Leave It to Beaver (1957) s01e07 Episode Script
Water, Anyone?
1
("Leave it to Beaver" theme music)
[Announcer] "Leave It to Beaver".
(whimsical music)
Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont,
Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers as The Beaver.
Remember those hot summer days when you just
couldn't get cooled off?
They called them dog days.
A few ice cream sodas helped a little bit
and some days it got so hot you'd even pay money
for a cold drink of water.
Well, that's our story tonight
on "Leave It to Beaver".
(whimsical music)
That thunder?
I don't know.
I thought it'd be cooler
if we ate outside this evening.
Oh, that's a good idea, can I help you?
Yes, don't say, is it hot enough for you?
All right, I won't.
Thanks, and it sure is.
What?
Hot enough for me.
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding from outside)
What is that?
Air in the pipes?
(ball thudding)
I don't think so.
(ball thudding outside)
Sounds more like somebody walking
up the side of the house.
No, that only happens under your sieve.
(audience laughs)
Well, I have to set the table up honey.
You better see what that is.
Yeah.
(ball thudding)
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
(ball thudding)
(ball thudding)
You're enjoying yourself, Wally?
I'm practicing catching flies, dad.
Yeah, he's practicing catching flies.
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
Well, Wally, I know you're not worried
about the house, but aren't you afraid
you might knock that baseball out of shape?
(audience laughs)
Yeah dad, I never thought of that.
(audience laughs)
It cost 50 cents.
Yeah.
Oh, we're eating outside tonight, boys.
Oh boy, I guess that means
we don't want to wash up.
Oh boy, I guess that means we do.
(audience laughs)
[Wally] Dad.
Yup.
Can I have $3.98?
What do you want $3.98 for?
Well, a lot of kids
are getting up a baseball team.
We need uniforms.
Yeah, to win Wally and Chester
and those big guys.
Well, I'll tell you, I think the idea
of the baseball team's great.
But I don't think
I should just hand you over $3.98.
Well, you should go and get it buddy
if you don't get it from your father.
(audience laughs)
Well, there are other ways.
For instance, work.
(audience laughs)
Work?
Yeah, work.
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(audience laughs)
Wally, why can't I be on the ball team?
Give me one good reason why I can't be
on my ball team.
Eh, Wally gotta admit.
Look Beaver, you're too small.
But if you can earn enough to get a uniform,
we'll let you hang around.
Now beat it.
Beaver, you stop bothering your brother.
He's working and he's being paid
25 cents an hour.
Dad, I wanna make some money.
Do you know something I can do?
Yeah, you can stop bothering your brother.
Will you pay me 25 cents now
if I'm not bothering him?
(audience laughs)
I will not.
Now you run along.
I think I wanna go see what some
of the other guys are doing.
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(audience laughs)
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Hi Mr Anderson.
Hi.
Can (muffled speaking) next man around here?
Sorry, Beaver, I'm afraid
we're over-manned as it is.
(audience laughs)
Chester, can't you pull weight
any faster than that?
Sure, but I'm being paid by the hour.
(audience laughs)
Oh.
Wally says if I have enough money to get us
the uniform, I'm gonna be on the team.
Chester, where are you going?
Well, I'm going to get a glass of water.
Water again?
It's hard work, dad.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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Hi dad, where's Wally?
He went in to get a drink of water.
(audience laughs)
Oh Beaver, you wouldn't want to do your brother
out of his job, would ya?
Sure.
(audience laughs)
Can I?
Beaver, instead of bothering me,
why don't you go and ask your mother?
She's got something for you to do.
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(audience laughs)
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Wally, where's mum?
She's on the phone or something.
Oh, what are you trying to do?
Get a drink?
(audience laughs)
What does it look like?
Well, is what is,
why shouldn't the boys wear their own uniforms?
It'd be a lot easier to just give them the money.
But working three or four Saturdays like this
is not only saving money,
but it's building character.
Mom.
Well, I think it's a fine idea.
Well, I'll talk to you again, bye.
That was Mrs. Anderson, her boy is working
to earn his uniform too.
Your father's got
this whole neighborhood working.
Yeah, mom, you got a job for me to do?
Job?
How do you want you ask your father?
I did.
What did he say?
He said that I ask you.
(audience laughs)
Oh, he did?
Well, my work's just about done,
so I'll tell you what you do.
