1 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:42,002 Elfie, this is June Cleaver. 2 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:47,013 Fine, thank you. Say, by any chance, is the Beaver over at your place? 3 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,176 [Sighs] Been trying to track him down for an hour. 4 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:54,949 No, he isn't exactly lost, but he got out of dancing school two hours ago. 5 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:57,924 If he does come by, would you point him this way? 6 00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:02,087 And don't give him anything to eat. Bye. 7 00:01:03,597 --> 00:01:06,761 June, it's only six blocks from the dancing school. 8 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:08,995 Why does it always take him over an hour to get home? 9 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:13,302 With the Beaver, a straight line is not always the most enjoyable way home. 10 00:01:30,524 --> 00:01:32,493 [Ward] Beaver. 11 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:39,660 Where have you been? At dancing school, Daddy. 12 00:01:39,733 --> 00:01:43,431 I know that. Where's your new necktie? 13 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:47,374 Somebody must have kiped it off me. Now, Son. 14 00:01:47,441 --> 00:01:49,307 Nobody steals a necktie off your neck. 15 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:54,380 - Then I must have "gots" it someplace. - Gots it? 16 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:57,782 - He means forgot it. - Oh. 17 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:59,877 Well, where did you gots it? 18 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:02,320 - At the power plant. - Power plant? 19 00:02:02,389 --> 00:02:05,723 Yes, when I was helping the men chase the bat. 20 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:08,159 Oh, I see. 21 00:02:08,228 --> 00:02:12,097 The men at the power plant chased the bat with your necktie? 22 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:15,567 No, with a broom. It was keen. 23 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:18,128 Pow! Swish! Pow! 24 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:21,369 All right, come on. You go on upstairs and wash for dinner. 25 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:25,276 And don't bother your brother. He's doing his homework. 26 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:30,213 Gots it? Must he talk like that? 27 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:35,347 Certainly. Beaver has to maintain his reputation as a character. [Chuckles] 28 00:02:38,859 --> 00:02:42,261 Where have you been? Chasing a bat at the power station. 29 00:02:42,329 --> 00:02:45,561 How big a bat? About as big as an eagle. 30 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:48,192 You see Harry Nimo's brother at dancing school? 31 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:50,430 See him? I danced with him. 32 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:53,303 Hey, don't go putting your junk in my drawer. 33 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:56,207 When I got out my sweat socks this morning, they were full of raisins. 34 00:02:56,276 --> 00:02:58,302 These are milk bottle caps. 35 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:01,405 Franklin Milk Company. Got most of them on my way home. 36 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:05,680 One, two, three, four, five... 37 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:07,687 What are you gonna do with those, stupid? 38 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:11,122 Get a thousand, the milk company gives you a bicycle, free. 39 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:14,127 Oh, where'd you hear a crazy story like that? 40 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:16,459 A bicycle for a thousand bottle caps. 41 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:19,295 It's not crazy. Frankie Bennett told me. 42 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:22,530 He saw it on television on the Happy Harrington show. 43 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:24,298 Frankie Bennett, from the eighth grade? 44 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:29,036 Yeah, he said you could have your choice, a red one or a blue one. 45 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:31,601 16, 17... 46 00:03:32,913 --> 00:03:35,405 [Rooster Crows] 47 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:42,389 Come on, come on. 48 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,593 [Meows] 49 00:03:51,198 --> 00:03:54,225 Shoo, scat. Go on, get out of here. [Meowing] 50 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:59,173 Hey, Marge. How do you like this? 51 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,300 The cats are learning to take the tops off now. 52 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:14,478 We'd really like to help you, but we have a different system here. 53 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:17,285 Thanks, anyways. Thanks. 54 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:22,323 [Baby Crying] 55 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:28,529 Hey, Doc. You got a prescription for my father? 56 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:31,595 Oh, yes. You're Tom Bennett's boy, aren't you? I have it inside. 57 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:34,470 Hey, Frankie. Isn't that big Cleaver and little Cleaver? 58 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:38,501 Yeah, Beaver Cleaver. That kid's a creep. 59 00:04:38,578 --> 00:04:41,639 How'd you like him hanging around yesterday when we were trying to play ball? 60 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,741 Yeah, but you got rid of him real neat. 61 00:04:43,817 --> 00:04:46,791 Telling him that big story if he collected 1,000 62 00:04:46,815 --> 00:04:49,688 Franklin Milk bottle caps, he'd win a bicycle. 