European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday october 4,1987 faces a places the Beaver and his family Are together again from press dispatches the a inv Wally. June and even Eddie Haskell got together Friday Al inc museum or broadcasting in new York id screen highlights from old to episodes of leave it to Beaver and answer questions like where s Lumpy Frank Bank who played the portly Clarence Lumpy Rutherford on he television series wired his regrets from California where he is the general manager of a municipal Bond firm. Many of the other surviving stars of the family situation comedy Are Sli in the Tunny business. Bar Bara Billingsley june Cleave Jerry mothers the Beaverton Dow Wally Cleaver and Ken Osmond he skill All appear in the new leave it to Bea Hugh Beaumont who played Ward Cleaver in the original series died in 1982, no father on television was Ever belter than Hugh said Billingsley. The original program first aired on lbs on oct. 4,1957, when Mathers was 7 and Dow was 10, the Tasi show aired sept. 12, 963, since then the series has been syndicated around the world. Here s a Little or what came out in a 90-minute que lion and answer session Friday whal about Beaver Odd nickname in these Ries final show it was said to have been the result of Young Walty s inability to pronounce Theodore his baby brother s name. Billingsley said she suspected the real reason was Mathers Buck Teeth. Mathers said series co writer Joe Connelly plucked the name from a notebook in which he had logged funny names and stories. The writers never specified the location of May Field the suburb where the cleavers lived. There Are 29 May Fields in the United state in reality the Cleaver House stood on a Universal studios Back lot where it had been built in 1938 for the film bring ing up Eddie s father was referred to by two different names John and George. Eddie himself bad three different names Edward w. Haskell Edward George Haskell or. And Edward Clark Haskell. Film to be shot at leu Taylor Hackford the Oscar winning director of act officer and a gentleman will shoot his next film on the Campus of Louisiana state University in Baton Range. The Story is about the greatest football player of his generation and the marriage to his College Sweet heart Hackford said Friday it spans 25 years. 1 think it is a Lovely Story a very positive Story. Tony Dow left and Lurry Mather in a team from a 1961 Opi Toda of leave it to everybody s All american will Star Dennis Quad Jessica Lange and Timothy Mullen. Warner Bros has budgeted More than 122 million for the film based on a novel by Frank Deford and scheduled for a Christmas 198s release. Hackford sold he planned to film football scenes in Baton Rouge in november and that full scale shooting will be in january february and March. Sinatra biographer sued Frank Sinatra s former Vatet has filed a 12 million libel suit against author Kitty Keller saying her controversial Sinatra biography portrayed him As a Dis Loyal employee. George Jacob claims in the suit filed Friday in Superior court in los Angeles that his Way the unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra depicts Jacobs As the source of stories that Sinatra barked at him and once threw Spaghetti in his face. Among other statements listed As false and embarrassing were allegations thai Jacobs once found Sinatra in a stupor arid thai he acted As a go Balw can for the Singer and his first wife Nancy when they weren t speaking to each other. Jacobs said the statements Cost him jobs in Carpen try and catering neither Killcy nor a representative for Bantam books which published the biography was available for comment. Bob Hope gets apology a los Angeles City Council member says she will apologize to Bob Hope for saying he is not inc draw he once Only about 1,500 people turned out for Hope s recent performance at the Starlight Amphitheater which holds 6,000. The show was to raise Money Tor a sculpture commemorating defenders of the con times have changed and obviously Bob Hope is not the draw he once was said councilwoman Mary Lou Howard expressing dismay at the poor response. Had it been a Rock group. This place would have been Ward Grant Hope s spokesman said the Comedi an was nol pleased by Howard s remarks. He also was not pleased that the House was Only half full Grant said adding that the event should have been better promoted by its organizers. Hell Start tomorrow new York mayor Edward i. Koch says he really does t have to watch his diet in the Wake of his minor stroke others do it for him. At a parly if i reach for an hours d oeuvre some body will say mayor Why Don t you diet " Koch said on the lbs morning i know thai you should Start a tie tomorrow so tomorrow is when i will Start my next one said Koch who was ordered by doctors to slim Down after his stroke in August. The mayor said he was a medical Miracle and had recovered completely. I m a fatalist so i have no thoughts of morbidity he said. Children love books fairy tales pop up books or. Seuss colouring books books that teach How to Tell the time books that teach the alphabet. You re sure to find something they la love when you visit your stars and stripes Bookstore. Stars and stripes bookstores something for everyone
