Beaver in general does not like to eat green vegetables. At this evening's dinner, he doesn't want to eat the Brussels sprouts on his plate. He does whatever he can to get out from eating them - even hiding them in his shirt pocket. But June, finding where he's hidden them, insists that he eat them. In private, June and Ward disagree on whether they should make him eat the sprouts, June insisting that he does. So she ultimately provides Beaver an ultimatum: eat the Brussels sprouts, or else he is not allowed to go to dinner out and the major league football game the rest of the family is going to tomorrow evening. Beaver still refuses to eat them. June doesn't like the thought of leaving Beaver out of their family outing, but she also doesn't want to back down from what she said she was going to do. Ward, June and Beaver come to a compromise, but that compromise comes a little sooner and in a more embarrassingly public manner than they were all expecting. Written by Huggo

Beaver has just returned from his stint away at summer camp, Camp König. There he met a new friend named Chopper Cooper who he wants to invite for a weekend visit. His parents allow him to invite Chopper. Ward and June are surprised when Chopper is escorted by his Uncle Dave, Chopper's mother's boyfriend who Chopper believes will be his new stepfather. Chopper also talks openly and candidly about his father's several remarriages and Chopper now having step-siblings. Even though they like Chopper, Ward and June are concerned that Chopper's views may be too worldly for Beaver, who has never had friends with divorced parents. Indeed, Beaver, after hearing all the neat presents Chopper gets from his various parents, wants his own parents to divorce, not really understanding what that means. But Beaver has a different view when he sees the effect of divorce a little more closely, especially as it affects the child in the family. Written by Huggo

Beaver's slightly exaggerated story about rescuing an abandoned canoe while fishing with Wally takes on a life of its own while passing through the school grapevine and Beaver finds that not being completely truthful can have disastrous results. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver proudly takes his friends Whitey and Gilbert on a picnic at the lake to see Wally in his first day as a lifeguard, not knowing that a new law forbidding anyone under age 18 from filling the position has forced Wally to work as a snack vendor instead. When he sees Wally in a floppy hat peddling hot dogs instead of sitting importantly on a stand in a lifeguard uniform, an embarrassed Beaver wants to go home before anyone else finds out. Written by shepherd1138

Lumpy Rutherford embarrasses Beaver, calling him 'Freckles' in front of his friends and Beaver tries various ways to get rid of the offending spots. While Ward and June try to convince their son that what's important is not what he looks like but what kind of person he is, in the end, Beaver finds his own support from an unlikely place. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver sells raffle tickets to benefit the new hospital and hopes that one of his own will win him a Hawaiian vacation or a sports car. When obnoxious Eddie Haskell teases that Beaver's parents would never allow him to keep a top prize and would most likely use it themselves, Beaver refuses to believe. But when one of Beaver's tickets is a winner will Eddie's dire prediction come true? Written by shepherd1138

When Beaver takes to his bed after finding out that his teacher Miss Landers is engaged to be married, it takes his parents' understanding, Wally's advice and a special promise from Miss Landers to get him through the heartache of losing his first crush. Written by shepherd1138

Eddie is telling everyone that he and pretty Caroline Shuster are going steady. When Wally and Eddie meet up with Caroline and Caroline's friend, Alma Hanson, it does seem like Eddie is telling the truth as Caroline confirms a date with him. She also has a pet name for Eddie: Peachy. But later, Wally overhears Caroline talking to some other girls that she is only going out with Eddie because her boyfriend, Freddy Prior, is currently grounded and she wants a date for Saturday. In reality, Caroline considers Eddie a conceited creep, and she is leading him on for her own amusement. Wally has to figure out if he should keep quiet or tell Eddie the truth with the possible consequence of Eddie shooting the messenger. Written by Huggo

Ward is concerned that Beaver's attitude toward his schoolwork will jeopardize his future and when the school principal announces that Beaver's class will be given an intelligence test Beaver worries that the results of the test will not only prove his father right but show that he's too 'dumb' to succeed. Written by shepherd1138

To impress pretty, out-of town girl Bernadette, Wally writes letters to her exaggerating his family's wealth and importance; but he must later eat his words when Ward and June tell Wally that he will be taking Bernadette to the country club dance. Written by shepherd1138

Ward and June leave Wally in charge at home and all is well until neighbor Mrs. Murdock drops by and asks Wally to take her son, Chuckie, to buy new shoes. But Wally goes ice skating with Eddie Haskell instead and turns little Chuckie over to Beaver. When Beaver loses Chuckie in the shoe store, Wally soon learns an important lesson in responsibility. Written by shepherd1138