63 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:52,351 You know, the way he took off, I think he believed it. 64 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:55,293 That kid is a creep. 65 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:59,565 Hi. Hi. 66 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:04,594 Ward. Uh-huh? 67 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:07,835 Can you see any possible use for Franklin Milk bottle caps? 68 00:05:07,908 --> 00:05:12,039 Yeah, to hold the Franklin Milk in the Franklin Milk bottles. 69 00:05:12,112 --> 00:05:13,855 The boys have got a whole dishpan of them 70 00:05:13,879 --> 00:05:15,947 upstairs. They've been collecting them all week. 71 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:19,282 That's nothing to be alarmed about. In my day, the collecting instinct... 72 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:22,686 was strong in every American boy worth his salt. 73 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:25,988 I'm happy to see it has survived television, child psychology... 74 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:28,722 and the inroads of progressive education. 75 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:31,492 I think I'm gonna ask them why they're collecting those things. 76 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,797 Oh, no, June. Don't you dare think of such a thing. 77 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:37,269 You're flying in the face of Dr. Brady. 78 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:41,069 I quote, "A child's world is his own sacred domain... 79 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:44,805 and his privacy must at all times be respected." 80 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:49,043 All right. But we respected it last summer, and they set fire to the attic. 81 00:05:50,050 --> 00:05:52,246 I'm gonna go see about dinner. 82 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:06,222 May I help you? 83 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:09,064 We came for the bicycle. We want the red one. 84 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:10,603 The bicycle? 85 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,071 We've got the thousand bottle caps if you wanna count them. 86 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:20,610 Well, you boys just have a seat. I'll be right back. 87 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:34,454 - That's a lady cow. - All cows are ladies. 88 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:38,430 Boy, she could sure fill a lot of bottles of milk. 89 00:06:42,669 --> 00:06:45,002 Well, boys, now what's all this about a bicycle? 90 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:49,167 Yes, the one you're giving away in your television contest for 1,000 bottle caps. 91 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:52,735 We got the thousand bottle caps if you want to count them. We want the red one. 92 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:56,316 Uh, contest? 93 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:59,945 Yes, the one you're having on the Happy Harrington television show. 94 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:04,018 Say, mister, don’t you watch your own program? 95 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:08,494 Oh, well, of course. Uh, that-that contest. 96 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:11,827 Uh, you boys just have a seat for a minute, and I'll be right with you. 97 00:07:11,898 --> 00:07:14,766 Uh, get me Cochran over at the warehouse. 98 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:23,008 Wally. Yeah? 99 00:07:23,076 --> 00:07:26,240 That's a lady secretary. 100 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:29,181 Here, look at the pictures. 101 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:38,018 [Buzzes] Cochran, have the bicycles arrived yet? 102 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:41,255 For the contest. 103 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:43,447 The one that was announced on the Happy 104 00:07:43,471 --> 00:07:46,164 Harrington show. Don't you watch our own program? 105 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:50,160 Oh, they haven't arrived yet, huh? 106 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:52,171 Oh. No, that's all right. 107 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:56,404 Miss Simms, get me Mr. Crowley in Chicago. 108 00:07:56,476 --> 00:08:00,470 But if it's our bike, why do you get to ride in the seat? 109 00:08:00,547 --> 00:08:03,779 Because you're too small to reach the pedals. 110 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:08,786 Maybe we should ask the man for a smaller bike. 111 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:12,348 A smaller bike? I'm too big for a smaller bike. 112 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:14,917 Don't be so selfish. 113 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:20,623 Wally. Yeah? 114 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,635 You can ride in the seat. 115 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:25,433 Don't worry, Beave. I'll ride you all over. 116 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:29,235 Mr. Baxter, I have Mr. Crowley in Chicago. 117 00:08:31,277 --> 00:08:33,837 Oh, say, Fred. The bicycles haven't arrived, 118 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:36,940 and the winners are starting to come in. 119 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:40,078 The contest. 120 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:43,419 - The Happy Harrington show. - Contest? 121 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:46,756 Uh, uh, just a minute, Baxter. 122 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:54,764 Uh, Mr. Higgins. This is Crowley downstairs. 123 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,895 I'm just double-checking on our bicycle contest. 