New Beaver Ep 54, 1957 pilot w/ different Ward, Wally, Eddie

[@libbyvanerp5423]

I love leave it to beaver 👀 watched as a kid and still watch it.thanks so much.

[@johnhaggard]

It would’ve never been the same without Tony Dow. My first love. 🖤

[@kbunky69]

I had a big crush on Tony too

[@enriquesanchez2001]

Max Showalter (June 2, 1917 - July 30, 2000), sometimes credited as Casey Adams here is WARD.

[@camwilliams2827]

I can see why Ward and Wally were replaced

[@TheyLoveMason]

For sure!!

[@101acidrider]

Casey Adams looks like gilbert as an adult!

[@paulsullivan5200]

Neither can I.

[@ronaldclermont4888]

Thanks for posting! Parts of this I had never seen ...

[@KQwest98]

The guy who played Ward looks like Tackleberry from Police Academy

[@alanstrong55]

That bicycle was a classic

[@beanman25]

I'm not crazy for remembering this airing on like TV Land or something early 2010s? I swear I've seen this in full.

[@shettrick]

It was shown in full on TBS Superstation in late 1980s as part of The New Leave it to Beaver series and is on the LitB series on DVD released in 2010 by Shout Factory

[@Sukijopa]

I wonder why we have these videos that have clips from the pilot, but no one has posted the fuII show.

[@shettrick]

Same reason you don't find unofficial full episodes of Leave it to Beaver on KZbin -- Universal Studios owns the copyright and doesn't allow anyone to post entire episodes except those who have licensed reruns of the series

[@donvincentwalters2705]

Geez dad, we’ve only worn them for two days!😅

[@ronaldclermont4888]

The original 1957 pilot ran 25 minutes. The WTBS rerun of the pilot in 1987 ran only 20 minutes, having five minutes removed for more commercials. Also, it's my understanding that "It's a Small World" did air on April 15, 1957, as the 105th episode of a show called "Heinz Studio 57 ."

[@scotthettrick9125]

Would love to see where you are sourcing that info about pilot being 25-min. I believe you and it makes sense but I've never seen that reported with any evidence. Same thing for the airing Small World on a different show at end of first season of LitB. Also, doesn't make sense they would have cut that much from pilot in 1987 since they clear did extra long intro and credits just to stretch it out to 26-min of typical show at that time.

[@ronaldclermont4888]

@@scotthettrick9125 -- "It's a Small World" was included on the bonus disc of the original series DVD set. I put it in my player and checked the running time: 25 minutes; which is typical for episodes that aired in the 1950s and 1960s. "It's a Small World" (Apr 1957) aired six months before the first episode of the original Beaver show (Oct 1957). Hence the 30-year anniversary for the re-airing of the pilot on "The New Leave it to Beaver" (Oct 1987). New Beaver shows (at that time) ran just over 22 minutes. The new intro plus the edited down 1957 pilot would put the episode running time around the 22 minutes ... so they could put in their needed ads during the airing.

[@scotthettrick9125]

@@ronaldclermont4888 Well done on checking pilot running time on DVD - I have that as well but didn't even think to check there; duh! I just checked it now and see that without the 40-sec of closing credits and 10-sec of black before it actually fades in, the episode is just a little over 24-min, but I can only find one stretch of about 60-sec that wasn't in the 1987 version on TBS (Wally and Beave trying to collect milk bottle caps from hospital maternity ward, then talking in malt shop, then first scene with Frankie). Interesting. As for your other info, yes, I have been posting every single episode of both Still the Beaver and New Leave it to Beaver as originally broadcast, which I recorded 1983-89, so I am very familiar with exact running time of all episodes. You're right that New Beaver eps on TBS were about 22.5-min each (the 26 Still Beaver eps on Disney Channel each ran 26-27-mins because there were no commercials). Those times include the opening titles and closing credits, which account for about 80-secs. So, you're right, that would leave just 21-min, so, with the intro to the pilot, that would take it down to 20. Thanks for figuring that out. Weird that I have only found about 1-minute left out of actual show (plus the 45-sec original end credits, which appear to be blended in with credits of the 1987 NLitB special). And yes, also well aware of the Oct 4 1957 LitB premiere date and thus the 30th anniversary of this NLitB episode, all of which I detailed in my caption summary on this video. That leaves the debut of Small World the previous April 1957 - any way to verify that? So odd that the cast always says it was never shown before (maybe they are careful to say the caveat "as part of the series"). Also weird that the guy on ET in my video says it is the first time it has been seen since "1958" (not 57). Anyway, thanks again!

