1 00:00:27,461 --> 00:00:31,795 [Ward Narrating] Being a child is usually a pretty easygoing time of life. 2 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:34,333 You have many enjoyable experiences. 3 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:40,306 But sometimes being small presents rather overwhelming prob/ems. 4 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:44,538 And that’s our story tonight on Leave It To Beaver. 5 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:51,144 [Announcer] Leave It To Beaver. 6 00:00:55,322 --> 00:00:59,759 Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow... 7 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:04,030 and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver. 8 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,829 I sure hope it rains today. Why do you hope that? 9 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,134 Maybe if it rains, He’ll stay in the house... 10 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:15,299 and won't bother us on the way home from school. 11 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:18,105 Whether it's rainin' or not, he'll be there. 12 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:22,512 Boys, hurry up and finish your breakfast You ’re gonna be late again. 13 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,608 We were just leavin', Mom. 14 00:01:24,685 --> 00:01:27,813 Now, look, Beaver, I made you a real good lunch today, 15 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:30,254 and I want you to eat all of it. 16 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:35,125 What's this? It's a lump of coal, Mom. 17 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:38,323 Well, why would you want to take a lump of coal to school? 18 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:42,300 I just want it. In case I have to throw it at somebody. 19 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:49,304 H—He's just kiddin', Mom. Yeah, I guess I'm just kidding, Mom. 20 00:01:49,376 --> 00:01:51,867 Well, I should hope so. 21 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,312 I'd hate to think that you'd throw anything like this at somebody. 22 00:01:55,382 --> 00:01:58,317 I guess not, Mom. [Phone Ringing] 23 00:01:58,385 --> 00:02:01,843 Look, boys, now hurry up. You're really going to be late. 24 00:02:03,190 --> 00:02:07,126 Hey, Beave, would you really have thrown that hunk of coal at Lumpy? 25 00:02:07,194 --> 00:02:10,891 Well, I might have made believe I was gonna throw it at him. 26 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:14,263 Boy, it wouldn't even have made a dent in that hard head of his. 27 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:16,268 Come on. 28 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:30,306 I'm home, everybody! 29 00:02:32,219 --> 00:02:34,153 I'm home! 30 00:02:40,727 --> 00:02:43,127 I'm home! 31 00:02:43,196 --> 00:02:46,927 Oh, hi!You're home! I didn't hear you come in. 32 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,992 That's a fine way to greet the returning bread winner. 33 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:52,038 How much bread did you win today? 34 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,130 What ever happened to the old days? 35 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:56,141 You know, when a father would come home, 36 00:02:56,209 --> 00:02:58,439 children would come running, climb all over him, 37 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:00,639 searching in his pockets for goodies. 38 00:03:00,714 --> 00:03:03,410 Now, why would a modern child wanna climb on a father anymore? 39 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:07,249 They've got all kinds of scientific equipment to climb on at school. 40 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,550 Anyway, they're not home yet. 41 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:13,081 Ah, they're late again, huh? That's the fourth time this week. I wonder what they're up to. 42 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,755 I don't know. Their excuse the other night was that they took a long cut home. 43 00:03:16,830 --> 00:03:19,424 That figures. 44 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:22,866 What are you doing? Checking for goodies. 45 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:25,063 [Laughs] 46 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:34,776 Wally, do you think he'll get us today? 47 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:37,908 I don't see him around. I guess we're all right. 48 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:45,823 I thought I told you guys not to go home this way. 49 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:49,419 We can go home any way we want to, and get out of the way, Lumpy. 50 00:03:49,496 --> 00:03:53,626 Don't call me Lumpy. My name is Rutherford. 51 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,964 All the big kids Call you Lumpy, Lumpy. 52 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:00,606 Shut up, you squirt. 53 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:03,802 Boy, one of these days you're really gonna get it. 54 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:06,607 Am I? Not from a punk like you. 55 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,739 We're late. We gotta get home. 56 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:12,751 Then go around by Thompson's house. I ain't lettin' you by. 57 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:14,980 Listen, you! Yeah? 58 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,920 Come on, Wally. I like the other way better anyways. 59 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,868 Yeah, yeah, Lumpy! 