I was always fond of Leave it to Beaver. I wanted Beaver's life.
Even before I was a dub, I was brought up by very religious fundamentalist Christian grandparents. What struck me about TV at that time was that nobody ever went to church or even talked about Jesus. The committed "sins" (e.g., going to movies, ball games, drinking alcoholic beverages, wearing make-up, etc.) but nobody ever said anything to them about it. In fact, everybody did those things. They all had nice houses, nice cars, stylish decor, and all the amenities of modern life and seemed to do anything they liked.