June attends a meeting at Beaver's school where teacher Miss Landers confides that several items have recently disappeared from student lockers; and when June finds the same items under Beaver's bed she worries that Beaver may be the thief. Ward questions Beaver and finds out that Beaver was given the items by another boy, Kenneth, but Kenneth denies everything and Beaver must find out why. Written by shepherd1138

While emptying the trash, Beaver finds a circular that Ward discarded offering a free trial for an expensive new accordion. With a push from troublemaker Eddie, Beaver secretly sends in the order form, believing that he can play with the instrument and return it within the 5-day free trial period. But, as usual, things don't always go as planned. Written by shepherd1138

Ward's paternal Uncle Billy is in town for a visit. June is worried that Uncle Billy's fanciful tales, which make him seem irresponsible to an adult, will leave a lasting impression on the boys, yet both Ward and June don't want the boys to disrespect an elder, especially one within their family. After telling his wild tales to the boys, Uncle Billy promises Wally a rifle he used to kill grizzly bears in Alaska with, and he promises Beaver a new fishing rod and reel so that they can go fishing much like he says he used to take Ward sailfish fishing in Mexico. When Wally learns that Uncle Billy's stories are exaggerations and that Uncle Billy probably will not come through with the gifts, Wally isn't surprised or upset. Beaver, on the other hand, doesn't want to believe that Uncle Billy is anything but a great guy. But Beaver ultimately sees Uncle Billy for who he really is. Ward plans on having a stern talk with Uncle Billy about leading Beaver on, until Beaver provides Ward with a ... Written by Huggo

While Ward, June and Beaver spy a young boy and girl holding hands walking through the park, Ward and June think back to their teen-aged days and young love. They come to the realization that the boy they see is Wally. When they later question him about the incident, a slightly embarrassed Wally admits that it was him and the girl of his affections is Julie Foster, the daughter of one of the teachers at the high school. The following week at the start of the next semester, Wally learns that he has been transferred into Mr. Foster's English class. Eddie and Lumpy can't help but give Wally the business about being nice to Julie since he knew he was going to be in Mr. Foster's class. Wally can't help but think that dating Julie will net him a better grade in English. But what's worse in Wally's mind is what may happen with Mr. Foster and English class if he and Julie break up, which is what Wally is contemplating. Written by Huggo

From Beaver's perspective, it seems like his father spends a lot of money paying bills. Ward makes a statement that all adults worry about money unless they're millionaires, which he will never become working at his job. So when Beaver heads down to the bookstore to buy a book for himself, he instead buys his father a book he sees in the store window, that book titled How I Became a Millionaire in 12 Months. Beaver believes this book will solve all Ward's money worries. After Ward makes a fuss about the book and mentions that he will both read it cover to cover and put it in a place of honor in his library, Beaver is certain that their family will become rich. So a disappointed Beaver doesn't understand why he finds the book in the kitchen's cookie drawer (where June hastily put it when she needed to answer the phone). Written by Huggo

When Beaver decides to be a writer, Ward gives him a diary, encouraging him to write down his thoughts and daily activities and assuring Beaver that no one would read it without permission. But when Beaver is late coming home one night his worried parents break the lock on his diary, hoping to find a clue to where he might be and, instead, getting quite a surprise. Written by shepherd1138

After being warned against roughhousing by the track coach, Eddie and Lumpy start a towel fight in the school locker room and the coach walks in just as Wally throws a towel. But when the other boys deny any wrongdoing, Wally takes the punishment alone and must tell his parents that he is suspended from the upcoming track meet that the whole family planned to attend. Written by shepherd1138

Jackie, a friend from Beaver's old neighborhood, comes for a week-end visit and the excited boys look forward to the fun of playing the same games they used to play years before. But Beaver and Jackie soon find that their interests changed as they each grew older and the week-end doesn't turn out quite like they planned. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver loses his fear of a possible operation to remove his swollen tonsils when Ward reminisces about his own boyhood tonsillectomy. In fact, Beaver is so impressed by Ward's story of ice cream, pretty nurses and gifts that he can't wait to have the operation himself...even if he doesn't need it! Written by shepherd1138

When the local pet store has a tropical fish counting contest with a collie pup as the grand prize, Beaver and his friend Gilbert agree to enter together and share the puppy if they win. But slick Eddie Haskell starts working at the pet store and claims to know the winning number...will Beaver want to win badly enough to cheat? Written by shepherd1138

