--- title: "9 Leave Beaver Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Leave Beaver quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Leave Beaver sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/stephanie-coontz-3365_beaver_contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to_450300.png" --- > [Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-coontz/contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to-beaver-was-not-a-documentary/) [Stephanie Coontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-coontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/stephanie-coontz-3365_beaver_contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to_450300.png) > [When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were-home-watching-leave-it-to/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/oprah-winfrey-186_beavers_when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were_2782557.png) > [There are no 'Leave It to Beaver' families. Everybody's family's got that one nut that comes to the family reunion and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-griffin/there-are-no-leave-it-to-beaver-families-everybody-s-family-s-got/) [Eddie Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/eddie-griffin-3657_beaver_there-are-no-leave-it-to-beaver-families_1300607.png) > [I have to tell you that June Cleaver had a job in 'The New Leave It to Beaver.' She did. Sure, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-billingsley/i-have-to-tell-you-that-june-cleaver-had-a-job-in-the-new-leave-it-to/) [Barbara Billingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-billingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/barbara-billingsley-57854_beavers_i-have-to-tell-you-that-june-cleaver-had_2425184.jpg) > ['Leave It To Beaver' is a fairly famous show in America, but I don't think it travelled. It was one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-shearer/leave-it-to-beaver-is-a-fairly-famous-show-in-america-but-i-don-t/) [Harry Shearer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-shearer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/harry-shearer-7595_beaver_leave-it-to-beaver-is-a-fairly-famous-sh_3094451.jpg) > ['Leave It to Beaver,' which ran from 1957 until 1963, was one of the strangest, sweetest, most distinctive domestic sitcoms of television's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shales/leave-it-to-beaver-which-ran-from-1957-until-1963-was-one-of-the/) [Tom Shales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-shales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/tom-shales-12468_age_leave-it-to-beaver-which-ran-from-1957-u_726431.png) > [At the premiere for 'Leave It to Beaver,' I was walking down the red carpet, and they were screaming my name, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erika-christensen/at-the-premiere-for-leave-it-to-beaver-i-was-walking-down-the-red/) [Erika Christensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erika-christensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/erika-christensen-7941_calm_at-the-premiere-for-leave-it-to-beaver-i_456414.jpg) > [“Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzie-burke/not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-shame-of-a-crazy-mother-i-spent/) [Suzie Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzie-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/suzie-burke-44962_acting_not-wanting-the-girls-to-endure-the-sham_2253940.jpg) > [I did a great show Off-Broadway called Leave It To Beaver Is Dead that was at the Public Theater in New York.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-spiner/i-did-a-great-show-off-broadway-called-leave-it-to-beaver-is-dead/) [Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-spiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/brent-spiner-2999_beaver_i-did-a-great-show-off-broadway-called-l_2690459.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leave-beaver/#itemlist", "name": "Leave Beaver Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephanie Coontz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-coontz/contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to-beaver-was-not-a-documentary/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/stephanie-coontz-3365_beaver_contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to_450300.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/stephanie-coontz-3365_beaver_contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to_450300.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/stephanie-coontz-3365_beaver_contrary-to-popular-opinion-leave-it-to_450300.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.” — Stephanie Coontz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching \"Leave it to Beaver,\" my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oprah Winfrey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were-home-watching-leave-it-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/oprah-winfrey-186_beavers_when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were_2782557.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/oprah-winfrey-186_beavers_when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were_2782557.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/oprah-winfrey-186_beavers_when-i-was-a-kid-and-the-other-kids-were_2782557.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching \"Leave it to Beaver,\" my father and step-mother were…” — Oprah Winfrey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are no 'Leave It to Beaver' families. 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