I realize I already watched this but it was definitely worth a second watch! You hit the nail right on the head! Judy was a tattletale! I loved how anytime the kids spoke, the raised their hands and after being called on they would stand and talk. Manners of a bygone era! Thanks Dave!
Was Eddie the older kid about Wally's age? Wasn't he the one that was always trying to dump Beaver and get Wally go somewhere and get into some kind of trouble? Then he'd put on the 'polite boy' act whenever Mrs. Cleaver was nearby! June would roll her eyes or give Wally 'that look.'
@@SPCLPONYYes, Eddie was played by the inimitable Ken Osmond, who, after "Beaver" left the air, would go on to become respected Officer Ken Osmond of the LAPD.
Oh my gosh...I am 75 years old and I STILL turn on my iPad while I am at the breakfast table and watch a rerun of Leave it To Beaver while I am eating breakfast or drinking a cup of coffee. My husband gets the biggest kick out of me, however I also hear him sitting either at the other end of the table, or in the living room laughing at something that is going on in the episode. This show just takes me back to a time when life was so relaxing, and it is just a great time machine. I remember Judy very well, and as an adult, I can watch this and think , "wow...if she was my student, I would not have been as calm as Miss Landers", so that just shows you what a great little actress she was. I adore her character. Absolutely my most favorite of that era. Oh...I can't forget Eddie Haskell...what a character...every good parents nightmare, LOL. The whole cast was remarkable.
Totally agree, Nan. Old shows like "Leave It To Beaver" really do serve as a time machine...a gateway to the past. A perceived kinder and simpler time.
Hi, Miss Nan...love your story . Loved the show then and now ( I'm 66). My favorite episode is the Voo-doo movie one where Eddie pretends to be hypnotized and calls Beaver "master". I call my cat that when I'm being nagged for food... "YES. MASTER. COMING. WITH. THAT. DINNER." I always laugh and think of those two. Great show. God bless.
Judy was the greatest for all the reasons you mentioned...She represented that one horrible kid we all had in our class... You are soooo right, the show was never quite the same when Judy and Larry left....
The Judy character kept the show real. There were several people in my grade school class that were unpleasant. Of course I always preferred being at home to being in school.
I’m so glad these people went on to lead productive lives. There are so many child stars who after there shows were over killed theirselves or had bad times. I’m glad they all did good.
@@shouttothelord77 Karen Sue Trent as Penny. Much prettier than Judy, and had more of a personality that could be fun or unhappy for the Beav, depending on the writers feelings that day!
I have to admit, reluctantly, Dave, at times when I watch your videos, I get a bit misty eyed. This is because your videos stir up memories from my childhood, a period of my life that was the most happy. And, at the same time, I miss the happiness I knew as a child. Thank Dave, for allowing me to momentarily travel back in time.
You're welcome, Steve. Each time I put one of these videos together, I do the same thing. Not that I get all weepy or anything like that...but I do get very nostalgic for a time gone by. Times that may not have really been all that much simpler...but for a young kid...well, they seemed that way.
I also was the happiest when I was a child... except for the eminent domain. The process began when I was in kindergarten, and all five houses on my block were torn down and replaced with a parking lot when I was in third grade.
Thanks for sharing the happy news about Jeri after leaving Leave It To Beaver. It's always uplifting to hear about a performer who succeeds in a happy life after the fame of Hollywood.
Summer Rose YES! Either it’s “the church lady” type like Judy, policing the 3rd grade classroom or it’s the brown-noser Eddie Haskell type sucking up to the boss. All truly great comedy utilizes personalities that everyone will recognize. Interesting how these old sitcoms were entertaining for all ages. You can’t say that about most television programs now.
I could relate to Beaver's problem in that episode, and I could see it happening to me, though fortunately it never did. The closest I came to this happening is after I'd put a poster of the Muppets from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLD when I was in high school. During the summer, I visited my aunt, uncle & cousins and noticed that my much-younger [girl] cousin had put the same poster on her wall. As soon as I arrived home, I took down my poster.
Fans of the Wonder Years sooner or later discover jean shepherd! then they watch phantom of the open hearth on youtube and get angry every christmas with that "other "movie
lee shafer: What "other movie"? "A Christmas Story"? Or "It's a Wonderful Life"? All the TV channels and networks seem to run either of those two movies every Christmas.
I always like hearing about former actors who move onto other things. There are so many stories, especially of child actors who peak young are typecast then tossed away. Bravo to those who escape.
This was my favorite show as a kid! It seems that I was like the Beaver in a lot of ways because I always fell for advice from friends who were like Larry and Eddie.
When I was in the 5th grade, there was a girl in my class that was the teachers pet. Big time teachers pet. That was something I would like to forget about.
I love your videos, Dave. Most of the time they really are kind of heartbreaking. I watch the reruns of these shows as watch offered now is worthless. There's no lesson or moral to the story anymore. The times we live in and the society that exists seems worthless and incapable of changing. Thank you, Dave. 🏆😊😢
Thanks for the comment, Dr. Mark. Yah, I get it. We live in troubled times. That said, there are good TV shows (and people) out there. We just have to look a bit harder than we used to. Take care, my friend. 🙂
Nice. I always wondered what became of her. I completely remember how much more she grew in her final episodes compared to the others. She was way bigger than even the boys.
I keep forgetting that they are older now, but I also have to remember that I Too have gotten older now, thank you for sharing, I still watch leave it to Beaver every week day mornings.thank you so much for sharing the details.☺️
I always find it so difficult to watch these clips of years gone by when life seemed straight forward without the pretensions of the social revolution. Always wondered about her; now I know! Nicely done!