You go back outside and you ask your father
to think real hard.
Think real hard about what?
About giving you a job.
(audience laughs)
But mom.
Come on, I know he can find something
for you to do, go on.
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Oh, no.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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Dad.
(audience laughs)
I asked mom for a job.
Oh, well, that's fine.
What did she say?
She said that I ask you.
(audience laughs)
Well Beaver, I'm sorry, but I just can't think
of a thing for you to do now.
Now why don't you just drop, run along and?
Enjoy yourself?
I don't wanna enjoy myself.
Look Beaver, I told you to go have fun
and I mean it.
(audience laughs)
Okay.
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(audience laughs)
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Now Tooey, this was your father's idea.
This hedge has been here for 10 years.
Now do be careful.
Well, I know what I'm doing, mom.
(audience laughs)
Hi Tooey.
Huh?
Oh, hi Beaver.
(audience laughs)
I know Theodore.
You got jumping me too Mrs. Brown?
I'm a nice boy.
I'm sorry Theodore, I haven't anything today.
I'm a very nice boy.
(audience laughs)
No, Theodore, thank you just for saying,
now be careful of that hedge Tooey.
Don't worry about me.
And don't come trekking into the house
for a drink again.
You gonna have a real nice head
when you get big Tooey.
It's gonna look like a roller coaster.
(audience laughs)
Oh yes, I got the knack of it now.
(audience laughs)
Ooh.
(audience laughs)
Hey mom, what's the big idea.
Wally, I don't want you coming
in this kitchen again.
Well, it's hot I get thirsty.
It's hot and you wanna stop
because you're earning 25 cents an hour.
Now you just get back on the job.
Wally!
Wally, what's the matter?
They won't let me get a drink of water.
They won't let Tooey get
a drink of water either.
When it's hot, I give anything
for a nice, cool drink of water.
Who (muffled speaking)
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(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
Oh.
Don't you fall on my bucket
full of nice, cool water Wally.
Hey, what are you doing with that Beav?
Oh, I found a job to do.
I'm selling water, five cents to drink.
Are you crazy?
Who will ever buy water?
I can get water out of the faucet.
(whimsical music)
Hi Mr.
Well, hello there.
What you doing?
We will dig up the street kid.
What you digging for?
Water pipe.
Oh, you're thirsty?
What about a drink of water?
It's a lot easier than digging for it.
(audience laughs)
No, we got plenty of water.
We got a leak in the main.
Hey, better hang onto that bucket son.
In about 10 minutes, you ain't gonna have
enough water around here
to fill up the thimble.
You mean you're shutting off the water?
For a couple of hours till we find the leak.
You mean nobody around here tonight
gonna have any water?
Nope, not for a couple of hours.
Jeez, thanks.
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
What do you suppose he's up to?
Says me.
I've got four of my own and I never know.
(audience laughs)
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What's the matter Wally?
I'm trying to get a drink, there's no water.
Mm-hmm, something has to happen.
Lucky I got this wave
of nice, cool water, isn't it?
(audience laughs)
Yeah, give me a drink Beav.
Sure, five cents for big ones,
two cents for small ones.
(audience laughs)
Wait a minute, you're charging me for water?
Sure, you charging dad to fix the lawn.
We much different.
I'm trying to earn a uniform.
I'm trying to earn a uniform too.
Well, my money is in the house.
I'll trust you.
Large or small?
Small.
(audience laughs)
Give me another Beav.
Sure, large or small?
Large.
That would be five cents.
All right.
(audience laughs)
Hi Chester.
Like to pick me up?
Is that the same junk you were selling before?
No, this is different.
Oh wow, so it's not too sweet, is it?
No, Wally bought some?
How much is it?
Five cents for big one.
Okay.
(audience laughs)
Hey, this is water.
Ain't you sweet?
Is it?
(audience laughs)
Are you crazy?
Selling water?
Well, if you don't want it.
You bet I don't, give me my nickel back.
[Mr Anderson] Chester!
Yeah dad.
[Mr Anderson] Stop stalling out up there.
Yes dad.
[Mr Anderson] No trying to use the holes,
water is turned off.
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It's six cents now.
(audience laughs)
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Boy.
Boy Beaver, you've really
got nerves selling water?
Give me another one.
(audience laughs)
All the kids are buying it.
Anyone who paid money for water
is out of his mind.
Give me a small one.
