Hey Beav, Check Out My Project for Art Class

Tony Dow, the actor who played Wally on the iconic 50’s show Leave it To Beaver is having an abstract sculpture he created displayed at the Louvre in Paris. The “sculpture” is titled Unarmed Warrior and depicts a woman holding a bronze shield. At least that’s what the press release says. Judge for yourself. I have almost no artistic ability myself and even less ability to judge the skill of others, but I kinda wonder if this is not just some French thing. You know, like Jerry Lewis being worshiped as a genius.
Regardless, the story got me curious so I checked out what the rest of the cast from Leave it to Beaver is up to these days. Turns out that Tony Dow is not the only one working in the arts.

Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank) – Is now working on Fremont Street in Las Vegas as Harvey the Juggler. He came into being a juggler quite by accident. Prior, he was handing out flyers for strip clubs when one day some kids threw balls from the bounce house at Circus Circus at him. Rather than dropping his flyers, he held on and deftly juggled them and the balls. Thus a new career was born. No, this is not an old photo. He dresses like that every day.

Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) – Briefly toured as a musical act in the 1970’s and tried to cash in on his last name, booking himself as “The Osmond.” Today, he is a roadie for “Starship” and is occasionally recognized at the county fairs the band plays.

The Beaver (Jerry Mathers) – Little known fact, he was the real life inspiration for the Chris Farley Chippendale’s sketch on SNL. While he always aspired to be a dancer, his struggles with weight held him back. He occasionally performs today as a belly dancer at House of Falafel in Omaha