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Eddie Haskell was the bad child who never went away.When child acting professional Ken Osmond stepped onto the group of Leave It to Beaver in 1957, he not only moved into our living spaces, he homesteaded a permanent put in place the American pop culture. The poster child for sneaky, rotten kids just about everywhere, he was the reference point point for cautious mothers to warn their children about. And everyone in the us recognized an Eddie Haskell sooner or later in his or her lives.The amazing sensation of Ken Osmond's personality is still heading strong over half of a century after the show's cancellation. Right now, the name Eddie Haskell remains solidly entrenched in the American lexicon. Political foes from both edges of the ideological spectrum wish to accuse their competitors of "operating like Eddie Haskell", and when Kobi Bryant argues a referee's call, tweets go out labeling him as an "Eddie Haskell". Mindset Today Publication has publicized articles about spotting and treating "Eddie Haskell Symptoms" and Matt Groening created Bart Simpson as his own version of "the kid of Eddie Haskell".Now you have to meet Ken Osmond, the person behind America's preeminent bad son. A guy who, as co-star Jerry Mathers said, "...was the best acting professional on this program, because he was so diametrically opposed to the character he performed." A committed husband, dad and patriot, he's a man who's been forever shadowed by Eddie Haskell, but whose own life was even more amazing than the character he portrayed.
