Leave It to Beaver (season 5)
| Leave It to Beaver Season 5 | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| No. of episodes | 39 (black-and-white, full-screen, approx. 25 minutes) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 30, 1961 – June 30, 1962 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of the American television series Leave It to Beaver aired from September 30, 1961 to June 30, 1962 on ABC. It consisted of 39 black-and-white episodes, each running approximately 25 minutes.
The opening sequence, as in the fourth season, shows the front entrance of the house at 211 Pine St. This time, when the door opens, June appears carrying a tray that holds a full, chilled pitcher and four glasses, as the announcer intones, "starring Barbara Billingsley". June turns to her right and beckons to Ward, whom we see pruning shrubbery with hedge clippers, then to her left, where Wally looks up from his lawn mower near some shrubbery, then toward the walkway, where Beaver looks up happily from mowing, all as the stars are announced. After an introductory scene, some credits for writing and directing are given. The closing sequence is similar to that of the third and fourth seasons, except that guest star credits link the actors to their roles.
At the country club Ward is greeted like a future in-law by the father of Evelyn, a girl Wally is dating. Later, at the dinner table, Ward and June try to get Wally to explain, without much luck. When Wally plays tennis with Evelyn and her older sister Judy and her husband, who dropped out of junior college to get married, the Cleavers really start to worry. However, after a night at the Hendersons, seeing that their life is more frantic than fun, Wally realizes that marriage is "nothing to mess with". Later, at the club, after Wally has stopped "going steady" with Evelyn, Ward overhears Evelyn's father introduce himself to someone else as a prospective relative. He tells the man to let his son accept any invitation to visit the Hendersons.
Guests: Mary Mitchel as Evelyn Boothby, Gloria Gilbert as Judy Henderson, Ryan O'Neal as Tom Henderson, Pat McCaffrie as Bill Boothby, Frederick DeWilde as Jack Bennett (as Frederic deWilde; father of Brandon deWilde).
Ward and June have been invited to the McBride's wedding anniversary on Friday, and Wally is taking Susan to a dance at the lake. Even Lumpy has a date. Who will watch Beaver? Beaver thinks that he's too old for babysitters and his parents are loath to tell him otherwise. When Gilbert and Richard show up and tell Beaver his family treats him like a baby, Beaver says, Oh yeah?, he's staying at home by himself on Friday. This they have to see. So, when Beaver is told that there will be a sitter, he's very unhappy. However, this sitter is Judy, whom Wally can't take his eyes off of, with a voice like a kitten's purr, and the good sense to disappear when Gilbert and Richard come calling. It's enough to make Beaver wish he were a baby again.
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