Newspaper Carrier Day
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Today is 'Newspaper Carrier Day' and the first thing that came to mind when I read it, was the "Leave It To Beaver" episode from the first season, called The Paper Route. It was about Wally and The Beaver getting a job as paper boys, so that they can save enough money to buy a bicycle (or bi-cycle as Gus the fireman would call it).
I really love that episode because it was funny to see each of the parents secretly trying to help their children with delivering the papers. I also really loved the ending, when the boys let their father be the first to ride their new bicycle. It was so moving.
I uploaded a few episodes on YouTube some time ago, but it isn't available to people in the USA and Canada. You can still watch the whole series on Archive.org though, and you can download it too.
About Newspaper Carrier Day:
It is celebrated as a tribute to Barney Flaherty, the first paper boy ever. He answered an advertisement in the New York Sun, in 1833, which read:
"To the Unemployed a number of steady men can find employment by vending this paper"
And he was immediately hired, at the age of 10 years.
Flahrety paved the way for many boys to earn a living and to support their families, in the 19th century as news carriers.
You can watch this short and interesting video about a boy delivering papers in the 1950s:
Today is 'Newspaper Carrier Day' and the first thing that came to mind when I read it, was the "Leave It To Beaver" episode from the first season, called The Paper Route. It was about Wally and The Beaver getting a job as paper boys, so that they can save enough money to buy a bicycle (or bi-cycle as Gus the fireman would call it).
I really love that episode because it was funny to see each of the parents secretly trying to help their children with delivering the papers. I also really loved the ending, when the boys let their father be the first to ride their new bicycle. It was so moving.
I uploaded a few episodes on YouTube some time ago, but it isn't available to people in the USA and Canada. You can still watch the whole series on Archive.org though, and you can download it too.
About Newspaper Carrier Day:
It is celebrated as a tribute to Barney Flaherty, the first paper boy ever. He answered an advertisement in the New York Sun, in 1833, which read:
"To the Unemployed a number of steady men can find employment by vending this paper"
And he was immediately hired, at the age of 10 years.
Flahrety paved the way for many boys to earn a living and to support their families, in the 19th century as news carriers.
You can watch this short and interesting video about a boy delivering papers in the 1950s:
Famous Paperboys:
Many known celebrities were once paperboys and had delivered their local papers. Amongst them were:
- Albert Einstein
- Bing Crosby
- Bob Hope
- Ed Sullivan
- Fred MacMurray
- Gordon MacRae
- James Cagney
- Jimmy Durante
- John Wayne
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Red Skelton
- Walt Disney
I always wanted to be a papergirl when I was little because it seemed like a fun and cool job to me, plus children were allowed do it. Unfortunately though, it was an impossible thing to do since I lived in Oman hahaha
You always liked the simple life ever since you were a child...dreaming of living like Judy Abbott and having the same bedroom...It’s not a surprise that you also wanted to be a newspaper girl.
ReplyDeleteI don’t remember if I did...I think I just wanted to be a queen hahah. I know that if we watched “Leave it to Beaver” as children I would’ve definitely wanted to do that.
I really wish we have this now so our children can have that kind of experience.
We definitely were the princess and the pauper hahahhaha
DeleteNo just Julia and Judy hahah
Deletehahahaha sounds better to me hehe
DeleteNow stop making me want to watch Judy more!
Tomorrow we must no matter what when where!
Hahhaha okay we’ll see, pauper...
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