Leave It to Beaver

Season 1 Episode 17: The Paper Route

6 SeasonsJan 31, 1958TV-G30m7.7

Ward and June find it hard not to interfere after mean Mr. Merkel threatens to fire Wally and Beaver from the after-school paper route the boys took on to earn money for a new bicycle.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Beaver Gets 'Spelled'

1. Beaver Gets 'Spelled'

Aired: Oct 4, 1957

Beaver expects the worst when teacher Miss Canfield sends him home with a sea...

Episode 2 Captain Jack

2. Captain Jack

Aired: Oct 11, 1957

Wally and Beaver secretly order a Florida alligator from a comic book ad, pla...

Episode 4 The Haircut

4. The Haircut

Aired: Oct 25, 1957

Beaver loses the money he was given for a haircut. In order to conceal his ca...

Episode 5 New Neighbors

5. New Neighbors

Aired: Nov 1, 1957

June sends Beaver with a welcome-to-the-neighborhood bouquet to new next-door...

Episode 6 Brotherly Love

6. Brotherly Love

Aired: Nov 8, 1957

June makes Wally and Beaver sign a friendship pact to stop them from fighting...

Episode 7 Water Anyone?

7. Water Anyone?

Aired: Nov 15, 1957

Beaver is left out when Ward and the other neighborhood dads offer to pay Wal...

Episode 8 Beaver's Crush

8. Beaver's Crush

Aired: Nov 22, 1957

Beaver's crush on his teacher Miss Canfield and teasing by the other kids lea...

Episode 9 The Clubhouse

9. The Clubhouse

Aired: Nov 29, 1957

A rainy day indoors prompts Wally and his friends to build a clubhouse across...

Episode 10 Wally's Girl Trouble

10. Wally's Girl Trouble

Aired: Dec 6, 1957

Although he can't understand why any boy would give up fishing to spend time ...

Episode 11 Beaver's Short Pants

11. Beaver's Short Pants

Aired: Dec 13, 1957

Beaver suffers the consequences when June's beloved Aunt Martha comes to stay...

Episode 12 The Perfume Salesmen

12. The Perfume Salesmen

Aired: Dec 27, 1957

Wally and Beaver send for a supply of "Flower of the Orient" perfume to sell ...

Episode 13 Voodoo Magic

13. Voodoo Magic

Aired: Jan 3, 1958

Eddie Haskell thinks it's funny when Wally and Beaver are grounded after he t...

Episode 14 Part-Time Genius

14. Part-Time Genius

Aired: Jan 10, 1958

After having to listen to colleague "Corny" Cornelius brag about his children...

Episode 15 Party Invitation

15. Party Invitation

Aired: Jan 17, 1958

Beaver finds himself where no self-respecting second grade boy would ever wan...

Episode 16 Lumpy Rutherford

16. Lumpy Rutherford

Aired: Jan 24, 1958

The Cleaver boys' plan to get even with bully Lumpy Rutherford for picking on...

Episode 17 The Paper Route

17. The Paper Route

Aired: Jan 31, 1958

Ward and June find it hard not to interfere after mean Mr. Merkel threatens t...

Episode 18 Child Care

18. Child Care

Aired: Feb 7, 1958

Wally and Beaver get more excitement than they expect when they give up their...

Episode 19 The Bank Account

19. The Bank Account

Aired: Feb 14, 1958

A package delivered to the Cleaver house from a high-end sports store seems t...

Episode 20 Lonesome Beaver

20. Lonesome Beaver

Aired: Feb 28, 1958

Beaver faces a lonely week-end when his neighborhood pals can't come out to p...

Episode 21 Cleaning Up Beaver

21. Cleaning Up Beaver

Aired: Mar 7, 1958

When Ward and Wally pressure messy Beaver to be neater, Beaver takes buddy La...

Episode 22 The Perfect Father

22. The Perfect Father

Aired: Mar 14, 1958

Busy Ward thinks his boys spend all their time over at the Dennisons' because...

Episode 23 Beaver and Poncho

23. Beaver and Poncho

Aired: Mar 21, 1958

Beaver gets attached to a runaway chihuahua named Poncho and sneaks the littl...

Episode 25 The Broken Window

25. The Broken Window

Aired: Apr 2, 1958

The boys accidentally break the car window while playing baseball.

Episode 26 Train Trip

26. Train Trip

Aired: Apr 9, 1958

Traveling home from a visit to Aunt Martha, Wally and Beaver spend too much o...

Episode 27 My Brother's Girl

27. My Brother's Girl

Aired: Apr 16, 1958

Mary Ellen Rogers schemes to get unsuspecting Wally to ask her to the school ...

Episode 28 Next Door Indians

28. Next Door Indians

Aired: Apr 23, 1958

To impress the older boys, Beaver makes up a story about a real, live Indian ...

Episode 29 Tenting Tonight

29. Tenting Tonight

Aired: Apr 30, 1958

Concerned that Wally and Beaver are spending too much time at the movies on t...

Episode 30 Music Lesson

30. Music Lesson

Aired: May 7, 1958

Cut during the first day of tryouts, Beaver tells his parents that he made it...

Episode 31 New Doctor

31. New Doctor

Aired: May 14, 1958

Impressed by all the attention Wally receives while in bed with a sore throat...

Episode 32 Beaver's Old Friend

32. Beaver's Old Friend

Aired: May 21, 1958

Memories of companionship and comfort prevent Beaver from letting go of his w...

Episode 33 Wally's Job

33. Wally's Job

Aired: May 28, 1958

Wally hedges after making a deal with his dad to paint the trashcans for fift...

Episode 34 Beaver's Bad Day

34. Beaver's Bad Day

Aired: Jun 4, 1958

The whole Cleaver family learns a lesson in truthfulness after Eddie Haskell ...

Episode 35 Boarding School

35. Boarding School

Aired: Jun 11, 1958

Initially impressed by Johnny Franklin's military academy uniform and good ma...

Episode 36 Beaver and Henry

36. Beaver and Henry

Aired: Jun 18, 1958

Capturing a white rabbit in a home-made gopher trap is only one surprise that...

Episode 37 Beaver Runs Away

37. Beaver Runs Away

Aired: Jun 25, 1958

Beaver decides to run away from home when he thinks he is unfairly reprimande...

Episode 38 Beaver's Guest

38. Beaver's Guest

Aired: Jul 2, 1958

Typical boyish shenanigans result in an eventful stay when Larry Mondello com...

Episode 39 Cat Out of the Bag

39. Cat Out of the Bag

Aired: Jul 16, 1958

In spite of Ward's misgivings, all goes well when Wally and Beaver volunteer ...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family

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