Leave It to Beaver (1957) s01e20 Episode Script
Lonesome Beaver
1
(bright music)
Hey Chester, do you guys need a good second baseman?
You bet you we do, where's Wally?
He's not here, I mean me.
(laughter)
You always let me play before.
That's 'cuz Wally was with you.
We had to take you or he wouldn't play.
(laughter)
I'll even play right field, if you want.
Get lost shrimp.
("Leave it to Beaver" theme music)
[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.
(upbeat theme music)
Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont,
Tony Dow, and Jerry Mathers as The Beaver.
(bright music)
Where are the boys, doing their homework?
No, they're upstairs with Eddie Haskell and Tooey.
They're going out.
[Ward] Out on a Wednesday night, and on a night like this?
Well, they're starting a new Boy Scouts troop
and they're going down to join it.
Oh, that's a great thing for kids.
I used to go to Scout camp every summer.
Came back covered with merit badges and poison ivy.
(laughter)
Well, I don't think there's any danger of poison ivy
in the basement of the Odd Fellows Hall.
(laughter)
Well, it's a great thing for boys.
You know, later I was Sea Scout.
- On a boat?
- Sure.
We taped out a 50 foot cutter on the floor
of the YMCA gym.
Must have sailed that thing halfway around the world
without ever leaving the building.
(laughter)
[Boy] Come on, you guys, we'll be late.
We've gotta get down there.
Hey, we're going, Mom.
Hi, Mrs. Cleaver, hi, Mr. Cleaver.
[Ward] Hello, Tooey, Eddie.
Good evening, Mr. Cleaver.
Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, you sure do look nice.
(laughter)
My mother says you must spend all of your time
in the beauty shops. (Laughter)
Well, uh, thank you very much, Eddie.
And say thank you to your mother, too.
I sure will.
Well, you fellas are joining the Scouts, huh?
Well, good luck to you, and don't horse around too much
on the way home.
- Okay, Dad.
Don't worry, Mr. Cleaver, I'll see
that they don't get into any trouble.
(laughter)
Thank you, Eddie.
Come on, guys, let's get going.
Goodnight.
Yeah, we gotta be there at eight to sign up.
[June] Be careful, it's an awful night out.
Hey, fellas, wait up for me!
So long, Mom, so long, Dad.
(laughter)
Is Beaver going too?
Sure, he's more excited about joining
than the rest of them.
Huh, seems to me I had be 11 or 12
before I could join the Scouts.
Well, maybe they've changed the rules
since you sailed the bounding YMCA floor.
(laughter)
Yeah, it could be.
- [Man] Your name?
- Tooey Brown.
[Man] How old are you, Tooey?
[Man] How long have you been 12?
- 36 days now.
- [Man] School?
Grant Avenue School, 8th grade.
Do you have your parent's consent to join?
My mom says it's okay.
What about your father?
If she says it's all right,
it's gotta be all right with him.
(laughter)
I see, sign right here, Tooey.
Next, your name?
Edward Clark Haskell, Jr., 12 and 1/2,
Grant Avenue School, 8th grade, class monitor, sir.
I see, Edward, that's fine.
Do you have your parent's permission?
Yes, sir, my father says you should always join things.
It's good for business. (Laughter)
[Man] Sign here.
That's fine, now step over there.
Do you want me to keep the other kids quiet,
Mr. Norton, sir?
I don't think that'll be necessary, Eddie.
Yes, sir.
[Mr. Norton] What's your name, son?
I'm Wally Cleaver, I'm 12 years old
and I'm in the 8th grade too.
I go to school with the other guys.
My mom and dad say it's okay.
[Mr. Norton] Well, that's fine, Wally, sign here.
(laughter)
Theodore Beaver Cleaver, seven and three-quarters.
I'm in the 2nd grade and I go to the same school
as the other guys and my mom
and dad says it's okay to join.
(laughter)
Well, I'm very glad to meet you, Beaver,
but seven and three-quarters,
I'm afraid you're a little young.
You mean I can't join?
In a few years we'll be very happy to have you,
but the rule is you must be at least 11.
That's what the other guys told me.
But I thunk I could join 'cuz my brother did.
Couldn't you let him join, Mr. Norton?
He's not so bad for a little kid.
He won't get in the way or anything.
I'm sorry, boys, but we just can't make an exception.
Wally, you'd better get over there
and join the other boys.
Get ready to take the oath.
- [Beaver] Mister.
- What is it, son?
Could I stay here and watch you oath them in?
I don't think you'd better, Beaver.
