The BEST episodes of Leave It to Beaver

Every episode of Leave It to Beaver ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Leave It to Beaver!

Leave It to Beaver is a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented 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. The show has attained an iconic status in the United States, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-twentieth century. One of the first primetime sitcom series filmed from a child's point-of-view, the show was created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, two radio and early television writers, who found inspiration for the show's characters, plots, and dialogue in the lives, experiences, and conversations of their own children. Like several television dramas and sitcoms of the late fifties and early sixties (Lassie and My Three Sons, for example), Leave It to Beaver is a glimpse at middle-class, American boyhood. A typical episode features Beaver getting into some sort of trouble and facing his parents for reprimand and correction.

Last Updated: 8/24/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Wally's Car Accident
star
10.60
5 votes

#1 - Wally's Car Accident

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1962

Wally borrows Ward's new car while Ward and June are away for the weekend and breaks a headlight. He hurries to get the damage fixed before his parents return but resolves to tell his father the whole story.

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Beaver and Chuey
star
9.42
48 votes

#2 - Beaver and Chuey

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1958

Beaver makes a new friend in Chuey Varella but he only speaks Spanish. So Beaver asks Eddie, who has taken Spanish, for some help but Eddie plays a joke on Beaver by feeding him a sentence in Spanish which ultimately insults Chuey.

Directors: Norman Tokar
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Price of Fame
star
9.38
13 votes

#3 - Price of Fame

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1959

While staying after school cleaning the chalkboards, Larry convinces Beaver that Mrs. Rayburn keeps a spanking machine in the closest in her office. Later, a curious Beaver sneaks a peek but soon finds himself locked in the principal's office. Beaver's fame doesn't go over well with his family but Beaver has another problem on his hands: he's just gotten his head stuck in an iron fence at the park.

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The Lost Watch
star
9.36
47 votes

#4 - The Lost Watch

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1958

While watching Wally and his friends play baseball, Beaver is put in charge of looking after everyone's coats and watches. However, after the game is over Lumpy comes to claim his watch, but Beaver has no watch to give him.

Directors: Norman Tokar
Writer: Richard Baer
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Beaver on TV
star
9.33
6 votes

#5 - Beaver on TV

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1963

Beaver is mystified and embarrassed when the television program on which he was a panelist does not appear as scheduled.

Directors: David Butler
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Beaver the Magician
star
9.27
15 votes

#6 - Beaver the Magician

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1959

A simple magic trick gets the better of Beaver when he and Larry convince Benjie Bellamy that Beaver's been transformed into a rock!

Directors: David Butler
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Tell It to Ella
star
9.20
5 votes

#7 - Tell It to Ella

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1962

On advice from his friends, Beaver writes to a newspaper advice columnist complaining that his parents are too strict.

Directors: David Butler
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Tenting Tonight
star
9.13
45 votes

#8 - Tenting Tonight

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/30/1958

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.

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Wally's Dinner Date
star
9.11
9 votes

#9 - Wally's Dinner Date

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1962

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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The Broken Window
star
9.06
48 votes

#10 - The Broken Window

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/2/1958

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.

Directors: James Neilson
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The Pipe
star
9.04
45 votes

#11 - The Pipe

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1958

Ward receives an antique pipe as a gift from Fred Rutherford and a curious Larry and Beaver decide to try it out. First they use coffee but then they try tobacco. When Ward discovers someone has used the pipe, he jumps to the conclusion that Wally is the culprit.

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Beaver, the Hero
star
9.00
6 votes

#12 - Beaver, the Hero

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1962

Beaver's ego gets the better of him after he scores the winning touchdown at a football game and becomes the center of attention.

Directors: David Butler
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Lumpy's Scholarship
star
9.00
5 votes

#13 - Lumpy's Scholarship

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1963

Lumpy is awarded an athletic scholarship to the state university, but it is revoked due to low grades in an academic subject. Ward intercedes on his behalf.

Directors: Hugh Beaumont
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Happy Weekend
star
8.98
47 votes

#14 - Happy Weekend

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1958

Ward takes June and the boys away on a trip to a cabin in hopes of experiencing the "great outdoors." However, he quickly discovers getting away from today's modern conveniences will be more difficult than he anticipated.

Directors: Norman Tokar
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Eddie's Girl
star
8.96
53 votes

#15 - Eddie's Girl

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1958

A school dance has Eddie swooning over his so-called ""girl,"" Caroline. However, it's obvious Eddie has made up their relationship when Wally and him visit her and she instantly becomes smitten with Wally.

Directors: Norman Tokar
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The Book Report
star
8.83
6 votes

#16 - The Book Report

Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/18/1963

Gilbert convinces Beaver to do his book report on The Three Musketeers by watching the movie, and eventually Beaver gives in without realizing that the movie has very little to do with the plot of the book.

Directors: Hugh Beaumont
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Don Juan Beaver
star
8.83
6 votes

#17 - Don Juan Beaver

Season 6 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/2/1963

Beaver is invited to his graduation dance by a girl named Peggy McIntosh. After he accepts her invitation, he meets Melinda Neilson, a prettier girl who also invites him to the dance. In choosing between them, Beaver ends up dancing alone in his room.

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My Brother's Girl
star
8.82
44 votes

#18 - My Brother's Girl

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/16/1958

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.

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The Party Spoiler
star
8.80
5 votes

#19 - The Party Spoiler

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1962

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

Directors: Norman Abbott
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Wally and the Fraternity
star
8.80
5 votes

#20 - Wally and the Fraternity

Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/4/1963

Wally expresses an interest in joining a fraternity on campus, and Ward offers to write a letter to Alpha Kappa on behalf of Wally and Eddie. Wally worries when an older State student informs him that Alpha Kappa is one of the worst houses on campus.

Directors: David Butler
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Beaver's Freckles
star
8.80
15 votes

#21 - Beaver's Freckles

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1960

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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Ward's Golf Clubs
star
8.78
9 votes

#22 - Ward's Golf Clubs

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1962

When Beaver succumbs to peer pressure from his friends, he ends up permanently breaking his father's mended golf driver.

Directors: David Butler
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Beaver's Prize
star
8.77
26 votes

#23 - Beaver's Prize

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1959

Unable to resist the allure of a double bill at the Mayfield Theater, Beaver sneaks away from his house while serving out his most recent punishment. Will a new English racing bicycle won in a drawing give away Beaver's true whereabouts?

Directors: Norman Tokar
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Beaver's Poem
star
8.76
49 votes

#24 - Beaver's Poem

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1958

Beaver comes to Ward for help on the night before a poetry assignment is due. This prompts Ward to totally take over the project and writes the whole poem himself. Things get complicated when Beaver wins an award for the poem and Ward is faced with explaining the truth to Beaver's principal.

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Beaver, the Sheep Dog
star
8.75
4 votes

#25 - Beaver, the Sheep Dog

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1962

Upset when a classmate tells him he looks like a sheepdog, Beaver tries several different kinds of pomade to tame his unruly hair.

Directors: David Butler
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