Leave It to Beaver Money Maker

Leave It to Beaver Money Maker Game is a Hasbro board game copyright dated 1959. The game is based upon the American television program Leave It to Beaver (1957-1964), starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow, and Jerry Mathers.

Object of the game
The object of the game is to accumulate the most money.

Components
* 1 folding, center-seamed game board illustrated with scenes and characters from Leave It to Beaver television program
* 4 counters (one each of red, yellow, blue, and green)
* 5 "Profit" cards
* 5 "Loss" cards
* 16 five dollar bills
* 60 one dollar bills
* 1 dial numbered 1 through 6, detachable from the platform

Set up
The game board is opened and placed upon a flat surface. Each player selects a counter. The cards are shuffled and placed on the card space. The player spinning the highest number plays first and also acts as "Father". Player spinning the second highest number plays second and so on.

Play
The player acting as "Father" gives each player, (as well as himself), 2 five dollar bills and 10 one dollar bills. First player advances his counter along the track based upon the number indicated by his spin of the dial. He follows any directions printed upon his landing space. "Father" pays all monies earned by the players from the "Bank". All monies spent or lost by the players is deposited in the "Bank". Play continues until the one player enters "Home" on an exact spin of the dial. He receives a five dollar bonus.

Winning the game
The player with the most money at the end of the game is the winner.

Leave It to Beaver, the television program
Leave It to Beaver is an iconic American television program about an American family of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The show stars Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers "as The Beaver". It was produced in black and white by Gomalco Productions (1957-1961) and by Kayro Productions (1961-1963), and distributed by Revue Studios.

The show followed the adventures of Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, a boy who had a difficult time staying out of trouble. Each episode typically ended with Beaver receiving moral instruction from his father. The show's raisin d'etre (aside from providing entetainment) was imparting parenting tips for the adult viewer.

Leave It to Beaver never broke into the Nielsen Ratings top 30 in its six season run. However, it proved to be much more popular in reruns. It also led to a 1997 film of the same name. The television program generated books, comic books, and games.

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