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Leave It To Beaver Episode Guide
Leave It To Beaver Episode Guide
Leave It To Beaver Episode Guide
Beaver learns he can win a new bike if he collects 1,000 milk bottle caps, so he and
Wally set about to win the prize. Unbeknownst to them, the contest is phony, made up
by Wally's friend as a joke.
Beaver's teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home with Beaver and the other kids
convince him that its news that he's getting kicked out of school. So Beaver and Wally
take steps to hide the note from Ward and June.
2. Captain Jack
First aired: 10/11/1957
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Irving Bacon (Postal Clerk), Edgar Buchanan (Captain Jack), Penny
Carpenter (Girl), Connie Gilchrist (Minerva)
Global rating: 7.2
Beaver and Wally send away for an alligator and they secretly keep it in the bathroom.
When the alligator falls ill, the boys get some advice from Captain Jack, an owner of an
alligator farm. However, keeping him a secret is going to be hard, the alligator is
growing and they need a new place to keep him without June and Ward finding out.
Beaver comes home with a black eye and Ward is upset when he learns that Beaver
didn't fight back. This leads Ward to teach Beaver how to defend himself. Little does
Ward know that the person who punched Beaver is a girl not to mention she's Violet
Rutherford, the daughter of one of Ward's co-workers.
4. The Haircut
First aired: 10/25/1957
Writer: Bill Manhoff
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Benny Baker (Barber), Gil Frye (Mr. Tyne)
Global rating: 7.5
After losing his lunch money for three days in a row, Ward gives Beaver one last
chance, by letting him handle his haircut money. However, when he loses that too,
Beaver decides to give himself a haircut just days before he's scheduled to be an angel
in a play.
5. New Neighbors
First aired: 11/1/1957
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) , Phyllis Coates (Betty Donaldson),
Yolanda White (Julia), Charles H. Gray (Harry Donaldson)
Global rating: 7.4
The Cleavers have new neighbors, the Donaldsons, and June sends Beaver over to
welcome them with a vase of flowers. However, when Mrs. Donaldson thanks Beaver by
kissing him on the cheek, Beaver becomes convinced that Mr. Donaldson will kill him
because he let a married woman kiss him, and it's all thanks to Eddie Haskell, who
planted that idea in Beaver's mind.
6. Brotherly Love
First aired: 11/8/1957
Writer: Joe Connelly
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Burt Mustin (Gus), Buddy Hart (Chester Anderson) , Herb Vigran
(Stanley)
Global rating: 7.1
June has had it with Wally and Beaver's fighting and demands they make a pact to be
nice to one another and do things together. However, when each boy gets an invitation
for individual social outings, they each attempt to break the pact.
7. Water, Anyone?
First aired: 11/15/1957
Writer: Clifford Goldsmith
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Eddie Marr (Water Worker #1), Buddy Hart (Chester Anderson), 'Tiger'
Fafara (Tooey) , Francis DeSales (Mr. Anderson), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Brown),
Norman Alden (Water Worker #2)
Global rating: 7.1
Wally and his friends are trying to earn enough money to buy baseball uniforms so they
put a plan into action by doing their chores at a slow pace in order to maximize their
hourly pay. Meanwhile, Beaver, also wanting to be on the team, begins selling water to
his family and neighbors.
8. Beaver's Crush
First aired: 11/22/1957
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Diane Brewster (Miss Canfield), Doris Packer (Mrs. Rayburn), Jeri Weil
(Judy Hensler), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney) ,
William Fawcett (Mr. Johnson)
Global rating: 7.0
Beaver has a crush on his teacher, Miss Canfield. When Judy, Whitey and Larry tease
him for being a 'teacher's pet,' Beaver tries to prove them wrong and places a spring
snake in her desk. However, Beaver has second thoughts and becomes determined to
remove the snake before she finds it.
9. The Clubhouse
First aired: 11/29/1957
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), 'Tiger' Fafara (Tooey) , Charles
Wagenheim (Painter), Raymond Hatton (Charlie, the Fireman), Allen Windsor (Ice
Cream Man), James Gleason (I) (Pete), Johnny Silver (Man)
Global rating: 7.0
Wally and his friends build a clubhouse, and Beaver wants to join. Although the dues
are $1 for 8th graders, Beaver has to come up with $3 in order to join their club. How
can Beaver earn the money?
Wally and Beaver dread attending dance school, so when suddenly Wally takes a liking
in it, June and Ward are dumbfounded. It seems Wally has developed a crush on a girl
named Penny and Beaver soon feels neglected and left out when Wally begins
spending all his time with Penny.
When June goes on a trip to visit her sister, Peggy. June's Aunt Martha steps in and
stays with Ward and the boys. Ward and the boys do their best not to hurt Martha's
feelings but Beaver has the hardest time, when she buys him a suit, knee socks, a cap
and short pants and makes him wear the outfit to school.
Wally and Beaver want to win a fancy film projector and in order to get it they have to
sell 24 bottles of perfume. However, the appalling aroma of the perfume quickly leads to
zero sales and has Ward trying to think up a sales gimmick.
After taking an IQ test, Beaver scores the highest in his class and Mrs. Rayburn
suggests that it would be best if Beaver went to a special school, where his abilities can
be challenged. However, little does anyone know, everything is not as it seems.
Beaver is invited to Linda Dennison's birthday party and quickly discovers that he is the
only boy that she invited. Fearing for his reputation, Beaver tries his best to get out of
attending but June and Ward are insistent, not aware of the situation Beaver's in.
The local bully, Lumpy Rutherford, has been picking on Beaver and Wally and, thanks to
a story Ward tells them, decides to play a joke on Lumpy. However, their ploy catches
the wrong person, Lumpy's father and Ward's co-worker Fred Rutherford, is caught in
the trap.
17. The Paper Route
First aired: 1/31/1958
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Fran Van Hartesveldt
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Yvonne White (Female Customer), Lyn Osborn (Male Customer #2), Gil
Frye (Male Customer #1), Alan Reynolds (Newspaper Delivery Man), Jackie Kelk (Mr.
Merkel)
Global rating: 7.3
Wally and Beaver want to get brand new bike and they ask Ward for some money,
however, he suggests that they earn the money. This leads Wally and Beaver to get a
job, delivery papers. Later, while trying to help the boys out, Ward and June
inadvertently almost get Wally and Beaver fired.
After Ward's bragging about Wally and Beaver being responsible, Herb and Janet
Wilson assume that it would be all right to leave their 4-year old daughter in Wally and
Beaver's care while the Wilsons go out to a party with Ward and June. However, the
trouble begins when the youngster locks herself in the bathroom.
Ward tries to teach Wally and Beaver the importance of saving by giving them a piggy
bank. The boys quickly save up a handful of change and are all ready to spend it on
some baseball equipment. However, unknown to their parents, they change their minds
and decide to spend the money on a most unselfish gift.
Wally goes away on a trip with the Boy Scout troop that he belongs to, leaving a
lonesome Beaver behind. Finding his friends to be busy, Beaver takes up other means
to make the time go by.
Wally begins to outgrow his "sloppy" phase and becomes much neater. This is noticed
by Ward and June who try to encourage Beaver to undergo the same transformation.
However, Beaver changing like that just seems to extraordinary of a task.
Ward becomes a bit jealous when Wally and Beaver begin spending time playing
basketball at Willie Dennison's house after Willie's dad put up a backboard and a
basket. This prompts Ward to do the same thing but it just seems like things are working
against him being the perfect father.
