After a hard day, Ward and June are looking forward to a night out at the movies. Their plans are sidetracked when Beaver tells them that he needs help with a poem that is due tomorrow, but the assignment which he has known about for three weeks. Tired and irritated, Ward is angry that Beaver seems so unfocused about the project. To make his own life easier, Ward ends up sending Beaver to bed and writing the poem for Beaver instead. Wally and June soon learn that the poem won a special prize at the school and Beaver is required to read it at a school assembly. Although he knows that he can't let Beaver accept that prize, Ward is reluctant to tell Beaver, who truly does believe he wrote the poem and did only what his father told him to do. Beaver and Ward have to come to an understanding on the issue, with a little guidance from school principal Mrs. Rayburn. Written by Huggo

Eddie tells Wally and Beaver that he has a new girl named Caroline Cunningham. Wally's never heard of her. Even though Eddie takes Wally over to Caroline's house, Wally is suspicious that Eddie doesn't really even know her, especially as Eddie refuses to ring the doorbell while there. But Mrs. Cunningham hears them talking outside and invites them in. When Caroline comes to meet them, it is obvious that Eddie and Caroline have not formally met - although she does recognize him - and that Caroline has no interest whatsoever in Eddie. But Wally still believes she's Eddie's girl. So Wally is surprised when Caroline later calls him. Unable to get over the awkward boy/girl issues of their age, Mrs. Cunningham and June arrange a date between Caroline and Wally to a country club dance the following day without Wally's knowledge. Will Wally go out with Caroline and if so, is it a friendship breaker between him and Eddie if Eddie finds out? Written by Huggo

Ward is facing a predicament. He has promised to take Wally fishing this Saturday, a trip which Ward has already postponed three times. But he later learns that Beaver's third grade class, headed by Beaver's new teacher Miss Landers, is having a father-student picnic that same day. Ward doesn't want to disappoint Wally again, but June convinces him that a school event is more important as he and Wally can go fishing anytime. Ward doesn't have the heart to tell Wally right away. So when the next morning arrives with Ward already gone to work, Wally still believes that his father is taking him fishing. Although Ward told Beaver that he would go to the picnic, Ward failed to sign the permission slip, making Beaver believe that Ward will instead spend the day with Wally. So Beaver, trying to save face, tells Miss Landers that he and his father won't be going since his father has an out of town business trip. So when Ward comes home after work, he has to clear up the misunderstanding with ... Written by Huggo

Since Beaver has been spending so much time of late over at his new friend Chuey's house, June allows Beaver to invite Chuey over. When Chuey's mother, Carmela Varela, brings Chuey over, June is somewhat surprised to find that not only does she speak only Spanish (being from South America) but that Chuey speaks only Spanish as well. Beaver and Chuey are able to be friends and have fun together despite the language barrier. Believing it a funny trick, Eddie, who has a basic knowledge of Spanish, teaches Beaver a Spanish phrase to tell to Chuey, Eddie telling Beaver that what he is saying that Chuey is a swell guy. In reality, what Beaver says is that Chuey's face looks like a pig. Angered, Chuey runs off. With none in the Varela household speaking fluent English and none in the Cleaver household speaking fluent Spanish, someone is going to have to bone up on their language skills to clear up the misunderstanding. Written by Huggo

While the older boys play baseball, Beaver and his friend Larry watch from the sidelines while minding the players' wallets, jackets and watches. But when the belongings are reclaimed after the game, bully Lumpy Rutherford's watch appears to be missing and he gives Beaver two days to find it ... or else! Written by shepherd1138

Beaver is bothered by the fact that Linda Dennison, a girl in his class, is always staring at him. What he is unaware of is that Linda likes him. But Linda ingratiates herself into his good books by thinking somewhat like a boy. Larry and Whitey see Beaver and Linda together, information which they pass along to the rest of their classmates. They start to tease Beaver that he is Linda's boyfriend. The only way they will believe that he's not is for Beaver to call her a nasty name. Beaver doesn't want to hurt Linda's feelings but he also doesn't want anyone to think that he's any girl's boyfriend. Beaver has to decide if the teasing or hurting Linda is worse. Miss Landers may be able to provide an answer. Written by Huggo