Jeri Weil was also on one episode of 'The New Leave It To Beaver,' that went several seasons through the 80s, playing her old Character Judy Hensler. so she did act that one last time and she's still got it! She was excellent.
Thank you so much for these updates on people who played characters on " Leave It To Beaver, " with Tony Dow's passing, I've gotten nostalgic about the show, I was born a year after the show premired and got to see the original eppys in reruns on various networks..
Good for her for walking away! And it’s a bit of inference/speculation on my part, but good for her family supporting her! How many stories about troubled child actors include overbearing or manipulative parents? Your looks at the “Leave It To Beaver” cast have been very interesting. I’m starting to think it may have been one of the best collection of actors ever.
Wow nicely done 👏 Sounds like acting was a bump in the road and good for her that she wouldn’t let them make her feel bad about how she was growing up ‼️I will check out the channel you mentioned ‼️Thanks for sharing Dave‼️You and yours have a good one ❣️‼️👏👍
I seem to recall young Theodore routinely referring to his tattle-tale classmate as "that creepy Judy Hensler". I knew "Jeri" was the actress' name, but this video made me notice for the first time that she and Jerry Mathers were phonetic namesakes. It's easy to imagine Beaver and Judy maybe maybe going out on a date and maybe hating each other a little less if she had stayed with the show. It's nice to hear that her adult life has been enjoyable and fulfilling. It seems like that cast had a lot of well-grounded young people in it.
I think you're right, Dr.Quizzler. For the most part, it was a well grounded group of kids. A couple of them struggled for a bit...but even they were able to turn things around. And Jerry and Tony seem rock solid!
I love your posts Dave! So many warm memories of a gentler happier bygone era. I am the NUMBER ONE Leave It To Beaver Fan! Wonderful show with great down-to-earth performances. I do agree that the show did lose something when Rusty Steve s left-they never found another friend for Beaver as perfectly cast as Larry Mondello-not surprising that most of my favorite episodes of the show were those featuring Larry. . To a somewhat lesser extent, the same could be said about Jeri Weil as Judy Hensler and Sue Randall as Miss Landers. Did anyone find it ironic that in one of the last episodes of the show,Wally takes neither Mary Ellen Rogers or Julie Foster to the graduation dance? For a shy guy that Wally had lots of girlfriends!
Larry was cool but Gilbert was my favorite out of Beaver's friends he was hilarious when I was a kid I thought Whitey was it but as a grown man Gilbert is that guy!!
Well done, Dave. I always found Judy's presence grating the very second she came into the scene, knowing she was no good for the Beave and it would result he lots of fun! /:-)
I grew up on this stuff. I haven't seen an episode in 35 years. And I can name every cast member and characters like Judy are still vivid in my head. I compare it to other shows that I haven't seen in decades. The memories are less vivid. Secondary characters have faded from sight. I think it's quite a testament to the quality of the show that Leave it to Beaver isn't like that and the memories from that show live on forever.
There was always one if not two anoing pain in the bit just like her in everyone of my classes as a kid. I can still remember their faces and names and I'm 70.AMAZIMG.
This is completely out of left field Dave. Kudos for doing this one. As soon as I saw the video title, I was intrigued. Kids today think life goes thru Hollywood and Jeri is a perfect example of someone who preferred to not pursue such a life and was probably happier because of it. I also never heard of that radio show. Thanks for the link. I'll check that out.
Scuttlebutt says Uncle Billy left Mayfield, changed his name to Joe Carson and moved to Hooterville through the Witness Protection Program. It's been said that he doublecrossed the Gambino crime family.
the fact that as she grew older and the producers and make up people did things to her to make her look younger.... from what I hear can be a real pain. Judy Garland went through the same thing when filming Wizard of OZ. from what I've read the studio make--up people had her wraped up like a mummy under her clothes to make her look younger once mother nature hit her and she begain to develop and blossom. Hollywood is known for making the actor's life miserable back in thoses days.
Her first appearance on Leave It To Beaver was Beaver Short Pants (season 1, episode 11). Judy Hensler played by Jeri Weil. Her last appearance on Leave It To Beaver was Beaver Big Hero (season 4, episode 3). Rusty Steven who played Larry Mondello also appeared on his first appearance, Beaver Short Pants (season 1, episode 11).
It was very interesting to see her reprise her role as Judy Hensler Benton on an episode of The New Leave it to Beaver as I saw on WTBS and shortly after The New Year of 1987.
I watch a Leave It To Beaver every night before going to sleep. Just the other day I wondered about what happened to Judy. Then here pops up your video on my phone. Thanks.
Great vid, Dave! Yes, I knew a few "Judy Henslers" in grade school. I might have even had a crush a couple of them HahA! I'm always happy to hear of child actors who have successfully left Hollywood behind. All too often, young actors, especially those in later years, meet very different fates. I wish a few of them would attend a fan expo in my area...I would love to meet the Beaver cast. I'm sure they hear it wherever they go, but I just want to shake their hands and thank them for the good childhood memories. Thanks for posting, Dave!.
You're welcome, Rometiklan. I agree. It would be cool to meet the Beaver cast at a fan expo. Here in Utah, we have something called FanX...but it tends to focus on the sci-fi/comic book stuff.
Dave, thanks for these wonderful memories of our youth, I love the way you create your show. Your narration is sooo relaxing, looking forward to the next installment
Thank you so much for producing this wonderful and enjoyable videos. All the graphics and the background music and the research that goes into these little gems takes much time and thought. I’m glad this gal got away from show business. She was great on the show. I’d be mad too if they made me wear stupid little bangs and pigtails forever too. Stephen Talbot “Gilbert”’next please. He was the little dude who did a great job after Rusty Stevens left. He didn’t try to copy Larry’s tune. He played his own fiddle and I really enjoy watching him egg on The Beaver. ☮️
She was my favorite villainess in the show. My favorite scene was where she actually visited Beaver at home. Beaver was up in his room. When June announced that Judy was downstairs, Beaver yelled down, "Tell her to get lost!"
