1957

S1It's a Small World

Mon, Apr 22, 1957

Sneaky Frankie Bennett tells Beaver that he can win a new bicycle by entering a popular television show's Franklin Milk bottle-cap contest, but Beaver and big brother Wally cause quite a commotion at the milk company's office when no one there seems to know anything about a contest after the boys show up to claim their prize, pulling a wagon loaded with a thousand bottle caps.

7 /10

S1.E1 ∙ Beaver Gets 'Spelled'

Thu, Oct 03, 1957

Beaver expects the worst when teacher Miss Canfield sends him home with a sealed note for his parents.

7.9 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Captain Jack

Thu, Oct 10, 1957

Wally and Beaver secretly order a Florida alligator from a comic book ad, planning to keep the creature in their bathtub. But when a tiny, baby alligator shows up in a shoebox instead of the full grown, 8-footer shown in the ad, the boys enlist the help of crusty alligator expert, Captain Jack, to raise their new pet.

7.9 /10

S1.E3 ∙ The Black Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 1957

Violet Rutherford gives Beaver a black eye.

7.9 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Haircut

Thu, Oct 24, 1957

Beaver loses the money he was given for a haircut. In order to conceal his carelessness from his parents, he gives himself a haircut - with disastrous results.

8 /10

S1.E5 ∙ New Neighbors

Thu, Oct 31, 1957

June sends Beaver with a welcome-to-the-neighborhood bouquet to new next-door neighbor Mrs. Donaldson; but when the little boy is rewarded with a kiss on his cheek, rascally Eddie Haskell warns that a jealous Mr. Donaldson will soon show up at Beaver's door.

7.9 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Brotherly Love

Thu, Nov 07, 1957

June makes Wally and Beaver sign a friendship pact to stop them from fighting and do more things together. But when each boy is offered a Saturday activity that doesn't include the other, they find the pact is not so easy to keep.

7.2 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Water Anyone?

Thu, Nov 14, 1957

Beaver is left out when Ward and the other neighborhood dads offer to pay Wally and his friends for doing outdoor chores to help them buy uniforms. But, after Beaver finds out that the main water line will be shut off on a very hot day, he loads up his wagon with full water buckets and makes his own money ... at five cents a cup!

8.2 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Beaver's Crush

Thu, Nov 21, 1957

Beaver's crush on his teacher Miss Canfield and teasing by the other kids leads him to put a spring snake in her desk drawer. When his conscience starts acting up, he does his best to make sure the snake stays in the desk.

7.7 /10

S1.E9 ∙ The Clubhouse

Thu, Nov 28, 1957

A rainy day indoors prompts Wally and his friends to build a clubhouse across the street. When Beaver can only join if he comes up with $3, he decides to hit the streets with a newfound entrepreneurial spirit.

7.6 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Wally's Girl Trouble

Thu, Dec 05, 1957

Although he can't understand why any boy would give up fishing to spend time with a girl, Beaver still tries to help brother Wally make up after a fight with pretty Penny.

7.9 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Beaver's Short Pants

Thu, Dec 12, 1957

Beaver suffers the consequences when June's beloved Aunt Martha comes to stay at the Cleavers and sends him to school dressed in her idea of what a young boy should wear to school...an old-fashioned suit with short pants and cap.

8.1 /10

S1.E12 ∙ The Perfume Salesmen

Thu, Dec 26, 1957

Wally and Beaver send for a supply of "Flower of the Orient" perfume to sell door-to-door, planning make enough money to buy a movie projector. But selling the perfume turns out to be harder than they think, especially when everyone agrees that it smells like an old catcher's mitt!

7.7 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Voodoo Magic

Thu, Jan 02, 1958

Eddie Haskell thinks it's funny when Wally and Beaver are grounded after he tricks them into going to the movie "Voodoo Curse" even though they promised June that they wouldn't ... until Beaver gets even by using a little "voodoo magic" on Eddie!

8.1 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Part-Time Genius

Thu, Jan 09, 1958

After having to listen to colleague "Corny" Cornelius brag about his children's academic excellence, Ward is thrilled to return the favor when principal Mrs. Rayburn calls to say that Beaver's score on an intelligence test is the highest in the school; but one of Beaver's classmates has a secret and Ward may have to eat his words.

7.6 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Party Invitation

Thu, Jan 16, 1958

Beaver finds himself where no self-respecting second grade boy would ever want to be: the only boy invited to little Linda Dennison's otherwise all-girl party.

7.8 /10

S1.E16 ∙ Lumpy Rutherford

Thu, Jan 23, 1958

The Cleaver boys' plan to get even with bully Lumpy Rutherford for picking on them backfires when Lumpy's dad, Fred, suffers the consequences instead.

8.1 /10

S1.E17 ∙ The Paper Route

Thu, Jan 30, 1958

Ward and June find it hard not to interfere after mean Mr. Merkel threatens to fire Wally and Beaver from the after-school paper route the boys took on to earn money for a new bicycle.

7.6 /10

S1.E18 ∙ Child Care

Thu, Feb 06, 1958

Wally and Beaver get more excitement than they expect when they give up their Saturday visit with Pete the fireman to babysit mischievous little 'Puddin' while her parents go with Ward and June to a wedding.

7.7 /10

S1.E19 ∙ The Bank Account

Thu, Feb 13, 1958

A package delivered to the Cleaver house from a high-end sports store seems to confirm Ward's suspicions that Wally and Beaver skipped school to buy expensive baseball mitts with piggy bank money they promised to deposit into their school bank account.

8.6 /10

S1.E20 ∙ Lonesome Beaver

Thu, Feb 27, 1958

Beaver faces a lonely week-end when his neighborhood pals can't come out to play and older brother Wally's scout troop leaves on a camping trip.

