<P> Connelly and Mosher worked to create humorous characters in simple situations, rather than relying on contrived jokes . The two often adapted real - life situations in the lives of their children . "The Haircut", for example, was directly based on an incident involving Bobby Mosher, who was compelled to wear a stocking cap in a school play after giving himself a ragged haircut . Fourteen - year - old Jay Connelly's preening habits became Wally's frequent hair combing . Seven - year - old Ricky Connelly's habit of dropping the initial syllables of words was incorporated into Beaver's character . </P> <P> Norman Tokar, a director with a talent for working with children, was hired to direct most of the episodes for the first three years and developed the characters of Eddie Haskell and Larry Mondello . Other directors included Earl Bellamy, David Butler (who had directed child actress Shirley Temple), Bretaigne Windust, Gene Reynolds and Hugh Beaumont . Norman Abbott directed most of the episodes through the last three years . </P> <P> For the first two seasons, Leave It to Beaver was filmed at Republic Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles . For its final four seasons, production moved to Universal Studios . Exteriors, including the façades of the two Cleaver houses, were filmed on the respective studio back lots . Stock footage was often used for establishing shots . </P> <P> The script for an upcoming episode would be delivered to the cast late in the week, with a read - through the following Monday, awkward lines or other problems being noted for rewrites . On Tuesday afternoon, the script was rehearsed in its entirety for the camera and lighting crew . Over the following three days, individual scenes would be filmed with a single camera . </P>

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