Bob Mosher
Director
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Season 4
The fourth season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 1, 1960 and concluded on June 24, 1961. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length.
Released Oct. 4, 1957
Episode 25 min
6+
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Production Companies: Kayro Productions, MCA Television, Revue Studios, Gomalco Productions, Kayro-Vue Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Beaver Won't Eat
Beaver is determined not to eat brussels sprouts and adamently refuses not to eat them when June serves them for dinner. In order to go to a football game, Ward makes Beaver promise that he will eat them the next time they are served. Beaver quickly finds himself confronted with the ""deadly"" vegetables when the Cleavers go out to eat at a posh restaurant.
Oct. 1, 1960, midnight
S4E2 - Beaver's House Guest
A friend Beaver made at summer camp, Chopper, stays with the Cleavers for the weekend. Beaver is quickly introduced to Chopper's unusual life since he is the son of parents who have been married and divorced many times.
Oct. 8, 1960, midnight
S4E3 - Beaver Becomes a Hero
While Beaver and Wally are fishing an abandoned canoe floats up and Beaver and Wally responsibly return it to the owner, whose name had been carved in the paddle. However, after telling his friends the story, they adjust it to make it sound as if Beaver had saved a girl from drowning.
Oct. 15, 1960, midnight
S4E4 - Wally, the Lifeguard
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.
Oct. 22, 1960, midnight
S4E5 - Beaver's Freckles
When Clarence gets fed up with Beaver calling him Lumpy, he gives Beaver a new nickname of Freckles. This leads Beaver to become self-concious about his freckles and takes steps to try to remove them.
Oct. 29, 1960, midnight
S4E6 - Beaver's Big Contest
Constantly entering contests, Beaver's latest one has him selling raffle tickets in hopes of winning one of the prizes. Surprisingly, he does indeed win third prize and the prize is a $3,500 sports car. However, his dreams are dashed when Eddie's premonition comes true, Ward breaks the news that Beaver can't keep the car.
Nov. 5, 1960, midnight
S4E7 - Miss Landers' Fiancé
While doing some yard work for Miss Landers, Beaver and Whitey witness their favorite teacher in the midst of a gentleman caller, which makes Beaver a bit jealous. However, Beaver gets sick to his stomach when he discovers Miss Landers is engaged to be married and the man he saw was her fiance.
Nov. 12, 1960, midnight
S4E8 - Eddie's Double-Cross
Eddie crawls through the Cleaver house spreading the news that he's going steady with Caroline Schuster, something that worries June who doesn't want Wally to get any ideas about going steady. However, Wally has other worries when he overhears Caroline saying that she's only using Eddie while her boyfriend is grounded. Leaving Wally with the decision to tell Eddie or not.
Nov. 19, 1960, midnight
S4E9 - Beaver's I.Q.
After learning that he's going to be taking an I.Q. test, Beaver hits the books, scared after his friend tell him that if he doesn't pass, he will be sent to ""dumb"" school.
Nov. 26, 1960, midnight
S4E10 - Wally's Glamour Girl
Wally is shocked to learn that the glamourous Kitty Bannerman is visiting Mayfield and he's afraid that she will find out that he's not the rich hot shot that he told her he was in the letters that he had sent her.
Dec. 3, 1960, midnight
S4E11 - Chuckie's New Shoes
A neighbor gives Wally the responsibility of taking her son, Chuckie, down to the shoe store to pick out a pair of shoes. However, when Wally gives the job to Beaver, Beaver finds himself searching for Chuckie, who has gotten himself lost.
Dec. 10, 1960, midnight
S4E12 - Beaver and Kenneth
While at a parent's meeting, June leans from Miss Landers that someone has been stealing in Beaver's class and so far, a baseball glove, a lunch box and a baseball cap were heisted. Later, June makes a shocking discovery, she finds the stolen items under Beaver's bed. This leaves June and Ward wondering if they're raising a thief.