Mrs. Cleaver acquardly replied, while waiting for Beaver to get down stairs, "Well, you know the Beaver..." Just saw this & couldn't believe Judy dared step inside the Cleaver house! What a fake suck up agenda she came with that day...
Thx. Dave!. It's always interesting to find out what happened to these people from old shows like Beaver. I wonder what happened to Penny? She was almost as big of a pain as Judy!
*Karen Sue Trent* she played Lorrie on last episode of *The Rifleman* also was on *Wagon Train* and found out she was in film *The Garden of Eden* as baby/toddler it was about a _Nudist Colony_
Larry Mondello (Robert "Rusty" Stevens) was the best friend / foil / frenemy the Beav ever had on the series! Stevens' mom was such a pain to the producers, they were forced to get rid of the Larry character. Larry either got the Beav in one mess after another or sometimes helped him out. Either way, I always missed Larry after he was gone after the 3rd season (1959-60). The show soldiered on for its last 3 seasons (1960-63), but it was never the same hilarious series with episodes centering around the Beaver without apple-munching Larry. Robert Stevens is also alive, as is Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Ken Osmond, and Jeri Weil, who is one month older than Jerry.
A lot of these shows were never as good when the child actors got older. When Beaver got to middle school age it just wasn't the same. Same with Opie(Ron Howard) as he grew up.
Dave, of the many channels on CZcams I enjoy yours the most, the gentle way you talk about the shows we grew up with and loved so much, your tone reveals that special feel we have for those of our youth. I still
Yeah.. I Liked She Really Enjoys Her life to the point of ACTUALLY BEING SURPRISED That She Has So Many Fans WANTING To See Her Again and NEEDING Her Autograph. That Is Truly Precious. I Just Really like And Respect that Woman. This was Nice. 🤠🖖
Robert Telarket Or actors in general. It’s like any other business, even though they’re so conceited they call it “THE Business.”🙄. Not everyone is a great salesman, accountant, whatever. Then you change jobs. Like everyone else. It fits, or it doesn’t.
Great job following up on this forgotten yet memorable character actress. You are right show was not the same without her but fortunately we had Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford to fill the gap. Wish you would do a video on Lumpys dad who went on to play Mel Cooley on Dick Van Dyke show he was a classic guy too
Judy wasn't the only one from the show to leave and give up acting. Ken Osmond, who played Larry Haskell, the semi-juvenile delinquent who was always trying to smooth talk 'the Beav's' mom, went on to a career as a police officer with the LAPD and from all accounts was a good cop. He was even wounded during a shoot-out in the line of duty.
@@jdsundstrom Yep. I've learned the no good deed goes unpunished principle hundreds of times. Maybe the Lord owes me a break in eternity. Actually, my late wife was a good woman. All the rest were another story. Of course my being "ornery" might have something to do with it.
I love your Channel and you always surprise me with great info of my favorites from the past keep up the great work and please do a story on Hugh Beaumont
@@jdsundstrom thanks Dave for your response I remember mr. C of Happy Days was voted America's favorite TV dad but I always thought it was mr. Cleaver I love your vids
@@jdsundstrom I ❤ Leave it to Beaver.very under-rated.it really was a cut above the rest.I can't believe Barbara and Hugh were in their 40s when they filmed it.
Yes, there was a Judy in every class. Sort of like the one girl that asks the teacher two minutes until the bell rings on Friday afternoon " Aren't you going to give us any homework?"
We had a girl lived in our neighborhood was exactly the same as her! We try to play baseball and steal baseballs, fight, just be a pain in the ass. Last I heard , she was still a pain, with kids!!!
Judy, Judy, Judy, as handsome Cary Grant would say, oh but these kids were such good actors, you had to love them all, even Judy!! I almost forgot about her, althea kids were a little scared of her which was really funny! It's like, "Oh no, here comes Judy!" She was a great addition to the school scenes! p.s. Little Lulu was one of my favorite comics! Thanks Dave! Keep them coming!
I knew girls like her who were absolute bullies. I think they were raised to believe they were something special. But, I did wish that they would have kept Larry and Judy all the way through the show. But, then, I wish they would have kept the show going...at least as long as Perry Mason.
The last appearance of Jeri Weil (Judy Hensley) was Beaver's Hero, Season 4 Episode 3 (converted to Episode 120) on Leave It To Beaver. Earlier, Beaver just made up a story about saving the speedboat and a drowning a girl in the lake, but it is actually a canoe is drifting across the lake and nobody aboard on the canoe. Whoever used the canoe last did not secure the rope to the dock to keep the canoe in one place, and near the end of that show, Beaver finally told the truth about saving the canoe that is drifting across the other side of the lake to Miss Landers and the class, and Judy let Beaver off the hook by telling the truth, and Judy did accepted the apology to Beaver.
For me, it was Eddie Haskell!! "Hey, where ya been, Beav, out scarin' babies?" Laughed like hell first time I heard that one!!! I was very happy to hear that Ken Osmond has led a very good, productive life. 😊😊💖💖✝️⚜️
If character actor Victor Bueno was ever offered to star or co-star in a T.V. show, I could see Jeri portraying his daughter. They both possessed something rather dark and comical in their acting.
It was nice of the writers to script one episode where Judy had to call for a truce, and ask for Beaver's help to write a letter to the school bus driver. Since Beaver was able to get a second chance after getting kicked off the bus, now she needed his help.
