“Leave It To Beaver — And Wally”

A classic TV retrospective featuring Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers

Tony Dow (left) and Jerry Mathers from “Leave It To Beaver”

Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow were natural performers, particularly when it came to interpreting their characters on Leave It to Beaver, which first aired on ABC and CBS from 1958 to 1963. With Tony as older brother Wally Cleaver, playing opposite Theodore Cleaver, a.k.a. The Beaver, the two actors truly seemed like the kids next door.