A letter from Beaver's godmother, June's Aunt Martha, brings the young man an heirloom ring once belonging to Beaver's namesake, his great-uncle Theodore. But his parents forbid him to wear it to school because losing it would terribly upset his great-aunt and Beaver's troubles begin after his clever plan to show the ring to his school pals without actually wearing it there is derailed by creepy Judy Hensler. Written by shepherd1138

For June, Wally playing football, even if it's only on the second string, is a sign that he's growing up, much too fast for her liking. So when Wally starts shaving after hearing all the other guys talk about it in the locker room, June is even more concerned, but even more so when Wally's face shows signs of how disastrous the first shave was. Although Ward understands that these rituals are ones where most boys eventually go through, he does believe that Wally shouldn't start shaving and forbids Wally from doing it yet. Believing it will make Wally understand why he shouldn't start shaving, Ward tells him that shaving will make the hairs come in thicker, thus needing to shave more often. Ward's talk has the exact opposite effect he was hoping as Wally believes that shaving everyday will make a real beard and mustache grow sooner. So when Ward catches Wally shaving again, Ward chastises him. What's worse for Wally is that his father's scolding happens in front of Eddie, who in turn ... Written by Huggo

On his trip to Germany, Mr. Rutherford purchases a Meerschaum pipe. Mr. Rutherford gives it to Ward as a gift, and Ward shows it off to his family. Later, Beaver and Larry Mondello are playing when they go inside the house and look at the pipe. Larry suggests that it would be a good idea to experiment with smoking, and Beaver agrees. They first try smoking coffee beans and later ashes found in the ashtrays around the house. Beaver and Larry don't like the effects of their first smoke and vow not to smoke again. After cleaning out the pipe, they replace it in the cabinet. However, when Ward takes the pipe out, he notices someone had tried (not too well) to clean it and immediately fingers teen-aged Wally as the culprit. He takes Wally aside and asks him why he smoked the pipe. Of course, Wally denies the accusation; downstairs, June and Beaver are talking about why Wally is being lectured on the evils of smoking. After Ward comes down and remarks that Wally is being told to stay in his... Written by Brian Rathjen briguy_52732@yahoo.com

Wally is attending an upcoming dance. He is learning to dance and wants to buy a new suit, which his parents are more than happy to buy for him. Although Wally was originally planning on going to the store with his father who would pick out the suit, Wally changes his mind about letting his father pick the suit when Eddie tells him that he should be old enough to pick out his own clothes. Ward and June reluctantly allow Wally to go to the store alone with Beaver, despite Ward figuring he won't like what Wally chooses even before Wally goes to the store. Ward and June vow not to criticize Wally's choice regardless of what he comes home with. But it's difficult for them, who hate Wally's loud suit. Conversely, Eddie, Tooey and Beaver love it. Ultimately, Ward tries everything to talk Wally into buying a more conservative suit. But June thinks she has a more underhanded but effective approach to get Wally to do what they want. Written by Huggo

With free tickets from Tooey, and Ward offering to drive them to and from, Wally and Beaver have their Saturday all planned out to attend the last day of a carnival in Garden Grove. They are scheduled to leave at noon. A small wrench is thrown into their plans when June tells them that their Aunt Martha and her friend Mrs. Hathaway are coming from Riverside for a visit, after which Wally and Beaver are welcome to go to the carnival. The small wrench grows bigger as June invites Aunt Martha and Mrs. Hathaway to stay for lunch. Wally and Beaver do whatever they can to speed up Aunt Martha's visit, all the while trying to be polite. The politeness doesn't come through. So when Aunt Martha and Mrs. Hathaway leave by mid-afternoon, the battle of the wills really begins between Ward and June on one side, and Wally and Beaver on the other side. Written by Huggo