60 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,302 Lumpy, dumpy, looks like an ape! 61 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:39,470 Clarence! 62 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:43,549 — Where are you going, Clarence? — No place, Daddy. 63 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:47,280 Well, come on in. Your mother has some eggnog for you. 64 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:49,447 Yes, Daddy. 65 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:02,526 You know, Beave, I'd sure like to fix that Lumpy Rutherford. 66 00:05:02,602 --> 00:05:04,536 I know. Me too. 67 00:05:04,604 --> 00:05:07,072 The only trouble is he's bigger than us. 68 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,074 Yeah. 69 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:13,101 Maybe we could wait until we get bigger, and then fix him. 70 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:16,911 Yeah, but the way he's swellin' up, he'll always be bigger than us. 71 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,076 Yeah. 72 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,153 Hi; Dad. We were just doin’ our homework. 73 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:27,387 Oh, that's fine. Uh, say, fellas, you've been getting home late every evening this week. 74 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,258 Is anything wrong at school? 75 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:33,561 Uh, no, Dad. We just come home sort of like we always did. 76 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:38,366 Uh, my teacher says the days are getting shorter. Maybe that's why we're late. 77 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:42,668 Come on, boys. What is it? 78 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:47,543 Well, gee, Dad, there's this big kid, Lumpy, and he's been kinda pickin' on us. 79 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:51,675 Yeah, he won't let us go down his street, and we have to take the long way home. 80 00:05:51,751 --> 00:05:54,686 He's a big kid, huh? How big is he? 81 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:57,245 Just about grown up. He's almost 16! 82 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,884 Well, who is this Lumpy? 83 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:02,053 Well, he ’s just a kid. 84 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:05,097 Yeah. Well, do you want me to do something about this? 85 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:08,134 Well, gee, thanks, Dad, but you know how it is. 86 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:11,762 The guys think there's something wrong with you if your father tries to help you out. 87 00:06:11,838 --> 00:06:13,897 Yeah, I can see that. 88 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:17,569 There are times when a father should be seen and not heard, huh? 89 00:06:17,644 --> 00:06:22,104 That's all right, Dad. He's gotta get tired of picking on us pretty soon. 90 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:25,015 Yeah. Yeah, sure. I suppose so. 91 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:29,812 Uh— [Chuckles] 92 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:33,826 You know, something like this happened to me once when I was just about your age. 93 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:38,831 There was a real big kid who was just making life miserable for me. 94 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:42,232 [Laughing] I sure fixed him good one night though. 95 00:06:42,302 --> 00:06:44,270 Did you punch him in the nose, Dad? 96 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:48,797 No. No, I, uh—I think I was a little more clever than that. 97 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:51,002 No, what I did was— 98 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:54,240 [Laughing] 99 00:06:54,314 --> 00:06:58,045 What I did was I went over to the warehouse, you see, 100 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:00,848 and got some old barrel hoops— a whole bunch of them. 101 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:03,287 I took 'em over to his house, and I laid 'em out on the ground... 102 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:06,553 in the alley in back of this house, one after another. 103 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:08,924 [Laughing] 104 00:07:08,995 --> 00:07:11,259 What'd you do that for, Dad? 105 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:13,424 Oh, no, wait a minute. So anyway— 106 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:16,867 Sol got these hoops all laid out, see, in the alley, 107 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:20,498 and then I stood outside his house, and I began to call him some names. 108 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:23,167 [Laughing] What kind of names, Dad? 109 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:26,906 Well— Well, that's not important now. 110 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:31,679 The important thing is that it was enough to get him out of that house in a hurry, see? 111 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:35,585 Well, here he came, tearing down the alley, see, 112 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:37,919 and he began to step on these hoops. 113 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:40,721 And— [Laughing] 114 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,490 He fell down. His legs were all bruised. 