Tell you what, why don't you wait out
in the reading room for your brother?
All right, boys, pay attention.
All right, boys.
I don't think so, I think I'll walk home.
It's really not so far.
Now line up here in a double row.
Come on, fellas, let's go.
That's right.
Now we're gonna take the Boy Scout oath.
I think most of you know how to make the Boy Scout sign.
All raise your hands and make the Boy Scout sign
and repeat after me.
(wind whistling loudly)
(dramatic music)
(creaking and banging)
(dog howling)
(tense music)
Beaver, what are you doing back?
I decided to walk home.
Beaver, is anything wrong?
No, I just decided not to join the Boy Scouts.
But you were looking forward to it.
Why did you decide not to join?
I decided because a man told me I couldn't join.
(laughter)
Have to be at least 11.
Oh, that's a shame, Beaver.
But you'll be 11 before you know it.
Yeah, I guess so.
Well, Wally will be home after later.
I think I'll go to bed.
How long you gonna be gone on this camping trip, Wally?
We're only going up to Friends Lake.
Mr. Norton says we oughta be back sometime Sunday night.
I guess you're gonna be going on a lot
of these trips from now on.
Yeah, I'll probably go up to summer camp with the guys.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I bet you and Tooey and Eddie and those other guys
will have a lot of fun on this trip, too.
Yeah, they're gonna teach us how to cook
and pitch tents and everything.
Mr. Norton says if it's not too cold
we can even go swimming in the lake.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I'm sure glad one of us is over 11.
Uh, what are you gonna do while I'm gone, Beave?
Who, me?
Well, I got a lot of things saved up to do.
Me and Larry Mondello, we were going over
to the sand hills and catch rabbits,
but he went and got swolled glands.
Sure, you'll find a lot of things to do.
Yeah, I really have stuff to do.
I can even clean my room.
(laughter)
What's this, Wally?
That's an official Scout compass.
I don't know exactly how it works,
but when you start out somewhere
it's supposed to tell you which way you're going.
Why don't you hang on to it, Beave?
I think Mr. Norton knows where he's going.
(laughter)
[Ward] Wally, the fellas are here!
Well, I gotta get going.
Hope you catch a lot of rabbits with Larry.
He's got swolled glands. (Laughter)
Oh yeah, well, I'll see you around.
So long, Beaver.
Yeah, so long, Wally, I'll see you around.
(boys yelling)
What, are they all going in that one truck?
(boys yelling)
Quiet down, quiet down!
I'm in charge back here!
The heck you are!
(boys yelling)
Now, Wally, you do whatever Mr. Norton tells you.
And don't go wandering off by yourself.
That's the easiest way to get lost.
And don't sleep on the damp ground
and don't eat a lot of junk.
Gee, Mom, that's what we're going for.
(laughter)
(horn beeping)
Well, bye Dad, bye Mom.
- Wally.
- June.
(horn beeping)
- Well, you have fun.
- See ya.
(boys yelling)
Ward, it's just like he was going in the army.
June, they're going up to Friends Lake.
It can't be more than, uh
More than what?
Well, 50 or 60 miles.
Well, Ward, that's practically overseas.
(boys yelling)
Uh, June, now that everything's settled down,
I thought I might join Fred and still get in nine holes.
Oh sure, honey, you go ahead.
Okay, where's Beaver, out playing with his friends?
Beaver's upstairs in his room alone.
June, he hadn't oughta be moping around like that.
He oughta be out getting some fresh air.
I know it.
Honey, I have a wonderful idea.
Why don't you take him out the golf course with you?
Uh, gee, I'd like to June, but uh,
oh, on Saturdays they don't allow women
and children on the course.
I don't think you should belong to a golf club
that takes a warped attitude like that.
(laughter)
Yeah, well, I think I'll go up and talk to Beaver.
Hi, Beave.
- Hi, Dad.
What do you have there?
Just an official Boy Scout compass.
I'm trying to figure out which way Wally went,
in case he gets lost and I have to go rescue him.
(laughter)
Well, that's fine, Beaver.
But look here, don't you think you oughta be outside
playing with some of the kids in your own class?
Those guys?
They're just little squirts. (Laughter)
Well, yeah, I suppose they are.
But you can't always be hanging around Wally
and the big kids.
Wally's gotta go his way and you have to go yours.
You've gotta learn to do things without Wally.
Sure, there's a lot of things I can do without Wally.
Of course there are.
Hey, how about Larry Mondello?
You like him.
He's all right, except he's got swolled glands.
