Leave It to Beaver (season 3)

Wally is appointed chairman of the blind-date committee for an upcoming school dance. He's unable to find a date for Jill Bartlett and is forced to escort her himself. Ward says he was in a similar situation as a boy and paid his friends to dance with his date. Wally tries the same ruse with Jill, and, though she is aware of what Wally is doing, plays along and has a good time. Later, she says she thinks Wally's one of the nicest boys she's ever met.

Guests: Rusty Stevens as Larry Mondello, Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell, Tommy Ivo as Duke Hathaway, Beverly Washburn as Jill Bartlett. Director: Norman Tokar. Writers: Katherine Eunson, Dale Eunson, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher.

Wally takes care of Beaver when the sitter cancels. Beaver draws the water for a bath, forgets it, and runs downstairs. The boys notice water leaking from the kitchen ceiling and mop up, agreeing not to tell their parents. The next day, a portion of the kitchen ceiling falls to the floor. The boys remain silent. Later, Ward gives Wally the payment that the sitter would have received. Wally decides he must tell his father the truth.

After riding the school bus for a week, Beaver is suspended for conduct unbecoming. Beaver writes a letter of apology to the driver and rides the bus again. Judy is suspended and asks Beaver how he got himself reinstated. Beaver gives her his letter and Judy is soon riding the bus again. When Wally asks him why he helped the meanest girl in school, Beaver tells him that he'll have something nice to look back on whenever she turns mean.

Ward grounds Beaver. Larry talks Beaver into sneaking off to the movies. A drawing is held at the movies and Beaver wins a bicycle. He can't take it home without betraying his disobedience to his father so Larry offers to take it home for a day. Mrs. Mondello calls Ward when she finds the bicycle and Larry discloses the truth. Later, Beaver realizes he cannot keep the bike and donates it to a church.

Miss Landers asks her students to bring in a baby picture for a beautiful baby contest. Without telling Beaver, June submits a photo of infant Beaver naked on a rug. Beaver is embarrassed but his mother thinks the photo cute. When Beaver requests the return of the photo, Miss Landers gives it to him without looking at it. Later, Ward cuts the photo down to just a headshot. Beaver submits the photo and later tells his family he lost the contest.

Ward finds his old pedometer and tells the boys he walked twenty miles a day at their age. Beaver bets Whitey his new baseball glove he can walk twenty miles a day, too. At dinnertime, however, he discovers he's only walked three miles. He surrenders his baseball glove to Whitey. Ward tells Beaver he exaggerated the distance he walked in order to share his enthusiasm for the pedometer. Ward buys Beaver another baseball glove.

Wally and Beaver get into an argument after Beaver forgets about a track meet that Wally invited him to; in the aftermath, Wally threatens to never do any favors for Beaver again. Later, Beaver and Larry take a jaunt to Friends Lake, where two older boys give them a stolen rowboat and flee. The police arrive and Beaver's story about the two older boys is given little credence. When Beaver is unable to get a hold of Ward or June, he tearfully turns to Wally. At the police station, Wally names the two older boys based upon Beaver's description. Later, the police call with the news that the guilty boys were taken into custody, and Beaver and Larry are cleared of charges. Ward finds out and gets his explanation, but goes easy on the boys since they were able to use the situation to patch up their differences.

Beaver once planted a tree at the Mapleton Drive house. He takes Larry with him to the old house (now owned by Mr. Benner), digs up the tree, and totes it away in a cart. Ward and June find Wally and Beaver carting the tree across the yard and send the boys to their room. Later, Beaver tells his parents the tree was a friend he loves. June and Ward understand Beaver's feelings and straighten things out with Mr. Benner.

Beaver waxes rhapsodic about Miss Landers, so June invites her to dinner on the patio. During its course, Beaver spots Larry, Whitey, and Gilbert watching the event from a tree. When June, Ward, and Wally clear the table and enter the house, Miss Landers orders the boys to descend. She realizes children don't understand teachers are real like everyone else and believes their embarrassment is punishment enough. Ward invites the boys for dessert.