[@ronaldclermont4888]

@@scotthettrick9125 -- "Verify" is tricky. All one can do for old stuff like this is to check with various sources, and then believe they are legit. I use CTVA a lot. Go to CTVA.biz and search for "Heinz Studio 57 season 3" and you will see it listed under episode 26. Both Wikipedia and IMDb also have it. They all show it as being aired in April 1957 (that ET guy was wrong), but with different days within April. I consider CTVA the most trustworthy, with their detailed information (such as production numbers and copyright dates), and source credits (such as Library of Congress and UCLA Film and Television Archive).

[@shettrick]

BTW, just found two full versions of the pilot on DailyMotion.com that run 29-minutes for some reason, but have no additional scenes from the DVD version. Odd. But one of DailyMotion videos is flipped so that everything is backwards, and the other one is shrunken to less than half the screen... www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ppbf1

[@tadeusmacabro2688]

“Gee dad, I didn’t realize I had another dad.”

[@donaldhill42]

Beaver is and always the BEAVE.GREAT SHOW.EJOYED GROWING UP WITH BEAVER.AND WALLY

[@williamg2552]

Golly. Those guys who played Ward and Wally gave me the CREEPS !!

[@theflossi56]

Jerry was a little doll

[@Hespeakstruth]

Wow Ward Clever Taking a drag from a cigarette?

[@zt1053]

Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace was in the pilot.

[@orlandorocha3838]

4:21 I'm pretty sure that's the actress that plays Ms. Canfield, Beaver's first teacher.

[@shettrick]

Yes indeed, Diane Brewster, who I pointed out as part of the lengthy caption on this video post: ...Most fans know this pilot featured different actors as Ward (Casey Adams) and Wally (Paul Sullivan, who grew too fast by the time CBS was ready to begin shooting the first season). And there was no Eddie Haskell but Harry Shearer played a similar smart-aleck character called Frankie. Diane Brewster (Miss Canfield) and Richard Deacon (Mr. Rutherford) were in the pilot but as different characters (Brewster was a secretary who Beaver adored as much as he would soon adore her as his teacher; her boss Mr. Baxter played by Deacon was a very similar weasel character as he would soon play as Mr. Rutherford). This was the first "episode" of the third season, the second under the title of The New Leave it to Beaver on Superstation WTBS Network and featuring most of the original cast of Leave it to Beaver, including Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow - the first season of 26 commercial-free episodes when the series was called Still the Beaver was on The Disney Channel from November 1984 - December 1985.

[@Jarod_Schultz]

The same is true of the pilot episode of Married with Children. The roles of Bud and Kelly were played by different actors.

[@walterschivo9123]

Did they like do one take for WTBS and then another take for Australia TV 7 as a favor to them?

[@joanwayling2354]

❤love The beaver 😊

[@daves7079]

I wonder what caused them to make all the changes. Did it test poorly?

[@bigtuna9529]

The guy that played Wally hit a growth spurt which made him unusable so Dow was given the roll.

[@danmcnab4957]

What’s the Pirates favourite celebrity Barbara Billingsley?

[@docjoe86]

0:58 Is that what Mr. Burns was like as a kid?

[@JasonKTerry]

Cleaver, eh? Doesn't ring a bell...

[@docjoe86]

@@JasonKTerry He’s one of your mindless drones from sector 7G.