115 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:47,522 His nose was bloody. It was great. [Boys Laughing] 116 00:07:49,436 --> 00:07:51,734 Ward? 117 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:54,774 [Laughing] 0h, hello, dear. 118 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,775 Your coffee ’s ready 119 00:07:56,843 --> 00:08:00,540 —I already had a cup. —I poured you another one. 120 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:04,281 Oh. Oh, yeah. 121 00:08:04,351 --> 00:08:08,185 Yeah, well, I'll see you later, fellows. 122 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,351 Ward, you shouldn't tell the boys stories like that. 123 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:16,588 Why, it might give them ideas. 124 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:19,154 No. Kids today don't think that way. 125 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:23,168 With modern psychology, all their aggressions have been siphoned off into other things, 126 00:08:23,236 --> 00:08:26,228 like, uh— like finger painting. 127 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:30,006 Wally? What, Beave? 128 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:32,237 Where can we get some barrel hoops? 129 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:35,314 Yeah. 130 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:52,593 Boy, this is a keen idea Dad gave us, isn't it? 131 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:56,260 Yeah. Boy, Lumpy will really get the works when he hits these hoops. 132 00:08:56,336 --> 00:08:58,531 Are they all set? Yeah, all set. 133 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:06,002 Hey, Lumpy! Lumpy, dumpy, you big ape! 134 00:09:06,079 --> 00:09:09,207 Hey, Lumpy! Come on out, Lumpy! 135 00:09:10,617 --> 00:09:12,551 What's that, Geraldine? Lumpy! 136 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:15,144 Sounds like somebody calling outside. 137 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:19,920 It's probably for Clarence. [Wally] Hey, meathead! Meathead! 138 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:23,258 It might be for you, dear. Huh? 139 00:09:23,329 --> 00:09:25,593 [Wally] Hey, Lumpy! 140 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:30,832 Hey, Lumpy! Lumpy? 141 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:33,668 Lumpy, dumpy, the big ape! 142 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:37,301 There's somebody lurking about outside. I'll fix them. 143 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,479 Hey, you kids, come here! Ow! 144 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:46,018 Wally, it's not Lumpy. It's his father. 145 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:50,284 Ow! Ow! 146 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:54,759 Ow! Oh! 147 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:58,264 Gosh! Come on. Let's get out of here. 148 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,764 Frederick, what are you doing out here? 149 00:10:04,838 --> 00:10:07,398 A bunch of hoodlums attacked me. 150 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:11,433 Are you all right? [Groans] 151 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:13,445 Ow! 152 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:19,316 Where are the boys? They came home a little while ago and went straight upstairs. 153 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,478 I haven't heard a peep out of them. 154 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:24,352 I thought I'd give them their dinner a little early tonight. Good. 155 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:26,949 Wally, was that a police car? 156 00:10:27,026 --> 00:10:29,153 I don't think so. It went on past. 157 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:32,460 We're in big trouble, aren't we, Wally? 158 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:37,162 Boy, we're really gonna have to take the long cut home from now on. 159 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:42,004 Yeah. I never knew I could run so fast. I almost beat you home, Wally. 160 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:45,875 Boy, I'm not gonna go near that Mr. Rutherford for a hundred years. 161 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:54,986 [Wally Sighs] 162 00:10:57,690 --> 00:10:59,658 What time are the Rutherfords coming? 163 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:02,092 They're gonna be a little late. Geraldine called. 164 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:05,222 Fred had some sort of an accident. Fell down or something. 165 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:08,597 Fred fell down? [Laughing] 166 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,836 Ward, I thought Fred was a friend of yours. 167 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:16,603 Oh, he is. But he's the kind of friend you enjoy seeing fall down once in a while. 168 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,644 [Laughs] 169 00:11:31,491 --> 00:11:34,756 Boy, Wally, I could hardly eat anything at supper. 170 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:37,455 I guess my stomach is scared too. 171 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:41,296 You know, Beave, I've been thinking this over. 172 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:46,100 Mr. Rutherford recognized us, how come we haven't heard about it? 173 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:48,640 Yeah, I guess someone would've come and got us. 174 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,867 Maybe the police are still checking the hoops for fingerprints. 175 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,439 You know, Wally, I'm glad we ate dinner by ourselves. 176 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:01,817 Dad can always tell when we done somethin'. 