music career in NUMBER_TOKEN when he recorded two songs released on a NUMBER_TOKEN rpm vinyl record in high school he was also in a band called beaver and the trappers but he eventually gave up on his dreams of becoming a musical star hey if you're enjoying this video so far be sure to give it a like and subscribe to facts first if you haven't already and stick around for more about jerry mather jerry mathers life after beaver after leave it to beaver wrapped in NUMBER_TOKEN mathers retired from acting to instead focus on his education he attended notre dame high school in sherman oaks california before enlisting in the u.s air force reserve in NUMBER_TOKEN while he never saw any action in the military and was stationed in the u.s throughout his stint in the force a rumor began to circulate in NUMBER_TOKEN that he'd been killed in the vietnam war fortunately this rumor was completely unfounded and its origins remain unclear he later poked fun at this baseless claim in NUMBER_TOKEN when he and tony dao appeared alongside bill murray on saturday night live's weekend update segment after being discharged from the military mathers majored in philosophy at the university of california berkeley and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree while there he met his first wife diana platt the couple married in NUMBER_TOKEN but divorced in NUMBER_TOKEN. after earning his degree mathers took a job working as a loan officer at a bank before taking his savings from his acting career to kickstart his career in real estate development in NUMBER_TOKEN he decided to take another stab at acting that year he and his former leave it to beaver co-star tony dao starred in a comedy play called boeing boeing which ran for four weeks in kansas city missouri mathers endow then hit the road together touring the dinner theater circuit appearing in a production of a play called so long stanley during that tour mathers met his second wife rhonda gehring and they ended up having three children together but divorced in NUMBER_TOKEN. after briefly working as a radio dj in anaheim california mathers reprised his role as the beaver in NUMBER_TOKEN for the television reunion movie still the beaver which featured the bulk of the original show's cast the made for tv film was so successful it spawned a sequel series of the same name which aired on the disney channel starting in NUMBER_TOKEN before being picked up by tbs and broadcast syndication after making that jump it was given a new name the new leave it to beaver that show wrapped up in NUMBER_TOKEN after four seasons in the NUMBER_TOKENs mathers guest starred in shows like parker lewis can't lose diagnosis murder and vengeance unlimited in NUMBER_TOKEN he portrayed himself and married with children that same year he published his memoir and jerry mathers as the beaver in NUMBER_TOKEN he made his broadway debut in the tony award-winning musical hairspray in the production starring role of wilbur turnblad since then he hasn't done much in the line of acting but in NUMBER_TOKEN and NUMBER_TOKEN he could be seen promoting classic tv shows
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