1957

S4.E1 ∙ Beaver Won't Eat

Fri, Sep 30, 1960

When Beaver refuses to eat his Brussels sprouts, Ward and June try to find a compromise in their differing opinions on discipline, with surprising results.

7.4 /10

Ward and June are concerned when they discover that Beaver's visiting friend Chopper has divorced parents but soon see that Chopper's own experience will serve as Beaver's best lesson on this life changing event.

8.1 /10

S4.E3 ∙ Beaver Becomes a Hero

Fri, Oct 14, 1960

Beaver's slightly exaggerated story about rescuing an abandoned canoe while fishing with Wally takes on a life of its own while passing through the school grapevine and Beaver finds that not being completely truthful can have disastrous results.

7.8 /10

S4.E4 ∙ Wally, the Lifeguard

Fri, Oct 21, 1960

Beaver proudly takes his friends Whitey and Gilbert on a picnic at the lake to see Wally in his first day as a lifeguard, not knowing that a new law forbidding anyone under age 18 from filling the position has forced Wally to work as a snack vendor instead. When he sees Wally in a floppy hat peddling hot dogs instead of sitting importantly on a stand in a lifeguard uniform, an embarrassed Beaver wants to go home before anyone else finds out.

7.7 /10

S4.E5 ∙ Beaver's Freckles

Fri, Oct 28, 1960

Lumpy Rutherford embarrasses Beaver, calling him 'Freckles' in front of his friends and Beaver tries various ways to get rid of the offending spots. While Ward and June try to convince their son that what's important is not what he looks like but what kind of person he is, in the end, Beaver finds his own support from an unlikely place.

7.5 /10

S4.E6 ∙ Beaver's Big Contest

Fri, Nov 04, 1960

Beaver sells raffle tickets to benefit the new hospital and hopes that one of his own will win him a Hawaiian vacation or a sports car. When obnoxious Eddie Haskell teases that Beaver's parents would never allow him to keep a top prize and would most likely use it themselves, Beaver refuses to believe. But when one of Beaver's tickets is a winner will Eddie's dire prediction come true?

7.7 /10

S4.E7 ∙ Miss Landers' Fiance

Fri, Nov 11, 1960

Beaver gets upset when his favorite teacher gets engaged.

7.8 /10

S4.E8 ∙ Eddie's Double-Cross

Fri, Nov 18, 1960

Eddie Haskell boasts about going steady with popular Caroline Shuster but Wally hears Caroline tell her girlfriends that she thinks Eddie is a creep and must decide how to break the bad news to his best friend.

8.1 /10

S4.E9 ∙ Beaver's I.Q.

Fri, Nov 25, 1960

Ward is concerned that Beaver's attitude toward his schoolwork will jeopardize his future and when the school principal announces that Beaver's class will be given an intelligence test Beaver worries that the results of the test will not only prove his father right but show that he's too 'dumb' to succeed.

7.5 /10

S4.E10 ∙ Wally's Glamour Girl

Fri, Dec 02, 1960

To impress pretty, out-of town girl Kitty, Wally writes letters to her exaggerating his family's wealth and importance; but he must later eat his words when Ward and June tell Wally that he will be taking Kitty to the country club dance.

7.6 /10

S4.E11 ∙ Chuckie's New Shoes

Fri, Dec 09, 1960

Ward and June leave Wally in charge at home and all is well until neighbor Mrs. Murdock drops by and asks Wally to take her son, Chuckie, to buy new shoes. But Wally goes ice skating with Eddie Haskell instead and turns little Chuckie over to Beaver. When Beaver loses Chuckie in the shoe store, Wally soon learns an important lesson in responsibility.

7.5 /10

S4.E12 ∙ Beaver and Kenneth

Fri, Dec 16, 1960

June attends a meeting at Beaver's school where teacher Miss Landers confides that several items have recently disappeared from student lockers; and when June finds the same items under Beaver's bed she worries that Beaver may be the thief. Ward questions Beaver and finds out that Beaver was given the items by another boy, Kenneth, but Kenneth denies everything and Beaver must find out why.

7.4 /10

S4.E13 ∙ Beaver's Accordion

Fri, Dec 23, 1960

While emptying the trash, Beaver finds a circular that Ward discarded offering a free trial for an expensive new accordion. With a push from troublemaker Eddie, Beaver secretly sends in the order form, believing that he can play with the instrument and return it within the 5-day free trial period. But, as usual, things don't always go as planned.

