| − | |Very pro-family, clean cut, clean living sitcom of the 1950s-early 1960s traditional nuclear family, the Cleavers. Unfortunately, their real lives off screen were hardly Cleaver-esque, as all of its main stars except Ken Osmond, who played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver's archenemy Eddie Haskell, went through several divorces and remarriages between them while Osmond never became addicted, broke (bankrupt) or a criminal after the original show ended, unlike so many other former child stars. Osmond is still married to his only wife, Sandra Lee Purdy, since 1969, with whom he had two children, born 1971 and 1974 and after the original show ended, did something very opposite his "bad boy" Eddie Haskell persona: he became a police officer from 1970-1988 (Los Angeles Police Department), retiring on medical disability in 1988 while repeating his original role in the 1980s cable-TV remakes of the original series; remakes that ran from 1984-1989 with a CBS pilot (first episode) in 1983, a 20 year "reunion" TV movie titled ''Still the Beaver'', which became its own Disney Channel series from 1984-1985. In 1986, it became ''The New Leave It to Beaver'' on TBS until ending in 1989. Both the 1983 pilot and its following serieses had 'Beaver', 'Wally' and 'Eddie' as 1980s middle aged adults in a world of more depressing and longer lasting 1980s problems. | + | |Very pro-family, clean cut, clean living sitcom of the 1950s-early 1960s traditional nuclear family, the Cleavers. Unfortunately, their real lives off screen were hardly Cleaver-esque, as all of its main stars except Ken Osmond, who played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver's archenemy Eddie Haskell, went through several divorces and remarriages between them while Osmond never became addicted, broke (bankrupt) or a criminal after the original show ended, unlike so many other former child stars. Osmond is still married to his only wife, Sandra Lee Purdy, since 1969, with whom he had two children, born 1971 and 1974 and after the original show ended, did something very opposite his "bad boy" Eddie Haskell persona: he became a police officer (Los Angeles Police Department) in 1970, retiring on medical disability in 1988 while repeating his original role in the 1980s cable-TV remakes of the original series; remakes that ran from 1984-1989 with a CBS pilot (first episode) in 1983 as a 20 year "reunion" TV movie titled ''Still the Beaver'', which became its own Disney Channel series from 1984-1985. In 1986, it became ''The New Leave it to Beaver'' on TBS until ending in 1989. Both the 1983 pilot and its following serieses had 'Beaver', 'Wally' and 'Eddie' as 1980s middle aged adults in a world of more depressing and longer lasting 1980s problems. |
| − | |In this biopic miniseries, conservative actor [[Jon Voight]] portrays Pope [[John Paul II]], who was influential in Part 1's non-violent resistance to [[World War II]]'s Nazism and the subsequent [[Cold War]]'s [[Communists]], eventually defeating Communism in Part 2's '1989' scene of him watching TV footage of that year's Polish Legislative Election. Part 1 covers his years as World War II laborer, secret seminarian, post war priest, professor, bishop and cardinal. Part 2 covers his 26-1/2 year pontificate from his election up to his death. [[Cary Elwes]] played younger Wojtyla in Part 1 from ages 19 to just before his pontifical election at 58, while Voight took over at the start of Part 2 in the title role. | + | |In this biopic miniseries, conservative actor [[Jon Voight]] portrays Pope [[John Paul II]], who was influential in Part 1's non-violent resistance to [[World War II]]'s Nazism and the subsequent [[Cold War]]'s [[Communists]], eventually defeating Communism in Part 2's '1989' scene of him watching TV footage of that year's Polish Legislative Election. Part 1 covers his years as a World War II laborer, secret seminarian, post war priest, professor, bishop, archbishop and cardinal. Part 2 covers his 26-1/2 year pontificate from his election up to his death. [[Cary Elwes]] played younger Wojtyla in Part 1 from ages 19 to just before his pontifical election at 58, while Voight took over at the start of Part 2 in the title role. |
| − | | | + | ||As indicated by the title, the show covers Catholic belief in a positive light. It is obviously pro-Christianity, and one segment has a condemnation of the French Revolution and anarchy, as Father William Jenkins succinctly points out that, despite the slogan of "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite", what the Jacobins meant by "total liberty" was actually "total anarchy"<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-dark-origins-of-communism-part-2-of-3_2251602.html<br />"While the French Revolution called for principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity, the concept of “total liberty” they proposed is best described as “total anarchy,” said Fr. William Jenkins, in a 1980s segment of the TV show “What Catholics Believe.”"</ref> |
| − | |As indicated by the title, the show covers Catholic belief in a positive light. It is obviously pro-Christianity, and one segment has a condemnation of the French Revolution and anarchy, as Father William Jenkins succinctly points out that, despite the slogan of "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite", what the Jacobins meant by "total liberty" was actually "total anarchy"<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-dark-origins-of-communism-part-2-of-3_2251602.html<br />"While the French Revolution called for principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity, the concept of “total liberty” they proposed is best described as “total anarchy,” said Fr. William Jenkins, in a 1980s segment of the TV show “What Catholics Believe.”"</ref> | |