After finding Ward's old drawing tablet, Beaver volunteers to make a poster for a class project on Colonial America, hoping that his talented dad will do it for him. But Ward only offers his son advice and encouragement and, even though his friends make fun of his art, in the end, Beaver is glad that he painted the poster by himself. Written by shepherd1138

When the Cleaver's former housekeeper, Mrs. Manners, is unavailable she sends her teenage daughter Margie to help June part-time after school. Ward is amused when smitten Wally skips track practice to spend time 'helping' pretty Margie but June worries when Wally neglects his homework. Written by shepherd1138

When Ward and June want Beaver to get more involved in school activities, Beaver decides on trying out for the dramatic club, which will be performing a play of Miss Landers' choosing. He figures playing a tree in the kindergarten play was a good grounding for whatever the fifth grade production. Not only does Beaver make it into the club, but he is chosen to play the lead in The Little Dutch Boy. Miss Landers chose Beaver for the lead in part because she felt he was the most mature of the boys to handle what could be considered the most controversial scene, controversial at least for a fifth grader. Beaver works hard on learning his lines until he gets to that controversial scene: when the Little Dutch Boy kisses the Little Dutch Girl named Gretchen. Beaver is adamant that he won't do it, not wanting to kiss any girl for fear of being laughed at, especially by the other boys. Speaking to Ward, Wally and Victoria Bennett (who is playing Gretchen) gives Beaver three different ... Written by Huggo

Ruth McMillan, who was June's bridesmaid, has just moved into the neighborhood with her family. Her son, Dudley, is Wally's age and will be attending the same school, so June would like Wally to show Dudley around. Wally reluctantly agrees, his reluctance because he has never met Dudley and doesn't know what kind of guy he is. Despite Dudley being a nice guy, he and Wally end up having nothing in common, Wally who considers Dudley different. Dudley wears a suit, tie, overcoat and hat as his regular attire, plays flute in the band, is overly polite even to his peers, and is scared of girls. Eddie and Lumpy can't help but slyly give Dudley the business. In fact, Eddie invites Dudley to Christine Staples' upcoming party just because he knows the other kids will make fun of him. Although Wally doesn't condone Eddie's prank, Wally feels Dudley brings many of these problems onto himself. But based on advice from Ward, Wally ends up being Dudley's Henry Higgins. Can Wally or someone or ... Written by Huggo

On Eddie's request, Wally asks his parents if Eddie can spend the night. After getting over their surprise (or shock of actually having Eddie for an extended period), they agree. Things start off well enough, but quickly after dinner, Wally and Eddie get into an argument, and Eddie storms off. Soon after, Ward receives a telephone call from Eddie's father, Frank Haskell, which makes Ward understand why Eddie was so eager to spend the night there in the first place. So Ward and a reluctant Wally go after Eddie to try and get him to come back. Ultimately, Beaver is the one who gets to see another side of Eddie Haskell. Written by Huggo

Wally and Ward help Beaver with his homework since he is doing poorly in math. When his report card is hand delivered to the house, Eddie and Lumpy get it first and change the math grade from D- to B+. Ward and June are thrilled, but Beaver knows something is wrong-he just can't figure out what. Written by Ronny Bailey

Although Gilbert is able to run away, Richard is caught by a policeman, Officer Medford, when he is caught breaking a window in the old abandoned McMahon house. Richard tells the policeman that his name is Theodore Cleaver, and gives him the Beaver's address. News of Beaver being in trouble with the police gets back to Ward, which places Ward in a difficult position as being an appointed member of the mayor's committee for the new youth center. But when Officer Medford sees that Beaver is not the boy he caught throwing rocks at the window, the collective have to figure out who it was. Beaver is pretty certain that it was Richard, and he has to decide whether to squeal on Richard to his father and Officer Medford, or deal with Richard in his own way. Written by Huggo

Wally is wearing a jacket and tie and some aftershave just to go to school. It's because he wants to impress the beautiful Ginny Townsend, a girl in his school who just moved to Mayfield and who according to Wally doesn't even know he's alive. He is so enamored with Ginny that he is walking around in a half comatose state thinking about her. Ward and June know that he has a crush on someone, but don't know who. When Beaver lets it slip to his mother that the girl in question is Ginny Townsend, June decides to take Wally's love life into her own hands by inviting Ginny along on a family picnic they were taking anyway to Friends Lake. Ward thinks what June has done is a mistake since Wally probably has an idealized view of Ginny, and going on a family picnic with her doesn't fit into that view. What will Wally think? Regardless, Wally gets a new perspective of Ginny on this unofficial date. Written by Huggo

