I grew up with Leave it to Beaver and My Three Sons, Ozzie and Harriet and The Donna Reed Show. I thought those were pretty stupid even when I was 8.

Rumor has it that there's a lost episode of Leave it to Beaver that never got played on TV. Supposedly, in the episode, Ward comes home for a nooner with his wife June, but discovers a goodbye letter where June ran off with Lumpy Rutherford's dad....in a rage, Ward goes out to the garage and finds Wally and Eddie Haskell in the car (no further explanation). At this point, Ward goes insane, runs out to the backyard to scream, at which point little Theodore runs out of the toolshed dressed up like a little girl, as he finally works up the courage to tell his father he prefers to wear girls' clothes.