Well, but there must be lots of other kids.
Now, I want you to get outside and get some fresh air.
I want you to have a lot of fun today, okay, Beave?
Okay, I'll go out and have fun, if I have to.
Attaboy, Beave!
You get our jacket on now and go on out
and get some fresh air.
- Okay.
Thanks for letting me leave the dish, Mom.
Now you have fun, Beaver, you hear?
(approaching footsteps)
(making gunfire noises)
(laughter)
(making gunfire noises)
(groaning) (laughter)
(laughter)
Good heavens, little boy, what's the matter with you?
Nothing, lady, I'm just dead.
(laughter)
(doorbell buzzing)
Why hello there, Beaver.
Hi, Mrs. Whitney, can Whitey come out and play?
Well, I'm sorry, he went to the movies
with some of the other boys.
- Oh.
Well, I guess they thought you were off with your brother.
You usually are.
Yeah, I usually are.
But he went on a hike with the Boy Scouts,
and that's why I aren't. (Laughter)
Well, I'll tell Whitey you stopped by.
Okay.
(children clamoring)
[Boy] Here, here, right in here.
[Boy] There we go, right in.
(boys clamoring)
Hey Chester, do you guys need a good second baseman?
You betcha we do, where's Wally?
He's not here, I mean me.
(laughter)
You always let me play before.
That's 'cuz Wally was with you.
We had to take you or he wouldn't play.
I'll even play right field, if you want.
Get lost, shrimp.
Oh Ward, Ward, they finally found you.
Yeah, they caught me on the 12th hole.
What's the matter, June, what's wrong?
Well, I was just looking up north towards Friends Lake.
Ward, it looks like rain up that way.
June, you didn't get me out of a sand trap
to give me a weather report, did you?
(laughter)
Now look, June, Wally's going to be perfectly all right.
A little rain never stopped a Boy Scout.
Well, when I was a Scout and we were on a hike
and it rained we huddled up in our pup tents
and told each other stories.
What kind of stories? (Laughter)
I don't know, stories about buffaloes and Indians,
things like that.
Well, Ward, what, what if Wally doesn't know
any buffalo stories? (Laughter)
Look, look, look, look, June, I'm in a sand trap,
and if I don't get back, Fred's gonna step
on my ball or something. (Laughter)
It's not just Wally, it's Beaver I'm worried about.
It's almost 5:00 and he isn't home yet.
Ward, I want you to go out and look for him.
Look, June, I
I don't care, I want you to go and look for the Beaver.
Yes, I know, dear, I know.
Yes.
Yes, dear.
Hi, Gus!
Oh, hello there, Beaver.
Where's your brother Wally?
Oh, he went on a walking hike with the Boy Scouts.
They left in a truck.
Well, that's a mighty nice way to go on a walking trip.
Oh, they're just driving to where they can walk.
(laughter)
I'm not old enough to be a Boy Scout.
I'm not old enough to play baseball
with the big kids either.
I'm hardly old enough to be anything.
You know, it's a funny thing about age, Beaver.
It seems the things you wanna do most
you're either too young or too old for.
(laughter)
Kind of miss Wally, huh?
Kinda sorta.
Hey, Gus, do you mind if I hang around here
and waste time with you?
(laughter)
Well, ordinarily I'd be glad to have you, Beave,
but today's is the chief's inspection day.
You mean he's coming around here to look at you
and old number seven?
Yep, seems when you're the head man, like he is,
you gotta go around once in a while
and find something wrong, whether there is or there ain't.
You mean he might think me hanging around here
was something wrong?
Well, he's kind of fussy that way.
Of course, we could tell him you was here to report a fire.
But then we'd have to have a fire for you to report.
(laughter)
That's okay, Gus, I got something to do anyways.
Now you come back tomorrow.
You ain't mad at me, are you, Beaver?
No, Gus, you're my friend.
I don't mind you telling me to get lost.
(laughter)
Bye, Gus, sure hope you pass inspection.
Thanks, Beaver.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga.
Da da da da da
- Hi, Beaver.
- [Beaver] Hi, Dad.
I thought that was you.
[Beaver] It's me all right.
[Ward] Well, what are you doing here?
[Beaver] Looking down a hole.
(laughter)
[Ward] Oh.
I'm just waiting for Charlie to get back.
[Ward] Charlie, Charlie who?
Charlie the electric man, he works in the hole.
Oh, well, is he someone you know?
No, I just met him, but he's a very good friend of mine.
(laughter)
Well, Beaver, how long have you been sitting here?
Since after this morning.
