If i had to choose between watching repeats of Leave it to Beaver and current soaps. I will pick the Beaver.of course this is not what life is like most sit coms from those days and even now are not. I just cannot bring myself to even try and "buy" what situations you commonly see in soaps. the good and evil twin. the 20 year old who shows up in town looking for the mother who gave him/her up for adoption at birth. the character who died but the body was never found who shows up years later{ probably an actor who wanted to leave to get movie roles and could not} every show has someone who is kidnapped. etc. at least Beaver is easy to watch and not have to keep up with. I am not claiming to be a democrat or republican.