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Leave it to Beaver: Season Three

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Shout Factory has announced that they will release a complete box set as well as seasons 3-6 individually this summer. Totally remastered and will exceed the quality of the Universal releases plus contain bonuses.

Season 3 is arguably the best overall season, although the best episode will have to wait until season 4(In the Soup). While they are highly structured episodes, they all feature Beaver in some of his most awkward situations. Recently, 3 of the cast members have stated that seasons 3 through 6 will come out in next 3 years-although possibly not with Universal. Official Season 3 announcement should come in November or December for an early 2009 release date. My only worry is that they will do the volume system-which is a consumer ripoff!
Here are season 3 episodes!
79. 3- 1 13204 3 Oct 59 Blind Date Committee
80. 3- 2 13208 10 Oct 59 Beaver Takes a Bath
81. 3- 3 13201 17 Oct 59 School Bus
82. 3- 4 13209 24 Oct 59 Beaver's Prize
83. 3- 5 13212 31 Oct 59 Baby Picture
84. 3- 6 13206 7 Nov 59 Beaver Takes a Walk
85. 3- 7 13210 14 Nov 59 Borrowed Boat
86. 3- 8 13202 21 Nov 59 Beaver's Tree
87. 3- 9 13213 28 Nov 59 Teacher Comes to Dinner
88. 3-10 13205 5 Dec 59 Beaver's Fortune
89. 3-11 13219 12 Dec 59 Beaver Makes a Loan
90. 3-12 13218 19 Dec 59 Beaver the Magician
91. 3-13 13214 26 Dec 59 June's Birthday
92. 3-14 13220 2 Jan 60 Tire Trouble
93. 3-15 13221 9 Jan 60 Larry Hides Out
94. 3-16 13215 16 Jan 60 Pet Fair
95. 3-17 13222 23 Jan 60 Wally's Test
96. 3-18 13211 30 Jan 60 Beaver's Library Book
97. 3-19 13216 6 Feb 60 Wally's Election
98. 3-20 13223 13 Feb 60 Beaver and Andy
99. 3-21 13224 20 Feb 60 Beaver's Dance
100. 3-22 13226 27 Feb 60 Larry's Club
101. 3-23 13217 5 Mar 60 School Sweater
102. 3-24 13225 12 Mar 60 The Hypnotist
103. 3-25 13227 19 Mar 60 Wally and Alma
104. 3-26 13231 26 Mar 60 Beaver's Bike
105. 3-27 13230 2 Apr 60 Wally's Orchid
106. 3-28 13228 9 Apr 60 Ward's Baseball
107. 3-29 13229 16 Apr 60 Beaver's Monkey
108. 3-30 13207 23 Apr 60 Beaver Finds a Wallet
109. 3-31 13232 30 Apr 60 Mother's Day Composition
110. 3-32 13233 7 May 60 Beaver and Violet
111. 3-33 13234 14 May 60 The Spot Removers
112. 3-34 13235 21 May 60 Beaver, the Model
113. 3-35 13236 28 May 60 Wally, the Businessman
114. 3-36 13237 4 Jun 60 Beaver and Ivanhoe
115. 3-37 13203 11 Jun 60 Wally's Play
116. 3-38 13239 18 Jun 60 The Last Day of School
117. 3-39 13238 25 Jun 60 Beaver's Team

Folks: I love "Leave It To Beaver" and have been absolutely disgustipated with Universal for their ridiculous policy of leaving it (as well as many others, evidently) high and dry after releasing only two seasons. But whatever you do, DO NOT order the "complete" six season set from the biggest crooks on the web, "[...]"
They may very well have changed their name by now (as they oft-times to, just to confuse the gullible consumer), but avoid any "complete" sets like the plague. I had the same problem with the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" series, which Universal also had the rights to (I believe), and found a site that claimed to have "all 456 episodes on
37 DVD's"). After spending $130.00 for that seemingly great bargain (more fool me), I waited two months to receive my package, only to find that while there were indeed 37 DVD's, there were only 164 episodes included, with five
episodes repeated and four DVD's totally worthless due to breakdown and glitches. They were ALL recorded off a
Canadian TV outlet and are of HORRIBLE quality. Their website looks quite professional, but do not be fooled!
I'm hoping that we'll get the remaining four seasons of "LITB" in our lifetime, but please don't make the same mistake I did with "AHP."