177 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:05,449 He gives us that funny look. 178 00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:08,289 Yeah, it's even tougher when you've done a lot of things. 179 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:11,592 Then you don't know which one he's lookin' at you funny about. 180 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:13,598 Wally? 181 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:18,761 You figure we're gonna be all right? 182 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:23,070 Sure. As long as we don't go near Mr. Rutherford's house, we won't run into him. 183 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:26,441 And anyway, what would make him think it was us? 184 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:31,643 Sure. There must be 1 5 or 20 guys that wanna get even with Lumpy. 185 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:36,553 Fred and Geraldine are more than just a little late. 186 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:38,887 She just called. They'll be here. 187 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:42,519 Boy, I hope he doesn't get started on that South American trip tonight. 188 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:45,291 I've heard about it the last six times we've played cards. 189 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:48,163 Now, Ward, he and Geraldine enjoyed that trip. 190 00:12:48,234 --> 00:12:52,603 Well, I don't. One trip down there, and he's on a first—name basis with every mountain in Peru. 191 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:57,170 Ward, when the Rutherfords arrive, I think the boys oughta come down and say hello. 192 00:12:57,243 --> 00:13:01,179 All right. Here, you mark the cards, dear. I'll go up and tell 'em. 193 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,757 We better play checkers first, 194 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:14,816 'cause if we do our homework first, we might not have time to play checkers. 195 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,191 Yeah. 196 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:20,866 Say, boys, we're having some company tonight. 197 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,697 After you get your pajamas on, I’d like you to come down and say hello. 198 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:25,704 Okay, Dad. Who's the company? 199 00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:27,797 It's the Rutherfords. 200 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:30,672 [Door Closes] 201 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:38,746 Wally, that company that's coming over— Did Dad say the Rutherfords? 202 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:42,187 I don't know. 203 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:45,349 Maybe 'cause we're thinking of the Rutherfords, it sounded like the Rutherfords. 204 00:13:46,793 --> 00:13:50,559 I wasn't thinking of the Rutherfords, but it still sounded like the Rutherfords. 205 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:55,397 I don't know. Oh, boy, that must be the company. 206 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:58,596 Yeah, maybe we'd better go look and see if it is the Rutherfords. 207 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:01,333 Maybe you oughta take a look, Beaver. 208 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,875 Then while you're looking, I can figure out what to do if it is. 209 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:11,240 /s it? 210 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,376 It is. 211 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:16,752 Mr. Rutherford's even limpin' a little. 212 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:23,962 Have you thought of something, Wally? Uh—uh. 213 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:29,362 Dad said we were supposed to come down and say hello after we got our pajamas on. 214 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:33,735 Maybe if we told 'em we lost our pajamas, they wouldn't make us come downstairs. [Doorbell Rings] 215 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:37,071 I don't know. You know how older people are. 216 00:14:37,143 --> 00:14:40,909 Our one chance is they'll get talking and forget all about us. 217 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:45,884 Gee, Wally, I didn't think we were old enough to get in this kind of trouble. 218 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:56,360 We got some wonderful pictures Of Chimborazo. That's in Ecuador. 219 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:59,762 Dear, did I, uh, leave those color slides in the car? 220 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:03,666 I'm afraid I left them on the hall table at home, dear. 221 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:07,137 Oh. Well, that's too bad. Just have to bring 'em another time. 222 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:10,835 Of course, you just can't compare Chimborazo with Aconcagua. 223 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,504 I wouldn't think of doing that. 224 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:19,351 Dear, you shouldn't have let me leave those slides at home. 225 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:21,444 I'm sorry, dear. 226 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:25,287 You know, I guess we're both a little rattled, what with my accident. 227 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:28,919 Uh,yeah,you mentioned that, Fred, but you didn't give us any details. 228 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:31,623 You say you were waylaid in an alley or something? 229 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:35,189 Right on my own property. By a bunch of young hoodlums. 