The BEST episodes directed by Norman Abbott

Wally's Dinner Date
star
9.29
7 votes

#1 - Wally's Dinner Date

Leave It to Beaver - Season 6 - Episode 1

When Wally invites his girlfriend to dinner at the White Fox, he doesn't realize it's the most expensive place in town. To make matters worse -- he forgets his wallet.

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Big Daddy Dawson's Coming
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9.17
5 votes

#2 - Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

Alice - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Alice helps Flo get a man, the Man tries to help himself to Alice.

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Good Night Sweet Vera
star
8.88
7 votes

#3 - Good Night Sweet Vera

Alice - Season 1 - Episode 9

Alice and Flo try to keep Vera from O'Ding on sleeping pills.

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Beaver's Freckles
star
8.86
13 votes

#4 - Beaver's Freckles

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 5

After receiving the nickname "Freckles" from Lumpy Rutherford, Beaver comes to hate his freckles so much, he'll do anything to cover them up...or even remove them!

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The Party Spoiler
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8.80
5 votes

#5 - The Party Spoiler

Leave It to Beaver - Season 6 - Episode 14

When Wally throws a party and doesn't invite Beaver, Beaver plans to spoil the party with tricks and jokes from the "Magic Shop."

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The School Picture
star
8.67
9 votes

#6 - The School Picture

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 30

Beaver and Gilbert agree to make funny faces for the class picture, but when Gilbert decides not to go through with it at the very last moment, Beaver is left looking like a fool all by himself.

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Mother's Day Composition
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8.50
9 votes

#7 - Mother's Day Composition

Leave It to Beaver - Season 3 - Episode 31

Beaver's class is assigned to write on what their mothers did before they were married. When Beaver finds that his mother's life was fairly uneventful, especially when compared to the other children's accounts, he rewrites her biography by infusing it with a famous Broadway actress's life.

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Chuckie's New Shoes
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8.50
14 votes

#8 - Chuckie's New Shoes

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 11

Beaver's hands are full when he's asked to take little Chuckie to buy new shoes. Before they're even out of the store, Chuckie has disappeared, and Beaver's afraid to return home until he's found him.

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The Drop-Ins (2)
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8.50
2 votes

#9 - The Drop-Ins (2)

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 2

With Barbarino now an ordlery at a hospital, the Sweathogs try to get jobs there, too. Meanwhile, Kotter tries to get the gang to return to school.

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Beaver and Kenneth
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8.25
16 votes

#10 - Beaver and Kenneth

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 12

Eager for friends, a lonely boy named Kenneth begins giving Beaver gifts.

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The Bundle
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8.25
4 votes

#11 - The Bundle

Alice - Season 1 - Episode 23

A Bag full of money is found in the diner, and Alice is the only one who wants to find the owner.

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Beaver's Old Buddy
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8.25
8 votes

#12 - Beaver's Old Buddy

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 19

Beaver and his old friend Jackie are excited about their weekend together until they come to the startling realization that they're actually bored of one another.

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Eddie's Double-Cross
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8.17
18 votes

#13 - Eddie's Double-Cross

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 8

Eddie couldn't be more thrilled about dating Caroline Shuster. But when Wally overhears Caroline speaking badly of Eddie behind his back, he feels that his best friend should be told the truth about his new girlfriend.

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Home Sweet Home
star
8.15
24 votes

#14 - Home Sweet Home

Sanford and Son - Season 4 - Episode 7

When a Japanese company tries to buy out the neighborhood to build a brewery, Fred holds out for as much as he can get.

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The Masquerade Party
star
8.11
15 votes

#15 - The Masquerade Party

Sanford and Son - Season 4 - Episode 18

Fred and his pals don ridiculous costumes to win a prize for Lamont on a TV game show.

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Wally's License
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8.10
10 votes

#16 - Wally's License

Leave It to Beaver - Season 6 - Episode 3

Wally passes his driving test and takes off in the family car, while the rest of the Cleavers sit home worrying.

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Wally's Glamour Girl
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8.07
15 votes

#17 - Wally's Glamour Girl

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 10

After June sets Wally up on a date with Kitty, one her best friend's daughters, Wally is terrified that the lies he's told Kitty about his extravagant lifestyle will be uncovered.