7.2 /10

S1.E21 ∙ Cleaning Up Beaver

Thu, Mar 06, 1958

When Ward and Wally pressure messy Beaver to be neater, Beaver takes buddy Larry's advice and asks for his own room.

7.2 /10

S1.E22 ∙ The Perfect Father

Thu, Mar 13, 1958

Busy Ward thinks his boys spend all their time over at the Dennisons' because they can play basketball there with their friends. But when Wally and Beaver still prefer the Dennison driveway, even after Ward puts up his own backboard, it takes a frank conversation with neighbor Chuck Dennison to reveal the secret that will bring the Cleaver boys back home.

7.5 /10

S1.E23 ∙ Beaver and Poncho

Thu, Mar 20, 1958

Beaver gets attached to a runaway chihuahua named Poncho and sneaks the little dog to school under his coat on the morning the owner comes to claim it.

7.7 /10

S1.E24 ∙ The State Versus Beaver

Tue, Mar 25, 1958

Beaver gets a ticket and winds up in front of a tough traffic court judge after he and pal Larry are pulled over while taking a quick spin down the street without a license in a home-built race car powered by a lawnmower engine.

8.2 /10

S1.E25 ∙ The Broken Window

Tue, Apr 01, 1958

The boys accidentally break the car window while playing baseball.

7.8 /10

S1.E26 ∙ Train Trip

Tue, Apr 08, 1958

Traveling home from a visit to Aunt Martha, Wally and Beaver spend too much of their money on food in the train station and don't have enough left to buy their tickets.

8.1 /10

S1.E27 ∙ My Brother's Girl

Tue, Apr 15, 1958

Mary Ellen Rogers schemes to get unsuspecting Wally to ask her to the school dance, using her friendship with Beaver to get closer to his big brother.

8 /10

S1.E28 ∙ Next Door Indians

Tue, Apr 22, 1958

To impress the older boys, Beaver makes up a story about a real, live Indian fight that occurred across the street from the Cleaver house a hundred years ago and bets Eddie Haskell a dollar fifty that it really happened. But Beaver knows he's in trouble when Eddie and the boys show up with shovels to prove him wrong ... until they find what they think are valuable gems.

7.3 /10

S1.E29 ∙ Tenting Tonight

Tue, Apr 29, 1958

Concerned that Wally and Beaver are spending too much time at the movies on the week-ends, Ward plans a camping trip and the excited boys tell all their friends. But when Eddie Haskell's dire prediction that Ward never really intended to go camping seems to come true after unexpected office work forces the busy dad to cancel the trip, the disappointed Cleaver boys pitch a tent and spend a rainy night in their back yard to avoid giving Eddie the satisfaction of thinking he was right.

7.5 /10

S1.E30 ∙ Music Lesson

Tue, May 06, 1958

Cut during the first day of tryouts, Beaver tells his parents that he made it into the school band and carries his clarinet to school for weeks, thinking that he has plenty of time to tell them the truth; but time runs out when June finds a concert announcement in Beaver's pocket and the whole family plans to go.

7.6 /10

S1.E31 ∙ New Doctor

Tue, May 13, 1958

Impressed by all the attention Wally receives while in bed with a sore throat, Beaver decides to get some for himself by pretending to be sick.

7.2 /10

S1.E32 ∙ Beaver's Old Friend

Tue, May 20, 1958

Memories of companionship and comfort prevent Beaver from letting go of his well-worn teddy bear, Billy, and prompt the little boy to rescue his furry friend from the garbage truck even though Ward and Wally tease that he's "too old" to play with dolls.

7.9 /10

S1.E33 ∙ Wally's Job

Tue, May 27, 1958

Wally hedges after making a deal with his dad to paint the trashcans for fifty cents each, convinced by Eddie Haskell to hold out for more money. But when Beaver takes the job at the original price, causing hard feelings between the brothers, Ward looks for a compromise to satisfy everyone and finds, in the end, that boys will be boys and moms are full of surprises.

7.2 /10

S1.E34 ∙ Beaver's Bad Day

Tue, Jun 03, 1958

The whole Cleaver family learns a lesson in truthfulness after Eddie Haskell intimidates Beaver into lying about how his good suit pants were torn.

7.6 /10

S1.E35 ∙ Boarding School

Tue, Jun 10, 1958

Initially impressed by Johnny Franklin's military academy uniform and good manners when Wally's former schoolmate comes to visit, June becomes alarmed when, as a result, Wally wants to attend the academy instead of Mayfield High with the rest of his friends.

7.1 /10

S1.E36 ∙ Beaver and Henry

Tue, Jun 17, 1958

Capturing a white rabbit in a home-made gopher trap is only one surprise that awaits the Cleavers when their new pet "Henry" turns out to be expectant-mother "Henrietta."

7.6 /10

S1.E37 ∙ Beaver Runs Away

Tue, Jun 24, 1958

Beaver decides to run away from home when he thinks he is unfairly reprimanded for allowing his friend Larry to accidentally drill holes in the Cleaver garage wall with Ward's electric drill.

7.8 /10

S1.E38 ∙ Beaver's Guest

Tue, Jul 01, 1958

Typical boyish shenanigans result in an eventful stay when Larry Mondello comes to spend the night with Beaver.

7.7 /10

S1.E39 ∙ Cat Out of the Bag

Tue, Jul 15, 1958

In spite of Ward's misgivings, all goes well when Wally and Beaver volunteer to feed the neighbor's prize-winning cat, Puff Puff, until Wally breaks a promise, Beaver leaves a gate open and Eddie Haskell's dog chases Puff Puff up a tree.

7.3 /10