230 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:38,931 — Knocked me right down. — That's a shame, Fred. 231 00:15:39,005 --> 00:15:41,269 Lucky you weren't carrying the color slides. 232 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:42,864 Hmm? 233 00:15:45,511 --> 00:15:48,139 Fred, isn't it your turn? 234 00:15:48,214 --> 00:15:52,048 Fred thinks it's the same gang that took the tires off our car when we were in Acapulco. 235 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:59,449 Do you think they'll send us to reform school? 236 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:03,256 They might send me there, but you're too young for reform school. 237 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:08,328 Maybe they have a kindergarten reform school. 238 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:11,393 No, they'll just keep you at home until you're old enough to go. 239 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:16,233 Say, boys, I wanted you to come down and say hello to the Rutherfords. 240 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:20,769 Must we gotta go? I don't feel so good. 241 00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:23,543 Yeah, Dad, and I got a lot of homework to do. 242 00:16:23,616 --> 00:16:26,084 Hey, what is all this? 243 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:29,553 If I asked you boys not to come down and say hello, then you'd wanna come. 244 00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:32,284 — No, we wouldn't, Dad. — Well, you come on down. 245 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:35,589 It'll only take a second. [Wally] 0kay, Dad in a minute. 246 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:38,255 [Door Closes] 247 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:40,424 You think they know? 248 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,934 You can't tell. Dad was smiling. 249 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:47,496 Maybe he just did that so they can get us downstairs and all jump on us. 250 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:50,303 Well, we'd better go. 251 00:16:54,247 --> 00:16:56,909 Hey, Beave, I've just been thinking. 252 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,917 Mr. Rutherford didn't know it was us, 253 00:16:58,985 --> 00:17:01,681 when we get downstairs, he's sure to recognize us. 254 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:05,315 Yeah. Should we go back to losing the pajamas? 255 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:07,916 No. Let me think. 256 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:13,062 The boys'll be right down. 257 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:16,499 Ward, Fred thinks he has a line on those hoodlums. Huh? 258 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:19,231 The ones that worked me over in the driveway. 259 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:21,773 One of them dropped his cap. 260 00:17:21,841 --> 00:17:24,708 Fred hasn't quite decided what to do about it. 261 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:27,473 What would you do in a case like this, Ward? 262 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:31,540 Well, Fred, I'm not too familiar with this sort of thing, 263 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:34,313 but if you were actually attacked, 264 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:37,584 I think I'd go right down to the police station with that cap. 265 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:42,458 Police? Well, Ward, these were only boys. 266 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:44,758 All the more reason, Fred. 267 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:48,061 A thing like this has to be stopped before it gets out of hand. 268 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:50,659 This might be a juvenile gang. 269 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:54,228 I really feel you'd be doing the community a real service, Fred. 270 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:56,241 That's just what I thought. 271 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:59,403 Geraldine, on the way home, we'll drop that cap off with the gendarmes. 272 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:05,342 [Door Closes] 273 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:07,443 That must be the boys. 274 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:16,119 Well, what's the idea, fellas? 275 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:19,323 We were just playin' cowboys, Dad. 276 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:23,926 Well, take those things off s—so you can say hello to the Rutherfords. 277 00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:30,239 Hello, Mrs. Rutherford, Mr. Rutherford. 278 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:32,334 Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford. 279 00:18:34,814 --> 00:18:37,282 Well, well. Haven't seen you lads in ages. 280 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:39,648 Really sprouting up a bit, eh, Ward? 281 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:41,778 Of course, they haven't filled out like my Clarence. 282 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,947 You know my Clarence, don't you, boys? 283 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:49,652 Yes, Mr. Rutherford. We know Clarence. We sure do, Mr. Rutherford. 284 00:18:49,729 --> 00:18:54,257 Everybody knows Clarence. He has the type of personality other boys take to. 285 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:58,267 — Can we go now? —Yes, run along. 