From the May 11, 2014 Chicago Tribune by the intrepid researchers Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer.
Always a great pleasure to read their Ten Things columns. Almost makes the $3 for a Sunday Trib worth it.
Before it gets too far from M.D. 2014.
1. The death of BAMBI's mother in the 1942 animated film was so sensitive that they kept the actual killing off-screen. His 8-year-old daughter Diane cried after seeing an early screening.
2. BARBARA BILLINGSLEY was the Beaver's mom and famously wore pearls and high heels on the shows. She, however, wore flats at first, but switched to high heels in later seasons to stay taller than Tony Dow (Wally) and Jerry Mathers (Beaver). Of course, that talking "Jive" on the movie "Airplane" had me rolling in the aisles. The last thing you'd ever expect to see out of the Beaver's mom's mouth.
3. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT was not a mother, but her Mrs. march "Marmee" in "Little Women" who was one of the most admirable mothers in literature. Louisa's own mother, Abigail May Alcott was related to Samuel Sewall, one of eight judges who sentenced 20 women to deaths as witches in Salem, Massachusetts. Of the eight, Sewall was the only one to publicly express regret later.
Mama Told Me Not to Come. --Cooter
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