Leave It to Beaver - Season 1

Leave It to Beaver - Season 1

Season 1

The first season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 4, 1957 and concluded on July 16, 1958. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the only season that the show originally aired on CBS.
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Episodes39
DatesOct 4, 1957 - Jul 16, 1958
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Episodes

Beaver Gets 'Spelled
Season 1Episode 130 min

Beaver Gets 'Spelled

When Beaver's new teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home to his parents, he expects the worst. As a result, he decides to run away from home.

Oct 4, 1957
Captain Jack
Season 1Episode 230 min

Captain Jack

After seeing an advertisement in a comic book, Wally and Beaver decide to send away to Florida for an alligator, in order to keep it in their bathtub. However, when Ward and June discover what the boys have done, they make the boys donate it to a local alligator expert's animal park.

Oct 11, 1957
The Black Eye
Season 1Episode 330 min

The Black Eye

When Beaver comes home from school with a black eye, Wally helps him conceal it with some of their mother's makeup. However, it doesn't take Ward long to discover what happened and is disappointed at Beaver apparently running away from a fight. However, when he discovers who gave Beaver his black eye, he comes to regret giving Beaver the advice of confronting the guilty party.

Oct 18, 1957
The Haircut
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Haircut

When Beaver loses his lunch money more times that Ward cares to count, he lectures Beaver about the importance of responsible money management. At first it seems that the Beaver takes Ward's word to heart, but when he accidentally loses his money for a haircut, he frantically turns to Wally for help. However, Wally accidentally scalps Beaver when he gives him a free haircut, resulting in the boys having a hard time keeping it from Ward and June.

Oct 25, 1957
New Neighbors
Season 1Episode 530 min

New Neighbors

June sends the Beaver over to the new neighbors with some flowers to welcome them to the neighborhood. When he is given a kiss on the check by Mrs. Donaldson for the bouquet, sneaky Eddie Haskell makes Beaver scared that her husband is a jealous man and is going to pay Beaver a visit when he least expects it.

Nov 1, 1957
Brotherly Love
Season 1Episode 630 min

Brotherly Love

Tiring of Wally and the Beaver's constant arguing, June makes them sign a friendship pact and spend a lot more time together. Things work well for a while, until their friends invite them to separate things on an upcoming Saturday. Then the boys try to find a way to trick Ward and June into thinking they spent the day together.

Nov 8, 1957
Water, Anyone?
Season 1Episode 730 min

Water, Anyone?

Feeling left out when Ward helps Wally earn some money for a new uniform for the baseball team, Beaver decides to earn some money too, by selling water to everyone in their neighborhood after the city turns the water off to do some work on the pipes.

Nov 15, 1957
Beaver's Crush
Season 1Episode 830 min

Beaver's Crush

When his class discovers that he has a crush on Miss Canfield, Beaver is coerced into putting a snake in her desk in order to scare her. However, after putting the snake inside of Miss Canfield's desk, Beaver has an attack of conscience and goes out of his way to keep Miss Canfield from finding it.

Nov 22, 1957
The Clubhouse
Season 1Episode 930 min

The Clubhouse

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?
Nov 29, 1957
Wally's Girl Trouble
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Wally's Girl Trouble

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 her.
Dec 6, 1957
Beaver's Short Pants
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Beaver's Short Pants

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.
Dec 13, 1957
The Perfume Salesmen
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The Perfume Salesmen

Wally and Beaver want to win a fancy film projector. 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.
Dec 27, 1957
Voodoo Magic
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Voodoo Magic

June and Ward make Wally and Beaver promise that they won't go to the movies and see a scary movie. However, Wally and Beaver are talked into seeing it, thanks to Wally's so-called best friend, Eddie Haskell. The movie has quite an influence on Beaver, who makes a voodoo doll, names it Eddie Haskell, and sticks it with pins.
Jan 3, 1958
Part Time Genius
Season 1Episode 1430 min

