Beaver Bits #1, the Cleaver family in disarray (WQMF 1983)

Beaver Bits #1, the Cleaver family in disarray (WQMF 1983)

Author: NewsRadio 840 WHAS (WHAS-AM) January 7, 2026 Duration: 3:31
All 42 of The Show With No Name's revered BEAVER BITS are included on this site. Scroll down to find the others. Here is the very first episode that originally aired in September 1983 on WQMF-FM.

The Ward Cleaver family of the 1980s, portrayed by the cast listed below, was significantly different than the wholesome Cleaver family on TV in the 1950s.

In episode 1, Ward is an absentee father. June is late for her Jazzercise class but catches Beaver watching nudity on cable TV. Wally sleeps all day after overdosing on a pill that his new neighbor sold him.

It's complete mayhem in Mayfield, and this is only the FIRST episode!

source: WQMF "The Show With No Name"

Ron Clay as Wally
Terry Meiners as Beaver
Tanna Guthrie as June
Chris Sutton as the operator and Tyrone
Duke Meyer as announcer Harry Schlonker

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