7.6 /10

S4.E14 ∙ Uncle Billy

Fri, Dec 30, 1960

When Ward's flamboyant Uncle Billy comes for a visit, June worries that his eccentric behavior and tall tales may have a bad influence on Wally and the Beaver.

7.9 /10

S4.E15 ∙ Teacher's Daughter

Fri, Jan 06, 1961

When Wally starts dating Julie Foster, the daughter of a teacher, Lumpy and Eddie tease that Wally is only seeing her to curry favor with her father, especially when Wally is later assigned to Mr. Foster's English class.

7.8 /10

S4.E16 ∙ Ward's Millions

Fri, Jan 13, 1961

Believing that Ward is worried about money, Beaver buys him a book that tells how to become a millionaire and is upset when Ward doesn't take it seriously.

7.2 /10

S4.E17 ∙ Beaver's Secret Life

Fri, Jan 20, 1961

When Beaver decides to be a writer, Ward gives him a diary, encouraging him to write down his thoughts and daily activities, and assuring Beaver that no one would read it without permission. But when Beaver is late coming home one night, his worried parents break the lock on his diary, hoping to find a clue to where he might be and instead, get quite a surprise.

7.3 /10

S4.E18 ∙ Wally's Track Meet

Fri, Jan 27, 1961

After being warned against roughhousing by the track coach, Eddie and Lumpy start a towel fight in the school locker room and the coach walks in just as Wally throws a towel. But when the other boys deny any wrongdoing, Wally takes the punishment alone and must tell his parents that he is suspended from the upcoming track meet that the whole family planned to attend.

7.8 /10

S4.E19 ∙ Beaver's Old Buddy

Fri, Feb 03, 1961

Jackie, a friend from Beaver's old neighborhood, comes for a weekend visit, and the excited boys look forward to the fun of playing the same games they played years before. But Beaver and Jackie soon find that their interests have changed as they each grew older, and the weekend doesn't turn out quite like they planned.

7.2 /10

S4.E20 ∙ Beaver's Tonsils

Fri, Feb 10, 1961

Beaver loses his fear of a possible operation to remove his swollen tonsils when Ward reminisces about his own boyhood tonsillectomy. In fact, Beaver is so impressed by Ward's story of ice cream, pretty nurses and gifts that he can't wait to have the operation himself...even if he doesn't need it!

7.3 /10

S4.E21 ∙ The Big Fish Count

Fri, Feb 17, 1961

When the local pet store has a tropical fish-counting contest, with a collie pup as the grand prize, Beaver and his friend Gilbert agree to enter together and share the puppy if they win. But slick Eddie Haskell starts working at the pet store and claims to know the winning number...will Beaver want to win badly enough to cheat?

7.8 /10

S4.E22 ∙ Beaver's Poster

Fri, Feb 24, 1961

After finding Ward's old drawing tablet, Beaver volunteers to make a poster for a class project on colonial America, hoping that his talented dad will do it for him. But Ward only offers his son advice and encouragement, and even though his friends make fun of his art, in the end, Beaver is glad that he painted the poster by himself.

7.4 /10

S4.E23 ∙ Mother's Helper

Fri, Mar 03, 1961

When the Cleaver's former housekeeper, Mrs. Manners, is unavailable she sends her teenage daughter Margie to help June part-time after school. Ward is amused when smitten Wally skips track practice to spend time 'helping' pretty Margie but June worries when Wally neglects his homework.

8 /10

S4.E24 ∙ The Dramatic Club

Fri, Mar 10, 1961

Beaver balks at playing the lead in his school play 'The Little Dutch Boy' when his role includes kissing his co-star...the little Dutch girl!

7.3 /10

S4.E25 ∙ Wally and Dudley

Fri, Mar 17, 1961

Lumpy and Eddie try to sabotage Wally's efforts to help new kid Dudley fit in with the school crowd but, when they invite Dudley to a popular girl's party just to embarrass him, Dudley turns the tables on the sneaky pair.

8 /10

S4.E26 ∙ Eddie Spends the Night

Fri, Mar 24, 1961

During a week-end sleepover at the Cleavers, a fight between Wally and Eddie and an unexpected phone call from Eddie's father reveal a part of Eddie that he would prefer to keep from his friends.

