I just ordered the complete LEAVE IT TO BEAVER collection

[The Burgomaster]

Yup, the entire series on DVD, including the pilot episode that did not include Hugh Beaumont and Tony Dow as Ward and Wally!  Oddly enough, the complete series box set is avaliable this week, but some of the individual seasons won't be released for a few months.  Here's to Eddie Haskell!   

[lester1/2jr]

he is the greatest villain of all time

[Hammock Rider]

Yeah he is one of the greatest villains of all time. And one of the reasons I like "Beaver" but find the other 50s-60 family-style sitcoms like Father Knows Best and Ozzie & Harriet painful to watch. Larry Mondello cracked me up too. Now that I think of it, it seems to have some kind of unique stamp that set it apart from so many of it's peers.

[Hammock Rider]

This thread got me over to the IMDB. Here are a few of the show's better quotes. i don't know why but they crack me up.

Wally Cleaver: Boy, Beaver, wait'll the guys find out you were hanging around with a girl. They'll really give you the business.
Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: But gee, Wally, you hang around with girls and the guys don't give you the business.
Wally Cleaver: Well, that's because I'm in high school. You can do a lot of stuff in high school without getting the business.


Eddie Haskell: Wally, if your dumb brother tags along, I'm gonna - oh, good afternoon, Mrs. Cleaver. I was just telling Wallace how pleasant it would be for Theodore to accompany us to the movies.


Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: Do you really like me, Wally?
Wally Cleaver: I guess so.
Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: Do you like me a whole lot?
Wally Cleaver: Look, don't get sloppy on me. I might just slug you one.


Fred Rutherford: Have to keep a firm hand on boys nowadays, Ward. My Clarence answered me back the other day. I smacked him right in the mouth. None of this psychology for me.


Ward Cleaver: How'd the fishing go Beav?
Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: Great Dad. We didn't catch any fish, but Larry and I saw a man slip on a wet rock and heard everything he said.


Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: If I had my choice between a three pound bass and a girl, I'd take the three pound bass.

Larry Mondello: Beaver punched me in the stomach, right where I almost had my operation.


Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: You wanna' mess around later?
Larry Mondello: I can't, I'm grounded.
Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: How come?
Larry Mondello: My father caught me eating pie in bed.


And I'll close with:

Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver: I wouldn't wanna do anything to hurt God. He's got enough trouble with the Russians and all.

[The Burgomaster]

In my opinion, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER is the greatest all time television depiction of what goes on in the mind of a kid.  There is no equal.