Ward is excited when an opportunity arises to take the family for a weekend outing to Shadow Lake, one of his childhood hangouts. June is less than excited as she has nothing nice to wear. The boys are even less excited as they want to stay in town to watch a movie playing at the cinema. Ward convinces his family that they will have fun, much like he did when he was a child. Once at Shadow Lake, the boys' time is not as they originally envisioned after they go for a hike, much to Ward's exasperation as their outdoor experience is not one that Ward experienced there as a child. Ward and the boys' fishing trip, although initially exciting, also ends up not being as Ward remembers his time as a child to be. Ward feels perhaps he cannot go back and relive his childhood with his boys, but the boys surprise him when Ward decides to head home early. Written by Huggo

Wally's birthday is approaching and the Beaver has $6.98 to spend on a gift for his brother. Known to his parents, the Beaver plans on buying Wally a camera as a gift. As Wally is approaching that age, he doesn't want a formal party but would rather go to a movie and the soda shop with Eddie on his birthday and accidentally run into some girls he likes. This change of plans irks the Beaver, who has always enjoyed Wally's birthday parties. When the Beaver is about to buy Wally's gift, Larry talks the Beaver into buying a $6.50 bow and arrow set for himself instead - Larry reasons that the Beaver shouldn't spend money on Wally since Wally snubbed him by not including him in the birthday festivities. That leaves only less than 50-cents for a gift for Wally. Wally, however, changes his mind and decides to have a small party, which includes the Beaver. Wally also invites the Beaver to accompany him and Eddie to the movie. The Beaver now feels bad not only because of the cheap present he ... Written by Huggo

After overhearing a woman try to get out of a parking ticket and after talking to Larry about his own home life, Beaver comes to the conclusion that he should really listen to the chit-chat that happens around his own house. One piece of information that Beaver gleans from this chit-chat by his father is that they will end up in the poor house if things keep on the way that they are. This news makes Beaver curious about poor people, what they're like and where they hang out. When Mr. Fletcher, their neighborhood garbage man, looks like what Ward tells him some poor people look like, Beaver wants to get to know Mr. Fletcher better. Having kids Beaver's age, Mr. Fletcher is more than happy to show Beaver his home life, living in a house the other side of town near the dump. Ward is more than willing to let Beaver do this exploration, but June is concerned. When Beaver comes home excited about the great time he had at the Fletchers, Ward and June, coming from two different perspectives... Written by Huggo

Inspired by a movie featuring an Eskimo kayak, Wally and his friends build one of their own and, in spite of Ward's warning, secretly launch the craft on Miller's Pond. But when Beaver is the only one small enough to fit in the boat's small opening and he and the craft capsize, the boys try to keep their parents from finding out by cleverly sneaking a soaking wet Beaver up to his bedroom for a bath. Written by shepherd1138

Distracted by a construction company digging holes, Beaver and buddy Larry Mondello are late for school and decide to skip classes altogether to avoid getting yelled at by the principal. But when the hungry boys head for the nearest supermarket for lunch they find themselves on a live, promotional television program, unaware that Wally and June are watching them from the television in Wally's bedroom. Written by shepherd1138

When the television breaks down over a week-end, Ward encourages Wally and Beaver to read Mark Twain's classic book, Tom Sawyer. But things don't turn out quite as they planned after the boys try to use fictional Tom's technique to paint the Cleaver garage doors. Written by shepherd1138

With Ward and June in the room, Wally is secretive about a telephone call he is having with Tooey. It's because they're talking about a new girl in school, Gloria Cusick, to who Wally is attracted. The first conversation that Wally and Gloria have later in the school cafeteria is going well enough in Wally's mind until the very end when Gloria makes an offhanded comment that she never noticed before that Wally has a pug nose, she neither stating that that is a good or bad thing. When Wally later reads up on what a pug nose looks like (like that of a bulldog or monkey), he becomes self-conscious of it. Wally goes to an extreme and quackish measure to alter the look of his nose. When Ward finds out about what Wally is doing, he has to decide how to approach Wally by building his self physical image without him not thinking that there is anything wrong with his physical image in the first place. Written by Huggo