I also liked little lulu. When I was a kid us kids would come in the front door after school but beaver and Wally came in the back. Where the kitchen is. They would put their lunch box on the counter and take their jackets off and homework if any. Like they had a hard day. I know I felt some days at school was hard. Enjoyed the show. 📚📚
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Always enjoy your program, Dave.
@@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 And...I always enjoy your comments, my friend. 🙂
I loved every scene that Judy was in. Her contribution to the show was priceless.
I realize I already watched this but it was definitely worth a second watch! You hit the nail right on the head! Judy was a tattletale! I loved how anytime the kids spoke, the raised their hands and after being called on they would stand and talk. Manners of a bygone era! Thanks Dave!
Great to see a child actress who succeeded after leaving the industry instead of seeing it in the news succumbing to a drug overdose. Way to go Jeri.
Indeed, Leon!
Eddie Haskell / went on to be LA highway patrol ! 😎
@@rabdhall05 That's well said!
@@BarbaraMerryGeng Right. I think that he got shot in the chest once, but he was wearing a bulletproof vest so he was okay.
@@BarbaraMerryGeng Really?
Best family show. She was great in her role.
I just adored this actress! She was hilarious in her scenes lol. What a treasure that sweet Jeri is. BRAVO!❤
Well said, James!
ADORATION IS FOR GOD ALONE🙏🙏
I had forgotten about her. Her character and the Eddie Haskell character brought so much humor to the show.
Was Eddie the older kid about Wally's age? Wasn't he the one that was always trying to dump Beaver and get Wally go somewhere and get into some kind of trouble? Then he'd put on the 'polite boy' act whenever Mrs. Cleaver was nearby! June would roll her eyes or give Wally 'that look.'
@@SPCLPONY Yes that was Eddie.
It wouldn't be a very good day to get your taxes audited by Jeri and then on the way home get a traffic ticket from Eddie.
@@SPCLPONYYes, Eddie was played by the inimitable Ken Osmond, who, after "Beaver" left the air, would go on to become respected Officer Ken Osmond of the LAPD.
I agree about the void when Larry and Judy left. They were so natural; we all knew kids just like them. God bless you Jeri.
I agree, all of them really were a "natural"
Oh my gosh...I am 75 years old and I STILL turn on my iPad while I am at the breakfast table and watch a rerun of Leave it To Beaver while I am eating breakfast or drinking a cup of coffee. My husband gets the biggest kick out of me, however I also hear him sitting either at the other end of the table, or in the living room laughing at something that is going on in the episode. This show just takes me back to a time when life was so relaxing, and it is just a great time machine. I remember Judy very well, and as an adult, I can watch this and think , "wow...if she was my student, I would not have been as calm as Miss Landers", so that just shows you what a great little actress she was. I adore her character. Absolutely my most favorite of that era. Oh...I can't forget Eddie Haskell...what a character...every good parents nightmare, LOL. The whole cast was remarkable.
Totally agree, Nan. Old shows like "Leave It To Beaver" really do serve as a time machine...a gateway to the past. A perceived kinder and simpler time.
Hi, Miss Nan...love your story . Loved the show then and now ( I'm 66).
My favorite episode is the Voo-doo movie one where Eddie pretends to be hypnotized and calls Beaver "master". I call my cat that when I'm being nagged for food... "YES. MASTER. COMING. WITH. THAT.
DINNER." I always laugh and think of those two.
Great show.
God bless.
ADORATION IS FOR GOD ALONE 🙏🙏
I love it. I am so happy that she ended up being happy. And all three of them look so great.
Judy was the greatest for all the reasons you mentioned...She represented that one horrible kid we all had in our class... You are soooo right, the show was never quite the same when Judy and Larry left....
In case you don't know... Larry left the show because his real Dad got a job far away. Larry had to quit. I don't think it was Cincinnati.
The Judy character kept the show real. There were several people in my grade school class that were unpleasant. Of course I always preferred being at home to being in school.
I’m so glad these people went on to lead productive lives. There are so many child stars who after there shows were over killed theirselves or had bad times. I’m glad they all did good.
I never like Judy to me she was just a bugaboo thanks for sharing 😂
I don't think the actor who played 'Whitey' had a great life after the show.
One episode where Beaver thought he was going to move and he and Judy sort of admitted they will miss each other was very touching.
That wasn’t Judy who did that, it was Penny!
@@shouttothelord77 Sorry they run together in my mind!
@@shouttothelord77 Karen Sue Trent as Penny. Much prettier than Judy, and had more of a personality that could be fun or unhappy for the Beav, depending on the writers feelings that day!
I have to admit, reluctantly, Dave, at times when I watch your videos, I get a bit misty eyed. This is because your videos stir up memories from my childhood, a period of my life that was the most happy. And, at the same time, I miss the happiness I knew as a child. Thank Dave, for allowing me to momentarily travel back in time.
You're welcome, Steve. Each time I put one of these videos together, I do the same thing. Not that I get all weepy or anything like that...but I do get very nostalgic for a time gone by. Times that may not have really been all that much simpler...but for a young kid...well, they seemed that way.
I also was the happiest when I was a child... except for the eminent domain. The process began when I was in kindergarten, and all five houses on my block were torn down and replaced with a parking lot when I was in third grade.
Thanks for sharing the happy news about Jeri after leaving Leave It To Beaver. It's always uplifting to hear about a performer who succeeds in a happy life after the fame of Hollywood.
Yes, there seemed to be a “Judy” in all of my elementary classes.
Ditto!
When stepping out of the room the teacher would give her the red pencil to write down names and give check marks.
She captured the stereotype well, didn't she? Love those early sitcoms!
