Episode
Leave It to Beaver: Stocks and Bonds
Overview
Beaver and Wally become interested in the stock market and Ward decides that they should try their hand at it. However, Wally and Beaver have different ideas about what to invest in compared to Ward who wants them to play it safe and invest in Mayfield Power and Electric, while they want to invest in a more risky venture.
Details
- Series
- Leave It to Beaver
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 38
- Air date
- 1962-06-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Stocks and Bonds is Episode 38 in Season 5 of Leave It to Beaver. It aired on 1962-06-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 33: Tennis, Anyone?
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Episode 32: The Yard Birds
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Episode 31: Brother Versus Brother
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Episode 29: Beaver's Typewriter
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Episode 28: The Younger Brother
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Episode 27: Beaver, the Babysitter
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