Beaver makes a trade with Larry Mondello, a glass doorknob for a Chihuahua. Larry
had found the dog in his garbage can, so when Beaver brings it home, Ward
immediately breaks the news that he's going to place an ad in the lost and found and
that Beaver probably won't be able to keep the dog. Despite this, Beaver quickly begins
to grow close to the little dog.
24. The State vs. Beaver
First aired: 3/26/1958
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello) , Frank Wilcox (Judge), Bill Kendis
(Police Officer)
Global rating: 7.3
Ward helps Beaver and Wally build a miniature race car powered by the lawn mower
motor and Ward makes the boys promise not to use it without him being with them.
Later, Larry talks Beaver into taking it for a spin resulting in being pulled over by a traffic
officer.
While playing baseball in the street with Wally, Chester and Tooey, Eddie hits a baseball
through the Cleaver's window resulting in Ward forbidding the boys to play baseball so
close to the house. However, later, Beaver talks Wally into pitching one, but this results
in a broken car window.
After a week long visit with their Aunt Martha, Wally and Beaver prepare to head home
to Mayfield on a train. After talking Martha into letting them buy their own tickets, they
discover they're short the money after spending it on junk food and find themselves
wondering how they are going to get home.
An eighth grade dance has Wally being pressured into attending with a girl, instead of
going stag with Eddie. However, Mary Ellen Rogers becomes determined to have Wally
take her and goes through Beaver to get to him.
Wanting to be liked by Wally's friends, Beaver makes up a wild story about the vacant
lot next to his house being an Indian battle ground. After making a bet with Eddie,
Beaver has Wally help him plant artifacts in the lot. However, that is forgotten when the
kids make a discovery that they believe will make them rich.
After a weekend spent at the movies goes awry for Ward, he decides the boys should
spend their weekends outside and plans a camping trip. However, when Ward's called
into work, Wally and Beaver decide to camp out in the backyard.
Wally makes the baseball team and Ward openly shows how proud he is of him, leaving
Beaver feeling inferior. Trying to impress his parents, Beaver tries out for the band and
begins practicing the clarinet. However, Beaver soon finds himself with more problems
when he's let go from the band.
31. New Doctor
First aired: 5/14/1958
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), Jeri Weil (Judy Hensler), Stanley Fafara
(Whitey Whitney), 'Tiger' Fafara (Tooey) , Stuart Wade (Dr. Bradley)
Global rating: 6.9
June has Wally stay home from school when he comes down with a sore throat and
suddenly Wally is immersed in attention from his parents, friends and doctor. Jealous
and feeling left out, Beaver fakes illness, seeking that same attention.
Wally and Beaver are helping Ward clean out the garage when they run across Beaver's
old teddy bear, Billy. Beaver reluctantly throws him away after Ward and Wally tell him
he's too old for dolls. However, Beaver changes his mind but he's too late, the garbage
truck came, which leads Beaver to take drastic measures to get him back.
Wally jumps at the chance to paint a couple of garbage cans for Ward, who offers 50
cents a piece. However, once Eddie tells Wally, that his father was charged $3.00 to
have his painted, he becomes disinterested in the job which is when Beaver steps in
and takes over the job.
An old friend of Wally's stops by with stories about how great it is at the military school
he attends. This leads Wally to decide that he would like to attend military school,
despite a wary Ward and June.
An animal is chewing up June's flower bed, so Ward and the boys set a trap to catch it.
They soon catch a white rabbit whom Beaver talks Ward and June into keeping. Beaver
names him Henry only to later discover Henry is really a Henrietta and she's expecting.
Larry gets Beaver into trouble when he goads Beaver into trying out Ward's drill and in
the end there are two holes in the garage wall. Ward hits the roof and scolds Beaver
who in turn decides to run away.
The neighbors are going away for the weekend and Beaver and Wally have been put in
charge of taking care of their lawn and their cat, Puff Puff. When Eddie shows up with
his dog, Wolf, chaos erupts and Wolf chases Puff Puff away.
Beaver comes to Ward for help on the night before a poetry assignment is due. This
prompts Ward to totally take over the project and writes the whole poem himself. Things
get complicated when Beaver wins an award for the poem and Ward is faced with
explaining the truth to Beaver's principal.
A school dance has Eddie swooning over his so-called "girl," Caroline. However, it's
obvious Eddie has made up their relationship when Wally and him visit her and she
instantly becomes smitten with Wally.
Ward must make a decision when a conflict develops concerning which son to spend
the weekend with. He can either go on a fishing trip with Wally or take Beaver on a
father-son weekend. Thinking Ward is going to go fishing with Wally, Beaver makes up a
wild story when his classmates start to tease him.
Beaver makes a new friend in Chuey Varella but he only speaks Spanish. So Beaver
asks Eddie, who has taken Spanish, for some help but Eddie plays a joke on Beaver by
feeding him a sentence in Spanish which ultimately insults Chuey.
While watching Wally and his friends play baseball, Beaver is put in charge of looking
after everyone's coats and watches. However, after the game is over Lumpy comes to
claim his watch, but Beaver has no watch to give him.
Beaver becomes good friends with a classmate, Linda Dennison. However, their
relationship is blown out of proportion by Beaver's classmates who begin to tease him
and goad him into insulting Linda, to prove that she isn't his girl.
46. Beaver's Ring
First aired: 11/13/1958
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Sue Randall (Miss Alice Landers), Jeri Weil (Judy Hensler), Rusty
Stevens (Larry Mondello), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney) , Ann Loos (Miss
Thompson)
Global rating: 6.3
Being Beaver's godmother, Aunt Martha sends him a gift of a ring that had once
belonged to an uncle who was also named Theodore. June cautions Beaver that she
doesn't want him taking it to school, but he sneaks off to school with it anyway. This
leads to a confrontation between his peers that ends with him getting the ring stuck on
his finger.
When Eddie and some of his other friends brag about shaving, Wally decides it's time
he try. After nicking his face, Ward tries to discourage him but this just leads Wally to
continue to shave. When Ward catches him again, he scolds him right in front of Eddie
which leads to Wally being made fun of.
Ward receives an antique pipe as a gift from Fred Rutherford and a curious Larry and
Beaver decide to try it out. First they use coffee but then they try tobacco. When Ward
discovers someone has used the pipe, he jumps to the conclusion that Wally is the
culprit.
Wally needs a new suit for an upcoming dance and he convinces his parents that he's
old enough to pick out his own clothes. So he and Beaver go down to the shop and pick
out the loudest, cheapest plaid suit in the entire shop.
A school play has Beaver and his classmates assigned parts and Beaver is assigned
the role of a canary. However, he doesn't seem to be graceful enough to fly around like
a bird. To make matters worse, on the night of the play, Ward's words of encouragement
lead to Beaver coming down with a case of stage fright.
Beaver and Wally are all excited about going to the carnival, however, Aunt Martha
throw a wrench in their plans when she makes an unexpected visit with a friend of hers,
forcing Wally and Beaver to count the hours away, hoping she will leave soon enough
so they can still go to the carnival.
Ward takes June and the boys away on a trip to a cabin in hopes of experiencing the
"great outdoors." However, as he quickly discovers, getting away from today's modern
conveniences will be more difficult then he anticipated.
53. Wally's Present
First aired: 1/1/1959
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Keith Fowler, Norman Paul
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello) , Arthur
Space (Mr. Judson)
Global rating: 7.3
Wally's birthday has him deciding to have a birthday party but Beaver jumps to the
conclusion that he won't be invited. While shopping for Wally's present, Larry talks
Beaver into spending his money on a bow and arrow set for himself and buy a cheap
gift for Wally.
Beaver and Wally make friends with the garbage man's kids, Chris and Pete. They
quickly learn that they take for granted what they have. Simple things like just having a
yard to play in leave Chris and Pete in awe.