And try helping at school in PTA!!! There is always a Judy in mother form
Summer Rose YES! Either it’s “the church lady” type like Judy, policing the 3rd grade classroom or it’s the brown-noser Eddie Haskell type sucking up to the boss. All truly great comedy utilizes personalities that everyone will recognize. Interesting how these old sitcoms were entertaining for all ages. You can’t say that about most television programs now.
I remember the sweater episode, Beaver wanted this sweater,and bought it,only to find out Judy got the same sweater!
Yep, he thought he'd gotten a girls sweater and didn't want to wear it anymore. Classic episode!
@@jdsundstrom Please do a spot on "dumb old Margaret"on Dennis the Menace!
I could relate to Beaver's problem in that episode, and I could see it happening to me, though fortunately it never did. The closest I came to this happening is after I'd put a poster of the Muppets from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLD when I was in high school. During the summer, I visited my aunt, uncle & cousins and noticed that my much-younger [girl] cousin had put the same poster on her wall. As soon as I arrived home, I took down my poster.
@@jehobden lol... hay.. that's kinda sad.
That poster was for Everyone.
I Crawled into our outside Dogs house and hung it in there for Fred .
lol.. 🤠🖖
Great episode! Beav really wanted that sweater and June, his mom wondered why he wouldn't wear it?!
Thanks for this one! Supporting actors are often overlooked, but seldom forgotten.
Since Jeri's performance of Judy was so abdominal and totally opposite of her real personality shows her incredible acting skills.
Good to hear she walked away and got a real job. That takes guts and sensibility.
I have to admit that Leave It To Beaver and The Wonder Years was more believable and realistic than most sitcoms.
@Rulya Mórrigan Ard Mhacha BMO, especially the wonder years, it was more REALISTIC than leave it to beaver! Two great sitcoms!
Fans of the Wonder Years sooner or later discover jean shepherd! then they watch phantom of the open hearth on youtube and get angry every christmas with that "other "movie
bmo shareholder apple shareholder: That's true, to be sure!
lee shafer: What "other movie"? "A Christmas Story"? Or "It's a Wonderful Life"? All the TV channels and networks seem to run either of those two movies every Christmas.
That's because most sitcom characters have an IQ less than a squirrel.
You are so right - there was a character like this all the way through elementary school!
I had some of my best laughs from Leave It To Beaver when she and Beaver interacted.
Aging sucks, but people should be grateful when they do. Some people don't have that privilege.
Wise words, Jack!
I always like hearing about former actors who move onto other things. There are so many stories, especially of child actors who peak young are typecast then tossed away. Bravo to those who escape.
Judy was the kind of girl other girls couldn’t have stood her.
This was my favorite show as a kid! It seems that I was like the Beaver in a lot of ways because I always fell for advice from friends who were like Larry and Eddie.
I think many of us had friends like Larry and Eddie, Tom. 🙂
When I was in the 5th grade, there was a girl in my class that was the teachers pet. Big time teachers pet. That was something I would like to forget about.
Judy was integral to the chemistry of the classroom. S
Jeri was perfect in her performance.
I love your videos, Dave. Most of the time they really are kind of heartbreaking.
I watch the reruns of these shows as watch offered now is worthless.
There's no lesson or moral to the story anymore.
The times we live in and the society that exists seems worthless and incapable of changing.
Thank you, Dave. 🏆😊😢
Thanks for the comment, Dr. Mark. Yah, I get it. We live in troubled times. That said, there are good TV shows (and people) out there. We just have to look a bit harder than we used to. Take care, my friend. 🙂
Another great story Dave. You have a true knack for talking to your viewers. Godspeed.
Nice. I always wondered what became of her. I completely remember how much more she grew in her final episodes compared to the others. She was way bigger than even the boys.
Yep. Huge difference in her growth between her first appearance and her last on the show.
She towered over Beav and now look at her next to him.
I keep forgetting that they are older now, but I also have to remember that I Too have gotten older now, thank you for sharing, I still watch leave it to Beaver every week day mornings.thank you so much for sharing the details.☺️
Yep. Not sure why we all have to get older...but we do. 🙂
Judy was a goody-goody, BUT she also was a Good baseball player! I believe she Smacked 2 Homeruns!⚾⚾
No one is denying her athleticism, Jose! 🙂
I remember that episode! She hit two home runs in Beaver's gym class!
But that was with nobody on base. Beaver hit a double with two people on base.
Jim Nething That episode was hilarious. She played her part so well, and one had to wonder, what talent she would have given us , in other roles.
@@chalkboy8 oh yeah, I forgot about that! thanks for the reminder chalkboy8!
I always find it so difficult to watch these clips of years gone by when life seemed straight forward without the pretensions of the social revolution. Always wondered about her; now I know! Nicely done!
Thanks Anthony!
The leave it to beaver version of Lucy from Charlie Brown
So true, Sean!
BINGO!
Exactly. When Lucy appeared on screen, I would leave the room and go do something else. Anything else.
Great video! Boy, that scowl could kill at thirty paces!
@Roderick ONeil: 😂😂😂😂
Yeah, her facial expressions were just poisonous! She played her part so well! Such a typical character in slmost every classroom.
Jeri Weil was also on one episode of 'The New Leave It To Beaver,' that went several seasons through the 80s, playing her old Character Judy Hensler. so she did act that one last time and she's still got it! She was excellent.
Thank you so much for these updates on people who played characters on " Leave It To Beaver, " with Tony Dow's passing, I've gotten nostalgic about the show, I was born a year after the show premired and got to see the original eppys in reruns on various networks..
I'm so glad you are enjoying the videos Cathlean!