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The Sweat Smell of Success
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8.00
2 votes

#18 - The Sweat Smell of Success

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 18

Convinced that the school newspaper is too dull, Juan sets out to turn it into a tabloid, bringing down his friends' names in the process.

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The Goodbye Guy
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8.00
2 votes

#19 - The Goodbye Guy

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 16

Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two abruptly fall in love and decide to move in together, but the romance begins to crumble when it seems that they can't respect one another's interests.

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The Gang Show
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8.00
2 votes

#20 - The Gang Show

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 19

Freddie and Juan plan to do an act together for the upcoming talent contest, while Carvelli has some bribed judges up his sleeves. Arnold and Beau take over as judges, leaving Murray in the third spot.

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The Barbarino Blues
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8.00
2 votes

#21 - The Barbarino Blues

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 9

Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.

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Barbarino's Baby
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8.00
3 votes

#22 - Barbarino's Baby

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 15

Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.

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Wally's Track Meet
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8.00
10 votes

#23 - Wally's Track Meet

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 18

Wally's coaxed into a towel fight -- even after Coach Henderson's lecture about horsing around in the locker room.

Mother's Helper
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8.00
10 votes

#24 - Mother's Helper

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 23

It's love at first sight when Wally meets Margie, the young girl who comes over to help June with the housecleaning. But as Wally's heart begins to swell, his grades and track participation begin to suffer. Can June get Wally back to old form?

Barbarino's Boo-Boo
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8.00
2 votes

#25 - Barbarino's Boo-Boo

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 7

When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other Sweathogs try to find him.

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Beaver's English Test
star
8.00
8 votes

#26 - Beaver's English Test

Leave It to Beaver - Season 5 - Episode 11

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.

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Beaver's Frogs
star
8.00
7 votes

#27 - Beaver's Frogs

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 35

To raise half the money for a brand-new canoe, Beaver collects frogs and sells them off to a man in need of them. But can Beaver go through with the transaction after he learns the fate of the frogs he's just sold?

Un-Togetherness
star
8.00
8 votes

#28 - Un-Togetherness

Leave It to Beaver - Season 5 - Episode 39

For the first time, Wally doesn't want to join the rest of the family on their annual summer vacation, instead choosing to stay closer to his girlfriend, Lori Anne.

Mel's Cup
star
8.00
4 votes

#29 - Mel's Cup

Alice - Season 1 - Episode 22

Alice unknowingly donates Mel's old Navy Trophy to a rummage sale.

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Beaver's Tonsils
star
8.00
10 votes

#30 - Beaver's Tonsils

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 20

Beaver is told he may need his tonsils removed and is scared at the prospect -- that is, until Ward tells him about all the ice cream and gifts he'll be receiving afterward.

Teacher's Daughter
star
8.00
14 votes

#31 - Teacher's Daughter

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 15

While he's dating his English teacher's daughter, Julie, Wally's friends give him a hard time about being the teacher's pet. But when Wally and Julie break up, Wally's concerned about failing the class instead.

Miss Landers' Fiancé
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7.92
13 votes

#32 - Miss Landers' Fiancé

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 7

Thinking marriage will mean he'll lose his favorite teacher forever, Beaver is crushed when he discovers that Miss Landers is engaged.

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The Spirit is Willing
star
7.91
32 votes

#33 - The Spirit is Willing

Get Smart - Season 3 - Episode 4

Max's new informer promises to deliver evidence implicating the top leader of KAOS, though it turns out that the informant has long been dead. Max must hold a seance to get his evidence.

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Mistaken Identity
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7.90
10 votes

#34 - Mistaken Identity

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 28

After Richard's caught breaking windows, Beaver's framed for a crime he didn't commit.

In the Soup
star
7.89
9 votes

#35 - In the Soup

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 32

To prove there's no soup inside a giant cup on a billboard, Beaver climbs up and accidentally falls in. Unfortunately for Beaver, he's too short to climb back out of the cup!

Kite Day
star
7.88
8 votes

#36 - Kite Day

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 37

Beaver learns the value of patience the hard way after he prematurely takes the beautiful kite he and his father have built for the Father and Son Kite Day out for a test run.

