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Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and frequently naive kid named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his exploits at home, in school, and around the suburbs. The sitcom also featured Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, and Tony Dow as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and his brother, Wally. The Cleavers embody the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century, and the show has achieved iconic status in the United States. Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher are the show's creators. These radio and early television veterans drew inspiration for the show's characters, themes, and dialogue from the lives, experiences, and discussions of their own children. Leave It to Beaver is among the earliest primetime sitcoms created from a child's perspective. Similar to other television dramas and comedies of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Leave It to Beaver provides a peek into white, middle-class American childhood. In a typical episode, Beaver would get into some type of mischief before facing his parents for rebuke and discipline. However, neither parent was all-knowing; in fact, the sitcom frequently depicted the parents arguing their approach to child upbringing, and certain episodes were centered on parental blunders.