While Ward and Wally work together to try to fix a military surplus walkie-talkie, sneaky Gilbert Bates double-crosses Beaver after the two agree to make goofy faces in the fifth grade class picture, leaving Beaver to face the consequences alone. Written by shepherd1138

June is distressed when a series of trades with school friends nets Beaver a pet rat and when Ward tells Beaver to get rid of the rodent, Beaver sells the rat to Violet Rutherford. But, in spite of Violet's protests, Fred Rutherford demands that Beaver refund Violet's money and take the rat back, unaware that another member of the Rutherford family has also developed an affection for the furry little guy. Written by shepherd1138

Wally's worries that little brother Beaver will disrupt the first teen party held at the Cleaver's house are realized when, on the way to the Whitney's house for a sleepover, Beaver takes a dare from Whitey to find out if there really is soup in a steaming billboard bowl. Written by shepherd1138

Beaver and his friend Gilbert volunteer to collect Community Chest donations from the neighborhood so that June can attend a school open house with Wally. All goes well until the boys stop for ice cream and Beaver puts the money he collected into his back pocket...the one with the hole in it! Written by shepherd1138

Miss Landers' class is conducting another civic project, this time on fire prevention, and as such the class must elect a junior fire chief. Perpetual follower but never leader Beaver isn't planning on running until his parents talk him into it, telling him that it is good for him to want to be leader sometimes. Despite Wally thinking Beaver too nice a guy to be elected, the class does vote him junior fire chief. When the class learns that only the class with the best project will be able to go the the fire hall for a field trip, Beaver, goaded on by the other kids in his class about the importance of the job, hands out citation after citation, not only to his family, but to others around the neighborhood. In the process, he is also yelling and screaming at everyone to gain their respect. Although they admire his conscientiousness, Ward and June want Beaver to learn that he is taking things a little too far. This lesson, however, is one he will have to learn on his own. Written by Huggo

Beaver makes a deal with his father to pay half the $25 cost of buying a used canoe. Ward believes that by the time Beaver can raise his half, he will have forgotten all about the canoe. As getting a traditional job is harder than Beaver expects, he is happy to learn from his friend Richard that he can make money by selling frogs for twenty-five cents apiece. With Wally's help, Beaver manages to catch enough frogs to cover his half of the canoe. In the process, Beaver, who is becoming attached to the frogs, much like pets, doesn't even consider what will be happening to them after he sells them. He eventually learns from Richard that the frogs will be killed and sold to schools for dissection. Beaver has to decide what is more important: the canoe or the lives of his frogs. Written by Huggo

At first, mowing lawns seems like an easy way for Beaver and his friend Gilbert to earn extra money for summer, but no one seems to want their services and bad advice from Wally's friend Eddie results in an angry neighbor. When discouraged Gilbert opts to deliver newspapers instead, even after a nice lady offers to pay the boys $5.00, a determined Beaver decides to try once more; but what will he do when her check bounces? Written by shepherd1138

It's father-son kite day at Metzger's Field this upcoming Saturday, with a lot of prizes to be handed out. Beaver is hoping that his father will be as excited about it as he is. Luckily, Ward is, he who professes to be the best kite builder of his day in Shaker Heights. Despite resorting to using a kite kit instead of building it from scratch like they did when Ward was a child, Beaver and Ward are happy with their accomplishment as they did it together. They are however unable to test the kite until Saturday as they have to let the glue dry. But Gilbert talks Beaver into testing it with him anyway. In doing so, Beaver breaks the kite when it crashes down to the ground after the test flight. Beaver hides the broken kite from his parents and hopes for the miracle in the form of rain to cancel kite day, or barring that, finding a native Indian who knows how to do a rain dance. Written by Huggo

When Beaver buys a wrecked 'coaster car' from Eddie Haskell, Wally pitches in to help his little brother fix it up and school chum Penny Woods promises him the wheels from her old doll buggy. But Beaver forgets his tools when he goes to Penny's house to remove the wheels and panics when he runs into his best friends, Gilbert and Richard, while trying to sneak the buggy home. Written by shepherd1138

Wally takes his responsibility seriously when he is left in charge of the Cleaver household while Ward is in St. Louis on a business trip but isn't sure he can fill his father's shoes when Miss Landers sends Beaver home from school with a note for saying a bad word. Written by shepherd1138