124 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,463 Which one of our divisions is running it? 125 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:06,542 Why, Mr. Higgins, the one they're running on our Happy Harrington TV show. 126 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:09,515 What's that? Oh, just a minute, Mr. Higgins. 127 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:13,747 I, uh, I have it written down here somewhere. 128 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:16,380 Baxter, what date was that contest announced? 129 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:19,392 Oh, well, I-I have it right here. 130 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:21,894 Miss Simms, when was the contest announced? 131 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:23,953 Just a minute. Boys. 132 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:29,158 When was the contest announced? 133 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,932 Last Friday's show. Last Friday's show. 134 00:09:32,005 --> 00:09:33,974 Last Friday's show. 135 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,975 Last Friday's show. 136 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,505 [Chuckles] I found it here in my notes, Mr. Higgins. 137 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:43,072 It was announced on last Friday's show. 138 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:45,550 Hmm? Oh, no, sir. There's no trouble. 139 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:47,456 It's just that one of our district managers 140 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,385 got a winner and he became a little rattled. 141 00:09:49,456 --> 00:09:52,483 His bikes haven't come in yet. 142 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,052 What's that? Oh, yes, sir. 143 00:09:56,129 --> 00:09:58,792 Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Yes, sir. 144 00:09:58,865 --> 00:10:01,767 Well, I've always tried to show initiative. 145 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:04,270 Yes, sir. I know the company policy. 146 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:06,829 Certainly. 147 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:10,104 I'm sorry, Mr. Higgins. 148 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:12,595 Baxter, why must you bother me with these details? 149 00:10:12,619 --> 00:10:14,671 Don't you have any initiative of your own? 150 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:17,182 You know the company policy. Never alienate the public. 151 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:20,186 If you have a winner, get him a bicycle. Buy one. 152 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,188 Replace it when your shipment arrives. 153 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,349 Yes, Fred. Yeah, I should've thought of that. 154 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:28,589 I'll take care of it right away. Sorry to bother you. 155 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:37,201 I don't usually like girls. Oh, you don't? 156 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,501 No. But I like you. 157 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:41,541 You hardly seem like a girl at all. 158 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:44,271 Well, thank you. 159 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:46,279 Well, boys, it was just as I recalled. 160 00:10:46,346 --> 00:10:49,145 The contest was announced on last Friday's show. 161 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:53,016 But unfortunately, the bicycles haven't arrived at our warehouse. 162 00:10:53,086 --> 00:10:55,441 But, boys, it's always been my personal policy not to 163 00:10:55,465 --> 00:10:58,024 alienate the public. So do you know what I'm going to do? 164 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:00,083 No, sir. No, sir. 165 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,494 Well, I'm going to send Miss Simms with you down to Hank's Bike Shop. 166 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:06,362 And you can pick out a bicycle and we'll charge it to the company. 167 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:09,630 Well, thank you very much, sir. Not at all, my boy. 168 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,805 Thank you very much, sir. 169 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,979 Would you like to ride in my wagon? 170 00:11:23,049 --> 00:11:25,814 Well, no, thank you. I'll walk. 171 00:11:28,154 --> 00:11:30,817 [Phone Rings] 172 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,825 Crowley speaking. 173 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:34,827 Oh, Mr. Higgins. 174 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:39,759 Huh? Out of my mind? 175 00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:42,859 Well, I don't think so, Mr. Higgins. But if you say... 176 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:48,001 No contest at all? No announcement on the Happy Harrington show? 177 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:51,704 But Baxter, he— [Stammering] 178 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,747 Yes? What's that? 179 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:57,682 Yes, I guess I am, sir. 180 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:01,218 Get me that idiot Baxter on the phone. 181 00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:09,287 849, 850, 851... [Buzzes] 852, 853, 854... 182 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:12,731 Baxter speaking. Oh, hello, Fred. 183 00:12:12,799 --> 00:12:15,667 Say, the boys have got the bicycle, and it cost $64... 184 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:20,264 [Cochran On Phone] There is no contest, you idiot. You told me there was a contest. 185 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:22,484 What's wrong with you calling up here and saying 186 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:24,675 it was announced over the Happy Harrington show? 187 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:27,441 Listen, I don't want any of your excuses. 