You know, he's got his own stove down there.
He cooks lead on it. (Laughter)
Oh, well, Beave, it's getting pretty near supper time,
don't you think you and I'd better be getting on home?
Well, I don't know if I should.
Charlie went out to get a cup of coffee,
and I promised him I'd mind the hole for him.
(laughter)
Oh, I'm sure the hole will be perfectly all right.
You know, I thought you were out playing somewhere.
Well, I didn't know where to go,
'cuz Wally wasn't there to tell me.
Look, Beaver, Wally's not gonna always be around
to tell you what to do, he's growing up, you know.
Yeah, I guess from now on I'm gonna have
to tell myself what to do a lot.
(horn honking)
[June] Ward, I'm glad you found him.
Well, what's all this?
Wally's clothes, it rained up at that lake
and they had to come all the way back in that open truck.
You mean Wally's home?
Yes, he was sopping wet.
I sent him up to his room.
I thought he might be coming down with a cold.
Wally's sick in bed?
Oh boy! (Laughter)
He isn't sick, I just didn't want to take any chances.
(door slams)
Ward, he seems almost happy that Wally's in bed.
Well, you know, after what Beaver's been through today,
I can sort of see his point of view.
You know how he spent most of his day?
Talking to a man in a hole.
(laughter)
- In a hole?
- Yeah, in a hole.
(laughter)
- Hi, Wally.
- Hey, Beave.
You're in bed, aren't you?
Yeah, I'm in bed.
[Beaver] I hear it rained.
Boy, it sure did.
That goofy Eddie was so busy being in charge
he forgot the tents. (Laughter)
How long you gonna be in bed?
Well, Mom's gonna make me stay here all day tomorrow
so I'll be okay for school.
The only thing is I won't have anything to do.
I'll stay up here with you, Wally.
[Wally] Yeah, but you won't have anything to do either.
Yeah, but you know something, Wally?
I'd rather do nothing with you
than something with anybody else.
You know, Beave, you're goofy.
(laughter)
Yeah, I guess so.
Hey, I got the compass here.
You wanna figure out where we are?
Yeah, okay.
We're having a test tonight for second class Scout.
I oughta be home about 10.
Want your father and me to pick you up?
Well gee, Mom, I'm almost a second class Scout,
what would the other guys think
if my mom came and picked me up?
(laughter)
Of course, June, you wouldn't wanna make the boy
for life, would you? (Laughter)
- Good night.
- Good night.
Good night, honey.
- So long, Wally.
- Yeah, so long, Beave.
Good night, Dad, good night, Mom.
Beaver, don't you wanna stay down here with us
and watch television.
- Uh uh.
[Ward] I'll play you a game of checkers.
I don't think so, I think I'm gonna go to bed.
Beaver, uh, you're not upset
because Wally's going to the Scouts again, are you?
Oh no, they can have him one night a week.
Well then, why do you wanna go to bed?
It's only 7:30.
Because Wally's gonna let me sleep
in his official Boy Scout sleeping bag.
I'm getting all ready to be 11.
(bright theme music)
(bright music)
Hey Chester, do you guys need a good second baseman?
You bet you we do, where's Wally?
He's not here, I mean me.
(laughter)
You always let me play before.
That's 'cuz Wally was with you.
We had to take you or he wouldn't play.
(laughter)
I'll even play right field, if you want.
Get lost shrimp.
("Leave it to Beaver" theme music)
[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.
(upbeat theme music)
Starring Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont,
Tony Dow, and Jerry Mathers as The Beaver.
(bright music)
Where are the boys, doing their homework?
No, they're upstairs with Eddie Haskell and Tooey.
They're going out.
[Ward] Out on a Wednesday night, and on a night like this?
Well, they're starting a new Boy Scouts troop
and they're going down to join it.
Oh, that's a great thing for kids.
I used to go to Scout camp every summer.
Came back covered with merit badges and poison ivy.
(laughter)
Well, I don't think there's any danger of poison ivy
in the basement of the Odd Fellows Hall.
(laughter)
Well, it's a great thing for boys.
You know, later I was Sea Scout.
- On a boat?
- Sure.
We taped out a 50 foot cutter on the floor
of the YMCA gym.
Must have sailed that thing halfway around the world
without ever leaving the building.
(laughter)
[Boy] Come on, you guys, we'll be late.
We've gotta get down there.
Hey, we're going, Mom.
Hi, Mrs. Cleaver, hi, Mr. Cleaver.
[Ward] Hello, Tooey, Eddie.
