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Season 1

Leave It to Beaver

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Season 1

Synopsis

Leave It to Beaver (1957), Season 1 is a classic American sitcom you can watch online on iFILM — 39 black-and-white episodes, about 25 minutes each. This is the debut run, the only season that first aired on CBS, premiering in October 1957.

The show follows Theodore Cleaver, nicknamed Beaver, a curious and easily fooled kid growing up in a quiet suburb. Each episode is a small, self-contained scrape: trouble at school, a squabble with older brother Wally, a fib that snowballs, a lesson June and Ward hand down before the credits. There's no overarching plot here — you can drop in on any episode. What ties the season together is the Cleavers themselves, the family that came to stand for the idealized mid-century American home.

Watch it for gentle, unhurried comedy with no mean streak, and for a snapshot of how postwar America pictured itself. Jerry Mathers plays Beaver with a sincerity that never wears thin. Stream Leave It to Beaver Season 1 online on iFILM, all episodes in good quality.

Season 1

39 episodes

  • Beaver Gets 'Spelled
    S1·E1

    Beaver Gets 'Spelled

    October 4, 1957 · 25 min

    Beaver's teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home with Beaver and the other kids convince him that it's news that he's getting kicked out of school. Beaver and Wally take steps to hide the note from Ward and June.

  • Captain Jack
    S1·E2

    Captain Jack

    October 11, 1957 · 25 min

    Beaver and Wally send away for an alligator and they secretly keep it in the bathroom. When the alligator falls ill, the boys get some advice from Captain Jack, an owner of an alligator farm. However, keeping him a secret is going to be hard, the alligator is growing and they need a new place to keep him without June and Ward finding out.

  • The Black Eye
    S1·E3

    The Black Eye

    October 18, 1957 · 25 min

    Beaver comes home with a black eye and Ward is upset when he learns that Beaver didn't fight back. This leads Ward to teach Beaver how to defend himself. Little does Ward know that the person who punched Beaver is a girl, Violet Rutherford, the daughter of one of Ward's co-workers.

  • The Haircut
    S1·E4

    The Haircut

    October 25, 1957 · 25 min

    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.

  • New Neighbors
    S1·E5

    New Neighbors

    November 1, 1957 · 25 min

    The Cleavers have new neighbors, the Donaldsons, and June sends Beaver over to welcome them with a vase of flowers. However, when Mrs. Donaldson thanks Beaver by kissing him on the cheek, Beaver becomes convinced that Mr. Donaldson will kill him because he let a married woman kiss him, and it's all thanks to Eddie Haskell, who planted that idea in Beaver's mind.

  • Brotherly Love
    S1·E6

    Brotherly Love

    November 8, 1957 · 25 min

    June has had it with Wally and Beaver's fighting and demands they make a pact to be nice to one another and do things together. However, when each boy gets an invitation for individual social outings, they each attempt to break the pact.

  • Water, Anyone?
    S1·E7

    Water, Anyone?

    November 15, 1957 · 25 min

    Wally and his friends are trying to earn enough money to buy baseball uniforms. They put a plan into action by doing their chores at a slow pace in order to maximize their hourly pay. Meanwhile, Beaver, also wanting to be on the team, begins selling water to his family and neighbors.

  • Beaver's Crush
    S1·E8

    Beaver's Crush

    November 22, 1957 · 25 min

    Beaver has a crush on his teacher, Miss Canfield. When Judy, Whitey and Larry tease him for being a 'teacher's pet,' Beaver tries to prove them wrong and places a spring snake in her desk. However, Beaver has second thoughts and becomes determined to remove the snake before she finds it.

  • The Clubhouse
    S1·E9

    The Clubhouse

    November 29, 1957 · 25 min

    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?

  • Wally's Girl Trouble
    S1·E10

    Wally's Girl Trouble

    December 6, 1957

    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.

  • Beaver's Short Pants
    S1·E11

    Beaver's Short Pants

    December 13, 1957

    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.

  • The Perfume Salesmen
    S1·E12

    The Perfume Salesmen

    December 27, 1957

    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.

  • Voodoo Magic
    S1·E13

    Voodoo Magic

    January 3, 1958

    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.

  • Part-Time Genius
    S1·E14

    Part-Time Genius

    January 10, 1958

    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.

  • Party Invitation
    S1·E15

    Party Invitation

    January 17, 1958

    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.

  • Lumpy Rutherford
    S1·E16

    Lumpy Rutherford

    January 24, 1958

    The local bully, Lumpy Rutherford, has been picking on Beaver and Wally and, thanks to a story Ward tells them, they decide 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.

  • The Paper Route
    S1·E17

    The Paper Route

    January 31, 1958

    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.

  • Child Care
    S1·E18

    Child Care

    February 7, 1958

    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.

  • The Bank Account
    S1·E19

    The Bank Account

    February 14, 1958

    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.

  • Lonesome Beaver
    S1·E20

    Lonesome Beaver

    February 28, 1958

    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.

  • Cleaning Up Beaver
    S1·E21

    Cleaning Up Beaver

    March 7, 1958

    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.

  • The Perfect Father
    S1·E22

    The Perfect Father

    March 14, 1958

    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.

  • Beaver and Poncho
    S1·E23

    Beaver and Poncho

    March 21, 1958

    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.

  • The State vs. Beaver
    S1·E24

    The State vs. Beaver

    March 26, 1958

    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.

  • The Broken Window
    S1·E25

    The Broken Window

    April 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.

  • Train Trip
    S1·E26

    Train Trip

    April 9, 1958

    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.

  • My Brother's Girl
    S1·E27

    My Brother's Girl

    April 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.

  • Next Door Indians
    S1·E28

    Next Door Indians

    April 23, 1958

    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.

  • Tenting Tonight
    S1·E29

    Tenting Tonight

    April 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.

  • Music Lesson
    S1·E30

    Music Lesson

    May 7, 1958

    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.

  • New Doctor
    S1·E31

    New Doctor

    May 14, 1958

    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.

  • Beaver's Old Friend
    S1·E32

    Beaver's Old Friend

    May 21, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Wally's Job
    S1·E33

    Wally's Job

    May 28, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Beaver's Bad Day
    S1·E34

    Beaver's Bad Day

    June 4, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Boarding School
    S1·E35

    Boarding School

    June 11, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Beaver and Henry
    S1·E36

    Beaver and Henry

    June 18, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Beaver Runs Away
    S1·E37

    Beaver Runs Away

    June 25, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Beaver's Guest
    S1·E38

    Beaver's Guest

    July 2, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

  • Cat Out of the Bag
    S1·E39

    Cat Out of the Bag

    July 16, 1958 · 25 min

    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.

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