Dec. 17, 1960, midnight
S4E13 - Beaver's Accordian
An advertisement in the mail for a free tryout of an accordian has Beaver sneaking around behind Ward's back. After rescuing the flyer from the trash, Beaver sends it in and indeed gets an accordian that he quickly finds hard to hide from his parents.
Dec. 24, 1960, midnight
S4E14 - Uncle Billy
Ward's Uncle Billy arrives in Mayfield for a visit and begins telling Wally and Beaver exaggerated stories. Not realizing this, Beaver expects Billy to come through after promising Beaver a fishing reel.
Dec. 31, 1960, midnight
S4E15 - Teacher's Daughter
Wally's latest girlfriend is Julie Foster who just happens to be the daughter of a Mr. Foster who teaches English. Meanwhile, at school, a new semester lands Wally in Mr. Foster's class and quickly finds himself feeling uncomfortable. Especially after Eddie tells him that his relationship with Julie will determine his grades.
Jan. 7, 1961, midnight
S4E16 - Ward's Millions
Wanting Ward to become a millionaire, Beaver buys him a book called, ""I Became a Millionaire in Twelve Months."" Ward thanks him for it but Beaver quickly learns that Ward is just being polite as to spare his feelings.
Jan. 14, 1961, midnight
S4E17 - Beaver's Secret Life
After revealing that he wants to be a writer when he grows up, Ward buys Beaver a diary to practice writing and Beaver begins keeping a record of his daily activites. However, June and Ward pick the lock and sneak a peek at his diary after Beaver neglects to come home on time.
Jan. 21, 1961, midnight
S4E18 - Wally's Track Meet
Wally is all set to compete in a track meet but after the coach catches him ""horsing around"" in the locker room, he's ousted from the meet, even though Lumpy and Eddie were egging him on.
Jan. 28, 1961, midnight
S4E19 - Beaver's Old Buddy
An old friend of Beaver's spends the weekend at the Cleavers and Beaver is all ready to have a great time like they use to. However, Beaver quickly discovers that people change and in this case Beaver's old buddy has indeed changed.
Feb. 4, 1961, midnight
S4E20 - Beaver's Tonsils
When Beaver becomes sick, the doctor thinks Beaver may need to have his tonsils taken out. Ward quickly puts Beaver's fears to rest by telling him everyone will bring him presents when they visit him in the hospital. This leads Beaver to tell everyone that he's going to have surgery but then finds out he may not need the operation after all.
Feb. 11, 1961, midnight
S4E21 - The Big Fish Count
Eddie makes it known to everyone that he's just gotten a job down at Parker's Pet Store, which happens to be the store that's holding a contest where you guess how many fish are in the tank. After hours of counting and re-counting, Gilbert suggests to Beaver that they ought to just ask Eddie for the count, but Beaver is a bit hesitant at cheating.
Feb. 18, 1961, midnight
S4E22 - Beaver's Poster
Miss Landers is having Beaver's class do projects on the colonial period and Beaver is one of three people doing posters. Who ever makes the best one, gets a prize and Beaver is sure that Ward will paint the poster for him, but Ward rejects that idea and forces Beaver to do his own work.
Feb. 25, 1961, midnight
S4E23 - Mother's Helper
A neighborhood cleaning woman, Mrs Manners, gets a request from June asking her to help out a couple times during the week. Mrs. Manners is too busy herself but instead sends over her daughter, a girl whom Wally instantly falls for.
March 4, 1961, midnight
S4E24 - The Dramatic Club
After joining the dramatic club at school, Beaver is given the lead role in a play. However, after reading the script, Beaver discovers he must kiss a girl and wants out of the production.
March 11, 1961, midnight
S4E25 - Wally and Dudley
A close friend of June's moves into the neighborhood and June arranges to have Wally show the new kid, Dudley, around school. However, everyone thinks Dudley is a creep and Eddie and Lumpy plan to make a fool of Dudley at a party.
March 18, 1961, midnight
S4E26 - Eddie Spends the Night
Wally invites Eddie to spend the night. However, during a game of chess, Eddie accuses Wally of cheating and they get into a big argument ending with Wally ordering Eddie to go home.
