Episode
Leave It to Beaver: The Late Edition
Overview
Beaver has his heart set on taking a swing at being a paper boy again but another kid beats him to it. This leads Beaver to think about using sabatoge to get the new paper boy fired. However, the boy may just do that himself when the service becomes terrible leading Beaver to confront him only to discover he is a she.
Details
- Series
- Leave It to Beaver
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1962-10-18
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Late Edition is Episode 4 in Season 6 of Leave It to Beaver. It aired on 1962-10-18. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 3: Wally's License
Now that Wally is 17, he feels it's about time that he get his drivers license. However, June and Ward are a bit apprehensive about the idea of Wally driving but Wally is persitant and finally gets his parents to agree to let him take a drivers class.
Episode 5: Double Date
Wally's new girlfriend Carolyn can't go out to the movies on Saturday night because she has to watch her little sister Susan. Carolyn suggests that Beaver take Susan out to the movies and that they all double date. Not wanting to let Wally down, Beaver decides to go along, despite being nervous.
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Beaver is scheduled to recieve a football award at a father son dinner being held in the school gym. While talking with his friends, Beaver learns that none of them are planning on wearing a jacket and a tie so when June and Ward insist that he wear one, he adamently refuses.
Episode 6: Eddie, the Businessman
Wally and Eddie get jobs at the Mayfield Dairy thanks to Ward pulling some strings. They soon unknowingly find themselves involved in a plot started by the foreman and his assistant who are secretly stealing the merchandise. When Ward learns of the plot, he warns Wally who in turn tries to warn Eddie, but Eddie doesn't buy it.
Episode 1: Wally's Dinner Date
Wally has been constantly spending his time at Julie Foster's house and June suggests that he's old enough to take her out on a dinner date. Julie suggests a new expensive restaurant called The White Fox. However, during the meal Wally discovers that he forgot his wallet at home.
Episode 7: Tell It to Ella
After coming home late on a school night, Ward and June punish him by not allowing him to go anywhere on school nights. Beaver feels the punishment is unfair and when Eddie suggests Beaver write to an advice column but is disappointed with the response.
Episode 8: Bachelor at Large
The news that Eddie has moved out of his parent's house and into an apartment of his own has June worried that Wally may be contemplating something similar. However, Wally gets a picture of just how ""happy"" Eddie is being on his own and it makes him think twice.
Episode 9: Beaver Joins a Record Club
Beaver wants to join a record club and asks Ward for the money to join. Fed up with Beaver constantly asking for money, Ward decides to put him on an allowance. However, Beaver is so thrilled with his records he disreguards the bills for them and quickly finds himself swamped with records, a rising bill and not enough allowance to pay for everything.
Episode 10: Wally's Car Accident
June and Ward go away for the weekend and Wally asks to borrow Ward's new car to go to a dance. Although hesitant, Ward finally gives in and lets him take it. However, after the dance, Lumpy runs into some car trouble which results in Wally smashing the headlight on the car. Wally is now faced with having it repaired and paying for it himself and trying to find a way to break it gently to Ward.
Episode 11: Beaver, the Sheep Dog
At school, Beaver gets into an argument with a girl who retaliates by making fun of Beaver's hair, calling him a sheepdog. Incredibly self-concious, Beaver goes out to the store and buys different hairsprays and gels to try to improve his hairdo. He doesn't get the reaction he was expecting when he tries his new hairdo out on his family.
Episode 12: Beaver, the Hero
During one of his football team's games, Beaver is sent in and scores the winning touchdown which results in a picture in the paper. Soon, Beaver finds himself swamped with attention and quickly lets it goes to his head. He begins acting like he's better than everyone and begins to alienate Gilbert, Whitey and Wally.
Episode 13: Beaver's Autobiography
Beaver has been given an assignment in which he must write a autobiography for class but isn't sure about his abilities at writing. So, he convinces a girl, who likes him, to write it for him. When she discovers that he is merely using her, she writes an outrageous life story and hands it in, causing embarassment for Beaver when the teacher reads it in class.