Another great video, Dave! Thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it, barcrrt. 🙂
Good for her for walking away! And it’s a bit of inference/speculation on my part, but good for her family supporting her! How many stories about troubled child actors include overbearing or manipulative parents?
Your looks at the “Leave It To Beaver” cast have been very interesting. I’m starting to think it may have been one of the best collection of actors ever.
One of my all time favorite shows of childhood. They were all great actors/actresses.
Wow nicely done 👏 Sounds like acting was a bump in the road and good for her that she wouldn’t let them make her feel bad about how she was growing up ‼️I will check out the channel you mentioned ‼️Thanks for sharing Dave‼️You and yours have a good one ❣️‼️👏👍
I think you will enjoy Torchy's podcasts, Thelma. 🙂
I seem to recall young Theodore routinely referring to his tattle-tale classmate as "that creepy Judy Hensler". I knew "Jeri" was the actress' name, but this video made me notice for the first time that she and Jerry Mathers were phonetic namesakes. It's easy to imagine Beaver and Judy maybe maybe going out on a date and maybe hating each other a little less if she had stayed with the show. It's nice to hear that her adult life has been enjoyable and fulfilling. It seems like that cast had a lot of well-grounded young people in it.
I think you're right, Dr.Quizzler. For the most part, it was a well grounded group of kids. A couple of them struggled for a bit...but even they were able to turn things around. And Jerry and Tony seem rock solid!
I love your posts Dave! So many warm memories of a gentler happier bygone era. I am the NUMBER ONE Leave It To Beaver Fan! Wonderful show with great down-to-earth performances. I do agree that the show did lose something when Rusty Steve s left-they never found another friend for Beaver as perfectly cast as Larry Mondello-not surprising that most of my favorite episodes of the show were those featuring Larry. . To a somewhat lesser extent, the same could be said about Jeri Weil as Judy Hensler and Sue Randall as Miss Landers. Did anyone find it ironic that in one of the last episodes of the show,Wally takes neither Mary Ellen Rogers or Julie Foster to the graduation dance? For a shy guy that Wally had lots of girlfriends!
Larry was cool but Gilbert was my favorite out of Beaver's friends he was hilarious when I was a kid I thought Whitey was it but as a grown man Gilbert is that guy!!
Well done, Dave. I always found Judy's presence grating the very second she came into the scene, knowing she was no good for the Beave and it would result he lots of fun! /:-)
Thanks John!
She had an in-born hostility towards the Beav.
I grew up on this stuff. I haven't seen an episode in 35 years. And I can name every cast member and characters like Judy are still vivid in my head. I compare it to other shows that I haven't seen in decades. The memories are less vivid. Secondary characters have faded from sight. I think it's quite a testament to the quality of the show that Leave it to Beaver isn't like that and the memories from that show live on forever.
The cast of friends on the show were 👍🏿
Judy Hensler, "the meanest girl in the whole school".....
That's what The Beaver would say
There was always one if not two anoing pain in the bit just like her in everyone of my classes as a kid. I can still remember their faces and names and I'm 70.AMAZIMG.
This is completely out of left field Dave. Kudos for doing this one. As soon as I saw the video title, I was intrigued. Kids today think life goes thru Hollywood and Jeri is a perfect example of someone who preferred to not pursue such a life and was probably happier because of it.
I also never heard of that radio show. Thanks for the link. I'll check that out.
I think you'll enjoy Torchy's stuff, Scott.
Scuttlebutt says Uncle Billy left Mayfield, changed his name to Joe Carson and moved to Hooterville through the Witness Protection Program. It's been said that he doublecrossed the Gambino crime family.
On his way to Hooterville he worked as a handyman traveling through Mayberry.
Became Uncle Joe!
In Petticoat Junction!
He was actually a Veteran
Actor in many Western
Series of the 60's.
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Then he moved to Mayberry S. Carolina and changed his name to Mr Wheeler and became a handyman & a love interest of Aunr Bea's !
the fact that as she grew older and the producers and make up people did things to her to make her look younger.... from what I hear can be a real pain.
Judy Garland went through the same thing when filming Wizard of OZ. from what I've read the studio make--up people had her wraped up like a mummy under her clothes to make her look younger once mother nature hit her and she begain to develop and blossom. Hollywood is known for making the actor's life miserable back in thoses days.
Great comment, Patrick!
I heard that too. Glad to know she had a fallback plan.
Wonderful video Dave! And it is so great to know that she is did well and is doing well!😊
Thanks again Dave!😊👍
Thanks Mike!
Her first appearance on Leave It To Beaver was Beaver Short Pants (season 1, episode 11). Judy Hensler played by Jeri Weil. Her last appearance on Leave It To Beaver was Beaver Big Hero (season 4, episode 3). Rusty Steven who played Larry Mondello also appeared on his first appearance, Beaver Short Pants (season 1, episode 11).
It was very interesting to see her reprise her role as Judy Hensler Benton on an episode of The New Leave it to Beaver as I saw on WTBS and shortly after The New Year of 1987.
I watch a Leave It To Beaver every night before going to sleep. Just the other day I wondered about what happened to Judy. Then here pops up your video on my phone. Thanks.
Great vid, Dave! Yes, I knew a few "Judy Henslers" in grade school. I might have even had a crush a couple of them HahA! I'm always happy to hear of child actors who have successfully left Hollywood behind. All too often, young actors, especially those in later years, meet very different fates. I wish a few of them would attend a fan expo in my area...I would love to meet the Beaver cast. I'm sure they hear it wherever they go, but I just want to shake their hands and thank them for the good childhood memories. Thanks for posting, Dave!.
You're welcome, Rometiklan. I agree. It would be cool to meet the Beaver cast at a fan expo. Here in Utah, we have something called FanX...but it tends to focus on the sci-fi/comic book stuff.