Wally, Chester and Tooey are building their own boat and plan to sail on it, despite Ward
and June's forbidding Wally. Once at the lake, Beaver is the only one small enough to
get in it and once on the water, the boat tips over leaving a soaked Beaver behind.
However, it's trying to keep their afternoon of boating a secret from Ward and June,
that's really going to wipe Wally and Beaver out.
Larry and Beaver find themselves tardy for the third time this week and decide to skip
altogether. However, they quickly find themselves being caught when they inadvertently
walk on the set of a live TV show.
A lazy weekend leads Ward to direct Wally and Beaver to read a book, Tom Sawyer.
The book influences them so much that they take on the job of painting the garage
doors. However, they soon find the job to be awfully boring and messy. Chaos erupts
when neighbor, Bengie Bellamy stops by wanting to help.
When the new girl, Gloria, tells Wally that he has a pug nose, he becomes incredibly
self-conscious and purchases a contraption that is suppose to give him a strong Roman
nose. When Ward discovers the device, he gives him a pep talk which just makes
matters worse.
Beaver, Larry and Whitey begin a pigeon club and they each purchase pigeons of their
own. Beaver names his two, Miss Canfield and Miss Landers, after his two teachers.
However, when Beaver comes down with chicken pox, Wally is forced into caring for
them, but soon finds Beaver isn't the only one ill, Miss Canfield and Miss Landers are
also ailing.
60. The Tooth
First aired: 2/19/1959
Writer: Bob Ross, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Richard Deacon (Fred Rutherford), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello),
Frank Bank (Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford) , Frank Wilcox (Dr. Harrison), Veronica
Cartwright (Violet Rutherford), Alice Backes (Nurse)
Global rating: 6.6
Beaver learns he has to go to the dentist and that's when his friends tell him some
horror stories about the drill, the dentist is going to use. This prompts Beaver to become
downright scared of going to the dentist.
Wally wins a trophy at school and Beaver accidentally breaks it. This leads Ward to
accuse Beaver of being jealous of Wally and that he broke it on purpose. Upset, Beaver
decides to get new parents and heads to an adoption agency.
Beaver and Larry become convinced that the Cooper house is haunted by a witch and
Beaver and Larry are scared to death. So when June gets Beaver a job walking Mrs.
Cooper's dog, Beaver's fear gets the best of him.
The Cleavers have new neighbors in the Gates family and Beaver befriends their son,
Gilbert Gates (his last name was suddenly changed to Bates in a later episode).
However, Ward, June and Wally quickly realize the obvious when Beaver comes home
with all kinds of wild stories that Gilbert has told and that Beaver is convinced are true.
While staying after school, cleaning the chalkboards, Larry convinces Beaver that Mrs.
Rayburn keeps a spanking machine in her closest in her office. Later, a curious Beaver
sneaks a peek but soon finds himself locked in the principal's office. Beaver's fame
doesn't go over well with his family but Beaver has another problem on his hands, he's
just gotten his head stuck in an iron fence in the park.
Beaver and Wally get jobs at the circus cleaning the animals and a promise to each be
paid $10.00 at the end of the week. However, the end of the week comes and there is
no ten dollars in sight, instead Beaver and Wally become the proud owners of a horse
named Nicholas and they hide him in the garage.
Beaver discovers that Ward was in WWII and brags to his classmates that Ward was a
war hero. As usual, his classmates don't believe him and Beaver promises to bring in
some momentos to prove it. However, at home, Beaver discovers that Ward was an
engineer in the war and didn't actually fight in combat, thus leaving Beaver to take
drastic measures so as not to look like a fool in front of his classmates.
Ward makes an offer on a house located in a neighboring town and Beaver believes
moving is going to be a sure thing. This leads him to tell all his classmates that he's
moving but when the deal falls through, Beaver must tell his class that he won't be
moving after all but they've just thrown him a goodbye party and shoved a handful of
presents in his face.
While cleaning in the garage, Beaver and Wally come across an old typewriter. Beaver
decides to fix it up and begin his own newspaper with Larry. However, someone is
standing in his way, Wally, who claims the typewriter is his property.
71. Friendship
First aired: 5/7/1959
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Sue Randall (Miss Alice Landers), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Jeri
Weil (Judy Hensler), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney)
Global rating: 6.3
Beaver spends the weekend at Larry's but the first night there they get into a terrible
argument and Beaver goes home angry. After Ward tells Beaver a story about Damon
and Pythias, Beaver and Larry swear to die for each other. Larry then promptly
demands that Beaver give him his homework to prove himself.
Wally gets an invitation to attend a cotillion with Mary Ellen Rogers. At first he wants to
turn down the invitation, but then decides to go anyway, despite the fact that Mary Ellen
has signed them up to do the cha-cha in a dance contest.
Wally begins combing his hair a new way, which was inspired by a fad started by Eddie
that has swept his school. However, June and Ward are aghast by his hairdo and June
becomes determined to get Wally to change his haircomb back to his normal style.
Beaver and Larry have been put in charge of the class cookie fund and are taking turns
guarding the money. A new kid takes advantage of them and cons Beaver and Larry out
of three dollars from the fund.
An old friend of Beaver's, David Manning, invites him to a birthday party and Beaver
promises to attend but as the week passes, Beaver forgets all about it. When the day
arrives, June, Ward and Wally scramble to find the Beaver who is spending the day with
Larry, wandering around town.
After getting a poor grade in gym class on his report card, Beaver becomes determined
to prove to everyone that he is a good athlete, so he signs up to play baseball where it's
the boys versus the girls.
Larry invites Beaver to the carnival and tells him that his mother will treat him. However,
when Mrs. Mondello refuses to give Larry money, Larry decides to find some. So Larry
throws some of his mother's money out the window and when Beaver comes over, Larry
pretends as if he's found some money.
78. Most Interesting Character
First aired: 6/25/1959
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Theodore Ferro, Mathilda Ferro
Director: Norman Tokar
Guest star: Sue Randall (Miss Alice Landers), Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Jeri
Weil (Judy Hensler), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney)
Global rating: 6.1
Miss Landers assigns Beaver's class to write a short essay about the most interesting
character they know. While Judy writes about her dad, Beaver debates over whom he
should write about. Beaver finally decides to write about Ward, but Beaver isn't sure if
Ward is interesting enough.
Wally becomes the chairman of the blind date committee for an upcoming dance.
However, Wally quickly wants to resign from the position when he can't find anyone to
go with the new girl, Jill Bartlett.
Ward and June allow Wally to babysit Beaver one evening, while they attend a party.
However, things go awry when Beaver gets ready to take a bath he accidentally lets the
bathtub overflow causing the water to leak onto the bathroom floor and into the
downstairs ceiling.
After leaving the cap off the ink, Beaver is grounded to the house for a whole day after
the ink ruined some of Ward's papers. However, Larry and Beaver sneak out to the
movies and when Beaver wins a bike, he must find a way to keep it a secret from his
parents.
Beaver's class holds a "Most Beautiful Baby" contest and each student is supposed to
bring in a baby picture. To make the deadline, June picks out a cute picture of Beaver at
the last minute and sends it to Miss Landers, not realizing that the cute picture may
cause Beaver embarrassment.
Ward saves an old pedometer from being thrown out and gives it to Beaver, but not
before telling him a story about when he was a kid he would walk 20 miles a day. Taking
the story literally, Beaver makes a bet with Whitey that he too can walk 20 miles in a
day.
Larry and Beaver spend the day at lake which is where they encounter two kids who let
them borrow their boat. However, little do Larry and Beaver know that the boat is stolen.
