Leave It to Beaver
Beaver Gets 'Spelled
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1957-10-04
Synopsis
When Beaver's new teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home to his parents, he expects the worst. As a result, he decides to run away from home.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Leave It to Beaver opens its catalog run with “Beaver Gets 'Spelled” (1957-10-04). The sitcom family myth that later decades spent decades rewriting. Cast growing pains and the gap between set perfection and real teenage life fed endless tabloids later.
In the series
This episode is part of Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963) on CBS/ABC.
Suburban innocence as national brand — and later, the punchline for every 'not like that anymore' think piece.
Key cast
- Jerry Mathers as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver
- Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver
- Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver
- Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver