Harry Shearer: Difference between revisions

In 1957, Shearer played the precursor to the [[Eddie Haskell]] character in the pilot episode of the television series ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''. After the filming, Shearer's parents said they did not want him to be a regular in a series. Instead they wanted him to just do occasional work so that he could have a normal childhood. Shearer and his parents made the decision not to accept the role in the series if it was picked up by a television network.<ref name="avclub"/>

 

 

Shearer graduated from [[Los Angeles High School]] and attended [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] as a political science major in the early 1960s and decided to quit show business to become a "serious person".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.myneworleans.com/harry-shearer/ | title=Harry Shearer | date=October 25, 2006 }}</ref><ref name="ign1"/> However, he says this lasted approximately a month, and he joined the staff of the ''[[Daily Bruin]]'', UCLA's school newspaper, during his first year.<ref name="ign1"/> He was editor of the college humor magazine (''Satyr''), including the June 1964 parody ''Preyboy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindsnackbooks.com/bookreviews/preyboy%20ucla.html |title=Preyboy UCLA |website=Mindsnackbooks.com |date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> He also worked as a newscaster at [[KWVE (AM)#KRLA (1959–2000)|KRLA]], a top 40 radio station in Pasadena, during this period. According to Shearer, after graduating, he had "a very serious agenda going on, and it was 'Stay Out of the Draft'."<ref name="ign1"/> He attended graduate school at [[Harvard University]] for one year and worked at the state legislature in [[Sacramento]]. In 1967 and 1968, he was a high school teacher, teaching English and social studies. He left teaching following "disagreements with the administration".<ref name="ign1"/>