While his class is reciting a poem about trees, Beaver remembers a tree that Ward had
given him for his birthday when they lived at their old house. Wanting "his" tree back,
Beaver and Larry go to Beaver's old home and promptly dig it up.
Beaver gets a surprise when June invites Miss Landers over for dinner and Larry
convinces him that something bad might happen. This leads Beaver to become a
nervous wreck and tries to make sure his parents don't do anything to embarrass him.
Meanwhile, Larry charges a quarter to anyone who wants to spy on Miss Landers eating
dinner at the Cleavers.
Beaver has his fortune read by a machine and becomes convinced nothing but good
luck is headed his way. However, he doesn't feel that way when Larry sets it up so that
Beaver will have to fight a 5th grader, Sonny Cartwright.
89. Beaver Makes a Loan
First aired: 12/12/1959
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Madge Blake (Mrs. Mondello), Stephen
Talbot (Gilbert Bates), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney)
Global rating: 7.1
Ward loans Beaver 25 cents but gives him a dollar, expecting 75 cents as change.
However, Larry manages to convince Beaver to loan him the 75 cents and when Larry
doesn't pay him back, when he said he was going to, a feud erupts.
Beaver buys a common magic trick but is disappointed by everyone's "that's nice"
reaction, but he gets a totally different reaction out of Bengie when Larry and Beaver
convince him that Beaver has been turned into a rock.
June's birthday has Wally and Beaver fighting over what to buy with the five dollars that
Ward gave them. Wally buys her a wallet while Beaver buys an ugly blouse that June
kindly thanks him for, but she has a hard time bringing herself to wear it.
Beaver wants to raise chinchillas and begins building a cage in the garage. However,
when Beaver changes his mind, Ward tries his best to get Wally and Beaver the clean
the mess up in the garage. Things get worse, when Ward unknowingly runs over some
of the wood and nails that Beaver left laying around with the car, causing the boys to try
to patch a flat tire before Ward finds out.
While Beaver is staying at the Mondellos, Larry sneaks a peak at his sister's diary and
his mother discovers him and yells at him right in front of Beaver. This prompts Larry to
run away, to Beaver's house, who secretly hides him in his bathroom.
A pet fair at school has Beaver feeling left out since he doesn't have a pet, but he tells
everyone he does, a parrot. Meanwhile, Ward tries to find a pet for Beaver and buys him
a hamster.
An upcoming test in history, Wally's weakest subject, has Wally studying all weekend
and has Larry and Eddie coming up with a plan that will give them good grades on the
test.
Ward allows Beaver to check out a book on his library card but when Beaver loses the
book he becomes convinced that Ward will be put in jail, thanks to Eddie Haskell's
wiseguy comments.
Eddie nominates Wally for class president and Wally has no interest in the position, that
is until Ward gives him some encouragement. Wally quickly gets wrapped up in the
election and his friends see a change in him, a change that prompts them to vote
against him.
An old acquaintance of Ward's stops by and offers to paint the trim on the house.
However, June and Ward are both apprehensive about the prospect of an alcoholic
coming in contact with Wally and Beaver, despite the fact that he says he's cleaned
himself up.
Both Beaver and Larry are forced into attending dancing school by their parents and
after one lesson, they find that they absolutely detest it, like they knew they would. This
prompts them to skip class next time and they hide out behind a barn until it's time to go
home.
100. Larry's Club
First aired: 2/27/1960
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello), Madge Blake (Mrs. Mondello), Stanley
Fafara (Whitey Whitney) , Gary Allen (Boy #1), Neil Seflinger (Harold), Bobby
Beekman Jr. (Boy #2)
Global rating: 7.1
Larry is furious when Beaver leaves him out when he joins a club called the Bloody
Five. To get revenge, Larry makes up a story that he is starting his own club and that
people are waiting in line to join. This prompts Beaver to resign from the Bloody Five
and he tries to join Larry's bogus club.
Wally lends his school sweater to Frances and quickly finds getting it back is going to be
difficult since the girl keeps making up excuses. Things reach a boiling point when Ward
and June overhear Frances bragging to her friends how Wally is chasing after her.
After seeing someone being hypnotized in a movie, Beaver sets out to do the same but
Eddie wants to play a trick on Beaver and pretends Beaver has hypnotized him and
Beaver gets scared when Eddie doesn't snap out of the trance.
Beaver asks his parents if he could ride his new bike to school instead of ride the bus,
and after some hesitating they finally agree to it. However, on the first day, a naive
Beaver gets his bike stolen.
Wally asks out a rich girl who drops hints that she would like an orchid for her corsage.
Wally quickly discovers that getting one is going to be more difficult then he originally
thought.
Ward's cherished autographed baseball becomes the object that Larry and Beaver just
can't keep their hands off of. They decide to play catch with it and it ends up getting run
over by a truck.
Beaver wants a pet and Ward and June object to his latest one, a mouse. They tell him
they can have a sensible pet, so when Beaver and Larry see an ad at the market giving
away a free monkey, Beaver jumps at the chance and Ward and June find their house
the new home for Stanley, the Monkey.
Beaver and Larry find a wallet that contains $89 while on their way to the grocery store
to pick up some groceries for June. Surprisingly, Beaver and Larry decide to turn it in at
the police station and Beaver finds himself waiting an agonizing week to see if he can
keep the money.
Beaver must write a composition about his mother but soon finds himself the only one
with a seemingly "boring" mother while Richard, Larry and Judy have colorful mothers.
Beaver decides to make his mother colorful too even if it means making up things.
Beaver finds himself in a most uncomfortable situation when Fred Rutherford practically
plays matchmaker and pairs Beaver up with his daughter Violet. Fred organizes a picnic
and invites the Cleavers which is where the situation culminates into Beaver getting
kissed by Violet.
For an upcoming dance, Wally is ready to wear a grey suit but when Beaver brings his
new friend Richard over to the house, he accidentally spills oil on it, leaving a big stain.
This leads Richard and Beaver to try to bleach the stain out with disastrous results.
Beaver finds himself with another problem, when later, Eddie discovers what Beaver is
hiding from Wally.
Beaver sends his picture in to a modeling agency and they reply with a letter stating
they will place his photo in a modeling directory. Soon after Beaver receives another
letter this time asking for $30 and when Beaver ignores it, the company threatens legal
action.
Wally gets a job selling Igloo ice cream and quickly finds himself giving credit to
everyone, including Eddie. However, as the day approaches that his money is to be
collected, Wally scrambles to get those who owe him money, to pay up.
Assigned to read one more book before the end of the school year, Ward suggests
Ivanhoe, and Beaver reads it and takes the ideas of knighthood and chivalry to heart.
He begins defending girls and begins charging his friends to make them knights.
Wally has joined an all male club at school and learns that they are putting on a play
and he's not too happy when he learns that the part he's supposed to play is that of a
chorus girl. Later, Beaver and Gilbert make matters worse when they stumble upon
Wally's costume, a dress.
The last day of school has each one of Miss Landers' students bringing her a gift. June
orders some nice handkerchiefs for the gift and a slip for herself. Beaver mistakes the
slip as the gift for Miss Landers and debates on whether or not to give her this very
"personal" gift.
Beaver is determined not to eat brussels sprouts and adamantly refuses not to eat them
when June serves them for dinner. In order to go to a football game, Ward makes
Beaver promise that he will eat them the next time they are served. Beaver quickly finds
himself confronted with the "deadly" vegetables when the Cleavers go out to eat at a
posh restaurant.