Beaver and his friends want to raise homing pigeons. The two females Beaver has picked out from the pet store he is planning on naming Miss Canfield and Miss Landers after his two favorite teachers. Believing he is now old enough for the responsibility, Ward allows Beaver to get them. Wally is afraid however that Beaver's pigeons will go the way of Beaver's previous pets - hamsters - that Wally ended up taking care of until they died. When Ward brings Beaver's two pigeons home from the pet store for him, he finds out that Beaver is sick in bed with the chicken pox. On Ward's request, a reluctant Wally ends up looking after the pigeons while Beaver is sick. Larry, who is going away for the weekend, asks Wally if he'll also look after his two pigeons at the same time. Wally agrees despite Larry's pigeons looking less than healthy. But something ends up happening to Beaver's pigeons during Wally's care. Larry and Whitey figure they know what to do to make Beaver feel better about the ... Written by Huggo

While Beaver and his small toothache wait for the results of a dental X-ray, he's convinced that he will soon have a painful experience after mean-spirited Lumpy Rutherford tells him that, to make more money, the dentist will drill a deep hole no matter how tiny the cavity may be. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver believes he's been unfairly reprimanded for accidentally breaking Wally's track trophy, takes his Dad's offhand comment to find new parents literally, and with pal Larry Mondello's encouragement, heads for an adoption agency to see if he can do better. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver has just had a nightmare about a haunted castle filled with ghosts. He needs reassurance from Wally that haunted houses do not exist. Later, Beaver, through his mother, is offered a job walking a dog for 50-cents a day. Beaver is excited by his new job until he learns that the lady requesting his help is the one who lives in the old Cooper house. That house had sat empty for fifteen years, and Larry convinced Beaver that only a witch could live there. In reality, Miss Cooper has just returned to town to fix the place up before deciding what to do with it. Beaver tries to convince Wally or Larry to help him walk the dog - at least on the first day - but Beaver ends up at Miss Cooper's front door all by himself. Once he gets inside, will it be haunted by the witch of Miss Cooper as he expects? Written by Huggo

Beaver receives an invitation from his old friend Billy Peyton - whose family moved to a farm in Crystal Falls - to visit for the weekend. Beaver is excited about the trip and spending time with Billy on the farm. However, June reminds Ward that they have a previous engagement and thus can't drive Beaver the ninety miles to Crystal Falls. Wally offers to take Beaver there on the bus and take the bus back that same day, with Ward picking up Beaver in Crystal Falls at the end of the weekend. Ward feels Wally is ready for the responsibility and allows him to do so, despite June expressing some apprehension. During a short pit stop at Elmhurst along the bus trip, Wally and Beaver head off in two different directions and agree to meet back on the bus. But Beaver, forgetting which bus he was on, asks a newsstand clerk in the bus station which is the Mayfield bus. The clerk points him to the bus heading back to Mayfield. As such, Beaver gets on the wrong bus. So Wally and Beaver each have to... Written by Huggo

The Gates family have just moved in across the street, with the Gates' son, Gilbert, in Beaver's class. Beaver, Larry and Whitey's first impression of Gilbert is that he's goofy since he carries a briefcase and isn't averse to playing with the girls. But Beaver's impression of Gilbert changes when he hears all the neat stories of Gilbert's life - such as preparing to run in the 1968 Olympics, having visited the north pole, knowing famous people and his father being a gunshot wounded FBI agent - stories which to any adult are obvious fabrications, but to Beaver are fascinating. Beaver ditches his friends to hang out with Gilbert. When Gilbert ditches Beaver to hang out with two other guys, Beaver doesn't believe his new friend would do that to him. But when Beaver sees it with his own eyes and that those two guys are Larry and Whitey, Beaver has to learn how to deal with the Gilbert Gateses of the world. Perhaps he has to understand why Gilbert is the way he is. Written by Huggo