188 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:30,176 Look, you settle this the best you can. 189 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:32,282 I don't know how. But you better not let 190 00:12:32,306 --> 00:12:34,620 this thing get out and embarrass the company. 191 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:37,521 Oh-Oh, no I wouldn't do that. 192 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:41,288 Don't worry. I'll handle it. I-I— [Line Clicks] 193 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:51,869 Miss Simms. Miss Simms! 194 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:01,037 [Clattering] 195 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:03,549 Why couldn't we hide the bike in the garage? 196 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:06,814 I told you. Dad would see it when he put the car away. 197 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,622 Wally. Yeah? 198 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:22,726 Why didn't we tell Dad about the bike last night? 199 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,893 He wouldn't give us bikes last Christmas 'cause 200 00:13:24,917 --> 00:13:26,762 he said we don't have the responsibility. 201 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:29,172 But we do got 'sponsibility, don't we? 202 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:31,507 Yeah, but we gotta prove it. 203 00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:33,512 Wally? Yeah? 204 00:13:33,579 --> 00:13:36,310 How does Dad think we can prove our 'sponsibility with a bike... 205 00:13:36,382 --> 00:13:39,580 if we don't have a bike to prove our 'sponsibility with? 206 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:42,850 How do I know? That's the way older people think. 207 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:49,627 Dad's a nice guy, though. Sure, he is. 208 00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:51,688 It's just that he's an older person. 209 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:54,461 Yeah, I guess he can't help that. 210 00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:56,662 What'd you do with the seat? Oh, the seat. 211 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,905 I figured nobody could steal a bicycle without the seat. 212 00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:07,713 Get the rope. 213 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:35,139 [Clattering] 214 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:52,151 What's going on at this hour? You're gonna wake up your father. 215 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,160 We were just messing around, Mom. 216 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:58,289 Mom, you're just as pretty as Miss Simms. Well, thank you. 217 00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:02,495 Who's Miss Simms? She a s... 218 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,561 Wally, you tell Mom who Miss Simms is. 219 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,971 Well, she's just someone we met, Mom. 220 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,271 Yeah, Mom. She's just someone I met. 221 00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:12,278 See you later, Mom. 222 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,673 We even made our beds. 223 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:47,980 Hi, men. Hi. 224 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:49,982 What's new with you guys? Oh, nothing much. 225 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:51,984 How do you like our new bike, Frankie? 226 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,043 It's kind of all right. Where did you get it? 227 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,180 We won it in the Franklin Milk contest. 228 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:59,157 - They having a contest? - Sure. The one you told the Beaver about. 229 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,888 You saw it on the Happy Harrington television show. 230 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,896 Are you kidding? I made that up. 231 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,798 Made it up? Sure. Beaver was hanging around. You know how he does. 232 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,643 I just told him that to get rid of him. 233 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:11,599 Look, Frankie. There's gotta be a contest. 234 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,833 We went down there, they gave us the bike. 235 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:16,135 What are you trying to do, give me the business? 236 00:16:16,159 --> 00:16:18,037 Nobody gives away bikes for bottle caps. 237 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:20,306 Cleaver, you're worse than your brother. 238 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:22,371 You're a creep too. 239 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:26,840 Baxter, you certainly have your nerve waking me up at 240 00:16:26,864 --> 00:16:29,344 this hour of the morning with such a fantastic story. 241 00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:33,518 Yes, accusing our boys of stealing a bicycle. Why, they're only babies. 242 00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:35,539 Well, then they're pretty clever babies. They 243 00:16:35,563 --> 00:16:37,928 swindled me out of a bicycle like a couple of con men. 244 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:40,489 Oh, come, now, Mr. Baxter. 245 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:42,960 You make it sound like those two boys stuck a gun on 246 00:16:42,984 --> 00:16:45,402 your stomach and said, "Your money or your bicycle." 247 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:47,406 No, they were much cleverer than that. 248 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:50,875 They came in and said they'd won a bike in a contest our company was having. 