(audience laughs)
Tooey, have you gotten the bumps
out of the hedges?
(audience laughs)
I'm doing fine.
Oh dear, you better get that straightened out
before your father gets home.
Yes mom.
I have my own problems and we're having
a tea party and the water's turned off.
I can let you have three buckets, Mrs. Brown.
Oh, aren't you a sweet boy?
He's charging for it, mom.
(audience laughs)
We'll have soft drinks then.
You run along.
(whimsical music)
Hey June, you know what your son's doing?
Well now let me think.
I believe I have two sons and one of them
is cutting the lawn.
No, I mean the Beaver.
That little character is going around
the neighborhood selling water.
Well dear, he has his heart
set on earning a uniform.
And aren't you the one that gave him the lecture
on big business, corporate endeavor
and showing initiative?
Yeah, but this sort of smacks of sharp practice
selling water to your own brother.
Well, you have to hand it to him
for taking advantage of the fact that water
has been turned off.
He's got a monopolies, practically operating
a black water market.
(audience laughs)
Ford, were there clever way back in your family
who sold guns to the Indians?
Oh, that was Whiskey.
He just got them in the mood to buy guns.
(audience laughs)
It runs in the family.
Beaver's got everybody in the mood to buy water.
That's kind of embarrassing though.
Having your son going
around the neighborhood, peddling water.
You think I ought to speak to him?
If you want to.
Honey, do you want coffee with this sandwich?
Yeah, but how are you going to make it?
The water's turned off.
Thing is, I'm his mother.
He let me have it for a quarter.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
Would you like me pulling your pants Chester?
I wouldn't charge you extra.
I'd like to pull on your pants,
(audience laughs)
What on earth are you doing here?
I'm cooling Chester up.
(whistles)
Oh, that's my brother.
He wants to know the drink.
(audience laughs)
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Four cents, five cents, six cents.
(audience laughs)
Hey, you're adding too fast.
That's the way they do it at the gas station.
(audience laughs)
Seven cents, eight cents.
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Yes Mrs. Brown, I know Theodore has been
selling water to the boys, but I felt that.
Well, I for one thing, it's disgraceful.
The idea of a child taking advantage
of his playmates.
But the last time he was here, he got.
Tooey's penknife away from him.
(audience laughs)
Of course, it's none of my business but I say
it's things like this that lead
to juvenile delinquency and communism.
(audience laughs)
Well, I really don't feel in this case.
Mrs. Brown that democracy
is in any immediate danger but I will speak
to the boy and thank you
for your friendly advice Mrs. Brown.
(audience laughs)
Beaver, what are you doing now?
I figured I can charge them
if I call it lemonade.
(audience laughs)
Beaver, do you think you're doing
the right thing in selling water
to your friends and neighbors?
Oh, sure dad, I already made $1.90,
not counting the quarter momma owes me.
(audience laughs)
Well, you see, what I mean Beaver is,
well, now look, you knew the water was going
to be turned off.
So you started took advantage of the situation
to exploit your brother and his friends.
I ain't implore anybody dad.
(audience laughs)
Well, I'm just selling water.
Yeah, well, look at it this way, Beaver.
If you have something your friends don't have,
you don't take advantage of them.
You share the thing with them.
Dad.
[Ford] Uh-huh.
Is Mr Michaels and your friend?
The grocer?
Oh, sure, we went to school together.
Well, he's got a whole store full of food.
Why hasn't he given to you free?
(audience laughs)
Well, Mr Michaels is a businessman, Beaver.
So I'm I dad.
(audience laughs)
Anyway, how else can I earn my uniform?
Yeah. Well I'll tell you Beaver.
This may not be clear to you now but someday
when you grow up, you'll understand what I mean
about not exploiting one's friends and neighbors.
Yeah, when I grow up, I figure I'll know
a lot of things.
(audience laughs)
Now.
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(audience laughs)
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I earned 65 cents.
And I spent 40 cents on water.
(audience laughs)
Well, I earned 85 cents but I spent
a dollar on water.
(audience laughs)
I've got $4.25.
That won't do you any good.
After what you did, we're not gonna let you
on our team, even if we could buy uniforms.
Yeah, you're a crook.
No, I'm not, I'm just a businessman.
(audience laughs)
If any of us would have known the water
was gonna be cut off,
we wouldn't charge Mike for it.