Looking for an electric spanking machine and reaching for a four-leaf clover teach Beaver the meaning of being conspicuous when he has to be rescued from Principal Rayburn's locked office and extracted from a park fence, both in one eventful week-end. Written by shepherd1138

Wally and Beaver are excited that they have managed to get jobs with a traveling carnival for the three days that it is set-up in Mayfield. They are getting paid $20 for their work. By the smell of the boys, their parents can tell the job entails working with animals. June doesn't like the idea, but Ward thinks it will be good for the boys, and gives them the advice not to do anything dangerous, especially as animals can be unpredictable. After the fact, Ward does think the work itself has been positive for the boys. What both Ward and June don't think is as positive is that the boys were not paid $20 in cash, but rather in an old horse named Nick, which they have brought home with them. While Ward and June decide what to do with Nick, they all come to learn what sort of constitution Nick has and what little use he would be as a work animal. So even selling Nick may be a problem. But old farm boy Ward comes up with what he thinks will be a good solution for all. Written by Huggo

Trying to impress his friends after classmate Judy Hensler brags that her father flew his own airplane in WWII, Beaver makes up a story about Ward the war-hero and finds himself in a real predicament when substitute teacher, Mr. Willit, asks Beaver to bring his dad to school to talk about his experiences. Written by shepherd1138

Excited about possibly moving to a bigger house in a new neighborhood, Beaver tells his whole third grade class. But when the house sale falls through, embarrassed Beaver doesn't know how to break the news to his friends, especially after they throw him a surprise farewell party...with presents! Written by shepherd1138

Beaver rescues Wally's broken typewriter from the trash, gets reliable Gus the Fireman to fix it with his special oil and starts a newspaper with his pal Larry. But Wally soon regrets tossing the now smoothly working machine and demands the newsboys return his typewriter. Written by shepherd1138

While window shopping, Larry and Beaver see a unique Eskimo sweater costing $12.98 that Larry says his father is going to buy for him. Larry convinces Beaver to try and get his parents to buy him one as well so that they can look like twins, or failing that to buy it himself with the $25 he has in the bank, money which is supposed to be used for his college education. Initially, Ward is reluctant to let Beaver get the sweater, but June talks Ward into letting Beaver buy the sweater. They somewhat regret it as they think the sweater ugly. Beaver also begins to regret it as beyond Larry not getting one yet, Larry and Beaver see that Judy Hensler has the exact same sweater. Beaver has to figure out how to get rid of the sweater and make up a plausible explanation to his parents why he no longer wears it. Written by Huggo

Beaver and Larry each consider the other their best friend. That changes after they have an argument about nothing important. Ward, using the story of Damon and Pythius, tries to make Beaver understand the nature of true friendship. When Beaver relays the story to Larry in hopes of getting Larry to be his friend again, Larry, wanting to be Pythius in their friendship, takes advantage of Damon, namely Beaver, which gets Beaver into trouble with Miss Landers. Miss Landers is disappointed in Beaver since she considers him not only her student but her friend. When Ward gets wind of what happened, he makes Beaver understand that friendship is a two-way street and that the next step now belongs to Beaver's Pythius, namely Larry. Written by Huggo

Via formal written invitation, Mary Ellen Rogers, who Wally hasn't seen in a while since she went away to school, invites Wally to be her date to a cotillion at the country club. Even though he likes Mary Ellen, he doesn't want to go to a stuffy formal dance. But if he isn't going to go, his parents make him at least telephone Mary Ellen to tell her. But saying no to Mary Ellen ends up being a little more difficult for Wally than he anticipated. He doesn't regret agreeing to go when he sees Mary Ellen for the first time, since she's grown up a lot since he last saw her. But his excitement changes to fear when she tells him she's entered them in the cotillion's cha-cha contest, which he doesn't tell her he doesn't know how to do. As Wally tries to teach himself how to dance using an instructional recording without telling anyone what he's doing, he quickly comes to the conclusion that he has two options: either embarrass himself in the dance contest or figure out a way to get out from ... Written by Huggo