Dave, thanks for these wonderful memories of our youth, I love the way you create your show. Your narration is sooo relaxing, looking forward to the next installment
Thanks so much, ohiowalnut! I am so glad that you are enjoying my videos. 🙂
Thanks, Dave! This was great!! ❤️❤️❤️
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂
You have a great voice and an entertaining way of putting this together. So many memories watching leave it to beaver. Thanks.
Thanks Patricia!
I’d never thought about the show changing when Judy and Larry left, it I believe you’re right.
Great job once again, Dave! She was the little girl you loved to hate.
She made us all think she was a pain in the rear. Played her part very well.
Thank you so much for producing this wonderful and enjoyable videos. All the graphics and the background music and the research that goes into these little gems takes much time and thought. I’m glad this gal got away from show business. She was great on the show. I’d be mad too if they made me wear stupid little bangs and pigtails forever too. Stephen Talbot “Gilbert”’next please. He was the little dude who did a great job after Rusty Stevens left. He didn’t try to copy Larry’s tune. He played his own fiddle and I really enjoy watching him egg on The Beaver. ☮️
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, ibrakeforbutterflies!
@@jdsundstrom " 'By
Beav, I gotta go home now!"
"But Gilbert, where ya goin', Gilbert?!?"😉😉😉✝️⚜️
Hahaha...you nailed that! Gilbert always has to go home NOW all of a sudden. He’s currently on almost every episode in season 4 on MeTV now. ☮️
"egg on", the perfect adjective for Gilbert!
Gilbert did a horrible job and was an abysmal replacement for Larry.
She was my favorite villainess in the show. My favorite scene was where she actually visited Beaver at home. Beaver was up in his room. When June announced that Judy was downstairs, Beaver yelled down, "Tell her to get lost!"
Yes! Wonderful television moment!
Mrs. Cleaver acquardly replied, while waiting for Beaver to get down stairs, "Well, you know the Beaver..." Just saw this & couldn't believe Judy dared step inside the Cleaver house! What a fake suck up agenda she came with that day...
That's when Judy comes over to Beavers house to ask him how he got his bus riding privileges back after she got banned from riding the bus
This is great!!! Judy was definitely a thorn in Beaver's side. So glad to know that Jeri Weil was nothing like her.
I bought the whole set of DVDs, expensive, but so worth it. I'm addicted. I grew up on the Beaver.
Listened to the interview on the Baby Boomers site. It was awesome!
TheWALLofMusic what is the name of the site?
@Onion Ring. I've posted a link to the Baby Boomers Talk Radio site in the description field of this video.
As a kid, I didn't understand how she got away with that attitude. I also wanted her to become nice. I liked her braids and clothes though.
This was truly wonderful, and wonderfully done. Thank you, sir.
You're welcome, william h!
Thx. Dave!. It's always interesting to find out what happened to these people from old shows like Beaver. I wonder what happened to Penny? She was almost as big of a pain as Judy!
*Karen Sue Trent* she played Lorrie on last episode of *The Rifleman* also was on *Wagon Train* and found out she was in film *The Garden of Eden* as baby/toddler it was about a _Nudist Colony_
jon wilson She has a facebook. She goes by Karen Trent. She lives in Buckhannon, West Virginia
Great suggestion, Jon. I'll add Karen Trent to my potential topics list.
I like her and larry when they left the show was never the same
Loved the show, but your right after they left, the show changed, it was still ok but something was missing
Larry Mondello (Robert "Rusty" Stevens) was the best friend / foil / frenemy the Beav ever had on the series! Stevens' mom was such a pain to the producers, they were forced to get rid of the Larry character. Larry either got the Beav in one mess after another or sometimes helped him out. Either way, I always missed Larry after he was gone after the 3rd season (1959-60). The show soldiered on for its last 3 seasons (1960-63), but it was never the same hilarious series with episodes centering around the Beaver without apple-munching Larry. Robert Stevens is also alive, as is Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Ken Osmond, and Jeri Weil, who is one month older than Jerry.
Agree
I liked her and Larry both.
A lot of these shows were never as good when the child actors got older. When Beaver got to middle school age it just wasn't the same. Same with Opie(Ron Howard) as he grew up.
Dave, of the many channels on CZcams I enjoy yours the most, the gentle way you talk about the shows we grew up with and loved so much, your tone reveals that special feel we have for those of our youth. I still
Thanks for the kind words, Jax West!
Glad she has had a good life and her fans remember her!
I've been watching reruns..it's such a wholesome show. Reminds me of a time of morals and ethics. 😊
It certainly was a different time. Not everything was better back then...but things certainly did seem simpler.
It's kinda cool that the actress simply retired for good after losing her role in the show. Chose a different career. Unusual.
Yep. What's most unusual is that it really appears that she never looked back!
Yeah.. I Liked She Really Enjoys Her life to the point of ACTUALLY BEING SURPRISED That She Has So Many Fans WANTING To See Her Again and NEEDING Her Autograph. That Is Truly Precious. I Just Really like And Respect that Woman. This was Nice. 🤠🖖
Actually it's unusual that so many actors don't do likewise.
Robert Telarket Or actors in general. It’s like any other business, even though they’re so conceited they call it “THE Business.”🙄. Not everyone is a great salesman, accountant, whatever. Then you change jobs. Like everyone else. It fits, or it doesn’t.
Larry Mondello left acting too.
Great job following up on this forgotten yet memorable character actress. You are right show was not the same without her but fortunately we had Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford to fill the gap. Wish you would do a video on Lumpys dad who went on to play Mel Cooley on Dick Van Dyke show he was a classic guy too
Wesley Hackney ... Richard Deacon. He had quite a few appearances in quite a variety of shows.