Hey, maybe we'd better have a meeting back here
tonight and figure out another way
to get uniforms.
You can't have a meeting tonight,
there ain't gonna be no electricity.
Look Beaver, we told you
to stay out of here crook.
Wait a minute.
Hey Beaver, what do you mean
there's not gonna be electricity?
Well, they mentioned when the water pipe broke,
it did something to electricity.
When did they tell you that?
Oh, I sold them water too.
(audience laughs)
They gonna have to shut off and fix it tonight.
The whole neighborhood?
[Beaver] Uh-huh.
Hey, if we had enough money, we could buy
a lot of candles and go around
the neighborhood selling them.
Yeah, we could charge people double.
We ought to have enough for uniforms in no time.
Yeah, but we could hardly buy any candles
with the money we've got.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why don't we use my money?
Your money?
Sure (muffled speaking) and it's like
get a uniform.
If you guys aren't gonna let me on the team,
it's not good to me.
What are you gonna do?
Charge us interest on it?
(audience laughs)
Nope, you to have it for nothing.
Hey, that's okay Beav.
Let's go get the candles, see you later Beav.
(whimsical music)
June, you know what Mr. Anderson just told me?
That Beaver turned over his water money
to the team.
Uh-huh, that's what I heard too.
Now that's pretty good, huh?
Guess I really got through to him this time.
You know that little talk
about not exploiting his friends and neighbors?
Makes you feel good to know
you're not raising a couple of sharp operators.
Uh-huh.
(audience laughs)
Why the candle?
Electricity is going off any minute.
Where did you get these candles?
They don't match.
From your son Wally for forty cents a piece.
(audience laughs)
Not worth a nickel.
I know, but I was on the spot.
You mean Wally did a thing like this?
Next time why don't you have
your little speech mimeographed
to tuck it up around the house?
(audience laughs)
Oh, I don't know, sometimes I wish
I had just stayed single
and just raised silver foxes.
Oh board.
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On second thought.
(audience laughs)
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(children shouting)
[Beaver] Hey friends, wait up.
(children shouting)
[Beaver] Wait up y'all, wait up for me.
(children shouting)
(whimsical music)
("Leave it to Beaver" theme music)
[Announcer] "Leave It to Beaver".
(whimsical music)
Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont,
Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers as The Beaver.
Remember those hot summer days when you just
couldn't get cooled off?
They called them dog days.
A few ice cream sodas helped a little bit
and some days it got so hot you'd even pay money
for a cold drink of water.
Well, that's our story tonight
on "Leave It to Beaver".
(whimsical music)
That thunder?
I don't know.
I thought it'd be cooler
if we ate outside this evening.
Oh, that's a good idea, can I help you?
Yes, don't say, is it hot enough for you?
All right, I won't.
Thanks, and it sure is.
What?
Hot enough for me.
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding from outside)
What is that?
Air in the pipes?
(ball thudding)
I don't think so.
(ball thudding outside)
Sounds more like somebody walking
up the side of the house.
No, that only happens under your sieve.
(audience laughs)
Well, I have to set the table up honey.
You better see what that is.
Yeah.
(ball thudding)
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
(ball thudding)
(ball thudding)
You're enjoying yourself, Wally?
I'm practicing catching flies, dad.
Yeah, he's practicing catching flies.
(audience laughs)
(ball thudding)
Well, Wally, I know you're not worried
about the house, but aren't you afraid
you might knock that baseball out of shape?
(audience laughs)
Yeah dad, I never thought of that.
(audience laughs)
It cost 50 cents.
Yeah.
Oh, we're eating outside tonight, boys.
Oh boy, I guess that means
we don't want to wash up.
Oh boy, I guess that means we do.
(audience laughs)
[Wally] Dad.
Yup.
Can I have $3.98?
What do you want $3.98 for?
Well, a lot of kids
are getting up a baseball team.
We need uniforms.
Yeah, to win Wally and Chester
and those big guys.
Well, I'll tell you, I think the idea
of the baseball team's great.
But I don't think
I should just hand you over $3.98.
Well, you should go and get it buddy
if you don't get it from your father.
(audience laughs)
Well, there are other ways.
For instance, work.
(audience laughs)
Work?
Yeah, work.
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(audience laughs)
Wally, why can't I be on the ball team?
Give me one good reason why I can't be
on my ball team.
Eh, Wally gotta admit.