The Late Edition
star
7.86
7 votes

#37 - The Late Edition

Leave It to Beaver - Season 6 - Episode 4

Hoping to make enough money to go halfsies on a new surfboard, Beaver rushes to get a paper route, but someone beats him to it. When Beaver finds out the new paperboy is actually a papergirl, he rethinks his scheme to get her fired.

Roll Call
star
7.83
6 votes

#38 - Roll Call

Adam-12 - Season 7 - Episode 4

Every officers worst nightmare comes true for Malloy & Reed while on patrol: Another officer radios in for 'officer needs help', but then doesn't respond when asked for their location. Since there wasn't a call-sign associated with the call for help, no one knows who needs help. The dispatcher then follows procedures and starts a division wide radio "roll-call" in order to account for every officer on patrol. Malloy, Reed, and the rest of the division continue to answer calls even as they search and listen for their missing officer, hoping they can locate and assist him before it's too late.

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Beaver's Poster
star
7.83
12 votes

#39 - Beaver's Poster

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 22

Beaver has to learn the value of his own artistic merits when he enters a contest to paint a poster depicting the colonial era.

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Wally's Dream Girl
star
7.80
10 votes

#40 - Wally's Dream Girl

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 29

Wally's convinced he's met his dream girl, a beautiful young lady named Ginny Townsend. But when June invites Ginny on a family picnic, Wally realizes she may not be the one for him after all.

Wally's Orchid
star
7.75
12 votes

#41 - Wally's Orchid

Leave It to Beaver - Season 3 - Episode 27

Wally is talked into buying an orchid for Myra, his pretty and sophisticated date for the spring dance. Unfortunately, Ward refuses to lend Wally the money, having already been talked into handing over $3 for the tickets.

The Big Fish Count
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7.75
12 votes

#42 - The Big Fish Count

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 21

When the pet store where Eddie works holds a contest to guess the correct number of fish inside an aquarium, Eddie leaks the correct answer to Lumpy for his crush, Kathy.

Wally's Weekend Job
star
7.73
15 votes

#43 - Wally's Weekend Job

Leave It to Beaver - Season 5 - Episode 6

Jealous of Wally's new job at the soda fountain, Eddie and Lumpy decide to play a prank on Wally by ordering a delivery of six quarts of ice cream to Mary Ellen Roger's slumber party.

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The Surprise Party
star
7.72
32 votes

#44 - The Surprise Party

Sanford and Son - Season 4 - Episode 1

Fred returns from his extended trip to St. Louis but feels unwanted because Grady took better care of the house and Lamont.

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Rock-a-Bye Munster
star
7.67
235 votes

#45 - Rock-a-Bye Munster

The Munsters - Season 1 - Episode 4

Herman and Grandpa overhear Lily and Marilyn talking and somehow get the idea that Lily is pregnant. What's really happening is Dr. Dudley's son, Elmer, is coming to stay with the Munsters while Dr. Dudley and his wife are on vacation.

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Eddie Spends the Night
star
7.67
15 votes

#46 - Eddie Spends the Night

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 26

During a sleepover at the Cleavers' house, Eddie is caught cheating at chess and angrily storms out. Can June and Ward convince Eddie to return to the house in order to salvage an old friendship?

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The Stakeout
star
7.67
17 votes

#47 - The Stakeout

Sanford and Son - Season 6 - Episode 5

The new tenant at the Sanford Arms is a wanted fence disguised in drag.

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Uncle Billy
star
7.64
11 votes

#48 - Uncle Billy

Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 - Episode 14

Beaver and Wally are excited to have their Uncle Billy in town for a visit, but become disillusioned when he stands them up time and time again.

Operation Herman
star
7.63
97 votes

#49 - Operation Herman

The Munsters - Season 2 - Episode 7

When Herman visits the hospital to see Eddie, who is having his tonsils out, he is mistaken for an accident victim and is immediately given a dose of laughing gas. Grandpa rescues him and brings him home, where Lily assumes that Herman has been drinking.

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Classification: Dead
star
7.61
32 votes

#50 - Classification: Dead

Get Smart - Season 3 - Episode 12

Max gets poisoned by a female KAOS agent and has to search for an antidote.

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