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词条 It's a Small World (Leave It to Beaver)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Characters and cast

  3. Production

  4. References

  5. Sources

  6. External links

{{Infobox Television episode
| title =It's a Small World
| series =Leave It to Beaver
| image =B jerpau01.JPG
| image_size =200px
| caption =Mathers and Sullivan
| airdate =April 23, 1957
| production = Pilot aired on Studio 57
| writer = Joe Connelly
Bob Mosher
| director = Jerry Hopper
| guests =Diane Brewster
Richard Deacon
Joseph Kearns
Harry Shearer
| episode_list = List of Leave It to Beaver episodes
| next = Beaver Gets 'Spelled
}}{{DISPLAYTITLE:It's a Small World (Leave It to Beaver)}}

"It's a Small World" is the pilot episode from the iconic American television series Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963). The pilot (originally proposed as Wally and The Beaver) was first televised April 23, 1957, on the syndicated anthology series, Studio 57, without a laugh track nor the series' well known theme song, "The Toy Parade".[1] It never aired as an episode within the series.[1] It was televised again in October 2007 as part of TV Land's 50th anniversary celebration of Leave It to Beaver. It was released to DVD in 2005.[2] The series made its CBS debut several months later on October 4, 1957, with the episode, "Beaver Gets 'Spelled".

Plot

Wally and Beaver want a new bicycle. Frankie Bennett, a mischievous boy, tells them new bikes can be had at a local dairy in exchange for 1,000 bottle caps from the company's products. The boys collect the bottle caps, but, in attempting to redeem them, learn they've been duped. Ward takes pity on the boys and buys them a bicycle.

Characters and cast

  • June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley) is the wife of Ward Cleaver and the mother of Wally and Beaver.
  • Ward Cleaver (Casey Adams) is the husband of June Cleaver and the father of Wally and Beaver.
  • Wally Cleaver (Paul Sullivan) is the older son of Ward and June and the brother of Beaver.
  • Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) is the younger son of Ward and June and the brother of Wally.
  • Miss Simms (Diane Brewster) is a secretary/receptionist at the Franklin Milk Company.
  • Mr. Baxter (Richard Deacon) is an executive at the Franklin Milk Company and Miss Simms' boss.
  • Mr. Crowley (Joseph Kearns) is the CEO of the Franklin Milk Company.
  • Frankie Bennett (Harry Shearer) is a mischievous boy and an acquaintance of Wally and Beaver.

Production

"It's a Small World" was filmed with a single camera, in full screen black-and-white at Republic Studios and the Universal Studios backlot. With some modifications, the façade of the Cleaver house in the pilot became that of the Cleaver house in the first two seasons of the series. Some decorative elements (like the curtains in the boys' bedroom) would be retained for the series. Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher wrote the teleplay with Jerry Hopper directing the episode. Richard Lewis produced the episode.

A number of actors who appeared in supporting roles in the pilot were later cast in recurring roles in the series.

Diane Brewster appears as Miss Simms, a secretary, with Richard Deacon as Mr. Baxter, Miss Simms' boss. Brewster and Deacon would find roles in the series as Miss Canfield, Beaver's second grade teacher, and Fred Rutherford, Ward's co-worker and father of "Lumpy," Eddie Haskell's easily duped henchman/bully. Other cast members include Russ Thorson as Man with Milk Bottles, Leonard Bremen as Milk Bar Operator, Tim Graham as Doc, and Virginia Carroll as Nurse.

After the series was picked up by CBS, Hugh Beaumont replaced Casey Adams as Ward Cleaver while the role of Wally went to Tony Dow after Sullivan experienced a growth spurt before the series' production.[3]{{page needed|date=November 2016}}

References

1. ^King, Susan. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/74121333.html?dids=74121333:74121333&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+14%2C+2001&author=SUSAN+KING&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Museums%3B+Weekend+Chat%3B+A+TV+Tribute+With+No+Middle&pqatl=google "Museums; Weekend Chat; A TV Tribute With No Middle"], Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2001. Accessed January 3, 2008.
2. ^Bark, Ed. "Leave it to DVDs to give us the best of the Beav", The Dallas Morning News, November 28, 2005. Accessed January 3, 2008.
3. ^Mathers, Jerry. ...And Jerry Mathers as "The Beaver". Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998. ({{ISBN|0425163709}})

Sources

  • Applebaum, Irwyn. The World According to Beaver. TV Books, 1984, 1998. ({{ISBN|1575000520}}).
  • Bank, Frank. Call Me Lumpy: my Leave It To Beaver days and other wild Hollywood life . Addax, 2002. ({{ISBN|1886110298}}), ({{ISBN|978-1886110298}}).
  • Leave It to Beaver: the complete first season. Universal Studios, 2005.
  • Leave It to Beaver: the complete second season. Universal Studios, 2006. ({{ISBN|1417074876}})
  • Mathers, Jerry. ...And Jerry Mather as "The Beaver". Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998. ({{ISBN|0425163709}})

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0630258/ "It's a Small World" at imdb]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027070909/http://geocities.com/alcus2/beaver.html Leave It to Beaver at geocities]
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