Episode
Leave It to Beaver: The Garage Painters
Overview
A lazy weekend leads Ward to direct Wally and Beaver to read a book, Tom Sawyer. The book influences them so much that they take on the job of painting the garage doors. However, they soon find the job to be awfully boring and messy. Chaos erupts when neighbor Benjie Bellamy stops by wanting to help.
Details
- Series
- Leave It to Beaver
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1959-01-29
Episode context
The Garage Painters is Episode 18 in Season 2 of Leave It to Beaver. It aired on 1959-01-29.
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Episode 17: Beaver Plays Hooky
Larry and Beaver find themselves tardy for the third time this week and decide to skip altogether. However, they quickly find themselves being caught when they inadvertently walk on the set of a live TV show.
Episode 19: Wally's Pug Nose
When the new girl, Gloria, tells Wally that he has a pug nose, he becomes incredibly self-conscious and purchases a contraption that is suppose to give him a strong Roman nose. When Ward discovers the device, he gives him a pep talk which just makes matters worse.
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Episode 15: The Grass Is Always Greener
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Episode 21: The Tooth
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Episode 14: Wally's Present
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Episode 22: Beaver Gets Adopted
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Episode 13: Happy Weekend
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Episode 23: The Haunted House
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Episode 12: The Visiting Aunts
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Episode 24: The Bus Ride
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