Re: Here come Wally and Mary Ellen

On Fri, 09 May 2008 13:05:30 -0600, Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Peter Ward <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:16 -0700, Charles Bishop wrote:
>>
>>>In article <Xns9A98BE23A368Bmoonblanchedgmailcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Dover
Beach
>>><moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>My stepson and his girlfriend are coming for a long weekend.  Last
time
>>>>they were here my husband woke me up at 2:00 AM to yell at me because
I
>>>>was insufficiently June Cleaver-ish.  So I'm all smiles and brownies
and
>>>>simmering rage.  Wish me luck!
>>>
>>>He expects /you/ to be June Cleaver-ish? How well does he know you?
>>
>>Who's June Cleaver?
>
>The Cleaver family was the focus of an American sitcom of the fifties.
>In a recent mother's day survey of "fictional mothers", June Cleaver
>was once again voted top fictional mother of all time.
>
>The Cleaver "family values" are the archetype of all that America
>thinks that their families should look like.  Or at least till the
>boomers grew up.

The TV show was named "Leave it to Beaver" and ran from 1957 to 1963,
concerning the life and times of a young boy and his family.  It's too
bad the show didn't run a little longer.  I always wanted to see what
kind of girls he would date, what with his name and all.

Jon M