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Just Popped In · 08-13-2003, 01:58 PM

OK, I know that since Leave it to Beaver is such a great show, it's hard for us to ponder any dislikes we may have about it. But I'm guessing that everyone has picked at least one episode that they don't care for as much as the others.

As for me, I really don't like "The Silent Treatment, because I really don't think that Beaver was being himself in that episode. For one thing, the adolescent Beaver normally behaved much more mature than that and usually showed more respect than that to his mother. I mean, I think he was being a bit heartless there and made a big stink about a simple thing as being reminded about the promise he made to his mother to get some groceries. Also, whey the heck would Beaver be so upset about missing out on hanging out with Eddie and Wally?

bandito · 08-13-2003, 07:57 PM

I'd have to agree with you on silent treatment, I disliked that ep also.

tdr · 08-14-2003, 10:57 AM

I would say "The Clothing Drive." Beaver and those other 8th graders would not be so obsessed with winning an award for a charitable project, with Beaver going to so much troulbe to get his 'points' back after the mixup about Ward's suits, the classmates being so jealous of his '2nd chance' to be the winner, and then Beaver refusing the award he was so frenzy about.

Still, one good scene in that ep is where June stands up for herself when Ward asks her to get his suits back... "Who told lBeaver to take the clothes in the hall by the stairs?.. Who put the suits by those other clothes?.. Who failed to leave a note by those same suits?... So who should go to the school to try to get those suits back?" "Just like Perry Mason," as Wally said. But that scene doesn't save the episode.

B&W fan · 08-14-2003, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by bandito
I'd have to agree with you on silent treatment, I disliked that ep also.

And I agree with both of you! That episode is way, way down on my list of LITB's. The only real interaction I like is Wally "reading" Beaver right away and telling him he's wrong while they are in their room! Good for Wally!

B&W "bandito, it's alot safer here than at the chit-chat baord, isn't it?" fan

bandito · 08-14-2003, 09:39 PM

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B&W "bandito, it's alot safer here than at the chit-chat baord, isn't it?" fan

And alot more sane!

GeeBee · 08-17-2003, 11:58 AM

My least favorite episode is "My Brother's Girl". It may be the only Leave It To Beaver episode that I do not like at all. June was so insensitive to the way Beaver was made a fool out of by that girl. That was the only time that I remember June blatantly favoring one child over the other. It just didn't seem in character with her personality. In my opinion, the writers really messed up on that episode.

donald snl · 08-19-2003, 06:03 PM

just a bit of travia i read an interveiw with barbara billingsley in wich her least a favoriate ep one about the brussells sprouts h she said june was too harsh in that ep

Kitt · 08-19-2003, 11:17 PM

The Silent Treatment is far and away the worst episode in my book. I cringed throughout the whole episode practically. It came on the other day again, and I couldn't bare to watch it.

1954Boomer · 08-20-2003, 12:19 AM

In my opinion, the last episode, "Family Scrapbook" is the worst, with "Silent Treatment" being the runner up. Regarding the former episode, it is ridiculous that Ward and June and viewing photographs taken from scenes of the series, when there was obviously nobody taking the photos.

Case in point is the episode where Wally shaves for the first time. In the final episode, the family is looking at a photo of Wally with the razor. Now anyone who has seen this episode knows that thre was no one with a camera taking pictures of Wally shaving. If anything, Ward would have hit Wally over the head with the camera first! Remember how furious he was?

evermore · 08-20-2003, 10:17 PM

You are right, and how about when Beaver's friend's were in the tree spying on Miss Landers having dinner at the Cleaver's, did Whitey have a zoom lens on him? Or how about when Beaver was in Larry's sister's room snooping in her diary,who took those pictures if they were in the room by themselves.

It was a cute episode, but poorly done in retrospect.

1954Boomer · 08-20-2003, 11:21 PM

While I've never been a fan of "reminiscing" episodes, it made sense that they concluded the run of the series with that kind of episode. What the writers could or should have done, however, would be to have the cast TALK about the different humorous things that happened over the years, and then do a flashback. But the whole photograph album thing with photos of scenes from various episodes was silly.

James · 08-24-2003, 01:23 AM

I hated the following episodes:

#153 "In The Soup" ("Beaver" falls into a soup bowl on a billboard)

the one where the boys hide Larry Mondello in the Cleavers' bathtub

the one with Charlie what's-his-name in the shoe store.

The Modfather · 08-24-2003, 08:25 AM

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Originally posted by boomer49
In my opinion, the last episode, "Family Scrapbook" is the worst, with "Silent Treatment" being the runner up. Regarding the former episode, it is ridiculous that Ward and June and viewing photographs taken from scenes of the series, when there was obviously nobody taking the photos.

Case in point is the episode where Wally shaves for the first time. In the final episode, the family is looking at a photo of Wally with the razor. Now anyone who has seen this episode knows that thre was no one with a camera taking pictures of Wally shaving. If anything, Ward would have hit Wally over the head with the camera first! Remember how furious he was?

Ditto I don't like "Family Scrapbook".

Cashodeen · 08-26-2003, 03:43 AM

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Originally posted by boomer49
In my opinion, the last episode, "Family Scrapbook" is the worst, with "Silent Treatment" being the runner up. Regarding the former episode, it is ridiculous that Ward and June and viewing photographs taken from scenes of the series, when there was obviously nobody taking the photos.

Case in point is the episode where Wally shaves for the first time. In the final episode, the family is looking at a photo of Wally with the razor. Now anyone who has seen this episode knows that thre was no one with a camera taking pictures of Wally shaving. If anything, Ward would have hit Wally over the head with the camera first! Remember how furious he was?

