Aside this being a comedy show, leave it to beaver does take time out for some tender moments. We start with leave it to beaver this series is a classic sitcom thats still being rerun today even though it aired starting in 1957. The series began with the 1983 reunion television movie still the beaver that aired on cbs in march 1983. Leave it to beaver s 1 e 0 pilot its a small world. From 1957 to 1963, ken portrayed the role of eddie haskell in leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver season 3 episode 20 rotten tomatoes. Watch leave it to beaver episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The twelve best leave it to beaver episodes of seasons. The show is timeless, i would watch it over most of the new shows anytime i had to get them all for my collection. See how the cast of leave it to beaver changed over the course of. Leave it to beaver ended with a retrospective flashback episode called family scrapbook where all the characters gather to reminisce about old photographs. Leave it to beaver is an american television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naive boy named theodore the beaver cleaver portrayed by jerry mathers and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood.
Family scrapbook is the final episode of the iconic american television series leave it to beaver. After that, series finales became a staple across american television. Leave it to beaver, universal city backlot, colonial street a retroweb studio backlots website toward the end of the second 195859 season of the classic tv series, leave it to beaver, mention was made in several episodes by tv father ward and june cleaver that they were househunting, and that a. Leave it to beaver the last day of school tv episode. Still the beaver 1983 reunion movie with original leave it. Jun 09, 2011 my version of what should have gone down. The cleavers reminisce over a family scrapbook and we see flashbacks to. Nearly every episode of leave it to beaver culminated in an absurdist epiphany from the little goof. Originally played by jerry mathers, sevenyearold almost eight beaver is the son of june and ward cleaver barbara billingsley and hugh beaumont, respectively and the brother of yearold wally cleaver. May, 2014 a growing number of scientists, conservationists and grassroots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global. The episode ends with a boys choir singing a carol. The pizzaspotz top ten leave it to beaver episodes of alltime. The sixth season of leave it to beaver debuted on abc september 27, 1962 with.
Jul 28, 2012 written by brian of the pizzaspotz staff. Divorce and alcoholism were addressed in various episodes. Wally is the thirteenyearold son of archetypal 1950s suburban parents, ward and june cleaver and the older brother of the sevenyearold almost eight title character, theodore beaver cleaver. Leave it to beaver season 2 episode 22 beaver gets adopted. Topical and touching, this final episode is a mustsee for all leave it to beaver fans. As a result, leave it to beaver ended its network run on june 20, 1963. Watch leave it to beaver episodes online season 6 tv guide. No other series prior to leave it to beaver had a special final episode except howdy doody in 1960 which didnt use flashbacks and was not a primetime sitcom.
The series finale of leave it to beaver has always struck me as a copout. Beaver s illuminations offered proof that the outside world made absolutely no sense until his judgment of it was offered, and during the delivery of each epiphany, time nearly stopped until all those within earshot of the proffered. The premise had wally cleaver and younger brother, theodore beaver cleaver all grown up, with families of their. Leave it to beaver s 6 e 39 family scrapbook video.
Most series ended with a general story line episode not unlike any other episode. Leave it to beaver on universal citys colonial street. Beavers documentary the fascinating story of beavers. Beaver forgets hes been invited to old friend david mannings birthday party, is embarrassed to give david what he considers to be a baby toy that june bought for him at the last minute, and must think fast to come up with a more appropriate gift. The last episode was tvs first finale when the show aired its final episode, leave it to beaver became the first american program to have its own series finale. The thirteen best leave it to beaver episodes of seasons.
In an era of television where studios produced 39 episodes a season, there are plenty of leave it to beaver episodes to choose from. Leave it to beaver season 2 episode 8 rotten tomatoes. It sure doesnt take beaver cleaver jerry mathers very long to get into trouble as leave it to beaver launches its first season on the air and its only season on cbs. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show leave it to beaver anytime, anywhere. The series comprises 234, fullscreen, blackandwhite episodes, excluding. Leave it to beaver trivia thatll change how you see the. During the filming of the final season, ken was in the u. This remarkable episode should put to rest the notion that leave it to beaver never dealt with controversial story material. Leave it to beaver complete series internet archive. Transfer of all seasons so far of leave it to beaver over to dvd format has been excellent. There was even a 1983 reunion show, still the beaver, along with a new uptodate series, the new leave it to beaver 19851989. Leave it to beaver season 5 episode 38 stocks and bonds. Topical and touching, this final episode is a mustsee.