286 00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:01,738 — Don't forget your homework. — [Fred] 0h, say, boys? 287 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:04,976 Yes, Mr. Rutherford? 288 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:08,536 Why don't you come over and play with Clarence more often? 289 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,548 Yes, Mr. Rutherford. 290 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:12,550 [Sighs] 291 00:19:16,956 --> 00:19:20,255 Say, Ward, maybe you could question your two boys about my accident. 292 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,260 Question our boys? 293 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:25,559 Yes. They might know about this gang that’s operating in the neighborhood 294 00:19:25,631 --> 00:19:28,225 Fred, I think you're making too much of this whole episode. 295 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:31,064 After all, it might have been just some sort of a joke. 296 00:19:31,137 --> 00:19:34,868 Joke? They rigged a regular trap for me. And on my own property! 297 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,738 A trap? Yes, they enticed me out of the house. 298 00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:41,337 And when I ran out, I stumbled all over these barrel hoops. 299 00:19:41,414 --> 00:19:44,577 — Barrel hoops? — Barrel hoops? 300 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:49,349 Barrel hoops. Is anything wrong, Ward? 301 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,352 Oh, no, no. Nothing at all. 302 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:57,362 Uh, look, I was gonna get us some coffee, 303 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,092 and I think now is as good a time to get it as any. 304 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:02,100 I'll help you, June. Oh, no, no, Geraldine. 305 00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:05,262 You stay right there. Ward'll help me. Won't you, dear? 306 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:07,601 Yes. Oh, sure. Sure I will. Yeah. 307 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,834 Well, excuse me just a few moments. 308 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:12,605 I'll be right back, and make yourselves at home. 309 00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:17,741 Nice folks, June and Ward. Mm—hmm. Boys are growing up too. 310 00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:21,446 But isn't that oldest boy a little bit big to be playing cowboys? 311 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,512 I guess some children are naturally more childish. 312 00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:26,785 I wish you'd brought the slides, dear. 313 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:30,756 Well, you certainly got us into something here! 314 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,458 Why is it always my fault? They're your kids too, aren't they? 315 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,625 Did I tell them the story about the barrel hoops? 316 00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:37,635 Obviously the boys weren't trying to hurt Fred. 317 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:39,694 They were just trying to get even with Clarence. 318 00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:42,297 And you had to tell Fred to turn the cap over to the police. 319 00:20:42,374 --> 00:20:45,309 He was making such a fuss about it. I was just kidding him along. 320 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:47,845 If my babies go to jail, it's gonna be all your fault! 321 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:50,541 June, no one is going to jail. And don't let them hear you. 322 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:52,914 Now, I'll take care of everything. How? 323 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:55,146 Well, I'll, uh— [Stammering] 324 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:58,156 Why don't you serve the coffee. I'll go up and talk to the boys. 325 00:20:58,224 --> 00:21:01,955 You be sure and come back! Don't you dare hide up there and leave me with those Rutherfords. 326 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:03,961 All right. 327 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:07,590 Uh,just going to say good night to the boys. 328 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:12,266 Geraldine, I really wish you'd remembered to bring those slides. 329 00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,705 Darling, maybe the Cleavers aren't as interested in South America as we are. 330 00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:20,007 Nonsense. Anybody who doesn't enjoy the beauty of mountains doesn't have any sensitivity. 331 00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:23,480 Have you seen any toothpicks around here anyplace? 332 00:21:23,549 --> 00:21:27,645 Boys, it was you who put those barrel hoops in Mr. Rutherford's driveway, wasn't it? 333 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,950 Oh, he “knewed” it was us all the time? 334 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:33,219 No. He doesn't even know it yet, but I'm afraid we're gonna have to tell him. 335 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:38,059 Gee, Dad, we only did it to get Lumpy. We didn't mean to get Mr. Rutherford. 336 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:41,156 Yeah, we hollered “meathead,” and he came running out. 337 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:44,702 Uh, yeah. 338 00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:49,867 Well, I, uh—I really blame myself, boys, for telling you that story in the first place. 