The New Leave It to Beaver - Season 3

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It's A Small World

1 - It's A Small World

Air Date: October 4, 1987

The 1957 pilot for the original series that had different actors for Ward and Wally, different roles for actors who played Mr. Rutherford and Miss Canfield, and an Eddie Haskell-type character played by Harry Shearer.

First Base

2 - First Base

Air Date: October 19, 1987

Kelly hosts her first boy-girl party where she and Oliver get their chance at a first kiss in a game of Spin the Bottle. Also the debut of Troy Davidson as the suddenly preschool-age Kevin, son of Wally and Mary Ellen.

A Part of Life

3 - A Part of Life

Air Date: October 26, 1987

When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.

Life Without Father

4 - Life Without Father

Air Date: November 2, 1987

Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.

Perfect Harmony

5 - Perfect Harmony

Air Date: November 9, 1987

Kip's aspiring-star girlfriend creates a rift in the band and his relationship with Freddie as they sing Fire in the Gym, and Jerry Mathers revives his 1960s record Happiness Is by singing with Kip and Freddie.

Between Friends

6 - Between Friends

Air Date: November 16, 1987

Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (Kaleena Kiff).

The Terrible Lizards

7 - The Terrible Lizards

Air Date: November 30, 1987

Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.

See You In Court

8 - See You In Court

Air Date: December 7, 1987

While Wally is trying to defend Eddie in court he winds up going after him when Eddie's shenanigans cause Wally and Mary Ellen to miss their gift vacation from Beaver and Lumpy to Key West.

Oops

9 - Oops

Air Date: December 21, 1987

When Kelly accidentally deletes Mary Ellen's first story for her new job at the Mayfield newspaper, she makes it worse by submitting her own story that gets her mother fired.

Drivers Ed

10 - Drivers Ed

Air Date: January 18, 1988

Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.

Ensign Cleaver

11 - Ensign Cleaver

Air Date: February 1, 1988

June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

12 - Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Air Date: February 8, 1988

When Kip connects Oliver with his date's younger sister, all goes so well that Oliver falls head-over-heels in love and smothers the girl, leading to her dumping him just before a dance.

Don't Go Changing

13 - Don't Go Changing

Air Date: February 15, 1988

When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard contest friend.

And Everybody's Happy

14 - And Everybody's Happy

Air Date: February 1, 1988

June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

Wrap Party

15 - Wrap Party

Air Date: February 29, 1988

Cast and crew celebrate halfway point of season with a party, songs, and comments, as well as a tribute by Tony Dow to series creator Joe Connelly at his home with his extended family.

Junior Prom

16 - Junior Prom

Air Date: April 18, 1988

Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to raise enough cash to pay for a hot date, leaving both of them together alone on prom night.

Teenage Rebellion

17 - Teenage Rebellion

Air Date: April 25, 1988

Oliver makes his family's life miserable when he isn't allowed to get a slingshot and talks Kelly into defying her parents' orders to clean her room, leading to a lengthy and disruptive stand-off.

Pacific Overture

18 - Pacific Overture

Air Date: May 2, 1988

June falls for a Japanese client of Beaver's and Lumpy's and winds up in a long, passionate kiss with him before learning something disturbing about him, all while Wally is suffering from back pains.

Madcap Dreams

19 - Madcap Dreams

Air Date: May 9, 1988

A depressed Eddie Haskell suddenly decides he should become a country-western singer at a local talent show that doesn't go well, while Wally tries to help his young son Kevin ride his bicycle without training wheels.

Day Dreamin'

20 - Day Dreamin'

Air Date: May 16, 1988

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson plays a singing teacher in one of four elaborate musical numbers dramatizing Kip's infatuation with a "New Girl in School," and another in which each member of the cast sings solo.

The End of the World

21 - The End of the World

Air Date: May 24, 1988

The final appearance of Giovanni Ribisi (billed here as Vonnie) as Ollie's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend, Duffy finds Kelly becoming jealous of a flirting girl which leads to their break up.

Episode 22

22 - Episode 22

Cursed Again

23 - Cursed Again

The Great Debate

24 - The Great Debate

A Casual Affair

25 - A Casual Affair

Hook, Line and Sinker

26 - Hook, Line and Sinker

Gosh, Wally

27 - Gosh, Wally

Family Scrapbook II

28 - Family Scrapbook II