Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show with Dick Clark, 9-27-1960
Janice "Jan" Hooks (April 23, 1957 – October 9, 2014)
Hooks passed away this morning in New York City. Though, according
to her agent, cause of death is unknown, she was reportedly battling
a “serious illness”. The actress and comedienne was best known for
her work on NBC‘s Saturday Night Live (SNL), where she was a
repertory player from 1986 to 1991, and cameo appearances until
1994.
Original television run on CBS/NBC: October 4, 1957 – June 20, 1963
Leave It to Beaver is one of the first primetime sitcom series written from a child’s
point of view. The show received two Emmy nominations in 1958 for Best New
Program Series of the Year and Best Teleplay Writing—Half Hour or Less. The
series placed on Time’s "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time" list.Bravo ranked
Beaver 74th on their list of the 100 greatest TV characters.