[Boys Chattering, Shouting]
Hey, Chester, you guys need a good second baseman?
You betcha we do. Where's Wally?
He's not here. I mean me.
You always let me play before.
That's 'cause Wally was with ya. We had to take you, or he wouldn't play.
I'll even play right field if you want.
Get lost, shrimp.
[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.
Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow...
and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.
[Wind Whistling]
Where are the boys? Doing their homework?
No, they're upstairs with Eddie Haskell and Tooey. They're going out.
Out on a Wednesday night? And on a night like this?
Well, they're starting a new Boy Scouts troop. They're going down to join it.
Oh. [Chuckles]
That's a great thing for kids.
I used to go to scout camp every summer.
Came back covered with merit badges and poison ivy.
I don't think there's any danger of poison ivy in the basement Of the Odd Fellows' hall.
It's a great thing for boys.
You know, Later I was a sea scout.
On a boat? Sure.
We taped out a 50—foot cutter on the floor of the Y.M.C.A. gym.
Must have sailed that thing halfway around the world without ever leaving the building.
[Tooey] Hurry, you guys. We'll be late.
Hey, we're goin', Mom.
Hi, Mrs. Cleaver. Hi, Mr. Cleaver. Hello, Tooey, Eddie.
Good evening, Mr. Cleaver.
Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, you sure do look nice.
My mother says you must spend all of your time in the beauty shops.
Well, uh, thank you very much, Eddie.
And say thank you to your mother too. I sure will.
Well, you fellas are joining the Scouts, huh?
Well, good luck to you, and don't horse around too much on the way home.
Okay, Dad. Don't worry, Mr. Cleaver.
I'll see that they don't get into any trouble.
thank you, Eddie.
Come on, guys. Let's get goin'. Good night.
We gotta be there at 8:00 to sign up.
[Wind Whistling] [June] Be careful It's an awful night out.
Hey, fellas, wait up for me!
So long, Mom! So long, Dad!
Is Beaver going too? Sure.
He's more excited about joining than the rest of them. Huh.
Seems to me I had to be 11 or 1 2 before I could join the Scouts.
Well, maybe they've changed the rules since you sailed the bounding Y.M.C.A. floor.
Yeah, well, it could be.
Your name? Tooey Brown.
How old are you, Tooey? Twelve.
How long have you been 12?
Thirty—six days now. School?
Grant Avenue School, eighth grade.
Do you have your parents' consent to join?
My mom says it's okay.
What about your father?
If she says it's all right, it's gotta be all right with him.
I see. Sign right here, Tooey.
Next. Your name?
Edward Clark Haskell Jr.
Twelve and one—half. Grant Avenue School. Eighth grade, class monitor, sir.
I see, Edward. That's fine.
Do you have your parents' permission? Yes, sir.
My father says you should always join things.
It's good for business.
Sign here.
That's fine. Now step over there.
Do you want me to keep the other kids quiet, Mr. Norton, sir?
I don't think that'll be necessary, Eddie.
Yes, sir.
What's your name, son?
I'm Wally Cleaver. I'm 12 years old. I'm in the eighth grade too.
I go to school with the other guys. My mom and dad say it's okay.
Well, that's fine, Wally. Sign here.
Theodore “Beaver“ Cleaver.
Seven and three quarters.
I'm in the second grade, I go to the same school as the other guys,
and my mom and dad said it's okay to join.
Well, I'm very glad to meet you, Beaver,
but seven and three quarters— I'm afraid you're a little young.
You mean I can't join?
In a few years, we'll be very happy to have you.
But the rule is, you must be at least 11.
That's what the other guys told me, but I thunk I could join 'cause my brother did.
Couldn't you let him join, Mr. Norton?
He's not so bad for a little kid. He won't get in the way or anything.
Well, I'm sorry, boys, but we just can't make an exception.
Wally, you'd better get over there and join the other boys. Get ready to take the oath.
Mister? What is it, son?
Could I stay here and watch you oath'em in?