Great suggestion, Wesley! I'll add Richard Deacon to my potential topics list.
Wesley Hackney:Sadly Richard Deacon passed away in 1984.
Love Leave it to Beaver 💕😊
Judy wasn't the only one from the show to leave and give up acting. Ken Osmond, who played Larry Haskell, the semi-juvenile delinquent who was always trying to smooth talk 'the Beav's' mom, went on to a career as a police officer with the LAPD and from all accounts was a good cop. He was even wounded during a shoot-out in the line of duty.
Every single girl I knew at that age was trying to get me into trouble. And it never ended after that.
So...it continues to this very day, Ed?
@@jdsundstrom Yep. I've learned the no good deed goes unpunished principle hundreds of times. Maybe the Lord owes me a break in eternity. Actually, my late wife was a good woman. All the rest were another story. Of course my being "ornery" might have something to do with it.
Boy Beaver--Your in trouble now--Waitll I tell Miss Landers!!!
I picture her holding the football for the Beave until his foot almost touches it, then she yanks it away and he lands on his back. AAUGH!
Yes! She was very much Lucy to Theodore's Charlie Brown. 🙂
I never thought of that before but you're right. Judy was like Lucy!
LMAO... UHKAAY!!!
I love your Channel and you always surprise me with great info of my favorites from the past keep up the great work and please do a story on Hugh Beaumont
Thanks Slick Mic! And don't worry...Hugh will definitely get his due!
@@jdsundstrom thanks Dave for your response I remember mr. C of Happy Days was voted America's favorite TV dad but I always thought it was mr. Cleaver I love your vids
Thanks for another great and informative video...
You're most welcome, TPR!
@@jdsundstrom I ❤ Leave it to Beaver.very under-rated.it really was a cut above the rest.I can't believe Barbara and Hugh were in their 40s when they filmed it.
Yes, there was a Judy in every class. Sort of like the one girl that asks the teacher two minutes until the bell rings on Friday afternoon " Aren't you going to give us any homework?"
Yep! There was a Judy in every class!
We had a girl lived in our neighborhood was exactly the same as her! We try to play baseball and steal baseballs, fight, just be a pain in the ass. Last I heard , she was still a pain, with kids!!!
I watch this show every morning on METV. ❤️
Judy, Judy, Judy, as handsome Cary Grant would say, oh but these kids were such good actors, you had to love them all, even Judy!! I almost forgot about her, althea kids were a little scared of her which was really funny! It's like, "Oh no, here comes Judy!" She was a great addition to the school scenes! p.s. Little Lulu was one of my favorite comics! Thanks Dave! Keep them coming!
Susan R ... Or, JudyJudyJudy as Goober would say.
You're welcome, Susan! Great comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
@@JW...-oj5iw Oh yeah, how could I forget Goobers great imitations??? Shame on me!! And I loved the humble Goober!!
I knew girls like her who were absolute bullies. I think they were raised to believe they were something special. But, I did wish that they would have kept Larry and Judy all the way through the show. But, then, I wish they would have kept the show going...at least as long as Perry Mason.
To tell the truth she kind of scared me when I was a kid.
She scared me as well, Raw Bacon!
Yeah ! 'Could have grown up to be a Manson girl !
w p She was secure in herself. (Her character)
The Manson monsters, were brainwashable, weak.
Me too !!!
Raw Bacon = Raw Bacon, she sort of scared me too. Thanks for admitting it!!!
The last appearance of Jeri Weil (Judy Hensley) was Beaver's Hero, Season 4 Episode 3 (converted to Episode 120) on Leave It To Beaver. Earlier, Beaver just made up a story about saving the speedboat and a drowning a girl in the lake, but it is actually a canoe is drifting across the lake and nobody aboard on the canoe. Whoever used the canoe last did not secure the rope to the dock to keep the canoe in one place, and near the end of that show, Beaver finally told the truth about saving the canoe that is drifting across the other side of the lake to Miss Landers and the class, and Judy let Beaver off the hook by telling the truth, and Judy did accepted the apology to Beaver.
Great job Dave love your shows!!!!!! Happy belated birthday 😊
Thanks KK!
Thank you for sharing this. I had forgotten about her.
You're welcome, Kelly!
this was good fun. "Leave It To Beaver" is one of my favorites. wally was my crush.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Sophie!
For me, it was Eddie Haskell!!
"Hey, where ya been, Beav, out scarin' babies?"
Laughed like hell first time I heard that one!!!
I was very happy to hear that Ken Osmond has led a very good, productive life.
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Good, clean comedy
If character actor Victor Bueno was ever offered to star or co-star in a T.V. show, I could see Jeri portraying his daughter. They both possessed something rather dark and comical in their acting.
Thanks for posting this vid Dave!
You're welcome, Darrell!
Damn, really incredible how you track down this info! Thanks for posting brother!
It was nice of the writers to script one episode where Judy had to call for a truce, and ask for Beaver's help to write a letter to the school bus driver. Since Beaver was able to get a second chance after getting kicked off the bus, now she needed his help.
That was nice!
@@jdsundstrom Yeah. She was a fly in the ointment.
Thank you for sharing these fun videos! I'm a big Leave It To Beaver fan and love learning more about behind-the-scenes information.
Thanks again,Buddy! Another great vid. From your Friend, Kyle F
Thanks Kyle!
I also liked little lulu. When I was a kid us kids would come in the front door after school but beaver and Wally came in the back. Where the kitchen is. They would put their lunch box on the counter and take their jackets off and homework if any. Like they had a hard day. I know I felt some days at school was hard. Enjoyed the show. 📚📚