The New Leave It to Beaver (1984)
The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season. It was then picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed The New Leave It to Beaver. The series, also syndicated in the late 1980s, lasted until June 1989. It is one of the rare examples of a television series revival sequel that revolves around the characters from the original series. Other examples of this would be The New WKRP in Cincinnati, The Brady Brides, What's Happening Now!! and the 2012 version of Dallas. The New Leave It to Beaver is the second longest running of any series revival in television history.
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Episode 1 - It's A Small World
Release Date: 1987-10-04The 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.
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Episode 2 - First Base
Release Date: 1987-10-19Kelly 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.
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Episode 3 - A Part of Life
Release Date: 1987-10-26When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.
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Episode 4 - Life Without Father
Release Date: 1987-11-02Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.
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Episode 5 - Perfect Harmony
Release Date: 1987-11-09Kip'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.
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Episode 6 - Between Friends
Release Date: 1987-11-16Beaver'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).
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Episode 7 - The Terrible Lizards
Release Date: 1987-11-30Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.
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Episode 8 - See You In Court
Release Date: 1987-12-07While 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.
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Episode 9 - Oops
Release Date: 1987-12-21When 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.
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Episode 10 - Drivers Ed
Release Date: 1988-01-18Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.
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Episode 11 - Ensign Cleaver
Release Date: 1988-02-01June 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.
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Episode 12 - Plenty of Fish in the Sea
Release Date: 1988-02-08When 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.
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Episode 13 - Don't Go Changing
Release Date: 1988-02-15When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard contest friend.
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Episode 14 - And Everybody's Happy
Release Date: 1988-02-01June 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.
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Episode 15 - Wrap Party
Release Date: 1988-02-29Cast 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.
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Episode 16 - Junior Prom
Release Date: 1988-04-18Kip 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.
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Episode 17 - Teenage Rebellion
Release Date: 1988-04-25Oliver 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.
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Episode 18 - Pacific Overture
Release Date: 1988-05-02June 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.
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Episode 19 - Madcap Dreams
Release Date: 1988-05-09A 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.
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Episode 20 - Day Dreamin'
Release Date: 1988-05-16Beach 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.
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Episode 21 - The End of the World
Release Date: 1988-05-24The 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.
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Episode 22 - Episode 22
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Episode 23 - Cursed Again
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Episode 24 - The Great Debate
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Episode 25 - A Casual Affair
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Episode 26 - Hook, Line and Sinker
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Episode 27 - Gosh, Wally
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Episode 28 - Family Scrapbook II
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