339 00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:53,173 That isn ’t gonna make it any easier to explain things to Fred 340 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:56,681 After all, we're in business together, and he's a friend of mine. 341 00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:59,684 Well, I'll just have to manage it somehow. 342 00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:03,882 Gee, Dad, if it'd help you any, we could just go down and tell him we did it. 343 00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:06,720 Yeah, we wouldn't even have to tell him you gave us the idea. 344 00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:12,328 Well, that's a very fine offer, boys, and I appreciate it. 345 00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:15,629 But I think as long as we're all in this together, I can handle it all right. 346 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:19,432 — But I will call on you if I need you. — Okay. 347 00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:24,207 Oh, boys, uh, after this, 348 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:27,109 when I tell you one of those stories about when I was a kid, 349 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,774 maybe it'd be just as well if you didn't pay too much attention to it. 350 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,785 Well, you're still gonna tell us those kind of stories, aren't you, Dad? 351 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,912 Even if we don't pay any attention to it? 352 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:40,448 Sure, I'm gonna tell you those stories, even if you don't pay any attention to them. 353 00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:46,731 [Door Closes] 354 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:53,362 Thank you. 355 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:55,407 Here's the cap, Ward. 356 00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:58,307 Naturally, after what you told me, I won't be taking it to the police station. 357 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:02,313 Fred, we're terribly sorry all of this happened. 358 00:23:02,381 --> 00:23:05,373 Oh, we understand perfectly, June. 359 00:23:05,451 --> 00:23:07,646 Oh, yeah, perfectly. 360 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,885 Having been a boy myself once, I realize how the older boys sometimes pick on the younger ones. 361 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:15,426 Kids call him Lumpy, huh? 362 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:18,088 I'm gonna have to have a talk with that young man when we get home. 363 00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:22,497 Well, Wally and the Beaver will certainly appreciate that, Fred. 364 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:25,799 Well, thank you very much for a lovely evening. Good night. 365 00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:27,805 Good night. Good night. 366 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:30,307 Oh, by the way, Ward, I , uh— 367 00:23:30,376 --> 00:23:34,574 I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't mention about me and the barrel hoops down at the office. 368 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:37,741 No use giving the boys ammunition. Oh, not a word. 369 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:40,410 [Chuckles] Well, good night. Sure. 370 00:23:40,486 --> 00:23:42,750 See you around the salt mines. [Laughs] 371 00:23:42,821 --> 00:23:44,755 Lumpy. 372 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:47,189 [Sputtering] 373 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:50,057 Well, it's been quite an evening. 374 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:52,689 [Laughs] Honey, I'd better start cleaning up. 375 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:55,996 Would you bring some of the things in from there? Oh, sure. 376 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,138 Beaver. 377 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:06,311 You been listening? Uh—huh. Thanks, Dad. 378 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:08,437 Ah, that's all right. 379 00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:10,539 Better get on up to bed now. 380 00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:13,608 Dad, could I ask you something? 381 00:24:13,686 --> 00:24:16,120 Yeah, sure. What is it? 382 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:19,521 How come there's guys like Lumpy who pick on littler guys? 383 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:25,720 Well, there are a lot of psychological answers to that, Beaver. 384 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:28,699 But we really fixed him, didn't we, Dad? 385 00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:33,499 Well,yeah, indirectly, I guess. 386 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:38,202 But the important thing for you to remember, Beaver, is that there will always be people like Lumpy— 387 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:42,976 you know, people who trample on other people in order to get what they want— 388 00:24:43,048 --> 00:24:45,812 and sometimes you just can't do anything about them. 389 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:49,980 You just have to learn to live with them, to get along with them. 390 00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:55,183 You mean you can't beat people like that, Dad? 391 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:58,627 Oh, yeah. Sure you can, Beaver. 392 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,927 You can beat 'em by never becoming like them. 393 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:11,706 Good night, Dad. Good night.