Beaver and Larry run into Larry's arch-enemy Sonny Cortwright. Larry challenges the boy to fight, then passes the buck to Beaver, figuring it's Beaver's lucky day and he can't lose. As the hour of the bout approaches, Beaver is at the designated site but Sonny never appears. At home, Beaver admits to his family he was afraid. Ward says fear is not a bad emotion because it keeps us from doing hazardous things.

Ward loans Beaver a dollar to buy a twenty-five-cent notebook and expects seventy-five cents returned. Larry cons Beaver out of the change. When Beaver wants movie money, Ward tells him to settle up with Larry but Larry has spent the money. Beaver finds Larry at the drug store and vows never to speak to him again. Larry is hurt and overcome with remorse. Beaver is touched and the two become friends again.

When little Benjie Bellamy thinks Larry has transformed Beaver into a rock, he picks it up and takes it home in his wagon. He becomes increasingly worried about Beaver. His mother takes him to the Cleaver house to prove Beaver is well. Beaver however has gone to Aunt Martha's house for the weekend. Benjie is inconsolable and Beaver must be brought home early from his visit to allay Benjie's fears.

Beaver buys a gaudy blouse for his mother's birthday gift. June is stunned but, being sweet, she tells Beaver it's beautiful. He persuades her to wear it to the Mothers' Club tea. At the tea, Beaver is hurt to find his mother is not wearing the blouse. She explains she was wrong to not wear it after she said she would, but she also tells him it is sometimes impossible to be honest without hurting another's feelings. Beaver forgives her.

After a woodworking project in the garage, Wally and Beaver discover a block of wood studded with nails stuck in Ward's tire. When Beaver pulls it out, the tire goes flat. Eddie tells them to take the tire to the garage, have it repaired, and put it back. The boys do so. Later, Ward learns about the tire repair. The boys tell him they didn't want to be thought stupid so they thought it best to take care of it themselves.

Larry is caught misbehaving and runs away to Beaver's house. Beaver and Wally stow Larry in their bathtub and keep mum. Beaver brings him food. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mondello arrives. Larry is discovered and told he has caused his mother much anxiety. After the Mondellos leave, Wally and Beaver are punished with weed pulling. They agree that telling their father about Larry's presence in the house would have been the wisest thing to do.

Beaver's class is having a "Pet Fair" and Beaver says he will bring his parrot. Beaver doesn't have a parrot but has seen one at the pet store. Wally tells Ward about Beaver's lie to the class and Ward decides there's nothing he can do. After talking with June, however, he manages to rent the pet store parrot for the school fair. Beaver later tells the truth to Miss Landers about the parrot.

Wally studies for a test but Eddie plans to cheat by hiding the answers in the towel dispenser in the school restroom. Later, Eddie can't find his answer sheet in the towel dispenser because the teacher found it earlier in the day. In a letter to the teacher, Eddie accuses Wally of using the answer sheet to get a good grade on the test. The teacher assures Wally that he knows he didn't cheat and that Eddie was the culprit who planted the answer sheet.

Beaver loses a book he borrowed on Ward's library card. Overdue notices pile up and Beaver goes to the library. The librarian tells Beaver he must replace the book and suggests he speak to his father. Beaver presents his father with a formal apology. Ward tells Beaver he shouldn't expect to go through life doing things wrong and then hoping things will turn out right. The book is later found in Larry's locker smelling of a baloney sandwich.

Eddie nominates Wally for class president. Wally gets a pep talk from his father. Wally then aggressively pursues the position. His friends and classmates become annoyed with his hand-shaking and back-slapping campaign style. Wally loses the election. Ward apologizes to him for the advice-giving and tells him parents sometimes "go off the deep end" when they get older and live through their children.

Andy, the handyman, is an alcoholic, and Ward and June decide not to tell the boys. Andy tells Beaver he feels shaky and needs a drink. He talks Beaver into giving him Ward's Christmas brandy. Andy becomes drunk and is driven home by Ward. Later, Andy apologizes. Beaver admits his part in the incident to his parents. Ward and June blame themselves for trying to shield the boys from the uglier aspects of life.