249 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:53,845 Well, is your company having a bicycle contest? 250 00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:56,906 No, we definitely are not having a contest. 251 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:59,043 Then why did you give them the bicycle? 252 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:03,749 Well-Well, because they convinced me that we were having a contest. 253 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:07,225 Mr. Baxter, I know you work for a milk company, 254 00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:10,092 but there are indications of a much stronger beverage here. 255 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:15,328 Ward, you know, it does sound a little like Wally and the Beaver. Nonsense. 256 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,894 If they had a bike, I'd know about it. 257 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:23,568 Mr. Baxter, you may have been swindled out of a bicycle, but not by my boys. 258 00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:26,374 Why, in the first place, I don't allow them to have a bike. 259 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:29,805 And in the second place, if they did have one, I'd be the first one to know about it. 260 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,914 Why, Wally and his brother are the soul of honesty. 261 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,581 Why, those two boys— Yes, Mr. Baxter. 262 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:40,149 Are you suggesting that we don't know what's going on in our own house? 263 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:43,663 Mrs. Cleaver, those boys came in with a wagon full of bottle caps. 264 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:47,427 Bottle caps? Oh, Ward, do you... 265 00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:54,271 Excuse me, Mr. Baxter. 266 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:01,042 Boys, would you come down here a minute? 267 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:07,543 What is it, Dad? 268 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:10,488 Boys, would you bring the bicycle down? 269 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:14,152 What bicycle, Dad? The one you have in your room. 270 00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:19,098 Yes, Dad. 271 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:35,073 [Engine Starts] 272 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:43,351 Sometimes I like Dad an awful lot. 273 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:47,189 Right now, I don't like him so much. 274 00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:51,424 Gee, Dad. It doesn't seem hardly fair. 275 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:53,625 Look. 276 00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:57,227 Fellas, let me explain why you couldn't keep the bike. 277 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:00,535 What difference does it make? It's gone, isn't it? 278 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,632 But it was all a mistake. 279 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,007 There wasn't any contest. 280 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:07,342 You weren't entitled to a bike. 281 00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:10,178 Boys, we've talked about this before. 282 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:13,344 A responsible person doesn't take things he hasn't earned. 283 00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:16,878 You have to be worthy of what you get in life. 284 00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:18,891 You have to work for it. 285 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:21,427 We worked five days getting those bottle caps. 286 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:26,762 Sure, you did, Beaver. And you feel bad, it's only natural. 287 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:31,497 But by giving back the bike, you did the right thing. 288 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:36,736 It's often a lot harder to follow the right way than the wrong way. 289 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,889 Wally, you understand what I'm driving at, don't you? 290 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:45,681 Yes. You didn't want us to have a bike in the first place. 291 00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:49,620 All right, boys. 292 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:09,135 June, would you think it was petty of me if I asked you to stop taking Franklin Milk? 293 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,541 I certainly would. 294 00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:14,045 [Chuckles] Well, it was just a thought. 295 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:16,708 Oh, honey. They'll be all right. 296 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:20,617 No, I'm sorry, he isn't here right now. I don't know wh... 297 00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:23,087 Oh, just a minute. He just came in. 298 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:29,862 Well, I got what I went for. I have Chicago on the wire. Mr. Crowley. 299 00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:32,296 Oh, well, I... 300 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:35,493 Hello? Hello, Fred? I was just gonna call you. You see, I got the bi... 301 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:38,561 I, uh, just talked to the gang upstairs. 302 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:41,505 Aw, they're crazy about that contest idea of ours. 303 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:44,442 Our contest idea? 304 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:48,845 [Chuckles] Yes, after Higgins thought it over, he reversed himself. 