Season 6 • Episode 39
LatestWhile cleaning, June runs across an old family scrapbook and gathers the family together to reminisce about the past six years. The Cleavers recall scenes from previous episodes including: Beaver Gets 'Spelled, New Neighbors, My Brother's Girl, The Shave, Beaver Runs Away, Larry Hides Out, Teacher Comes to Dinner, and Wally's Election.
An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
Acting
Jerry Mathers' face of pure devastation—Oscar-worthy in sitcom form.
Production
That kitchen set basically built the American Dream in plywood.
Creator
Bob Mosher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jerry Mathers was cast after a 'petite' casting call—producers wanted a small, non-threatening kid. He beat out 500 others because he genuinely forgot his lines and ad-libbed.
The term 'Leave It to Beaver' became shorthand for sanitized, unrealistic family portrayals—ironic for a show that occasionally snuck in real kid chaos like divorce fears and peer pressure.
US