A friend Beaver made at summer camp, Chopper, stays with the Cleavers for the
weekend. Beaver is quickly introduced to Chopper's unusual life since he is the son of
parents who have been married and divorced many times.
While Beaver and Wally are fishing an abandoned canoe floats up and Beaver and
Wally responsibly return it to the owner, whose name had been carved in the paddle.
However, after telling his friends the story, they adjust it to make it sound as if Beaver
had saved a girl from drowning.
Wally is all set to begin his job as a lifeguard but is let down when he learns that had
been a mistake and he's not old enough to fill the position, so instead he is hired to sell
candy and hot dogs.
When Clarence gets fed up with Beaver calling him Lumpy, he gives Beaver a new
nickname of Freckles. This leads Beaver to become self-conscious about his freckles
and takes steps to try to remove them.
Constantly entering contests, Beaver's latest one has him selling raffle tickets in hopes
of winning one of the prizes. Surprisingly, he does indeed win third prize and the prize is
a $3,500 sports car. However, his dreams are dashed when Eddie's premonition comes
true, Ward breaks the news that Beaver can't keep the car.
While doing some yard work for Miss Landers, Beaver and Whitey witness their favorite
teacher in the midst of a gentleman caller, which makes Beaver a bit jealous. However,
Beaver gets sick to his stomach when he discovers Miss Landers is engaged to be
married and the man he saw was her fiance.
125. Eddie's Double-Cross
First aired: 11/19/1960
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), Carol Sydes (Alma Hanson) , Reba Waters
(Caroline Schuster), Howard Wright (Mr. Newton)
Global rating: 8.7
Eddie crawls through the Cleaver house spreading the news that he's going steady with
Caroline Schuster, something that worries June who doesn't want Wally to get any ideas
about going steady. However, Wally has other worries when he overhears Caroline
saying that she's only using Eddie while her boyfriend is grounded. Leaving Wally with
the decision to tell Eddie or not.
After learning that he's going to be taking an I.Q. test, Beaver hits the books, scared
after his friend tell him that if he doesn't pass, he will be sent to "dumb" school.
Wally is shocked to learn that the glamourous Kitty Bannerman is visiting Mayfield and
he's afraid that she will find out that he's not the rich hot shot that he told her he was in
the letters that he had sent her.
While at a parent's meeting, June leans from Miss Landers that someone has been
stealing in Beaver's class and so far, a baseball glove, a lunch box and a baseball cap
were heisted. Later, June makes a shocking discovery, she finds the stolen items under
Beaver's bed. This leaves June and Ward wondering if they're raising a thief.
An advertisement in the mail for a free tryout of an accordion has Beaver sneaking
around behind Ward's back. After rescuing the flyer from the trash, Beaver sends it in
and indeed gets an accordion that he quickly finds hard to hide from his parents.
Ward's Uncle Billy arrives in Mayfield for a visit and begins telling Wally and Beaver
exaggerated stories. Not realizing this, Beaver expects Billy to come through after
promising Beaver a fishing reel.
Wally's latest girlfriend is Julie Foster who just happens to be the daughter of a Mr.
Foster who teaches English. Meanwhile, at school, a new semester lands Wally in Mr.
Foster's class and quickly finds himself feeling uncomfortable. Especially after Eddie
tells him that his relationship with Julie will determine his grades.
Wanting Ward to become a millionaire, Beaver buys him a book called, "I Became a
Millionaire in Twelve Months." Ward thanks him for it but Beaver quickly learns that
Ward is just being polite as to spare his feelings.
After revealing that he wants to be a writer when he grows up, Ward buys Beaver a
diary to practice writing and Beaver begins keeping a record of his daily activities.
However, June and Ward pick the lock and sneak a peek at his diary after Beaver
neglects to come home on time.
Wally is all set to compete in a track meet but after the coach catches him "horsing
around" in the locker room, he's ousted from the meet, even though Lumpy and Eddie
were egging him on.
136. Beaver's Old Buddy
First aired: 2/4/1961
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Gary Hunley (Jackie Waters), Ray Kellogg (Mr. Waters), Shirley
Rastatter (Mrs. Waters)
Global rating: 4.5
An old friend of Beaver's spends the weekend at the Cleavers and Beaver is all ready to
have a great time like they used to. However, Beaver quickly discovers that people
change and in this case Beaver's old buddy has indeed changed.
When Beaver becomes sick, the doctor thinks Beaver may need to have his tonsils
taken out. Ward quickly puts Beaver's fears to rest by telling him everyone will bring him
presents when they visit him in the hospital. This leads Beaver to tell everyone that he's
going to have surgery but then finds out he may not need the operation after all.
Eddie makes it known to everyone that he's just gotten a job down at Parker's Pet
Store, which happens to be the store that's holding a contest where you guess how
many fish are in the tank. After hours of counting and re-counting, Gilbert suggests to
Beaver that they ought to just ask Eddie for the count, but Beaver is a bit hesitant at
cheating.
Miss Landers is having Beaver's class do projects on the colonial period and Beaver is
one of three people doing posters. Whoever makes the best one, gets a prize and
Beaver is sure that Ward will paint the poster for him, but Ward rejects that idea and
forces Beaver to do his own work.
A neighborhood cleaning woman, Mrs. Manners, gets a request from June asking her to
help out a couple times during the week. Mrs. Manners is too busy herself but instead
sends over her daughter, a girl whom Wally instantly falls for.
After joining the dramatic club at school, Beaver is given the lead role in a play.
However, after reading the script, Beaver discovers he must kiss a girl and wants out of
the production.
A close friend of June's moves into the neighborhood and June arranges to have Wally
show the new kid, Dudley, around school. However, everyone thinks Dudley is a creep
and Eddie and Lumpy plan to make a fool of Dudley at a party.
143. Eddie Spends the Night
First aired: 3/25/1961
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) , John Alvin (Frank Haskell)
Global rating: 8.3
Wally invites Eddie to spend the night. However, during a game of chess, Eddie
accuses Wally of cheating and they get into a big argument ending with Wally ordering
Eddie to go home.
Beaver gets out of school early to go to the dentist which prompts Gilbert to drop off his
report card. However, Eddie and Lumpy get a hold of it and Eddie decides to alter
Beaver's arithmetic grade from a D- to a B+.
A police officer catches Richard throwing rocks at the windows of an old abandoned
house. When asked for his name, he tells the officer his name is Theodore Cleaver.
Meanwhile, Ward has joined a committee to organize a youth center.
Wally falls head over heels for a popular girl in school, Ginny Townsend. To get them
together, June slyly invites Ginny on a picnic and the Cleaver's quickly discover that
Ginny is not exactly a barrel of laughs.
147. The School Picture
First aired: 4/22/1961
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Stephen Talbot (Gilbert Bates), Sue Randall (Miss Alice Landers), Karen
Sue Trent (Penny Woods), Keith Taylor (Harry), Doris Packer (Mrs. Rayburn) ,
Lenore Kingston (Mrs. Bruce), Gage Clarke (Mr. Baxter)
Global rating: 8.1
Beaver's class is having a group picture taken and while having it done, Gilbert goads
Beaver into making a face with him when they snap the picture. However, when the
picture is actually taken, Gilbert backs out and Beaver is the only one making a face.
Beaver making trades with his classmates is beginning to get on Ward and June's
nerves since he seems to be the one who always walks away shorthanded. June
especially thinks Beaver got the short stick in his latest trade, when he comes home
with a pet rat.
Wally is throwing a party and is successful in getting Beaver out of the house, who is
planning to spend the night at Whitey's. However, on the way to Whitey's house, him
and Beaver get into an argument over a billboard that is advertising for soup and this
leads to Beaver falling into the giant soup bowl mounted at the top of the billboard.