The show was created by amos n andy writers joe connelly and bob mosher. Leave it to beaver s 6 e 39 family scrapbook video dailymotion. Larry mondello appears in 68 of the shows 234 episodes over the first few seasons. Army reserve as an armorer but was granted leave to shoot episodes. He is portrayed by child actor robert rusty stevens. There are many classic episodes, the one hailed the best where beaver gets trapped in a billboard soup bowl. Regardless of its age, leave it to beaver is harmless fun, good family viewing. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration.
Few at the time knew that beaver cleaver was a euphemism for a penis but the shows writers didnt stop there. For example, the thirdseason episode the last day of schoolwhich originally aired on june 18, 1960is grounded in common experiences. Larry mondello is a fictional character from the iconic american television series leave it to beaver 19571963. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayup to date and watch your favorite show leave it to beaver anytime, anywhere. Leave it to beaver stars barbara billingsley as june cleaver, hugh beaumont as ward cleaver, tony dow as wally cleaver, and jerry mathers as the beaver. Do you know what happens in the leave it to beaver episode.
In almost every episode, after either wally or the beav, or both, get tangled up with problems, whether it be their fault or not, there is usually a good father to sons lecture, along with the moral lesson to whats occurred. A reunion movie called still the beaver aired on cbs in 1983, which led to a subsequent series that aired on disney channel in its infancy, tbs and syndication, eventually being retitled as the new leave it to beaver. One of the best ever family comedies created for television was leave it to beaver. Determined to reaffirm his manhood, wally attempts to. From 1957 until 1960, rusty appeared as larry mondello in 67 of leave it to beaver s 235 episodes 68 if you include the last episode in which he appeared in flashback. Leave it to beaver is a 1950s and 1960s familyoriented american television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naive boy named theodore beaver cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. Factory leave it to beaver season 6 episode 39 family scrapbook. Following leave it to beaver, he gueststarred in a few tv shows. Perhaps the archetypal feelgood family situational comedy, the television show leave it to beaver first aired on april 23, 1957 and provided viewers with a peek into the inner melodramatic turmoil of the cleaver family at 485 grant avenue in mayfield. Theodore the beaver cleaver is the fictional title character in the american television series leave it to beaver. Actor frank bank towered over wally and beaver, and he only continued to grow. Sep 12, 2016 leave it to beaver season 3 episode 38 last day of school.
Jul 21, 2015 the original cast returns to bring closure to its loyal fans fifty years after the shows debut. Leave it to beaver s 2 e 39 most interesting character. I enjoy these early episodes when the beaver was cute and always getting into trouble. The sixth season of leave it to beaver debuted on abc september 27, 1962 with wallys dinner date and aired its last episode, family scrapbook, june 20, 1963. This is the last season of leave it to beaver and though its not as great as the first few seasons i miss larry and judy, the last is still good. The stories are all golden with a moral to the story that both parents and children seem to learn. Envious of wallys touchdown at the school football game, eddie ken osmond needles wally tony dow because he hasnt started shaving yet. The show has attained an iconic status in the united states, with the cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the midtwentieth century. His first appearance occurred in an episode entitled beaver s crush season 1, episode 8, air date. The cleavers reminisce when june finds a family photo. Now you can see, as youve never seen before, what made leave it to beaver an instant american classic. The new leave it to beaver was a sequel to the 1950s sitcom, leave it to beaver. This is definitely one of the edgier, risque episodes of leave it to beaver and reminds us of how the show traded on the little embarrassments of life.
Of course, it is much harder to do a proper finale than it is to just film brief connecting segments and fill the rest of the half hour with flashbacks. It is one of my all time favorite shows and i love seeing the teenager episodes when wally and beaver are older. This is a ranking and retrospective of the top ten episodes of leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver s 3 e 38 last day of school video. Leave it to beaver is a blackandwhite american television sitcom broadcast between 1957 and 1963 about an inquisitive and often naive boy, theodore the beaver cleaver portrayed by jerry mathers, and his adventures at home, school, and around his suburban neighborhood.
