Leave It To Beaver

The Clubhouse - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: After Eddie tells Wally that it once took his father two days to make a breadboard, when it cuts to Beaver walking into the kitchen, the curved chalk actor's mark is visible on the floor where Beaver stops. (00:09:35)

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Beaver and Poncho - S1-E24

Visible crew/equipment: When Mrs. Bennett shows up the second time and tells June that she'd like to give Beaver a reward, the curved chalk actor's mark is visible on the floor near the staircase, and it's where June will stand after Poncho and his "mother" leave the house. (00:21:05)

Super Grover

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Tenting Tonight - S1-E30

Visible crew/equipment: When Ward tells June he wants to take the boys to Friends Lake, for an overnight camping and fishing trip, as Ward heads for the staircase so he could tell the boys, he passes a piece of filming equipment which is visible at the right side of the screen. (00:08:25)

Super Grover

New Doctor - S1-E32

Visible crew/equipment: While waiting for the new young doctor to arrive, June gives Beaver the glass of orange juice and heads downstairs. When June walks back into the kitchen just as Wally and Eddie enter the back door, there are multiple curved chalk marks visible on the floor. (00:14:25)

Super Grover

Beaver and Henry - S1-E37

Visible crew/equipment: Early in the morning, after Ward and Wally go downstairs to check the trap June walks out of the bedroom (a funny June moment), and when Beaver rushes out carrying the baseball bat, the moving boom mic casts a shadow in the top left corner of the screen. (00:04:20)

Super Grover

Ward's Problem - S2-E3

Visible crew/equipment: While Ward and Beaver are in the garage, Ward straightens out Beaver's Olympics three-legged race misconception. Then, just as June enters the garage, the moving boom mic casts a shadow at the top left corner of the screen. (00:07:40)

Super Grover

Wally's New Suit - S2-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When Tooey and Eddie come over to see Wally's "really sharp" new plaid suit, the boys go upstairs to see Wally's new crazy socks. Then, just as Ward tells June the suit looks like a horse blanket, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible at the top right corner of the screen. (00:15:20)

Super Grover

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School Play - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: At the start, while Whitey is reading aloud about the school festival, there's a large chalk T-mark on the floor in front of the boy at the center, and a small T-mark on the floor between Whitey and Beaver. (00:00:45)

Super Grover

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Eddie Haskell: Look Sam, if you can make the other guy feel like a goon first, then you don't feel like so much of a goon.
Wally Cleaver: I don't get that.
Eddie Haskell: Of course you don't. That's because you never went to kindergarten with a home permanent.

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Captain Jack - S1-E3

Trivia: The episode "Captain Jack" was the first time a toilet was shown on TV; the boys buy a baby alligator and Wally is shown putting it in the toilet tank. The network censors were so spooked by the thought of showing a toilet on television that they delayed the episode. And when the censors finally relented, the compromise allowed only the toilet tank to be shown, not the bowl.

Jeff Swanson

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