I don't think you'd better, Beaver.
Why don't you wait out in the reading room for your brother?
All right, boys, pay attention.
All right, boys. Come on.
I don't think so. I think I'll walk home. It's really not so far.
Line up here in a double row. Come on, fellas, let's go.
That's right. Now we're gonna take the Boy Scout oath.
I think most of you know how to make the Boy Scout sign.
All raise your hands and make the Boy Scout sign and repeat after me.
[Squeaking Banging]
[Low Squeak]
[Dog Howls]
[Howling Continues]
Beaver, what are you doing back?
I decided to walk home.
Beaver? Is anything wrong?
No. I just decided not to join the Boy Scouts.
But you were looking forward to it. Why did you decide not to join?
I decided because the man told me I couldn't join.
Have to be at least 11.
Oh, that's a shame, Beaver. But you'll be 11 before you know it.
Yeah, I guess so.
Well, Wally'll be home after later. I think I'll go to bed.
How long are you gonna be gone on this camping trip, Wally?
We're only going up to Friend's Lake.
Mr. Norton says we oughta be back sometime Sunday night.
I guess you're gonna be goin' on a lot of these trips from now on.
Yeah, I'll probably go up to summer camp with the guys.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I bet you and Tooey and Eddie and those other guys will have a lot of fun on this trip too.
Yeah. They're gonna teach us how to cook and pitch tents and everything.
Mr. Norton says if it's not too cold, we can even go swimming in the lake.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I'm sure glad one of us is over 1 1.
Uh, what are you gonna do while I'm gone, Beave?
Who, me?
Oh, I got a lot of things saved up to do.
Me and Larry Mondello, we were goin' over to the sand hills to catch rabbits,
but he went and got “swolled“ glands.
Sure. You'll find a lot of things to do.
Yeah. If I run out of stuff to do,
I can even clean my room.
What's this, Wally?
That's an official Scout compass.
I don't know exactly how it works,
but when you start out somewhere it's supposed to tell you which way you're goin'.
Why don't you hang on to it, Beave. I think Mr. Norton knows where he's goin'.
[Boys Chattering, Shouting]
[Ward] Wally! The fellas are here!
Well, I gotta get goin'. Hope you catch a lot of rabbits with Larry.
He's got “swolled“ glands.
Oh, yeah. Well, I'll see you around.
So long, Beaver.
Yeah, so long, Wally. I'll see you around.
Come on, Wally! [All Shouting]
Ward, are they all going in that one truck?
[Shouting Continues]
Quiet down! Quiet down!
I'm in charge back here! The heck you are!
[Shouting Continues]
Now, Wally, you do whatever Mr. Norton tells you.
And don't go wandering off by yourself. That's the easiest way to get lost.
And don't sleep on the damp ground, and don't eat a lot of junk.
Gee, Mom, that's what we're going for.
[Truck Horn Honks]
Well, bye, Dad. Bye, Mom.
Wally.
[Mutters] June. [Truck Horn Honking]
Well, y—you have fun.
See ya.
[Shouting Continues, Quiets]
[Quiet Chattering]
Oh, Ward, it's just like he was going in the army.
Oh, June, they're going up to Friend's Lake.
It can't be more than, uh— [Engine Starts]
More than what?
Well, 50 or 60 miles.
Why, Ward, that's practically overseas!
[Shouting, Laughing]
Uh, June, now that everything's settled down,
I thought I might join Fred and still get in nine holes.
Oh, sure. You go ahead. Okay.
Where's the Beaver? Out playing with his friends? Beaver's upstairs in his room, alone.
He hadn't oughta be moping around like that. He oughta be getting some fresh air.
I know it.
Honey, I have a wonderful idea. Why don't you take him to the golf course with you.
Uh, well, gee, I'd like to,June, but, uh,
o—on Saturdays they don't allow women and children on the course.
I don't think you should belong to a golf club that takes a warped attitude like that.
Yeah. Well, um, I think I'll go up and talk to Beaver.
Hi, Beave. Hi, Dad.
