But the residual love of the show’s fans never dies. The direct monetary residuals dried up long ago, after the first-time showing and six repeats of the 234 black-and-white episodes. "Leave It to Beaver" has been available over the air to Baby Boomers and subsequent generations without interruption since its original run from 1957 to 1963. With "Leave It to Beaver" celebrating its 60th anniversary Wednesday, it would be a tragedy of one of America’s enduring television comedies if Dow could not at least co-exist with his character and the show. His first car, a 1962 Chevy Corvair Spyder, sits parked under a two-car open garage. Dow, 72, retains a boyish innocence and charm. An afternoon at his longtime home in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, California, moves at a pace much like that of the Cleavers' days six decades before.
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