Beaver volunteers to go around the neighborhood and collect for the Community Chest
in June's place after she decides to attend Wally's open house at his school. Beaver
brings along Gilbert and thanks to Beaver's astronomical mistake of losing the collection
can, chaos erupts.
Beaver decides to run for Junior Fire Chief and, to his surprise, wins. However, as soon
as he's elected, Beaver lets the responsibilities go to his head and begins issuing
citations to not only his family but his neighbors as well.
Beaver wants a canoe and makes a deal with Ward that if he can come up with half the
money, Ward will pay for the other half. So Beaver, comes up with a way of making
money by selling frogs. However, little does he know that the man who's going to buy
the frogs, uses them for class disections.
Beaver and Gilbert begin a lawn mowing business and plan to go door to door in seach
of lawns that need to be mowed. However, shortly after they venture out, Eddie gives
the boys some advice that leads them into trouble and Gilbert to bail out of the business
when their first client appears.
154. Kite Day
First aired: 6/10/1961
Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Keith Taylor (Harry), Richard Correll (Richard Rickover), Stephen Talbot
(Gilbert Bates), Stanley Fafara (Whitey Whitney) , Jason Robards Sr. (Mr. Henderson)
An upcoming father-son Kite Day has Beaver getting all excited when Ward agrees to
participate with him. They do a great job building a kite together but when Gilbert talks
Beaver into testing it out, the kite crashes and falls apart. This leaves Beaver with the
duty to tell Ward just what happened to their entry in Kite Day.
Beaver buys a run down mini-race car from Eddie and needs to find a set of wheels for
it. Beaver decides to ask Penny Woods if he could have the wheels off her old doll
buggy but finds himself in an awkward position, pushing a doll buggy down the street.
Before leaving on a business trip, Ward asks Wally to look after June and Beaver and
Wally does indeed. However, when Miss Landers hears Beaver swear at a bully, Beaver
turns to Wally to handle the situation and be a "substitute father."
Ward and June find themselves in the dark when they hear through the grapevine that
not only is Wally going steady with Evelyn Boothby but that wedding bells may be heard
soon. Meanwhile, Wally gets a different picture of marital life through Evelyn's sister and
her husband.
June, Ward and Wally are going out for the evening and not wanting to worry about
Beaver, June calls a babysitter, despite Beaver's pleas against the idea.
For $25, Wally buys a car and signs a contract with the owner knowing full well what
he's getting, a car that doesn't start. Wally quickly finds himself with more trouble then
he bargained for when the lemon becomes a fixture in front of the Cleaver home.
Beaver has told his parents that he doesn't want anything big for his birthday and they
decide to respect his wishes and give him a gift of money. Beaver also gets quite a bit of
money from other relatives and finds himself debating on whether or not to spend it or
put in the bank, like his parents suggest.
A strange cat appears at the Cleaver's door and Beaver takes it in and feeds it.
However, when the owner is found, and the cat is returned, Beaver finds himself with a
dilemma. The cat keeps coming back.
Wally gets a job at the ice cream parlor leaving a gaggle of girls swooning and Eddie
and Lumpy feeling neglected. So to get back at him, Eddie and Lumpy concoct a plan of
revenge that involves Mary Ellen Roger's slumber party.
When Beaver and Gilbert are pretending to go for a drive in Ward's car, Beaver
accidentally releases the parking brake, causing the car to roll down the driveway and
into the street, backing up traffic. Wally steps in and drives the car back in the driveway
and clears up the traffic mess, but he soon finds himself being issued a citation for
driving without a license.
Wally's school is having an exchange dance and Wally and Eddie must take girls from a
rival school that they chose out of a hat. Eddie asks to trade with Wally and he agrees,
like a shot, after seeing the picture of Eddie's intended in a yearbook. Suspicious, Wally
soon quickly discovers why Eddie wanted to trade; the girl is a few inches taller than
Wally.
Beaver wants a new pair of expensive ice skates and asks Ward to borrow $13.00.
Wanting to pick them out himself, he goes to the store and is conned by a salesman
who sells him skates that her 3 sizes too big.
Wally and a bunch of other guys are invited to spend the weekend at Scott's cottage on
the lake. However, the one thing that could keep Wally from going, Scott just happens to
forget to mention, that there will be no parent supervision.
Beaver has been having trouble in English and Ward persuades Wally to tutor him.
Wally has Beaver look over an old exam that he once took and to Beaver's surprise, the
next day, his teacher gives him the exact same test, which he of course he aces.
However, Beaver is left with a guilty conscience.
168. Wally's Chauffeur
First aired: 12/23/1961
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane
Director: Hugh Beaumont
Guest star: Frank Bank (Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford) , Mary Mitchel (Evelyn
Boothby), James Seay (Mr. Boothby), Mark Allen (Police Officer), Ed Pagett (Boy #1),
Brad Morgan (Boy #2), George Spicer (Boy #3)
Global rating: 8.5
Wally plans on going to a big dance with Evelyn Boothby and they plan on getting there
cramped with six other people in Lumpy's car. When June and Ward refuse to allow
that, Wally and Evelyn must find another way to get there. However, what Evelyn has in
mind doesn't go over well with Wally.
A party is being thrown at the dancing school where Beaver and Wally once took
lessons and they're both invited. This prompts Beaver to ask one particular girl who
caught his eye, Betsy Patterson, if he could escort her to the dance. However, once at
the dance, he finds that Betsy has promised other boys that she would dance with them.
During a particularly awful golf game, Ward happens to break his driver and decides it's
not worth repairing it, so he just puts it in the closet. Later, Gilbert talks Beaver into
hitting around some golf balls with Ward's clubs and one hit with the broken driver has
Beaver thinking he broke it.
Penny learns that she will be moving away and Beaver deals with mixed feelings for the
girl with whom he shares a mutual dislike for. However, after a farewell party at school,
Beaver and Penny openly show their true feelings for one another.
Beaver is cast as a rabbit for a school play and June has his costume all ready,
complete with floppy ears and puffy tail. On the night of the play, Beaver needs to be at
the school early and gets a ride with Lumpy and Wally in full costume, however,
Lumpy's car breaks down and Beaver must walk the few blocks to the school to get
there in time.
June runs across Beaver's old electric trains while cleaning and since he hasn't played
with them in years, finds someone who will take them, with Beaver's consent. However,
Beaver quickly re-discovers the fun he has with his old trains and wants to withdraw
from the arrangement, even though, the new owners-to-be are expecting them.
Beaver has Gilbert over to spend the night but after they watch a gangster movie things
get out of hand. A suspicious car has just pulled up to the front of the house with two
strange characters sitting inside, and they just happen to be Lumpy and Bill, dressed for
a masquerade party. Not knowing this, Beaver calls the police and Lumpy and Bill are
arrested.
Richard has just gotten, as Beaver describes it, a "keen" new jacket and this prompts
Beaver to ask his parents for one exactly like it. June and Ward are hesitant after
learning the price of one but decide to give in. However, when Richard loses his, he
coerces Beaver into a plot to trick his parents.
Beaver becomes convinced that he's ugly and unwanted after constantly being
reminded how cute he used to be and from being yelled at from his parents at how
messy he currently is.
Wally is rounding up some guys to go to an amusement park and he's one short from
getting a discount so he settles on Beaver. However, Beaver begins having second
thoughts when he hears stories about one of the rollercoasters.
Beaver, Gilbert and Richard find a burro for sale in Mayfield and they each decide to
each go in $10 for it. After getting their parent's permission, Richard and Gilbert fight
over who gets to keep the burro, which they name Pepe. However, once they get a load
of just how destructive a burro can be, they dump the problem of room and board on
Beaver.
