The Cleavers reminisce when June finds a family photo album while cleaning out the cupboard.The Cleavers reminisce when June finds a family photo album while cleaning out the cupboard.The Cleavers reminisce when June finds a family photo album while cleaning out the cupboard.
Ken Osmond
- Eddie
- (archive footage)
Sue Randall
- Miss Landers
- (archive footage)
Madge Blake
- Mrs. Mondello
- (archive footage)
Pamela Baird
- Mary Ellen Rogers
- (archive footage)
- (as Pamela Beaird)
Robert 'Rusty' Stevens
- Larry Mondello
- (archive footage)
- (as Rusty Stevens)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was the first American prime time television series finale.
- GoofsWard remarks that Wally and Beaver looking at the scrapbook "took them away from their homework for a few minutes". However, both Beaver and Wally had already graduated, Wally from high school and Beaver from grammar school.
- Quotes
The Beaver: Hey, Mom? How come when I was a little kid you guys started calling me "Beaver"?
June Cleaver: Well, that started because Wally couldn't pronounce "Theodore".
The Beaver: But, why "Beaver"?
Ward Cleaver: Well, "Theodore" came out as "Tweeter", and, uh, we thought "Beaver" was a little better.
Wally Cleaver: Gee, I'm sorry, Beav! I didn't know what I was saying!
- ConnectionsFeatures Leave It to Beaver: Beaver Gets 'Spelled' (1957)
Featured review
THANKS TO RERUNS, THERE IS NO ENDING.
This was the episode that was both fun to watch and very sentimental too. It's the last episode of the series, and fittingly, the Cleavers dust off an old scrapbook and relive some great stories.
A missed opportunity, yes, as I think the series could have gone on for a couple of more seasons. MY THREE SONS picked up the audience from this point and ran a total of 12 seasons, and in color. About 20 years later, most of the cast was reunited for a new series with wives and grandkids.
I agree with the last reviewer; this should have actually been an hour episode; surprisingly, there were other classic stories that were not included, but we'll take what we can get. This episode inspired many other sitcoms (in later years) to do the same thing as they ended their tv run.
Definitely a dash of poetic license here as the "snapshots" are actually a freeze frame of various embarrassing moments. It makes you wonder WHO was hanging around with a camera(!) at the precise second to take a picture of some mess the guys got themselves into? Whatever the case, never to forget all those forced smiles from Eddie Haskell as he entered the Cleaver household. TV history.
Fittingly directed by Hugh Beaumont, who would focus on more dramatic roles. He did have a brief recurring part on PETTICOAT JUNCTION as one of the inlaws during the classic wedding episodes. He also appeared in some memorable episodes of MANNIX, before retiring. Had Hugh not retired, he may have continued as a frequent guest star on that cop show.
From SEASON 6 remastered Universal dvd box set. The final season box set has come down in price, after many years. The front and back cover artwork is excellent. 2011 release.
A missed opportunity, yes, as I think the series could have gone on for a couple of more seasons. MY THREE SONS picked up the audience from this point and ran a total of 12 seasons, and in color. About 20 years later, most of the cast was reunited for a new series with wives and grandkids.
I agree with the last reviewer; this should have actually been an hour episode; surprisingly, there were other classic stories that were not included, but we'll take what we can get. This episode inspired many other sitcoms (in later years) to do the same thing as they ended their tv run.
Definitely a dash of poetic license here as the "snapshots" are actually a freeze frame of various embarrassing moments. It makes you wonder WHO was hanging around with a camera(!) at the precise second to take a picture of some mess the guys got themselves into? Whatever the case, never to forget all those forced smiles from Eddie Haskell as he entered the Cleaver household. TV history.
Fittingly directed by Hugh Beaumont, who would focus on more dramatic roles. He did have a brief recurring part on PETTICOAT JUNCTION as one of the inlaws during the classic wedding episodes. He also appeared in some memorable episodes of MANNIX, before retiring. Had Hugh not retired, he may have continued as a frequent guest star on that cop show.
From SEASON 6 remastered Universal dvd box set. The final season box set has come down in price, after many years. The front and back cover artwork is excellent. 2011 release.
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- Nov 14, 2023
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