Part Time Genius

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 that everything is not as it seems.
Jan 10, 1958
Party Invitation
Season 1Episode 1530 min

Party Invitation

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.
Jan 17, 1958
Lumpy Rutherford
Season 1Episode 1630 min

Lumpy Rutherford

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.
Jan 24, 1958
The Paper Route
Season 1Episode 1730 min

The Paper Route

Wally and Beaver want to get brand new bike and they ask Ward for some money. He suggests that they earn the money. This leads Wally and Beaver to get a job delivering papers. Later, while trying to help the boys out, Ward and June inadvertently almost get Wally and Beaver fired.
Jan 31, 1958
Child Care
Season 1Episode 1830 min

Child Care

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 they go out to a party with Ward and June. Trouble begins when the youngster locks herself in the bathroom.
Feb 7, 1958
The Bank Account
Season 1Episode 1930 min

The Bank Account

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.
Feb 14, 1958
Lonesome Beaver
Season 1Episode 2030 min

Lonesome Beaver

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.
Feb 28, 1958
Cleaning Up Beaver
Season 1Episode 2130 min

Cleaning Up Beaver

Wally begins to outgrow his "sloppy" faze 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 too extraordinary of a task.
Mar 7, 1958
The Perfect Father
Season 1Episode 2230 min

The Perfect Father

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.
Mar 14, 1958
Beaver and Poncho
Season 1Episode 2330 min

Beaver and Poncho

Beaver makes a trade with Larry Mondello: a glass doorknob for a Chihuahua. Larry 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 pooch.
Mar 21, 1958
The State vs. Beaver
Season 1Episode 2430 min

The State vs. Beaver

Ward helps Beaver and Wally build a miniature race car powered by a 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.
Mar 26, 1958
The Broken Window
Season 1Episode 2530 min

The Broken Window

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.
Apr 2, 1958
Train Trip
Season 1Episode 2630 min

Train Trip

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.
Apr 9, 1958
My Brother's Girl
Season 1Episode 2730 min

My Brother's Girl

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.
Apr 16, 1958
Next Door Indians
Season 1Episode 2830 min

Next Door Indians

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.
Apr 23, 1958
Tenting Tonight
Season 1Episode 2930 min

Tenting Tonight

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.
Apr 30, 1958
Music Lesson
Season 1Episode 3030 min

Music Lesson

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.
May 7, 1958
New Doctor
Season 1Episode 3130 min

New Doctor

June has Wally stay home from school when he comes down with a sore throat and suddenly Wally is emersed in attention from his parents, friends and doctor. Jealous and feeling left out, Beaver fakes illness, seeking that same attention.
May 14, 1958
Beaver's Old Friend
Season 1Episode 3230 min

Beaver's Old Friend

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.
May 21, 1958
Wally's Job
Season 1Episode 3330 min

Wally's Job

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.
May 28, 1958
Beaver's Bad Day
Season 1Episode 3430 min

Beaver's Bad Day

An incident at the park leads to Beaver ripping the pants on his gray flannel suit. When he's questioned by Ward and June he makes up a wild story that his parents quickly see through. Lectured in telling the truth, Beaver does just that when the pants of his other suit are ripped but Ward and June don't believe him.
Jun 4, 1958
Boarding School
Season 1Episode 3530 min

Boarding School

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.
Jun 11, 1958
Beaver and Henry
Season 1Episode 3630 min

Beaver and Henry

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.
Jun 18, 1958
Beaver Runs Away
Season 1Episode 3730 min

Beaver Runs Away

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.
Jun 25, 1958
Beaver's Guest
Season 1Episode 3830 min

Beaver's Guest

Beaver is all excited to have his friend, Larry Mondello, stay over for the weekend. However, things start off on the wrong foot when Beaver and Larry get into a fight ending with Beaver punching Larry in the stomach.
Jul 2, 1958
Cat Out of the Bag
Season 1Episode 3930 min

Cat Out of the Bag

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.
Jul 16, 1958

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