Re: Here come Wally and Mary Ellen

On Fri, 09 May 2008 12:58:45 -0700, Jon M <faceonmars@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On Fri, 09 May 2008 13:05:30 -0600, Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Peter Ward <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>On Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:16 -0700, Charles Bishop wrote:
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>>>>In article <Xns9A98BE23A368Bmoonblanchedgmailcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Dover
Beach
>>>><moon.blanched@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>>>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.
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>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.
>
The youngest child, named Theodore, had the nickname Beaver. He was
always getting into minor trouble that he would try to hide from his
parents without success.  "Ward, I think you were a little hard on the
Beaver last night."

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QueBarbara