Eddie pompously announces that he's dropping out of school to get a high paying job at
a gas station. However, all is not as it seems when Wally and Lumpy get a glance at
Eddie's new free spending life.
A communication gap ensues when Wally wants to spend the night at Lumpy's and
Beaver wants to have Gilbert spend the night. Beaver asks June and she tells him, he
can sometime when Wally spends the night somewhere and Wally asks Ward, who tells
him he can sometime when Beaver has someone spend the night.
Beaver agrees to help Richard cart his family's clothes down to the laundromat,
however, half way there they discover that Richard has lost the three dollars his mother
gave him. This leads him to ask Beaver if he could use the Cleaver washer. They soon
find themselves in another jam when the washing machine overflows after Beaver put in
too much soap and starch.
Ward allows his car to be driven by Lumpy who must get Eddie, Wally and Beaver to a
sporting event in a neighboring town. However, on the way back, Lumpy disobeys
Ward's orders and takes a shortcut home.
When Wally has a previous engagement and is unable to babysit, Beaver fills in and
quickly finds himself the object of a 10-year old's affection.
Beaver decides to join the basketball team but finds himself trying to live up to Wally's
performance. However, after not making the team, Beaver allows his family to believe
that he did.
Ward comes down hard on Wally after he comes home two hours late, this fuels June
and Ward's suspicions that Wally is contemplating joing the merchant Marines. June
had discovered some pamphlets hidden in his dresser drawer. However, little does
anyone know, Wally has been getting the information for Lumpy who's seriously thinking
of joining.
Beaver gets a new girl in his class and is instantly smitten. He begins walking her home
from school but he soon realizes that the girl has an agenda on her mind. Her sole
purpose is to get close to Beaver in order to get close to Wally. This leads Beaver to
accuse Wally of stealing his girl.
Ward doesn't take any excuses when he puts his foot down and demands that Wally
and Beaver clean the yard. They each reluctantly cancel their plans with Richard and
Eddie and get to work but soon find themselves with distractions. This causes them to
miss the deadline to call the hauler who is suppose to take all the yard waste away and
this leads them to pay Eddie and Lumpy to take care of it.
Wally finds himself smack dab in the middle of a lover's quarrel when a woman tries to
make her estranged boyfriend jealous by continually making tennis dates with Wally.
Wally finds himself in an awkward position when the boyfriend threatens him.
Eddie and Wally finally get a chance to join the most exclusive social club in school, the
Barons. However, after hanging out with the Barons on a Friday night, Eddie and Wally
realize they don't want to be in this club because these guys really aren't who
everybody thinks they are.
Beaver, Richard, Whitey and Alan each buy sweatshirts that have monster faces on the
front of them. They like them so much they each decide to wear them to school the next
day. However, each one finds that their parents forbid them from wearing such hideous
sweatshirts to school. However, Beaver manages to sneak out of the house with his on.
Beaver and his friends decide to make a call to California to talk to Don Drysdale and
they agree to chip in on the cost of the call, assuming that it's only going to be a couple
dollars. However, when they're put on hold, the cost quickly jumps up to $9.00.
Beaver and Wally become interested in the stock market and Ward decides that they
should try their hand at it. However, Wally and Beaver have different ideas about what
to invest in compared to Ward who wants them to play it safe and invest in Mayfield
Power and Electric, while they want to invest in a more risky venture.
195. Un-Togetherness
First aired: 6/30/1962
Writer: Roland MacLane, Dick Conway
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) , Brenda Scott (Lori Ann)
Global rating: 8.7
The Cleavers are all excited about their annual summer vacation up to the cabin, that is
except Wally. Wanting to be close to his latest girl, Wally wants to stay behind and gets
permission to stay at Eddie's house during the two weeks the Cleavers are on vacation,
but June and Ward are a bit unsure of Wally's plans.
Wally has been constantly spending his time at Julie Foster's house and June suggests
that he's old enough to take her out on a dinner date. Julie suggests a new expensive
restaurant called The White Fox. However, during the meal Wally discovers that he
forgot his wallet at home.
Beaver is scheduled to recieve a football award at a father son dinner being held in the
school gym. While talking with his friends, Beaver learns that none of them are planning
on wearing a jacket and a tie so when June and Ward insist that he wear one, he
adamently refuses.
Now that Wally is 17, he feels it's about time that he get his drivers license. However,
June and Ward are a bit apprehensive about the idea of Wally driving but Wally is
persitant and finally gets his parents to agree to let him take a drivers class.
Beaver has his heart set on taking a swing at being a paper boy again but another kid
beats him to it. This leads Beaver to think about using sabatoge to get the new paper
boy fired. However, the boy may just do that himself when the service becomes terrible
leading Beaver to confront him only to discover he is a she.
200. Double Date
First aired: 10/25/1962
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Diane Mountford (Susie), Vicky Albright (Carolyn)
Global rating: 7.2
Wally's new girlfriend Carolyn can't go out to the movies on Saturday night because she
has to watch her little sister Susan. Carolyn suggests that Beaver take Susan out to the
movies and that they all double date. Not wanting to let Wally down, Beaver decides to
go along, despite being nervous.
Wally and Eddie get jobs at the Mayfield Dairy thanks to Ward pulling some strings.
They soon unknowingly find themselves involved in a plot started by the foreman and
his assistant who are secretly stealing the merchandise. When Ward learns of the plot,
he warns Wally who in turn tries to warn Eddie, but Eddie doesn't buy it.
After coming home late on a school night, Ward and June punish him by not allowing
him to go anywhere on school nights. Beaver feels the punishment is unfair and when
Eddie suggests Beaver write to an advice column but is disappointed with the response.
Beaver wants to join a record club and asks Ward for the money to join. Fed up with
Beaver constantly asking for money, Ward decides to put him on an allowance.
However, Beaver is so thrilled with his records he disreguards the bills for them and
quickly finds himself swamped with records, a rising bill and not enough allowance to
pay for everything.
June and Ward go away for the weekend and Wally asks to borrow Ward's new car to
go to a dance. Although hesitant, Ward finally gives in and lets him take it. However,
after the dance, Lumpy runs into some car trouble which results in Wally smashing the
headlight on the car. Wally is now faced with having it repaired and paying for it himself
and trying to find a way to break it gently to Ward.
At school, Beaver gets into an argument with a girl who retaliates by making fun of
Beaver's hair, calling him a sheepdog. Incredibly self-concious, Beaver goes out to the
store and buys different hairsprays and gels to try to improve his hairdo. He doesn't get
the reaction he was expecting when he tries his new hairdo out on his family.
207. Beaver, the Hero
First aired: 12/13/1962
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Stephen Talbot (Gilbert Bates), Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), Stanley
Fafara (Whitey Whitney) , Carol Faylen (Donna), Leslie LaTourette (Patsy), Michael
Agate (Denny), Wendy Ferdin (Charlene), Kim Charney (Terry)
Global rating: 9.2
During one of his football team's games, Beaver is sent in and scores the winning
touchdown which results in a picture in the paper. Soon, Beaver finds himself swamped
with attention and quickly lets it goes to his head. He begins acting like he's better than
everyone and begins to alienate Gilbert, Whitey and Wally.
Beaver has been given an assignment in which he must write a autobiography for class
but isn't sure about his abilities at writing. So, he convinces a girl, who likes him, to write
it for him. When she discovers that he is merely using her, she writes an outrageous life
story and hands it in, causing embarrassment for Beaver when the teacher reads it in
class.