Beaver and Larry are forced to attend dancing school and play hooky. They hide out and meet a young cowgirl who offers them a ride on her horse. At home, the family thinks Beaver smells "horsey". He confesses and says dance class is an awful experience for him. Ward tells him his parents will ask him to do a lot of things he won't want to do, but, in the years to come, he'll be grateful they asked him.

Beaver joins a secret club, "The Bloody Five". The club doesn't want to admit Larry who is so offended he shows up at Beaver's house in the costume of his own club, "The Fiends". Beaver leaves his club to join Larry's and is furious when he discovers Larry is the only member. Ward is unhappy that Beaver would join an exclusive club and tells him the worst reason to form a club is to keep people out.

Wally loans his school sweater to Frances Hobbs. June and Ward are concerned. At the drug store, they see Frances wearing the sweater and bragging to her friends she has Wally tied around her finger. When Wally finds out, he goes to her house, demands the sweater back and tells her to watch what she says about him. Ward says Wally has learned a valuable lesson, "Women never want a sweater just because they're cold."

Beaver begins experimenting with hypnotism. Eddie tricks Beaver into thinking he has been hypnotized. Wally tells Beaver that Eddie is only giving him the business. Eddie walks about mindlessly intoning, "Slave kill for master, slave steal for master." When Wally orders Eddie to end the charade, Eddie flees and falls in the mud, ending his trance for good.

Wally draws Alma Hanson's name for a forthcoming school picnic. Alma's mother organizes several dates with Wally for her daughter. Ward wants Wally to date others but Wally doesn't want to hurt Alma's feelings. Mrs. Hanson appears at the Cleaver house saying Wally spends too much time with her daughter. She asks the Cleavers too hold Wally back so Alma can date others. Ward smiles.

Guests: Frank Bank as Lumpy Rutherford, Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell, Carol Sydes as Alma Hanson, Barry Curtis as Harry Myers, Jean Vander Pyl as Mrs. Hanson, Rod Bell as Mr. Alfred Hanson. Director: Hugh Beaumont. Writers: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher.

Beaver lets a strange boy ride his new bike and the boy never returns. The police recover the bike in poor condition a few days later. Beaver wishes the thief had been captured and punished. Ward assures Beaver that the boy's conscience will punish him every time he steps out of his house, and fears Beaver, the police, or someone else will spot him as the bicycle thief.

Wally dates Myra, a girl from a well-off family, who drops hints that she would like an orchid as her corsage. Ward won't buy the expensive flower. Beaver brings one home from school but it turns brown and falls apart. Ward relents when June shows him the pressed orchid he gave her when she was sixteen. Later, Wally says it wasn't worth it because Myra spent the whole evening dancing with other boys.

Guests: Pamela Baird as Myra, Dee Carroll as Florist, Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell, Doris Packer as Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn, Rusty Stevens as Larry Mondello. Director: Norman Abbott. Writers: Bob Ross, Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher.

Beaver and Larry play with Ward's autographed baseball. The ball is crushed by a truck. They try to recreate the baseball by signing "Baby Ruth" and other mangled names on Larry's ball. Later, Ward takes the ball out to show Fred Rutherford and the deception is discovered. Ward is disgusted with Beaver and gives him a stiff punishment. Later, when the rest of the family has dinner, Beaver is in his room. Ward is convinced by June and Wally to lessen Beaver's punishment. Wally urges Ward to stay firm or Beaver will lose respect for him.

Ward tells Beaver he can have a pet so Beaver brings home a monkey. The monkey makes a shambles of June's luncheon party and then runs away. Later, Beaver finds the monkey outside his window on a rainy night. He is sick. The vet diagnoses pneumonia. Beaver tends the monkey for days and the animal survives. Beaver wants to send the monkey to his native South America but Ward has him placed in the monkey exhibit at the zoo.

Beaver finds a wallet. After taking it to the police station, he's told he can keep the money if it is unclaimed after a week. Beaver makes a list of things he intends to buy. However, a Miss Tomkins claims the wallet and promises to send Beaver a nice gift as a reward. Days pass with nothing in the mail. At last, a clock-radio arrives for Beaver. Ward tells June he bought the radio to maintain Beaver's faith in human nature.