You said it, boomer! The series finale is one episode I skip over whenever it is on. You explained exactly why it is the worse episode. The second worst? "Silent Treatment!"

Jack1000 · 09-03-2003, 12:02 AM

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I hated the following episodes:

#153 "In The Soup" ("Beaver" falls into a soup bowl on a billboard)

Interesting, because that episode is considered by many to be among the best of the series! I enjoy that one!

Silent Treatment isn't that bad IMHO, but it does go a little to over the top. Beaver was never that disrespectful to June...ever! It just seemed out of place. I wonder how Barbra Billingsley feels about this episode? Silent Treatment almost takes Beaver and turns him into an Eddie Haskell.....It's just not Beaver's personality.

Beaver the Bunny is unfunny, because as posted before Beaver was just too old. Had it bean in like the first or second season it could have been hilarious. (Like Ralphie in A Christmas Story!) but Jerry was about 13 years old at the time. I felt sorry for him

The Clothing Drive is beyond awful! Tim Mathison as Mike is the only redeeming value of this episode. June cross-examining Ward like Perry Mason was way out of character! Cooking and cleaning was June's life and she relied on Ward for everything and anything! (She shows assertion in Wally's Hair Comb and in Beaver Won't Eat) but in Clothing Drive, she is going to tell Ward what to do with his suits? I don't buy it! Charles Haas directed that episode and he only did one other. (I think it was the one where Beaver releases the brake on the car and it goes into the street and Wally without a license puts the car in the driveway and the cops stop him.) What episode title is that?

In all the Beaver books, what favorite or least favorite episodes did cast members have and why?

Jack

08-13-2003, 01:58 PM	#1
Just Popped In Lucy & Ricky forever Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 16, 2002 Location: Monterey Peninsula, California Posts: 304	Least favorite episode OK, I know that since Leave it to Beaver is such a great show, it's hard for us to ponder any dislikes we may have about it. But I'm guessing that everyone has picked at least one episode that they don't care for as much as the others. As for me, I really don't like "The Silent Treatment, because I really don't think that Beaver was being himself in that episode. For one thing, the adolescent Beaver normally behaved much more mature than that and usually showed more respect than that to his mother. I mean, I think he was being a bit heartless there and made a big stink about a simple thing as being reminded about the promise he made to his mother to get some groceries. Also, whey the heck would Beaver be so upset about missing out on hanging out with Eddie and Wally?
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08-13-2003, 07:57 PM	#2
bandito Going Topless Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Location: The Steel City Posts: 6,320	I'd have to agree with you on silent treatment, I disliked that ep also.
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08-14-2003, 10:57 AM	#3
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	I would say "The Clothing Drive." Beaver and those other 8th graders would not be so obsessed with winning an award for a charitable project, with Beaver going to so much troulbe to get his 'points' back after the mixup about Ward's suits, the classmates being so jealous of his '2nd chance' to be the winner, and then Beaver refusing the award he was so frenzy about. Still, one good scene in that ep is where June stands up for herself when Ward asks her to get his suits back... "Who told lBeaver to take the clothes in the hall by the stairs?.. Who put the suits by those other clothes?.. Who failed to leave a note by those same suits?... So who should go to the school to try to get those suits back?" "Just like Perry Mason," as Wally said. But that scene doesn't save the episode.

08-17-2003, 11:58 AM	#6
GeeBee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2003 Posts: 1,578	My least favorite episode is "My Brother's Girl". It may be the only Leave It To Beaver episode that I do not like at all. June was so insensitive to the way Beaver was made a fool out of by that girl. That was the only time that I remember June blatantly favoring one child over the other. It just didn't seem in character with her personality. In my opinion, the writers really messed up on that episode.

08-19-2003, 06:03 PM	#7
donald snl Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 456	just a bit of travia i read an interveiw with barbara billingsley in wich her least a favoriate ep one about the brussells sprouts h she said june was too harsh in that ep

08-19-2003, 11:17 PM	#8
Kitt James Dean Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 16, 2001 Location: California Dreamin' Posts: 6,115	The Silent Treatment is far and away the worst episode in my book. I cringed throughout the whole episode practically. It came on the other day again, and I couldn't bare to watch it.

08-20-2003, 12:19 AM	#9
1954Boomer Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 482	In my opinion, the last episode, "Family Scrapbook" is the worst, with "Silent Treatment" being the runner up. Regarding the former episode, it is ridiculous that Ward and June and viewing photographs taken from scenes of the series, when there was obviously nobody taking the photos. Case in point is the episode where Wally shaves for the first time. In the final episode, the family is looking at a photo of Wally with the razor. Now anyone who has seen this episode knows that thre was no one with a camera taking pictures of Wally shaving. If anything, Ward would have hit Wally over the head with the camera first! Remember how furious he was?

08-20-2003, 10:17 PM	#10
evermore Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 16, 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 906	You are right, and how about when Beaver's friend's were in the tree spying on Miss Landers having dinner at the Cleaver's, did Whitey have a zoom lens on him? Or how about when Beaver was in Larry's sister's room snooping in her diary,who took those pictures if they were in the room by themselves. It was a cute episode, but poorly done in retrospect.

08-20-2003, 11:21 PM	#11
1954Boomer Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 482	While I've never been a fan of "reminiscing" episodes, it made sense that they concluded the run of the series with that kind of episode. What the writers could or should have done, however, would be to have the cast TALK about the different humorous things that happened over the years, and then do a flashback. But the whole photograph album thing with photos of scenes from various episodes was silly.

08-24-2003, 01:23 AM	#12
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	I hated the following episodes: #153 "In The Soup" ("Beaver" falls into a soup bowl on a billboard) the one where the boys hide Larry Mondello in the Cleavers' bathtub the one with Charlie what's-his-name in the shoe store.