Look Beaver, you're too small.
But if you can earn enough to get a uniform,
we'll let you hang around.
Now beat it.
Beaver, you stop bothering your brother.
He's working and he's being paid
25 cents an hour.
Dad, I wanna make some money.
Do you know something I can do?
Yeah, you can stop bothering your brother.
Will you pay me 25 cents now
if I'm not bothering him?
(audience laughs)
I will not.
Now you run along.
I think I wanna go see what some
of the other guys are doing.
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
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Hi Mr Anderson.
Hi.
Can (muffled speaking) next man around here?
Sorry, Beaver, I'm afraid
we're over-manned as it is.
(audience laughs)
Chester, can't you pull weight
any faster than that?
Sure, but I'm being paid by the hour.
(audience laughs)
Oh.
Wally says if I have enough money to get us
the uniform, I'm gonna be on the team.
Chester, where are you going?
Well, I'm going to get a glass of water.
Water again?
It's hard work, dad.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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Hi dad, where's Wally?
He went in to get a drink of water.
(audience laughs)
Oh Beaver, you wouldn't want to do your brother
out of his job, would ya?
Sure.
(audience laughs)
Can I?
Beaver, instead of bothering me,
why don't you go and ask your mother?
She's got something for you to do.
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(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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Wally, where's mum?
She's on the phone or something.
Oh, what are you trying to do?
Get a drink?
(audience laughs)
What does it look like?
Well, is what is,
why shouldn't the boys wear their own uniforms?
It'd be a lot easier to just give them the money.
But working three or four Saturdays like this
is not only saving money,
but it's building character.
Mom.
Well, I think it's a fine idea.
Well, I'll talk to you again, bye.
That was Mrs. Anderson, her boy is working
to earn his uniform too.
Your father's got
this whole neighborhood working.
Yeah, mom, you got a job for me to do?
Job?
How do you want you ask your father?
I did.
What did he say?
He said that I ask you.
(audience laughs)
Oh, he did?
Well, my work's just about done,
so I'll tell you what you do.
You go back outside and you ask your father
to think real hard.
Think real hard about what?
About giving you a job.
(audience laughs)
But mom.
Come on, I know he can find something
for you to do, go on.
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Oh, no.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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Dad.
(audience laughs)
I asked mom for a job.
Oh, well, that's fine.
What did she say?
She said that I ask you.
(audience laughs)
Well Beaver, I'm sorry, but I just can't think
of a thing for you to do now.
Now why don't you just drop, run along and?
Enjoy yourself?
I don't wanna enjoy myself.
Look Beaver, I told you to go have fun
and I mean it.
(audience laughs)
Okay.
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(audience laughs)
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Now Tooey, this was your father's idea.
This hedge has been here for 10 years.
Now do be careful.
Well, I know what I'm doing, mom.
(audience laughs)
Hi Tooey.
Huh?
Oh, hi Beaver.
(audience laughs)
I know Theodore.
You got jumping me too Mrs. Brown?
I'm a nice boy.
I'm sorry Theodore, I haven't anything today.
I'm a very nice boy.
(audience laughs)
No, Theodore, thank you just for saying,
now be careful of that hedge Tooey.
Don't worry about me.
And don't come trekking into the house
for a drink again.
You gonna have a real nice head
when you get big Tooey.
It's gonna look like a roller coaster.
(audience laughs)
Oh yes, I got the knack of it now.
(audience laughs)
Ooh.
(audience laughs)
Hey mom, what's the big idea.
Wally, I don't want you coming
in this kitchen again.
Well, it's hot I get thirsty.
It's hot and you wanna stop
because you're earning 25 cents an hour.
Now you just get back on the job.
Wally!
Wally, what's the matter?
They won't let me get a drink of water.
They won't let Tooey get
a drink of water either.
When it's hot, I give anything
for a nice, cool drink of water.
Who (muffled speaking)
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
Oh.
Don't you fall on my bucket
full of nice, cool water Wally.
Hey, what are you doing with that Beav?
Oh, I found a job to do.
I'm selling water, five cents to drink.
Are you crazy?
Who will ever buy water?
I can get water out of the faucet.
(whimsical music)
Hi Mr.
Well, hello there.
What you doing?
We will dig up the street kid.
What you digging for?
Water pipe.
Oh, you're thirsty?
What about a drink of water?
