Critics and television viewers liked the series. In 1997, a movie based on "Leave It to Beaver" opened in theaters. In 2007, TV Land observed the show's 50th anniversary with a marathon (running many episodes in a row). In October 1957 the first toilet was seen on American television in "Captain Jack", the second episode of the series. The boys buy a baby alligator and keep it in the toilet tank of their bathroom.