[Borderstone]

I seriously think I'm going to cry.

I'm sad for Barbara Billingsly for I grew up watching Leave It To Beaver reruns in the 70s & 80s. She was certainly a mom everyone wish they had. She was one the one hand a classy woman but also I could tell she hada feistier side too.

I loved her two very surprising appearences in both "Airplane" as the white "jive-talking" woman and on "Roseanne" where,as herself,she shockingly says that she'd gladly do a certain kind of a scene with a woman in a movie for the right salary.


Even sadder for me,Tom Bosley. I watched Happy Days from age 7-8 (third season) right up to the end in 1984 at age 16. Including re-riuns of the first shows. Mr. C and family meant a lot to our family.

Just like Howard,my grandfather owned a hardware store in our much smaller hometown of Corry,PA. ...and just like Howard & Marion.he and my grandmother were a team and loved eachother dearly. They only had a daughter though,my mother.

I recall watching a particular show with my Grandmother,Marion takes Howards dinner down to him at the store on a cold winter night. She said to do that too sometimes.

Tom Bosley was also known for the Peter Sellers movie "The World Of Henry Orient" and "Father Dowling Mysteries". He was also the voice of the father in the early 70s animated show ,"Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home".

He was so funny in the 1st Happy Days reunion,he looks around and goes "Chuck? Is that you Chuck?" He was great on the series of course,equally balancing out his character's comedy with the slight dramatic seriousness of an understanding father.

Funniest when Howard runs quickly down the stairs going "Fi-i-i-ire...we-e-e-e've got fi-i-i-ire!" and most serious when Richie is in a coma after a motorcycle accident. Mr. Bosely had wonderful acting abilites even greater than shown on Happy Days.


Rest in Peace to you both. You may have been actors playing a role but you displayed
the kind of parenting in your roles,that all parents would love to be able emulate. Good humor,understanding & fairness with a firm but gentle hand.