It's a lot easier than digging for it.
(audience laughs)
No, we got plenty of water.
We got a leak in the main.
Hey, better hang onto that bucket son.
In about 10 minutes, you ain't gonna have
enough water around here
to fill up the thimble.
You mean you're shutting off the water?
For a couple of hours till we find the leak.
You mean nobody around here tonight
gonna have any water?
Nope, not for a couple of hours.
Jeez, thanks.
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
What do you suppose he's up to?
Says me.
I've got four of my own and I never know.
(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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(audience laughs)
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What's the matter Wally?
I'm trying to get a drink, there's no water.
Mm-hmm, something has to happen.
Lucky I got this wave
of nice, cool water, isn't it?
(audience laughs)
Yeah, give me a drink Beav.
Sure, five cents for big ones,
two cents for small ones.
(audience laughs)
Wait a minute, you're charging me for water?
Sure, you charging dad to fix the lawn.
We much different.
I'm trying to earn a uniform.
I'm trying to earn a uniform too.
Well, my money is in the house.
I'll trust you.
Large or small?
Small.
(audience laughs)
Give me another Beav.
Sure, large or small?
Large.
That would be five cents.
All right.
(audience laughs)
Hi Chester.
Like to pick me up?
Is that the same junk you were selling before?
No, this is different.
Oh wow, so it's not too sweet, is it?
No, Wally bought some?
How much is it?
Five cents for big one.
Okay.
(audience laughs)
Hey, this is water.
Ain't you sweet?
Is it?
(audience laughs)
Are you crazy?
Selling water?
Well, if you don't want it.
You bet I don't, give me my nickel back.
[Mr Anderson] Chester!
Yeah dad.
[Mr Anderson] Stop stalling out up there.
Yes dad.
[Mr Anderson] No trying to use the holes,
water is turned off.
(whimsical music)
It's six cents now.
(audience laughs)
(whimsical music)
Boy.
Boy Beaver, you've really
got nerves selling water?
Give me another one.
(audience laughs)
All the kids are buying it.
Anyone who paid money for water
is out of his mind.
Give me a small one.
(audience laughs)
Tooey, have you gotten the bumps
out of the hedges?
(audience laughs)
I'm doing fine.
Oh dear, you better get that straightened out
before your father gets home.
Yes mom.
I have my own problems and we're having
a tea party and the water's turned off.
I can let you have three buckets, Mrs. Brown.
Oh, aren't you a sweet boy?
He's charging for it, mom.
(audience laughs)
We'll have soft drinks then.
You run along.
(whimsical music)
Hey June, you know what your son's doing?
Well now let me think.
I believe I have two sons and one of them
is cutting the lawn.
No, I mean the Beaver.
That little character is going around
the neighborhood selling water.
Well dear, he has his heart
set on earning a uniform.
And aren't you the one that gave him the lecture
on big business, corporate endeavor
and showing initiative?
Yeah, but this sort of smacks of sharp practice
selling water to your own brother.
Well, you have to hand it to him
for taking advantage of the fact that water
has been turned off.
He's got a monopolies, practically operating
a black water market.
(audience laughs)
Ford, were there clever way back in your family
who sold guns to the Indians?
Oh, that was Whiskey.
He just got them in the mood to buy guns.
(audience laughs)
It runs in the family.
Beaver's got everybody in the mood to buy water.
That's kind of embarrassing though.
Having your son going
around the neighborhood, peddling water.
You think I ought to speak to him?
If you want to.
Honey, do you want coffee with this sandwich?
Yeah, but how are you going to make it?
The water's turned off.
Thing is, I'm his mother.
He let me have it for a quarter.
(audience laughs)
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
Would you like me pulling your pants Chester?
I wouldn't charge you extra.
I'd like to pull on your pants,
(audience laughs)
What on earth are you doing here?
I'm cooling Chester up.
(whistles)
Oh, that's my brother.
He wants to know the drink.
(audience laughs)
(whimsical music)
Four cents, five cents, six cents.
(audience laughs)
Hey, you're adding too fast.
That's the way they do it at the gas station.
(audience laughs)
Seven cents, eight cents.
(whimsical music)
Yes Mrs. Brown, I know Theodore has been
selling water to the boys, but I felt that.
Well, I for one thing, it's disgraceful.
The idea of a child taking advantage
of his playmates.
But the last time he was here, he got.
