The BEST episodes written by Bill Manhoff
#1 - Voodoo Magic
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
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#2 - Cleaning Up Beaver
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 21
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.
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#3 - The Haircut
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 4
After losing his lunch money for three days in a row, Ward gives Beaver one last chance by letting him handle his haircut money. However, when he loses that too, Beaver decides to give himself a haircut just days before he's scheduled to be an angel in a play.
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#4 - Heartbreak Keith
The Partridge Family - Season 4 - Episode 9
Keith enrolls in a Sociology class in college and discovers one of his favorite subjects, a beautiful girl, 23-years-old, Dory Kimmel. He maneuvers his way into working on a class project with her. After a study session with Dory at the Partridge home, Keith announces to his mother that he's finally found true love in an older woman, Dory. As their work together continues, Keith becomes completely infatuated and believes that Dory feels the same way about him. But he's totally stunned when he learns Dory is married. An unhappy Keith confides to his mother that he thinks Dory is going to leave her husband for him. When Shirley confronts Dory with this bit of news, it's Dory's turn to be stunned. She likes Keith as a friend but she's truly in love with her husband. She has to find a way to tell him the truth without hurting his feelings. Dory finally decides to invite Keith over for dinner to meet her husband and see how happy they are; Keith arrives for the dinner, expecting Dory's husb
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#5 - Hello, Cousin Emma...Goodbye, Cousin Emma
Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 24
Grady's cousin Emma comes to visit and tries to take advantage of his hospitality.
#6 - Visit from a Big Star
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 19
A movie idol wants to hide away from the spotlight at the Shady Rest.
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#7 - Bobbie Jo and the Beatnik
Petticoat Junction - Season 1 - Episode 16
Bobbie Jo is enamored with a visiting beatnik poet.
#8 - What Makes Felix Run
The Odd Couple - Season 1 - Episode 22
Oscar helps Felix try to cure his neatness by making him into a slob.
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