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Leave It to Beaver, after all—which starred Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley as Ward and June Cleaver; and Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers as their sons, Wally and Theodore, better known as (The) Beaver—hadn’t been just any comedy; it had represented for millions the optimistic, upwardly...
This ‘80s teen comedy, set in the ‘60s, is focused on a group of prank-happy car fans. Their leader is Newbomb Turk (Robert Wuhl), who frequently leads the gang into hijinks that lands them in hot water with the local police. With a name like Newbomb, you know hilarity (and tr...
Paul Schiff: The studio was betting on new, fresh comedy voices. There were certainly discussions about bigger names, but there was no pressure of: “We’re not going to make the movie unless you can get a famous name.” Hart Bochner: I had seen Adam [Sandler] on Saturday Night Live ...