Wally is combing his hair in a new faddish style. Eddie and all the others are combing it in the same way. Ward and June thinks Wally looks ridiculous. While June wants Ward to tell him not to comb it that way, Ward, while not liking it, feels that he needs to let Wally do what he wants in this manner, while impressing on him that not all fads are worth following. While he wants Wally to comb his hair the way he used to, Ward will still try to convince him in a sly manner. But picking up on subtlety doesn't seem to work on Wally. Even June tries to take a more direct approach in talking to the school principal, Mr. Haller. In the end, Ward and June have to hope Wally will outgrown this phase. It isn't until Beaver shows them a different perspective that June takes matters into her own hands. Written by Huggo

Beaver and Larry have been elected co-chairs of their class' cookie drive committee, the funds from which are to be used for a class trip at the end of the year. As co-chairs, Beaver and Larry will alternate their responsibilities each week, one in charge of carrying the cookie box, the other in charge of holding onto the money and the key to the closet where the cookies are stored. Thinking him a nice guy since he helped them out, Beaver and Larry give $3 of the cookie drive money to eighth grader Roger Delacy, who tells them a story of coming from a poor family that doesn't have enough money to feed themselves, but that his father will come into a financial windfall from which he can pay back the $3. When Beaver and Larry see Roger the next day, Roger feigns ignorance about the $3 or telling the previous story about his family. As Beaver and Larry try and figure out how to replace the $3, especially as Mr. Preston, the cookie man, has only given them a day to make their account ... Written by Huggo

Beaver forgets he's been invited to old friend David Manning's birthday party, is embarrassed to give David what he considers to be a baby toy that June bought for him at the last minute, and must think fast to come up with a more appropriate gift. Written by shepherd1138

Ward and June are proud of the Beaver's latest report card with its plethora of A's and B's, but Ward just can't get over the D he got in Physical Education. Ward is even more dismayed when he learns from Wally that Coach Grover is a fair and honest man. When Beaver admits that he may have got the D since he couldn't do his somersaults during tumbling drills, Ward tries to teach him. But once Beaver's learned that skill from Ward, Coach Grover has moved onto another activity: baseball. During this activity, Beaver shows why he really got the D: he turns into the class clown whenever he can't do the activity. In class, he shows little athletic prowess. In further talking to his family about his antics during phys ed class, Beaver shows that he has little competitive spirit. When Beaver finally does show some competitive spirit regarding the annual boys versus girl baseball game, Beaver learns that clowning around is ultimately only funny if you can prove that you can do the real thing ... Written by Huggo

Beaver isn't worried that he doesn't have any money to spend at the carnival after his best friend Larry Mondello promises to pay the way. But conniving Larry has spent all of his allowance too and, sneaking money from his mother's sewing basket, throws it out the window and arranges to have Beaver find it. Written by shepherd1138

The Cleavers are still in the process of trying to sell their house, while looking for another one to buy. The offers they receive seem to be more interesting than worthwhile, while the boys are tired about having to keep their room tidy for prospective buyers. Meanwhile, Miss Landers has assigned a 100-word composition assignment on the topic The Most Interesting Character I Have Ever Known, the class having the weekend to complete the assignment. Judy Hensler mentions that she is going to write about her father, but the story of him being a big game hunter in Africa seems to be more fantasy than reality. As Beaver contemplates who he will write about, Ward isn't immediately on his list as he sees Ward as not being like Judy's big game hunter father. Beaver does decide to write about Ward, but after trying to get ideas about what to write, even from Ward himself, Beaver finds it difficult to make the composition interesting from his young perspective, or even from Wally's ... Written by Huggo