Leave It to Beaver
The Credit Card
Season 6, Episode 20 · Aired 1963-02-07
Synopsis
After Eddie gloats to Wally that his dad let him get a credit card, Wally decides to ask his parents if he can get one as well, only to be disappointed when he gets told no. Later, when Wally drives his friends to and from a school function, the battery in his car dies and he asks Eddie to put it on his credit card and he will pay him when they get home. However, Eddie soon gets Wally into trouble when he uses the money to pay for something else and his father calls Ward about the outstanding debt.
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