Originally Posted by
Flaflyer
Then perhaps you can help solve one of the greatest mysteries of old TV time. How did the producers get this one by the strict 1950's network censors: a character named Beaver Cleaver?
The sexual reference was not widely known then, if it existed at all. The language changes. You will also find lots of references in 50s and early 60s sitcoms to characters being "gay," meaning, "happy." The term didn't acquire its contemporary meaning until later.
OMG, what a great term for describing a lady TSO performing an aggressive "patdown". "That last sheeple got a real Beaver Cleaver frisk."
Us old folks would have no idea what you meant.