March 25, 1961, midnight
S4E27 - Beaver's Report Card
Beaver gets out of school early to go to the dentist which prompts Gilbert to drop off his report card. However, Eddie and Lumpy get a hold of it and Eddie decides to alter Beaver's arithmetic grade from a D- to a B+.
April 1, 1961, midnight
S4E28 - Mistaken Identity
A police officer catches Richard throwing rocks at the windows of an old abandoned house. When asked for his name, he tells the officer his name is Theodore Cleaver. Meanwhile, Ward has joined a committee to organize a youth center.
April 8, 1961, midnight
S4E29 - Wally's Dream Girl
Wally falls head over heels for a popular girl in school, Ginny Townsend. To get them together, June slyly invites Ginny on a picnic and the Cleaver's quickly discover that Ginny is not exactly a barrel of laughs.
April 15, 1961, midnight
S4E30 - The School Picture
Beaver's class is having a group picture taken and while having it done, Gilbert goads Beaver into making a face with him when they snap the picture. However, when the picture is actually taken, Gilbert backs out and Beaver is the only one making a face.
April 22, 1961, midnight
S4E31 - Beaver's Rat
Beaver making trades with his classmates is beginning to get on Ward and June's nerves since he seems to be the one who always walks away shorthanded. June especially thinks Beaver got the short stick in his latest trade, when he comes home with a pet rat.
April 29, 1961, midnight
S4E32 - In the Soup
Wally is throwing a party and is successful in getting Beaver out of the house, who is planning to spend the night at Whitey's. However, on the way to Whitey's house, him and Beaver get into an argument over a billboard that is advertising for soup and this leads to Beaver falling into the giant soup bowl mounted at the top of the billboard.
May 6, 1961, midnight
S4E33 - Community Chest
Beaver volunteers to go around the neighborhood and collect for the Community Chest in June's place after she decides to attend Wally's open house at his school. Beaver brings along Gilbert and thanks to Beaver's astronomical mistake of losing the collection can, chaos erupts.
May 13, 1961, midnight
S4E34 - Junior Fire Chief
Beaver decides to run for Junior Fire Chief and, to his surprise, wins. However, as soon as he's elected, Beaver lets the responsibilities go to his head and begins issuing citations to not only his family but his neighbors as well.
May 20, 1961, midnight
S4E35 - Beaver's Frogs
Beaver wants a canoe and makes a deal with Ward that if he can come up with half the money, Ward will pay for the other half. So Beaver, comes up with a way of making money by selling frogs. However, little does he know that the man who's going to buy the frogs, uses them for class disections.
May 27, 1961, midnight
S4E36 - Beaver Goes into Business
Beaver and Gilbert begin a lawn mowing business and plan to go door to door in seach of lawns that need to be mowed. However, shortly after they venture out, Eddie gives the boys some advice that leads them into trouble and Gilbert to bail out of the business when their first client appears.
June 3, 1961, midnight
S4E37 - Kite Day
An upcoming father-son Kite Day has Beaver getting all excited when Ward agrees to participate with him. They do a great job building a kite together but when Gilbert talks Beaver into testing it out, the kite crashes and falls apart. This leaves Beaver with the duty to tell Ward just what happened to their entry in Kite Day.
June 10, 1961, midnight
S4E38 - Beaver's Doll Buggy
Beaver buys a run down mini-race car from Eddie and needs to find a set of wheels for it. Beaver decides to ask Penny Woods if he could have the wheels off her old doll buggy but finds himself in an awkward position, pushing a doll buggy down the street.
June 17, 1961, midnight
S4E39 - Substitute Father
Before leaving on a business trip, Ward asks Wally to look after June and Beaver and Wally does indeed. However, when Miss Landers hears Beaver swear at a bully, Beaver turns to Wally to handle the situation and be a ""substitute father.""
June 24, 1961, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 5850 min.
Released: Oct. 4, 1957
Last Air Date: June 20, 1963, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 6+
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