Wally asks June and Ward if he could have a party and with some prodding, Wally
finally gets their permission. June quickly begins the plans and Beaver gets a look at the
guest list and quickly finds that he's not invited. For revenge, Beaver decides to
sabotage Wally's party with a variety of gags that he bought at a magic shop.
Wally's on-again off-again girlfriend, Julie Foster seems to have thrown him over for a
new guy in school who just happens to have a mustache. Wally's ego is bruised when
Eddie tells him that Julie thinks he's naive and immature. This is the last straw and
Wally decides to grow a mustache, much to the dismay of his family.
A friend has a car for sale and Wally is interested, however, Ward and June are, as
usual, hesitant about the whole thing. Ward decides to give in to Wally and allow him to
buy the used car, with the condition that he inspect it first. Ward quickly finds problems
with the car and he helps Wally look elsewhere giving Wally tips on the process of used
car shopping.
The social event of the season, according to Fred Rutherford, is big party that a wealthy
family is throwing and he rubs it in due to the fact that June and Ward didn't get an
invitation. However, Wally and Eddie will be there after they get jobs parking the guest's
cars. However, trouble ensues when Eddie parks Fred's car in a no parking spot and the
car gets towed away by the city.
Beaver and Gilbert go to a carnival and Beaver surprisingly wins a fourteen caret gold
locket in one of the carnival games. Beaver thinks about giving it to June but thanks to
Gilbert, Beaver decides to give it to a girl whom he has a crush on. However, soon it
becomes apparant that this was a mistake when the girl's parents discover Beaver's gift.
Beaver seems to be on a selfish streak after backing out of a babysitting and later not
wanting to do a simple favor for Wally. Ward gives Beaver a stern lecture and soon
takes Ward's advice when a tramp comes to the door wanting some kindness. Howver,
the tramp quickly takes advantage and helps himself to more than a glass of water.
Beaver has gotten a job as a caddy and is quickly running around the golf course
chasing balls. However, all innocence is broken when one of the guys, Beaver is
caddying for cheats in order to win a bet. Soon, Beaver begins wrestling with his
conscience over whether or not to tell anyone.
217. Beaver on TV
First aired: 2/21/1963
Writer: Dick Conway, Roland MacLane
Director: David Butler
Guest star: Stephen Talbot (Gilbert Bates), Richard Deacon (Fred Rutherford), Doris
Packer (Mrs. Rayburn) , Jack Smith (Director), John Jacobs (Moderator), Marian
Collier (Girl in the TV Station), Kevin Jones (Boy #1), Brad Berwick (Boy #2), Carol
Faylen (Girl #1), Patty Gerrity (Girl #2), Barbara Jean Hunter (Janet), Larry Adare
(Phillip)
Global rating: 6.9
Beaver comes home with the news that he applied to appear on a local television show
called Teen Forum and he has been accepted. Beaver gets out of classes for the taping
and all his classmates are treated to being able to watch him on TV during class.
However, what Beaver, his friends and family don't know is that the show tapes each
episode a week in advance.
June and Ward have noticed the Wally has been spending quite a bit of his time at the
movie theater but it's not to see the movies. He's been eyeing the pretty young lady who
works in the box office. Thanks to Eddie, Wally works up enough courage to ask her out
but quickly sees another side to the young lady that is a bit too mature for Wally's taste.
Wally is let down when he learns that he didn't get the sports scholarship from State
University. However, he does learn that Lumpy did get one and this leads him to throw a
party in Lumpy's honor. However, half way through the party, Fred calls with some
unfortunate news for Lumpy, the scholarship is no longer available due to Lumpy's
grades.
Beaver is all set to go with Eddie and Wally to hook up a AM/FM car radio in Eddie's car
but June stops him and insists he go to the grocery store to pick up the items he had
promised. This leads Beaver to give June the cold shoulder treatment while playing up
to Ward.
June and Ward go away for a couple of days and leave Uncle Billy to stay with Wally
and Beaver. Beaver quickly realizes Billy runs a much looser ship than Ward and June
and feels as if he can get away with more things. However, he's soon in for a rude
awakening when he helps Gilbert sneak into the movies.
June and Ward are excited when they learn that Aunt Martha has made arrangements
to send Beaver to a prep school in New England. However, Beaver quickly realizes he
will miss his friends as they are all entering Mayfield High School next year. This puts
Beaver in a delicate position, how to tell Aunt Martha he doesn't want to go without
hurting her feelings.
Wally has his mind pretty much made up about going to Ward's alma mater, State
University and he's even considering joining Ward's old fraternity. However, both Eddie
and Wally think twice when they hear from a college student that that's the worst
fraternity on campus, but Ward has already sent out his letter of recommendation for
both of them.
Eddie has been seeing one particular girl, Cindy Andrews and she wants to give Eddie a
birthday gift, so she decides to knit a sweater. She uses Wally as a model and he
begins spending so much time at Cindy's he arrouses the suspicions of Julie, Eddie,
Lumpy, Beaver and his parents.
Beaver has been assigned to write a book report on The Three Musketeers. However
he's waited right down to the wire to get reading and quickly realizes that he'll never get
finished. So, he decides to watch the movie that's going to be on TV and write his book
report based on the movie.
Ward is given two tickets to a baseball game and is faced with an impossible decision.
Should he take Wally or Beaver? Beaver lets him off the hook when he announces he
has plans with Gilbert. However, when they fall through, Beaver changes his mind about
the game and becomes convinced because he's the youngest he gets the short stick.
A school dance has Beaver with a major dilemma. He has two girls who ask him to go
with them. However, he has a little problem, he accepted the first invitation but now
wants out of it when he's asked by the second girl. This leads him to take some of
Eddie's poor advice.
Eddie is happy to break the news that he plans to spend his summer on a fishing boat in
Alaska and this prompts Wally and Lumpy to think about signing up to do the same
thing. However, they all get a dose of reality when they discover just what kind of
conditions they would be living in.
It's come down to the final week before junior high school graduation and Beaver is
having a ball and even skips a class with Gilbert. However, Beaver becomes convinced
he won't graduate after Gilbert and him take a peek at the diplomas on Mrs. Rayburn's
desk and find Beaver's diploma to be missing.
Wally and Eddie fall prey to Lumpy's practical joking after he plants cherry bombs under
the hoods of Eddie's car and Wally's car. Both Eddie and Wally want to get him back but
their plan goes awry when they destroy Lumpy's car after chaining it to a tree. All fingers
point to Wally after Fred finds that the chain has Ward's name printed on it.
After graduation, an all-night party is set to begin, which has June and Ward very wary.
They aren't sure if they should allow Wally to attend. Meanwhile, Wally's date for the
party has the same problem. This leads her to invite Wally to meet her folks and put
their worries to rest.
Beaver has the chance to travel around the country for six weeks during the summer
and he's all excited about it. However, he quickly realizes when he's gone Gilbert will go
after the girl Beaver has a crush on, Mary Margaret. But he quickly realizes, there's
more to life than Mary Margaret.
Beaver's school is having a clothing drive and who ever brings in the most clothes is
awarded 1000 school points. June, Ward and Wally round up all the old clothes they
can find and put them in a box and right next to the box are three good suits of Ward's
that are to be cleaned and of course Beaver mistakes them as items for the clothing
drive. This leaves Ward with the task of asking for the suits back.
While cleaning, June runs across an old family scrapbook and gathers the family
together to reminisce about the past six years. The Cleavers remember scenes from
previous episodes including: Beaver Gets 'Spelled, New Neighbors, My Brother's Girl,
The Shave, Beaver Runs Away, Larry Hides Out, Teacher Comes to Dinner, and
Wally's Election.