wholesome. Makes me long for 'those days!' Yes...absolutely the best decision to leave while the show was at it's best, and while Rusty still had a normal future ahead of him.
He wanted to be a normal kid - worth far more than fame and fortune.
Larry's moms " nerves " were always a hoot !
My sister used to get candy and flowers and go to movies and junk, now her husband just tells her to shut up.
I damn near fell out of my chair over larrys lack of political correctness 😅😅😅
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Right for him. That's what's important. Glad he Jerry are still friends.🎉
My favorite episode was when beavs head got stuck in the fence and Larry left him. I laughed uncontrollable. It was so funny to me.
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I was born in 1949, so i 'grew up' with these characters. My younger brother and I shared about the same age difference as Wally and Beaver, so we loved watching 'Leave It To Beaver' back in the day. Ward, (Hugh Beaumont) was the best t.v. dad ever in my opinion. I liked the series even more in 1962-'63, when it centered around Wally, Eddie, and Lumpy. Their teenage high jinks really made me laugh. It's also fun remembering how simple life was without cell phones, computers, microwave ovens, etc. How'd we ever survive?! 😂
I just loved that some of the episodes focused on Wally and his trials and tribulations.
Wally had some good lines too...When trying to give Beaver a haircut so he wouldn't get into trouble....
You'd see the hair falling onto the floor and Beaver asked, 'Are ya finished Wally? Wally answered,
'I'm not sure if I'm finished but I think that I'd better stop!'
LMAO....
I remember the episode where Larry talks Beaver into ditching Saturday dance class. While they're sitting behind a barn along comes a girl on a horse (played by Karen Sue Trent who would return in later seasons as Penny Woods). They ride the horse and then come back to the Cleavers a mess and smelling like a horse. When June asks why they're so dirty, Larry says, "Gee Mrs. Cleaver, they played some pretty fast numbers." 😆 Gotta hand it to Larry, even if it doesn't make sense, he's pretty fast on his feet with an answer.
This is BS. I believe the "stage mother" story!
Funny how his father was never home (Lolol)
Larry was the best of Beaver’s friends. He did a great job.
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An episodoe today was the one where Larry had to find money so he and Beaver could go to the carnival. 😂
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Every episode the father was out of town on business, never to be seen or heard. His mother looked liked his grandmother. Aunt Harriet of Batman.
He left at a good time , before the characters got too old. Towards the end Beaver was an obnoxious annoying kid.
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I heard he left because he tried to eat the Beaver