Secure Eddie: The Life And Times Of Americas Preeminent Bad Boy Conceived By Ken Osmond Paperback

truly enjoyed this memoir! Ken Osmond must have been a really great guy, at least he definitely comes across that way as he tells it.
Despite his playing Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver, I choose to believe him, I certainly dont want to typecast him!

What made this memoir stand out from others were the trivia questions he included at the end of each chapter, with the answer at the end of the following chapter and then the next trivia question.
He also allowed people from his life to comment on events during his retelling of them, giving a fresh perspective on the events.


If you loved Leave it to Beaver, youll definitely enjoy Ken Osmonds memoir! I read this book because I thought it would be fun to read the book about one of televisions biggest "trouble maker" Eddie Haskell.
Ken Osmond writes his memoir of his life, A good part of the book being in Leave it to Beaver as Wally's friend Eddie Haskell, He was a child actor at a young age growing up in California, In between he was also a policeman and even got shot on duty, In theos he got to reprise his role of Eddie Haskell in Still the Beaver, One neat part is his real life sons played Eddie Haskell's sons, He describes the good and bad of playing the role, such as not getting many acting jobs because of type casting or a rumor being spread that he became a porn actor not truebut followed him for decades.
Eddie Haskell has taken on a life of it's own by quotes like being compared to the character etc, I enjoyed reading Ken Osmond's book, Okay Entertaining Short Read

Fans of the old Leave it to Beaver television show will enjoy this biography of the late Ken Osmond who played Eddie Haskell.
Eddie's an easy read worth your time, Because I grew up with Beaver in my living room, I found Ken's California upbringing particularly relatable, Like Ken, I was lucky enough to have two good parents and a great family life where a strong lovedriven family life was valued over material possessions.
Ken Osmond left a footprint on this earth, a very worthwhile one, SAFE HOME KEN RIP! I was a fan of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, growing up, I can remember racing home every day at lunch to watch an episode, So when I heard that Ken Osmond would be attending last weekend's comic convention in Hamilton aboutminutes from where I live, I knew I wanted to meet him and get his autograph for the collection.
I always like to check and see if a personality I am going to meet has a biography out, and in this case Ken Osmond did, so I picked it up and read it prior to meeting him on Saturday.
Quite the life, besides acting, Ken was an LA police officer and was shot twice ! in the line of duty, The first time, he was shot three times at point blank range, but his vest and belt buckle saved him, In addition, Ken has been mistaken for John Holmes the porn star, who Ken unsuccessfully tried to sue for using his name, and been mistaken for Alice Cooper as Alice was once quoted saying "he was an Eddie Haskell growing up, which was mistaken as "I was Eddie Haskell growing up".
A fun read and an interesting life, And like Jerry Mathers says in the foreword: Ken is a great actor, because he is nothing like Eddie, After meeting him, I can say, Ken is a real swell guy,

Really good insight into the world of child acting and how it has changed over the years early on child actors were not necessarily treated all that special and nice flow to book about Leave it to Beavers' bad boy Eddie Haskell.
. . thoroughly enjoyed this book I am an unabashed Leave it to Beaver fan, and I am a sucker for any autobiography the cast members have released.
I enjoyed this quick read on the life of Ken Osmond, This one will proudly sit alongside, . . And Jerry Mathers, as “The Beaver “ and Call Me Lumpy,

Now where is Tony Dows autobiography I've always been a huge fan of Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell one of the funniest characters I've ever seen in my life on a television show.
I enjoyed this book because we just lost Mr Ken Osmond and this was fun to read, I just wish the photos were printed in higher quality and the book went into a little more detail, Rest in peace Ken Osmond thank you for all the hilarious laughs your humor will live on forever This was a great read.
I love Leave It to Beaver, especially Eddie, When the talented Mr. Osmond died, I ordered this from Amazon, It is really interesting. I especially loved Mr. Osmond's determination to have a full life after his acting career fell apart due to typecasting, I grew up watching "Leave it to Beaver" reruns, I was born a couple years after it's final season, TV shows during my early years were comforting, Ken Osmond mentions the importance to many who had a need to watch a happy family life, like the Cleavers.
I was one of these kids who needed this in my life, I still watch "Leave it to Beaver"and I personally never get tired of Mayfield, It was interesting reading about Ken Osmond's life and I am especially looking forward to seeing themade for tv movie, that I have never seen, I was too busy with school and work back then.
I am sure there are many who would love to see the remake series from the mid's that had so many of the original cast available on DVD or streaming.
It was extremely nice to see that the young actors from the original show grow up to be useful adults and not troubled souls.
I especially like hearing of the continual friendship they have had through

all these years, I wonder what Ken Osmond would think about today's stance against the police and all the murders of policemen, Truly a tragic time! A quick read and pretty fun, with some interesting backstory,

You can tell it is a cheaply done selfpublish, with some weird spacing and obvious autocorrect errors, but it isn't really a problem.
A great read. Loved it, and him telling of his times, was very interesting, It took a long time to find this book and I ended up buying it at full price which I rarely do, but in this case it was worth it.
After watching Leave it to Beaver on a regular basis thanks to METV, I developed an affection for Eddie, so I was really anxious to read Ken's book.

The book itself was really enjoyable but unfortunately I can't say that I loved it completely, I think my expectations were higher than they should have been, However, it is a really good book, I just didn't love it like I wanted to,
Some people pointed out typos, Well I did find a couple but they weren't at all distracting and not enough to dampen my enjoyment of the book.
I put the blame for any errors on the proofreader, however,
Anyway, the book itself was great, It starts out strong, with his description of his nearfatal shooting as a police officer and it really had me intrigued, He discusses his job as a police officer later in the book and's it's pretty interesting, I really enjoyed reading about Ken's life particularly his childhood and his parents and family, That part of the book was probably the most interesting, I was disappointed with the lack of information about his stint as Eddie, but what he did mention was really entertaining, He mentions Eddie more in the last part of the book when he talks about the shows "Still The Beaver" and "The New Leave it to Beaver"and it made me want to watch that series again.

The book contains trivia questions at the beginning of each chapter and the answers plus another trivia question are at the end.
It's a great incentive to get through the chapters quickly, although I did enjoy looking at the many pictures that were included.

I liked this bookI really didand it makes me sad that Ken is no longer with us, I really hoped to meet him in person because I've heard that he was extremely nice and personable, But I'm glad he wrote this book which gave me more insight into his life,
As I said before this book is extremely hard to find at a decent price I found some on EBay for much more than I was willing to pay, but if you're an avid LITB fan or even a fan of Eddie Haskell, it's definitely worth reading.
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