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oroboros commented on the word beaver cleaver
Hard to believe the creators of Leave It To Beaver weren't having a good laugh over this moniker as they pitched it to the network.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word beaver cleaver
I've often wondered that myself. It may be that they were just living in more innocent times, but it's pretty difficult to miss the many implications of the phrase.
There are some interesting possibilities for Cleaver sibling names, though--Crystal Cleaver comes to mind.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word beaver cleaver
OK. No one bit on the Cleaver family names, so I'll get it started.
Did you know that Beaver has a distant uncle name John Thomas Cleaver?
October 17, 2007
palooka commented on the word beaver cleaver
Wasn't his wife's name Kitty Cleaver?
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word beaver cleaver
*groan*
October 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word beaver cleaver
So many people, so little time. One could keep himself quite busy and just meet Cleavers all day. *ducks tomatoes*
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word beaver cleaver
*takes a better shot at uselessness with a bigger tomato*
October 17, 2007