Episode
Leave It to Beaver: Mother's Helper
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Leave It to Beaver
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1961-03-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Mother's Helper is Episode 23 in Season 4 of Leave It to Beaver. It aired on 1961-03-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 22: 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.
Episode 24: 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.
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Episode 27: Beaver's Report Card
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Episode 17: Beaver's Secret Life
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Episode 29: Wally's Dream Girl
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