What do you have there?
Just an official Boy Scout compass.
I'm trying to figure out which way Wally went,
in case he gets lost and I have to go rescue him.
Well, that's fine, Beaver.
But don't you think you ought to be outside playing with some of the kids in your own class?
Those guys? They're just little squirts.
Well, yeah, I suppose they are.
But you can't always be hanging around Wally and the big kids.
Wally's gotta go his way, and you have to go yours. You've gotta learn to do things without Wally.
Sure. There's a lot of things I can do without Wally.
Of course there are.
Hey, how about Larry Mondello? You like him.
He's all right.
Except he's got “swolled“ glands. Oh.
Well, but there must be lots of other kids.
Now, I want you to get outside and get some fresh air.
I want you to have a lot of fun today. Okay, Beave?
Okay. I'll go out and have fun If I have to.
That—a—boy, Beave!
You get your jacket on and get on out and get some fresh air.
Okay.
Thanks for lettin' me lick the dish, Mom.
Now, you have fun, Beaver. You hear?
[Imitating Machine Gun Fire]
[Imitates Machine Gun Fire]
[Groans]
[Imitates Gunshot, Groans]
[Imitates Thud]
Good heavens, little boy! What's the matter with you?
Nothin', lady. I'm just dead.
[Rings]
Why, hello there, Beaver.
Hi, Mrs. Whitney. Can Whitey come out and play?
Well, I'm sorry. He went to the movies with some of the other boys.
Oh. I guess they thought you were Off with your brother.
You usually are. Yeah, I usually are.
But he went on a hike with the Boy Scouts, and that's why I aren't.
Well, I'll tell Whitey you stopped by.
Okay.
[Shouting, Chattering] [Boy #1] I can catch!
[Boy #2] Ah, you can't play!
[Boy#7] Come on, over here! Let's have it!
Come on! Let's go! Let's go!
[Shouting, Chattering Continue]
Here! Right here! Lousy batter!
There we go! Right in there!
I'm better than you! Let's go!
Hey, Chester, you guys need a good second baseman?
You betcha we do. Where's Wally?
He's not here. I mean me.
You always let me play before.
That's 'cause Wally was with ya. We had to take you, or he wouldn't play.
I'll even play right field if you want.
Get lost, shrimp.
Oh, Ward! Ward, they finally found you.
They caught me on the 1 2th hole. What's the matter,June?
Well, I was just looking up north toward Friend's Lake.
It looks like rain up that way.
June, you didn't get me out of a sand trap to give me a weather report, did you?
Now, look,June, Wally's going to be perfectly all right.
A little rain never stopped a Boy Scout.
When I was a Scout and we were on a hike and it rained,
we huddled up in our pup tents and told each other stories.
What kind of stories?
I don't know. Stories about buffaloes and Indians, things like that.
Well, Ward, wh—what if Wally doesn't know any buffalo stories?
L—L—L—Look,June, I'm in a sand trap, and if I don't get back Fred's gonna step on my ball or something.
It's not just Wally. It's Beaver I'm worried about.
It's almost 5:00 and he isn't home yet.
Ward, I want you to go out and look for him.
— Look,June, I— —I don't care! I want you to go and look for the Beaver!
Yes, I know, dear. I— I know.
Yes.
Yes, dear.
Hi, Gus!
Oh, hello there, Beaver. Where's your brother Wally?
Oh, he went on a walking hike with the Boy Scouts. They left in a truck.
Well, that's a mighty nice way to go on a walking trip.
Oh, they're just drivin' to where they can walk.
I'm not old enough to be a Boy Scout.
I'm not old enough to play baseball with the big kids either.
I'm hardly old enough to be anything.
You know, it's a funny thing about age, Beaver.
It seems the things you wanna do most you're either too young or too old for.
Kinda miss Wally, huh?
Kinda sorta.
Hey, Gus, do you mind If I hang around here and waste time with you?
Well, ordinarily I'd be glad to have you, Beave.
