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  1. #1
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    Aww gee, Wally. I'm not dead yet!

    Tony Dow passes at 77.

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...160455094.html


    Leave It To Beaver was iconic of my summers spent at my grandparents' house as a kid in Pa. If we weren't outside playing, we were plopped in front of the TV, and it was a show often on. I don't remember reruns being on air in NC so much.

    That small town in Pa was very much a "Leave It To Beaver" place, with very similar neighborhoods. Great memories of those times and the show.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  2. #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    Tony Dow passes at 77.

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...160455094.html


    Leave It To Beaver was iconic of my summers spent at my grandparents' house as a kid in Pa. If we weren't outside playing, we were plopped in front of the TV, and it was a show often on. I don't remember reruns being on air in NC so much.

    That small town in Pa was very much a "Leave It To Beaver" place, with very similar neighborhoods. Great memories of those times and the show.
    And of course there is a Duke connection as in: "Duke is on TV more often than Leave It to Beaver."

    I don't know how much acting he did after Beaver, but Tony Dow became a very competent director of some of my favorite TV shows.

    Sorry to hear this news.

  3. #3
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    Vermont
    We've nicknamed our next door neighbor "Lumpy" after Lumpy Rutherford...

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    North of Durham
    RIP. I was a big fan of Leave it to Beaver re-runs as a kid. He played that part really well.

    He is a real 180 from all of the actors who portrayed mafiosos who have died lately.

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Section 15 View Post
    And of course there is a Duke connection as in: "Duke is on TV more often than Leave It to Beaver."
    Hahah I’d forgotten about that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjGRqUuIQs

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    Quote Originally Posted by missfinch View Post
    Hahah I’d forgotten about that:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjGRqUuIQs
    I hadn't seen that before. I still have tears in my eyes from laughing!

    Good thing I wasn't drinking anything while watching. I'd have to get a new keyboard.

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    Now, this weird. “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” (Or similar)

    https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/leave-...pasteboard_app

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    Quote Originally Posted by duke74 View Post
    Now, this weird. “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” (Or similar)

    https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/leave-...pasteboard_app
    Oops

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    Quote Originally Posted by duke74 View Post
    Now, this weird. “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” (Or similar)

    https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/leave-...pasteboard_app
    Yikes. That's one of the few mistakes that I have not made.

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    Quote Originally Posted by duke74 View Post
    Now, this weird. “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” (Or similar)

    https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/leave-...pasteboard_app
    Those silly sitcom guys!

    I guess it's safe to say the title of this thread needs amended.
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  11. #11
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    New Bern, NC unless it's a home football game then I'm grilling on Devil's Alley
    Sadly, he's died again.
    Although this is a very sad day, I have comfort and peace that he is in a better place. He was the best Dad anyone could ask for. He was my coach, my mentor, my voice of reason, my best friend, my best man in my wedding, and my hero," Christopher Dow said, according to a statement that Bilotta shared on Tony Dow's official Facebook page.
    News of the actor's passing comes one day after a premature announcement of his death. Dow revealed in May he had been diagnosed with cancer and was receiving hospice care this week, according to his son.
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/enter...bit/index.html
    Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."

  12. #12
    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    Really a bad couple of days for him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CameronBornAndBred View Post
    Oh no. I ain’t falling for this a second time.

  14. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by ClemmonsDevil View Post
    Really a bad couple of days for him.
    It happens so quick.

  15. #15
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    I was torn between a Monty Python clip and a ca. 1990 SNL clip parodying Natalie Cole and Tammy Wynette singing together when I saw this story.

    RIP. Only the Beav is left now.
    Last edited by duke2x; 07-27-2022 at 09:13 PM.

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    RIP Tony Dow. From a friend that knew him, I’m told he genuinely was a great guy. Loved “Leave it to Beaver” as a show. He’ll be missed in my household.

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