Plot Summary

The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio: wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better known as "Beaver." Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed; the bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile, Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell win the heart of pretty classmate Karen, who seems to like Wally more, which leads to tension between the friends.