Tooey's penknife away from him.
(audience laughs)
Of course, it's none of my business but I say
it's things like this that lead
to juvenile delinquency and communism.
(audience laughs)
Well, I really don't feel in this case.
Mrs. Brown that democracy
is in any immediate danger but I will speak
to the boy and thank you
for your friendly advice Mrs. Brown.
(audience laughs)
Beaver, what are you doing now?
I figured I can charge them
if I call it lemonade.
(audience laughs)
Beaver, do you think you're doing
the right thing in selling water
to your friends and neighbors?
Oh, sure dad, I already made $1.90,
not counting the quarter momma owes me.
(audience laughs)
Well, you see, what I mean Beaver is,
well, now look, you knew the water was going
to be turned off.
So you started took advantage of the situation
to exploit your brother and his friends.
I ain't implore anybody dad.
(audience laughs)
Well, I'm just selling water.
Yeah, well, look at it this way, Beaver.
If you have something your friends don't have,
you don't take advantage of them.
You share the thing with them.
Dad.
[Ford] Uh-huh.
Is Mr Michaels and your friend?
The grocer?
Oh, sure, we went to school together.
Well, he's got a whole store full of food.
Why hasn't he given to you free?
(audience laughs)
Well, Mr Michaels is a businessman, Beaver.
So I'm I dad.
(audience laughs)
Anyway, how else can I earn my uniform?
Yeah. Well I'll tell you Beaver.
This may not be clear to you now but someday
when you grow up, you'll understand what I mean
about not exploiting one's friends and neighbors.
Yeah, when I grow up, I figure I'll know
a lot of things.
(audience laughs)
Now.
(whimsical music)
(audience laughs)
(whimsical music)
I earned 65 cents.
And I spent 40 cents on water.
(audience laughs)
Well, I earned 85 cents but I spent
a dollar on water.
(audience laughs)
I've got $4.25.
That won't do you any good.
After what you did, we're not gonna let you
on our team, even if we could buy uniforms.
Yeah, you're a crook.
No, I'm not, I'm just a businessman.
(audience laughs)
If any of us would have known the water
was gonna be cut off,
we wouldn't charge Mike for it.
Hey, maybe we'd better have a meeting back here
tonight and figure out another way
to get uniforms.
You can't have a meeting tonight,
there ain't gonna be no electricity.
Look Beaver, we told you
to stay out of here crook.
Wait a minute.
Hey Beaver, what do you mean
there's not gonna be electricity?
Well, they mentioned when the water pipe broke,
it did something to electricity.
When did they tell you that?
Oh, I sold them water too.
(audience laughs)
They gonna have to shut off and fix it tonight.
The whole neighborhood?
[Beaver] Uh-huh.
Hey, if we had enough money, we could buy
a lot of candles and go around
the neighborhood selling them.
Yeah, we could charge people double.
We ought to have enough for uniforms in no time.
Yeah, but we could hardly buy any candles
with the money we've got.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why don't we use my money?
Your money?
Sure (muffled speaking) and it's like
get a uniform.
If you guys aren't gonna let me on the team,
it's not good to me.
What are you gonna do?
Charge us interest on it?
(audience laughs)
Nope, you to have it for nothing.
Hey, that's okay Beav.
Let's go get the candles, see you later Beav.
(whimsical music)
June, you know what Mr. Anderson just told me?
That Beaver turned over his water money
to the team.
Uh-huh, that's what I heard too.
Now that's pretty good, huh?
Guess I really got through to him this time.
You know that little talk
about not exploiting his friends and neighbors?
Makes you feel good to know
you're not raising a couple of sharp operators.
Uh-huh.
(audience laughs)
Why the candle?
Electricity is going off any minute.
Where did you get these candles?
They don't match.
From your son Wally for forty cents a piece.
(audience laughs)
Not worth a nickel.
I know, but I was on the spot.
You mean Wally did a thing like this?
Next time why don't you have
your little speech mimeographed
to tuck it up around the house?
(audience laughs)
Oh, I don't know, sometimes I wish
I had just stayed single
and just raised silver foxes.
Oh board.
(whimsical music)
On second thought.
(audience laughs)
(whimsical music)
(children shouting)
[Beaver] Hey friends, wait up.
(children shouting)
[Beaver] Wait up y'all, wait up for me.
(children shouting)
(whimsical music)