305 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,179 Naturally, I'm gonna give you a lot of the credit. 306 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:54,847 Now, here's what I want you to do. 307 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,084 Get a photographer and rush us some pictures of the winner as soon as you can. 308 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:00,683 Oh, we wanna make a big thing of this contest. 309 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,491 Pictures of the winner. Yeah. 310 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:06,691 Well, thank you. Thank you, Fred, for giving me the credit. 311 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,701 I'll get right on the ball. 312 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:25,051 Well, there she is. 313 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:27,052 Good as new. Isn't she a beauty? 314 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,452 Hi, Miss Simms. Hi, Beaver. 315 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:32,356 Well, I must say, for two boys that have just won a bicycle, 316 00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:34,450 you two don't seem very enthusiastic. 317 00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:36,462 Oh, then there was a contest all the time? 318 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:38,973 Well, no, not exactly. But I think we could 319 00:21:38,997 --> 00:21:41,695 make it retroactive, sort of pretend there was. 320 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,999 Now, uh, here, you take the bike and we'll get a few pictures. 321 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:47,005 No. 322 00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:49,007 No? No what? 323 00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:52,909 We don't want the bike. If there wasn't any contest, we didn't earn it. 324 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:56,073 Yes, we've got 'sponsibility. 325 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:59,050 Well, now, look, boys. I know you're a little confused, 326 00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:01,000 but why don't we just close our eyes to the 327 00:22:01,024 --> 00:22:02,885 facts and nobody will know the difference? 328 00:22:02,955 --> 00:22:05,982 - Now, what do you say? - I say that's dishonest. 329 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,354 Well, hear, now. Wait a minute. How can you 330 00:22:08,378 --> 00:22:10,860 call me dishonest? I'm giving you the bicycle. 331 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:14,594 If there wasn't any contest, we didn't earn it and we're not going to take it. 332 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,602 Well, now, look. You've gotta take this. 333 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,604 You're not gonna make a fool out of me again. 334 00:22:18,671 --> 00:22:21,402 You take the bike and let me get some pictures. Come on. 335 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,238 Ow! 336 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,711 Now, what did you do that for? 337 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:29,681 Well, you better get out of here, or we'll tell our father. 338 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,847 Now, look, fellas, you wouldn't wanna see me 339 00:22:31,871 --> 00:22:34,186 get in trouble with the milk company, would you? 340 00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:36,722 Now, here, take the bicycle, please. 341 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:44,929 Look, look, boys. If you'll take the bicycle, and let me get a few pictures, 342 00:22:44,997 --> 00:22:48,024 I'll give you $25 out of my own pocket. 343 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,092 Mm-mm. Uh-uh. 344 00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:53,503 I think we'd better be going, Mr. Baxter. 345 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:59,077 Well, I declare, boys have certainly changed since I was a kid. 346 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:02,945 Well, that's one consolation. It certainly is. 347 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:10,281 [Sniffles] 348 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:31,505 Boys, supper will be ready in a few minutes. 349 00:23:31,529 --> 00:23:34,079 How about running up and changing those shirts? 350 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:36,638 Gee, Dad. We've only worn them for two days. 351 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:40,584 Well, I still think it would be nice if we freshened up for supper. 352 00:23:40,653 --> 00:23:43,987 Eating will only get them dirty again. 353 00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:48,187 Boys, the shirts. Okay. 354 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:05,201 When I grow up, I'm gonna wear a shirt a whole year. 355 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:11,316 Wally. Yeah? 356 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:13,716 Why does Dad want us to change our shirts? 357 00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,187 I guess he just likes to pick on us. 358 00:24:16,255 --> 00:24:18,190 I'll fix him. 359 00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:22,524 I'll wear the Hawaiian one he doesn't like. [Scoffs] 360 00:24:22,594 --> 00:24:26,156 Wow! Wow, a bike! 361 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:32,168 "Merry Christmas three months early... 362 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:36,732 for two real 'sponsible boys." 363 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:39,142 "Love, Mom and Dad." 364 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,146 Dad. Oh, Dad. 365 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:46,680 Mom, Dad! Mom, Dad! 366 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:49,415 Mom, Dad! Mom, Dad!