This week, were finishing coverage on the best of leave it to beaver 19571958, cbs. Leave it to beaver season 3 episode 38 last day of school. Perhaps the archetypal feelgood family situational comedy, the television show leave it to beaver first aired on april 23, 1957 and provided. In the episode, ward hugh beaumont reads a letter from beavers jerry mathers principal. The last of six memorable seasons of leave it to beaver is available in this pristine collection of 39 episodes. There was even a 1983 reunion show, still the beaver, along with a new uptodate series, the new leave it to beaver. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of leave it to beaver with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. I dont remember seeing the very first ones, either. Leave it to beaver forgotten party tv episode 1959 imdb. Jul 22, 2018 he began acting after moving with his parents to burbank.
This is what the leave it to beaver cast looks like 56. The cleavers reminisce over a family scrapbook and we see flashbacks to different scenes from the series past. Leave it to beaver the last day of school tv episode 1960 imdb. With barbara billingsley, hugh beaumont, tony dow, jerry mathers. Jan 02, 2018 prior to leave it to beaver only one show ever had a designated series finale to finish it off, which was howdy doody in 1960. Watch leave it to beaver, season three prime video. The original cast returns to bring closure to its loyal fans fifty years after the shows debut.
The show also starred barbara billingsley and hugh beaumont as beaver s parents, june and ward cleaver, and tony dow as. Leave it to beaver season 2 episode 39 most interesting character. Leave it to beaver is an american television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often. Leave it to beaver family scrapbook tv episode 1963 imdb. The quality is as good as can be expected, considering how old the series is and the quality of tv at the time. Leave it to beaver was initially going to be called wally and beaver but the shows sponsor thought it sounded like a nature show and asked for the. The first episode of leave it to beaver aired on october 4, 1957. Watch leave it to beaver season 6, episode 39 family scrapbook. Itd be weird if a show didnt tie up all of its loose ends. The new leave it to beaver also known as still the beaver is an american sitcom sequel to the original 19571963 sitcom leave it to beaver. You might forget that it was, in fact, a christmas episode. Even though i found this discset expensive, im still pleased to have it in my library. Ward and his wife, june, are often invoked as archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s babyboomers.
Leave it to beaver s 1 e 1 beaver gets spelled search. And yet leave it to beaver is a morerealisticthanitgetscreditfor document of childhood and adulthood too, as seen from both sides. In a typical episode beaver got into some sort of trouble, then faced his parents for reprimand and correction. His first appearance occurred in an episode entitled beaver s crush season 1, episode. Watch leave it to beaver episodes online season 1 tv guide.
Leave it to beaver season 2 episode 38 found money. The sitcom was so popular it spawned a 1983 television movie, still the beaver, and a followup series, the new leave it to beaver, which ran from 1983 to 1989 and featured the onceyoung characters as the older generation. Most series ended with a general story line episode not unlike any other episode in the series. It was the 39th episode in the shows sixth and final season, and the 234th episode in the complete series. While cleaning, june runs across an old family scrapbook and gathers the family together to reminisce about the past six.
Family scrapbook is the final episode of the american television series leave it to beaver. Like the previous five seasons, the sixth season consists of 39 blackandwhite, fullscreen, halfhour episodes with ads shot on 35mm film opening and closing sequences. Over breakfast on the last day of school before summer. Twenty years after we last saw the cleaver family in leave it to beaver, we revisit them in this cbs tv movie created by brian levant and broadcast in march 1983. Like several television dramas and sitcoms of the late 1950s and early 1960s lassie and my three sons, leave it to beaver is a glimpse at middleclass, american boyhood. Aug 21, 2010 thats what someone at shorpy did while watching a second season installment of leave it to beaver. Just the fourth episode overall in leave it to beaver s legendary run, the haircut is best known for, well, the haircut. The writers of leave it to beaver seemed to be telling us that everything outside the sanctuary of the cleaver home is illusory and unreliable, and that family is a refuge from the corruption of the world. Leave it to beaver tv series 19571963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The series finale, family scrapbook, was directed by.
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