— But today is the chief's inspection day. — You mean, he's coming around here to look at you and Old Number 7?
Yep. It seems that when you're the head man like he is,
you gotta go around once in a while and find something wrong, whether there is or there ain't.
You mean, he might think me hangin' around here was somethin' wrong?
Well, he's kinda fussy that way.
Course, we could tell him you was here to report a fire.
Yeah. But then we'd have to have a fire for you to report.
That's okay, Gus. I got somethin' to do anyways.
Now, you come back tomorrow.
You ain't mad at me, are you, Beaver?
No, Gus, you're my friend. I don't mind you tellin' me to get lost.
Bye, Gus. Sure hope you pass your 'spection.
Thanks, Beaver.
# Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga #
# They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga #
[Humming]
# Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga #
# They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga #
Hi, Beaver.
Hi, Dad.
I thought that was you. It's me, all right.
Well, what are you doing here? lookin' down a hole.
Oh.
I'm just waitin' for Charlie to get back.
Charlie? Charlie who?
Charlie the electric man. He works in the hole.
Huh. Well, is he someone you know?
No, I just met him. But he's a very good friend of mine.
Beaver, how long have you been sitting here?
Since after this morning.
He's got his own stove down there. He cooks lead on it.
Oh.
Well, it's getting near suppertime. Don't you think you and I better be getting on home?
Well, I don't know if I should.
Charlie went to get a cup of coffee, and I promised him I'd mind the hole for him.
Oh, I'm sure the hole will be perfectly all right.
You know, uh, I thought you were out playing somewhere.
Well, I didn't know where to go 'cause Wally wasn't there to tell me.
Look, Beaver,
Wally's not gonna always be around to tell you what to do. He's growing up, you know.
Yeah, I guess from now on I'm gonna have to tell myself what to do a lot.
[Car Horn Honking]
Ward I'm glad you found him.
Well, what's all this?
Ally's clothes. It rained at that lake, and they had to come all the way back in that open truck.
You mean Ally's home?
Yes, he was sopping wet. I sent him up to his room.
—I thought he might be coming down with a cold. —Ally's sick in bed?
Oh, boy!
He isn't sick. I just didn't want to take any chances.
[Door Slams]
Ward, he seems almost happy that Ally's in bed.
You know, after what's Beaver's been through today, I can sort of see his point of view.
You know how he spent most of his day? Talking to a man in a hole.
In a hole? Yeah. In a hole.
Hi, Wally! Hey, B eave.
You're in bed, aren't ya?
Yeah, I'm in bed.
I hear it rained Boy, it sure did.
That goofy Eddie was so busy bein' in charge he forgot the tents.
How long you gonna be in bed?
Mom's gonna make me stay here all day tomorrow so I'll be okay for school.
The only thing is, I won't have anything to do.
I'll stay up here with you, Wally.
Yeah, but you won't have anything to do either.
Yeah, but you know somethin', Wally?
I'd rather do nothin' with you than somethin' with anybody else.
You know, Beave, you're goofy.
Yeah, I guess so.
Hey, I got the compass here. You wanna figure out where we are?
Yeah, okay.
They're having tests tonight for second—class Scout.
Oughta be home about 10:00. Want your father and me to pick you up?
Well, gee, Mom, I'm almost a second—class Scout.
What would the other guys think If my mom came and picked me up?
Well, of course, June. You wouldn't want to mark the boy for life, would you?
Good night. Good night.
Good night, honey.
So long, Wally. Yeah, so long, Beave.
Good night, Dad. Good night, Mom.
Don't you want to stay down here with us and watch television?
Uh — uh. [Ward] I’ll play you a game of checkers.
I don't think so. I think I'm gonna go to bed. Beaver
Uh, you're not upset because Wally's going to the Scouts again, are you?
Oh, no. They can have him one night a week.
Then why do you wanna go to bed? It's only 7.30.
'Cause Wally's gonna let me sleep in his official Boy Scout sleeping bag.
I'm gettin' all ready to be 11.