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 Captain Jack - Pet
alligator seen on episode # 2 "Captain Jack" (October
4, 1957)
on the sitcom LEAVE IT TO
BEAVER/CBS/ABC/1957-63. When the Cleaver brothers, Wally (Tony
Dow) and Theodore "Beaver" (Jerry Mathers) saw an advertisement
in the back of Robot Man of Mars comic book featuring a genuine
Florida alligator for only $2.50, they sent away for one. But when a tiny baby alligator arrived
instead of a full grown one as they had expected, the Cleaver boys were
disappointed but still enchanted with their new pet. For a time
they hid the baby alligator in the toilet tank of their bedroom
bathroom. But they soon realized they couldn't keep the alligator a secret
from their parents and confessed their deed. Wally and the
Beaver
eventually gave the growing gator to an alligator farm owned by
Captain Jack (Edgar Buchanan) who had earlier given the boys
advice on how to feed and care for their pet. Consequently, in
appreciation, of his kind efforts, the boys had named their gator
Captain Jack. In a subsequent gesture of kindness, Jack (the human)
told the boys that their pet would be well cared for and that
they would be given lifetime visitation
rights to see their pet at the alligator farm.
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