Some people said that this was too wholesome even for the 50s. I don't know, I led a pretty calm childhood and it still had a decent amount of yelling, etc.

Some reviewers say the Cleavers were "too nice" to be real. OK. Maybe. Come on, TV SitComs are fantasy. But I saw a fair amount of yelling, and some REAL tempers flare during the Third Season. It just wasn't peppered with vulgarities as most shows are now. It was "true" to the public morality of that time. At least, as I see it.

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER is still around where other shows have disappeared from the radar JUST BECAUSE they were unique. How many shows from the 50s are still being shown? You can really count them on one hand, no? I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners and Leave It To Beaver...(Still can't figure out why the owners of "BURNS AND ALLEN" have refused to air these on a regular basis or even tried to release them on DVD.)

That is a testament to the really high quality entertainment value of this program. LITB will never get old because it was a slice of life we can all relate to...and will continue to do so.

Can't wait to own the entire series!

Finally! According to [...] Shout Factory has licensed Leave It To Beaver from Universal and will simultaneously release a Season 3 set and a Complete Series set on June 15, 2010. They are remastering all episodes and are producing bonus material too! This is the best news possible for this series, Shout Factory always does a great job on the shows they rescue.

Wow, it's a shock to see Leave It To Beaver in near-high-definition, but that's what you get with this "Shout! Company" box set of this famous TV series. To make these shows, which are over 50 years old, look this good is amazing. One wonders why Universal couldn't do this in the first place.

If you're reading this, you know how good this series was, featuring some of the best sit-com writing in television history. It's just a pleasure to see the picture sharpness match the quality of the stories and acting. I do wish, however, they would have had English subtitles available with this new set.

I'm sure you know that this season is full of great episodes, so I won't waste your time by running down the list of contents. However, I would like to take a second to comment on the quality of the set. After comparing the third season with seasons one and two, I was more than impressed with the picture clarity and the crisp, clean audio of season three. (The quality of seasons one and two is acceptable, but pales in comparison with this set) Thanks to Shout Factory for their attention to detail in the restoration of one of my favorite classic television shows! I look forward to purchasing season four when it becomes available.

I love to watch classic TV shows, because it takes me back to my childhood. I can put these DVDs on and go right back to the 50's, when I grew up. For anyone who feels the same, I recommend this DVD set.

I was so glad to see the next season of Leave It to Beaver available for purchase. It brings back so many memories of my childhood. I think if I had kids I would try and adapt some of what the show deals with in my raising of my kids (if appropriate of course in Today's world). Nonetheless the series is a great buy, a great show and it always will be one of my favorites.

My order as always was delivered on time and in perfect condition.

REALLY gREAT SHOW!!! Have been waitng years for the rest of this series to finally be released.these SHOUT FACTORY sDVDS are a LOT better than the original two seasons that were realeased by whatever Studio owns LEAVE IT IT BEAVER.i will be replacing my first two seasons with a high quality SHOUT FACTORY DVDS as soon as the firt two seasons become availble ).I hope SHOUT FACTORY will keep up the GREAT WORK and continue to release great old shows on DVD......A SIDE NOTE,I PERSNALYY UNDERSTAND WHY THESE HAVE THESE COMPANYS HAVE TO SOMETIMES CHARGE A LITTLE MORE AND SOMETIMES A LOT MORE TO PUT OUT SOME OF THESE OLD TV SHOWS ON DVD,THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY REMASTERED AND CLEANNED UP AND THE AUDIENCE IS NOT AS LARGE AS big.NEWER SHOWS MADE IN THE LAST 10-15 years need a lot less actual work to transfer them to DVD