To Jerry Mathers, the Universal Studios lot was a playground. The lot has always been busy, but it was particularly busy around the time that Jerry Mathers was shooting his iconic sitcom Leave it to Beaver. One of the biggest film productions rolled onto the lot in 1959 when Alfred Hitchcock began production on Psycho. While Beaver and Psycho were miles apart creatively, they were practically neighbors on the lot, sharing a makeup artist- Robert Dawn. Mr. Dawn would often find himself rushed, so his very different work projects would often become twisted together. In one such instance, Dawn had to take Mother Bates' head to the Beaver set. Instead of being freaked out, Jerry was ecstatic to see the fake head (what 11 year old boy wouldn't be?) and actually got to help Dawn finish it.
