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Howard · 06-12-2022, 06:28 PM

I never enjoyed the first two seasons of the show as I always found it trying to find its legs; to me the show really starts with season three in the second house.I wonder if anyone out there agrees with me?

Tankeryanker · 06-12-2022, 06:46 PM

Beaver is pretty darn cute in the first two seasons. Hmm, I am going to not completely agree simply because he changes so much as he ages. It is like two different shows.

stevea · 06-12-2022, 09:55 PM

I kinda sorta disfavor season 1--I guess I mainly agree with Howard. One good episode in that season is when Larry drills the hole in the garage wall, and when Ward blames Beaver, he runs away.

But by season 2 they found their way, I think, and there are a lot of good episodes. Finally, they arrive at the best season--3. 3,2,6,5,4,1 or possibly 3,6,2,5,4,1.

vitoscotti · 06-12-2022, 11:07 PM

My 9 & 10 (out of 10) rated episodes each season.

1-9
2-16
3-23
4-21
5-13
6-18

stevea · 06-13-2022, 09:08 PM

So you would be 3,4,6,2,5,1 by season.

I might be undervaluing season 4 since there are a few memorably bad episodes.

Torgo · 06-14-2022, 11:47 AM

Some of my favorite episodes are from season 1- The Haircut, New Neighbors, Water Anyone?, Voodoo Magic, Lumpy Rutherford, The Bank Account, The State Versus Beaver, Beaver's Old Friend, Beaver's Bad Day, Beaver's Guest

Howard · 06-14-2022, 05:11 PM

Glad you agree! I really think Seasons 3-6 were the BEST as the plots and characters seemed to hit their stride! Also, I've noticed that from when this show started reruns in syndication back in the 60's through today, there doesn't seem to be ANY cuts/edits and stations apparently have no problem letting it run 31-32 minutes per episode. Also in the old days the producers did the cuts including re-scoring music such as Dick Van Dyke" and "Mary Tyler Moore" and all the "Lucy" shows ( all 3). I did discover that the MTM shows in reruns on my local station show the original full-length episodes when first aired on CBS! Kinda cool.

Howard · 06-14-2022, 05:12 PM

No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 2,1!

stevea · 06-14-2022, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torgo

Some of my favorite episodes are from season 1- The Haircut, New Neighbors, Water Anyone?, Voodoo Magic, Lumpy Rutherford, The Bank Account, The State Versus Beaver, Beaver's Old Friend, Beaver's Bad Day, Beaver's Guest

I kinda forgot about Voodoo Magic. That was a great episode beginning to end.

06-12-2022, 06:28 PM	#1
Howard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 23, 2003 Posts: 250	Best of LITB! I never enjoyed the first two seasons of the show as I always found it trying to find its legs; to me the show really starts with season three in the second house.I wonder if anyone out there agrees with me?

06-14-2022, 11:47 AM	#6
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,033	Some of my favorite episodes are from season 1- The Haircut, New Neighbors, Water Anyone?, Voodoo Magic, Lumpy Rutherford, The Bank Account, The State Versus Beaver, Beaver's Old Friend, Beaver's Bad Day, Beaver's Guest
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06-12-2022, 06:46 PM	#2
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Beaver is pretty darn cute in the first two seasons. Hmm, I am going to not completely agree simply because he changes so much as he ages. It is like two different shows.

06-12-2022, 09:55 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,710	I kinda sorta disfavor season 1--I guess I mainly agree with Howard. One good episode in that season is when Larry drills the hole in the garage wall, and when Ward blames Beaver, he runs away. But by season 2 they found their way, I think, and there are a lot of good episodes. Finally, they arrive at the best season--3. 3,2,6,5,4,1 or possibly 3,6,2,5,4,1.

06-12-2022, 11:07 PM	#4
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,083	My 9 & 10 (out of 10) rated episodes each season. 1-9 2-16 3-23 4-21 5-13 6-18

06-13-2022, 09:08 PM	#5
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,710	So you would be 3,4,6,2,5,1 by season. I might be undervaluing season 4 since there are a few memorably bad episodes.

06-14-2022, 05:11 PM	#7
Howard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 23, 2003 Posts: 250	Glad you agree! I really think Seasons 3-6 were the BEST as the plots and characters seemed to hit their stride! Also, I've noticed that from when this show started reruns in syndication back in the 60's through today, there doesn't seem to be ANY cuts/edits and stations apparently have no problem letting it run 31-32 minutes per episode. Also in the old days the producers did the cuts including re-scoring music such as Dick Van Dyke" and "Mary Tyler Moore" and all the "Lucy" shows ( all 3). I did discover that the MTM shows in reruns on my local station show the original full-length episodes when first aired on CBS! Kinda cool.

06-14-2022, 05:12 PM	#8
Howard Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 23, 2003 Posts: 250	No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 2,1!