Beaver writes an inaccurate Mother's Day composition describing June as a glamorous show girl who got a big break thanks to a gangster. Mrs. Rayburn realizes the composition has no resemblance to June's life and gives it to June. Ward says Beaver was motivated by love to make his mother the most interesting in the class. He tells Beaver everyone would like to have exciting parents but we have to take them as they come.

On a joint family outing, Fred Rutherford takes a photo of Violet kissing Beaver which then appears on the cover of a publication at Ward's company. Beaver is outraged and his classmates tease him about being in love with Violet. Later, Violet tells Beaver she only kissed him because her father told her to do so, and she really can't stand him. Beaver says he burned the picture and spit on the ashes.

Richard ruins Wally's suit when he spills oil on it. Eddie stops by and learns of the disaster. When Wally wants to dress for a dance (completely unaware of the accident), Eddie suggests they wear their sports jackets instead of their suits. Later, Ward suggests Beaver keep mum about Eddie's kindness in the incident because Eddie doesn't like others to know he can be a nice guy.

Beaver wants to be a model and sends his photo to an agency. The agency threatens legal action when Beaver neglects their fee. Beaver goes to an attorney known to his father and presents his savings of forty-six cents to have the attorney handle the matter. The attorney takes Beaver's savings, telling him whenever he gets himself into a position where he cannot go to his father, it will cost him something.

Wally uses start-up money from Ward to begin an Igloo Bar ice cream business. He extends credit to his friends, getting himself deeply into debt. Knowing his boss will fire him over his shortage, he becomes nervous. He asks Beaver for a loan, but Beaver is mad at his brother and refuses his request. Later, Wally discovers Beaver has made the loan and his account is marked paid in full by his boss.

Guests: Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell, "Tiger" Fafara as Tooey Brown, Buddy Hart as Chester Anderson, Cheryl Holdridge as Gloria Cusick, Rory Stevens as Little Boy, Dana Dillaway as Peggy, Anne Nauseda as Little Girl. Director: Norman Tokar. Writer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher.

Beaver reads Ivanhoe and creates a brotherhood of knights among his schoolmates. Their first proposed venture is to vanquish the neighborhood bully, Clyde Appleby. When Whitey opts out of the battle, Beaver realizes his honor is at stake and confronts Clyde. Beaver takes a drubbing. Ward tells Beaver Ivanhoe's virtues are still pertinent in the modern world but his violence is not.

Guests: Sue Randall as Miss Landers, Jeri Weil as Judy Hensler, Stanley Fafara as Whitey Whitney, Stephen Wootton as Clyde Appleby, Stephen Talbot as Gilbert Bates, James Parnell as Mr. Crawford, Bobby Beekman as Harold, Karen Sue Trent as Penny Woods, Neil Seflinger as Boy. Director: David Butler. Writers: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher.

Wally joins the letterman club at school and discovers he is cast as a dance-hall girl in their Old West play. Wally is embarrassed cast as a female character and manages to coax Eddie in taking the role. At the performance, Eddie hams it up to the acclaim of the audience. Wally then wishes he held on to his original role. Ward tells him he could be a bit more like Eddie while June says Eddie could be a lot more like Wally.

On the phone, June orders handkerchiefs as a gift for Miss Landers and a nylon slip for herself with directions to gift wrap the handkerchiefs. The slip is wrapped by mistake. Beaver discovers it and gives Miss Landers a postcard instead. Later, Beaver explains his "crummy gift" to Miss Landers and gives her the slip. At home, June has discovered the gift wrapping mistake and offers to call Miss Landers but Beaver says he has straightened it out.

Beaver divulges his football team's secret play to Penny Woods, who, in turn, divulges it to the opposition. In the big game, the secret play is brought out in the final minutes, but the opposition is waiting for it and soundly trounces Beaver's team. Beaver is disgusted with Penny but Ward tells Beaver he wasn't a strategic genius in letting her know about the play in the first place.