8.2 /10

S4.E27 ∙ Beaver's Report Card

Fri, Mar 31, 1961

Arithmetically-challenged Beaver is mystified by a better-than-average grade on his report card, unaware that the dastardly duo, Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford, altered the card en route to Ward's desk drawer.

8.2 /10

S4.E28 ∙ Mistaken Identity

Fri, Apr 07, 1961

Beaver's pal Richard Rickover gives Beaver's name instead of his own to the policeman who catches him breaking a window at the old, abandoned McMahan house.

7.7 /10

S4.E29 ∙ Wally's Dream Girl

Fri, Apr 14, 1961

Too shy to speak to pretty Ginny Townsend, Wally is content to admire her from afar, blissfully unaware that June has invited the object of his affection to join them on a family picnic.

7.6 /10

S4.E30 ∙ The School Picture

Fri, Apr 21, 1961

Gilbert convinces Beaver that they should both make an ugly face when their class picture is taken. Beaver does it, but Gilbert doesn't. It doesn't get discovered until the picture has already gone to press to be in the school yearbook.

7.7 /10

S4.E31 ∙ Beaver's Rat

Fri, Apr 28, 1961

June is distressed when a series of trades with school friends nets Beaver a pet rat and when Ward tells Beaver to get rid of the rodent, Beaver sells the rat to Violet Rutherford. But, in spite of Violet's protests, Fred Rutherford demands that Beaver refund Violet's money and take the rat back, unaware that another member of the Rutherford family has also developed an affection for the furry little guy.

7.4 /10

S4.E32 ∙ In the Soup

Fri, May 05, 1961

Wally's worries that little brother Beaver will disrupt the first teen party held at the Cleaver's house are realized when, on the way to the Whitney's house for a sleepover, Beaver takes a dare from Whitey to find out if there really is soup in a steaming billboard bowl.

8.8 /10

S4.E33 ∙ Community Chest

Fri, May 12, 1961

Beaver and his friend Gilbert volunteer to collect Community Chest donations from the neighborhood so that June can attend a school open house with Wally. All goes well until the boys stop for ice cream and Beaver puts the money he collected into his back pocket...the one with the hole in it!

7.5 /10

S4.E34 ∙ Junior Fire Chief

Fri, May 19, 1961

Ward and June are proud when Beaver is elected as his grammar school class's Junior Fire Chief for Fire Prevention Week until he starts taking his honorary position a little too seriously.

7.6 /10

S4.E35 ∙ Beaver's Frogs

Fri, May 26, 1961

Beaver has second thoughts about selling the frogs he caught to help pay for a new canoe after he finds out the frogs' fate.

7.7 /10

S4.E36 ∙ Beaver Goes Into Business

Fri, Jun 02, 1961

At first, mowing lawns seems like an easy way for Beaver and his friend Gilbert to earn extra money for summer, but no one seems to want their services and bad advice from Wally's friend Eddie results in an angry neighbor. When discouraged Gilbert opts to deliver newspapers instead, even after a nice lady offers to pay the boys $5.00, a determined Beaver decides to try once more; but what will he do when her check bounces?

7.7 /10

S4.E37 ∙ Kite Day

Fri, Jun 09, 1961

Beaver gets into trouble when his friend Gilbert convinces him to test-fly a new kite that he and Ward worked hard to build for the father and son "Kite Day" contest.

7.2 /10

S4.E38 ∙ Beaver's Doll Buggy

Fri, Jun 16, 1961

When Beaver buys a wrecked 'coaster car' from Eddie Haskell, Wally pitches in to help his little brother fix it up and school chum Penny Woods promises him the wheels from her old doll buggy. But Beaver forgets his tools when he goes to Penny's house to remove the wheels and panics when he runs into his best friends, Gilbert and Richard, while trying to sneak the buggy home.

7.4 /10

S4.E39 ∙ Substitute Father

Fri, Jun 23, 1961

Wally takes his responsibility seriously when he is left in charge of the Cleaver household while Ward is in St. Louis on a business trip but isn't sure he can fill his father's shoes when Miss Landers sends Beaver home from school with a note for saying a bad word.

8.1 /10