8.9/10255 votesLoading...#1 - In the Soup
Season 4 Episode 32 - Aired 5/6/1961
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.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: N/A
8.6/10227 votesLoading...#2 - The Bank Account
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/14/1958
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Phil Leslie
8.5/10197 votesLoading...#3 - Teacher Comes to Dinner
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1959
Beaver gets a surprise when June invites Miss Landers over for dinner and Larry convinces him that something bad might happen. This leads Beaver to becomes a nervous wreck and tries to make sure his parents don't do anything to embarrass him. Meanwhile, Larry charges a quarter to anyone who wants to spy on Miss Landers eating dinner at the Cleavers.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Dale Eunson
8.5/10186 votesLoading...#4 - Beaver and Andy
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1960
An old acquaintance of Ward's stops by and offers to paint the trim on the house. However, June and Ward are both apprehensive about the prospect of an alcoholic coming in contact with Wally and Beaver, despite the fact that he says he's cleaned himself up.
Director: David Butler
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.4/10168 votesLoading...#5 - Wally's Test
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1960
An upcoming test in history, Wally's weakest subject, has Wally studying all weekend and has Larry and Eddie coming up with a plan that will give them good grades on the test.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.4/10157 votesLoading...#6 - Wally's Weekend Job
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1961
Wally gets a job at the ice cream parlor leaving a gaggle of girls swooning and Eddie and Lumpy feeling neglected. So to get back at him, Eddie and Lumpy concoct a plan of revenge that involves Mary Ellen Roger's slumber party.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: N/A
8.3/10178 votesLoading...#7 - The Grass is Always Greener
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1959
Beaver and Wally make friends with the garbage man's kids, Chris and Pete. They quickly learn that they take for granted what they have. Simple things like just having a yard to play in leave Chris and Pete in awe.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: N/A
8.3/10241 votesLoading...#8 - Wally's Haircomb
Season 2 Episode 34 - Aired 5/21/1959
Wally begins combing his hair a new way, inspired by a fad started by Eddie that has swept his school. However, June and Ward are aghast at his hairdo and June becomes determined to get Wally to change his hairdo back to his normal style.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.3/10150 votesLoading...#9 - Most Interesting Character
Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 6/25/1959
Miss Landers assigns Beaver's class to write a short essay about the most interesting character they know. While Judy writes about her dad, Beaver debates over whom he should write about. Beaver finally decides to write about Ward, but Beaver isn't sure if Ward is interesting enough.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.3/10158 votesLoading...#10 - Beaver Finds a Wallet
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 4/23/1960
Beaver and Larry find a wallet that contains $89 while on their way to the grocery store to pick up some groceries for June. Surprisingly, Beaver and Larry decide to turn it in at the police station and Beaver finds himself waiting an agonizing week to see if he can keep the money.
Director: David Butler
Writer: Bob Mosher
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#11 - Wally's Big Date
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1961
Wally's school is having an exchange dance and Wally and Eddie must take girls from a rival school that they chose out of a hat. Eddie asks to trade with Wally and he agrees, like a shot, after seeing the picture of Eddie's intended in a yearbook. Suspicious, Wally soon quickly discovers why Eddie wanted to trade; the girl is a few inches taller than Wally.
Director: David Butler
Writer: N/A
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#12 - A Night in the Woods
Season 5 Episode 36 - Aired 6/9/1962
Beaver and his friends are all psyched to go on a camping trip with Gilbert's father as an escort. However, when Gilbert's father suddenly has to work and everyone is down in the dumps that is until Wally agrees to take them. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lumpy decide to secretly tag along and scare the boys with animal noises.
Director: David Butler
Writer: N/A
8.2/10225 votesLoading...#13 - Water, Anyone?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1957
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Clifford Goldsmith
8.2/10173 votesLoading...#14 - The State vs. Beaver
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/1958
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
8.2/10153 votesLoading...#15 - Price of Fame
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1959
While staying after school cleaning the chalkboards, Larry convinces Beaver that Mrs. Rayburn keeps a spanking machine in the closest in her office. Later, a curious Beaver sneaks a peek but soon finds himself locked in the principal's office. Beaver's fame doesn't go over well with his family but Beaver has another problem on his hands: he's just gotten his head stuck in an iron fence at the park.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.2/10178 votesLoading...#16 - Beaver the Magician
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1959
Beaver buys a common magic trick but is disappointed by everyone's ""that's nice"" reaction, but he gets a totally different reaction out of Bengie when Larry and Beaver convince him that Beaver has been turned into a rock.
Director: David Butler
Writer: Bob Mosher, George Tibbles
8.2/10156 votesLoading...#17 - June's Birthday
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1959
June's birthday has Wally and Beaver fighting over what to buy with the five dollars that Ward gave them. Wally buys her a wallet while Beaver buys an ugly blouse that June kindly thanks him for, but she has a hard time bringing herself to wear it.
Director: David Butler
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.2/10144 votesLoading...#18 - Eddie Spends the Night
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 3/25/1961
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.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.2/10123 votesLoading...#19 - Beaver's Report Card
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 4/1/1961
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+.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.2/10143 votesLoading...#20 - Substitute Father
Season 4 Episode 39 - Aired 6/24/1961
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.""
Director: David Butler
Writer: Bob Mosher
8.1/10252 votesLoading...#21 - The Haircut
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1957
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bill Manhoff
8.1/10209 votesLoading...#22 - Beaver's Short Pants
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1957
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
8.1/10200 votesLoading...#23 - Voodoo Magic
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1958
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Bill Manhoff
8.1/10207 votesLoading...#24 - Lumpy Rutherford
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1958
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
8.1/10175 votesLoading...#25 - Train Trip
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/9/1958
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.
Director: Norman Tokar
Writer: Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly
The Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
"In the Soup" is the best rated episode of "Leave It to Beaver". It scored 8.9/10 based on 255 votes. Directed by Norman Abbott and written by N/A, it aired on 5/6/1961. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Bank Account".