[@joshuahorowitz7627]

Dear Scott Hettrick, Do you by chance have the whole episode of The New Leave it to Beaver Episode 54? I would really like to watch that video of The New Leave it to Beaver among the rest of the episodes of The New Leave it to Beaver! I'm just really curious about that! Please let me know! Many Thanks! Thanks! -Joshua

[@shettrick]

I have it but the reason you only see this much of it is because that is all that is allowed due to copyright issues. Universal still vigorously protects its ownership of anything relating to the original Leave it to Beaver show, which this pilot was. Otherwise I would have posted the whole thing as I did the others. No one claims ownership of Still/The New Leave it to Beaver, so I can post those shows in their entirety, but this episode was mostly the pilot for the original series. You can find the entire Small World pilot episode on the DVD set of Leave it to Beaver and with services that pay Universal to stream the series.

[@joshuahorowitz7627]

@@shettrick Would you be willing to upload that episode of The New Leave it to Beaver onto a private link on your end or my end? I don't particularly like incomplete series of TV Shows, especially The New Leave it to Beaver! I'm just a new fan of The New Leave it to Beaver TV Series! It would really mean a lot to me! I can send a link to you if you want me to! Please let me know! Many Thanks! Thanks! -Joshua

[@shettrick]

This video has everything produced new for that episode of The New Leave it to Beaver, plus additional versions made for syndication and seen in Australia 15 years later. Again, the only thing you are not seeing here are the 20-minutes or so of footage from the original pilot, which you can see in its entirety many places, such as at this link: diytube.video/video/.px2u/leave-it-to-beaver-s01-e00-pilot-it-s-a-small-world?channelName=The-Movie-Source

[@joshuahorowitz7627]

@@shettrick Thank you for letting me know that information! Thank you so very much for the link! Many Thanks! Thanks! -Joshua

[@shettrick]

@@joshuahorowitz7627 My pleasure - enjoy

[@TheDriveInGuys]

👍Thank you for sharing this, Mr. Hettrick, you wiseguy! Heh heh heh! -- Drive-In Dave Lounder🥤😎🍿 (LEAVE IT TO BEAVER / MY THREE SONS Superfan)

[@shettrick]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@h0gwartz]

The pilot would have been banned today if they let Wally ride Beaver on his handle bars and neither one with helmets

[@johnlewinski6359]

We used to ride in the back of a pick up too!

[@stacystoltz8722]

🦫🥧🥧🥧🇺🇲📺

[@elly12334]

0:58 it's like a teenage Ned Flanders

[@thomaslucas6079]

I'm glad they got rid of spaghetti boy Franky. Plus the dad was ugly. Other than that it looked OK.

[@chadbest9612]

The actor that played Wally grew too quickly. From the Pilot to the start of the actual series, he grew to be over 6 feet. Being taller than his parents was not the look they wanted. Otherwise, he would have been Wally.

[@joematus410]

God Barbara looks good

[@Chanatx]

I think I would have liked the dad in the pilot better. There's was something about Hugh Beaumont that just didn't sit right with me for some reason. But definitely liked Tony best for the brother. But that's just my opinion. 😊

[@shettrick]

Wow, interesting - out of hundreds of thousands of comments on my hundreds of Leave it to Beaver and Still the Beaver and The New Leave it to Beaver videos and on FB groups, you're the first person I've ever heard who didn't love Hugh Beaumont as Ward. Thanks for the input

[@calvinnme2]

I disagree. Max Showalter did an adequate job of playing Ward Cleaver in the pilot, but to be thrust into the various situations Ward found himself in over the years, I think you needed a Hugh Beaumont for the part. Showalter was great at playing the cad, and did it several times on the old Perry Mason show that ran from 1957 to 1966.

[@gregoryfriday6242]

Saturnight live was even on back then and leave it to beaver didnt air til the mid 60s

[@shettrick]

Leave it to Beaver debuted in 1957 and ended in 1963

[@shettrick]

This show shown here was on in late 1980s after Harry Shearer had been a cast regular on SNL

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

I like Tony Dow better.

[@calvinnme2]

Paul Sullivan just seemed a little too edgy to be Wally. I think the cast in the series was perfection.