Good evening, Mr. Cleaver.
Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, you sure do look nice.
(laughter)
My mother says you must spend all of your time
in the beauty shops. (Laughter)
Well, uh, thank you very much, Eddie.
And say thank you to your mother, too.
I sure will.
Well, you fellas are joining the Scouts, huh?
Well, good luck to you, and don't horse around too much
on the way home.
- Okay, Dad.
Don't worry, Mr. Cleaver, I'll see
that they don't get into any trouble.
(laughter)
Thank you, Eddie.
Come on, guys, let's get going.
Goodnight.
Yeah, we gotta be there at eight to sign up.
[June] Be careful, it's an awful night out.
Hey, fellas, wait up for me!
So long, Mom, so long, Dad.
(laughter)
Is Beaver going too?
Sure, he's more excited about joining
than the rest of them.
Huh, seems to me I had be 11 or 12
before I could join the Scouts.
Well, maybe they've changed the rules
since you sailed the bounding YMCA floor.
(laughter)
Yeah, it could be.
- [Man] Your name?
- Tooey Brown.
[Man] How old are you, Tooey?
[Man] How long have you been 12?
- 36 days now.
- [Man] School?
Grant Avenue School, 8th grade.
Do you have your parent's consent to join?
My mom says it's okay.
What about your father?
If she says it's all right,
it's gotta be all right with him.
(laughter)
I see, sign right here, Tooey.
Next, your name?
Edward Clark Haskell, Jr., 12 and 1/2,
Grant Avenue School, 8th grade, class monitor, sir.
I see, Edward, that's fine.
Do you have your parent's permission?
Yes, sir, my father says you should always join things.
It's good for business. (Laughter)
[Man] Sign here.
That's fine, now step over there.
Do you want me to keep the other kids quiet,
Mr. Norton, sir?
I don't think that'll be necessary, Eddie.
Yes, sir.
[Mr. Norton] What's your name, son?
I'm Wally Cleaver, I'm 12 years old
and I'm in the 8th grade too.
I go to school with the other guys.
My mom and dad say it's okay.
[Mr. Norton] Well, that's fine, Wally, sign here.
(laughter)
Theodore Beaver Cleaver, seven and three-quarters.
I'm in the 2nd grade and I go to the same school
as the other guys and my mom
and dad says it's okay to join.
(laughter)
Well, I'm very glad to meet you, Beaver,
but seven and three-quarters,
I'm afraid you're a little young.
You mean I can't join?
In a few years we'll be very happy to have you,
but the rule is you must be at least 11.
That's what the other guys told me.
But I thunk I could join 'cuz my brother did.
Couldn't you let him join, Mr. Norton?
He's not so bad for a little kid.
He won't get in the way or anything.
I'm sorry, boys, but we just can't make an exception.
Wally, you'd better get over there
and join the other boys.
Get ready to take the oath.
- [Beaver] Mister.
- What is it, son?
Could I stay here and watch you oath them in?
I don't think you'd better, Beaver.
Tell you what, why don't you wait out
in the reading room for your brother?
All right, boys, pay attention.
All right, boys.
I don't think so, I think I'll walk home.
It's really not so far.
Now line up here in a double row.
Come on, fellas, let's go.
That's right.
Now we're gonna take the Boy Scout oath.
I think most of you know how to make the Boy Scout sign.
All raise your hands and make the Boy Scout sign
and repeat after me.
(wind whistling loudly)
(dramatic music)
(creaking and banging)
(dog howling)
(tense music)
Beaver, what are you doing back?
I decided to walk home.
Beaver, is anything wrong?
No, I just decided not to join the Boy Scouts.
But you were looking forward to it.
Why did you decide not to join?
I decided because a man told me I couldn't join.
(laughter)
Have to be at least 11.
Oh, that's a shame, Beaver.
But you'll be 11 before you know it.
Yeah, I guess so.
Well, Wally will be home after later.
I think I'll go to bed.
How long you gonna be gone on this camping trip, Wally?
We're only going up to Friends Lake.
Mr. Norton says we oughta be back sometime Sunday night.
I guess you're gonna be going on a lot
of these trips from now on.
Yeah, I'll probably go up to summer camp with the guys.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I bet you and Tooey and Eddie and those other guys
will have a lot of fun on this trip, too.
Yeah, they're gonna teach us how to cook
and pitch tents and everything.
Mr. Norton says if it's not too cold
we can even go swimming in the lake.
Yeah, that'll be great for you.
I'm sure glad one of us is over 11.
Uh, what are you gonna do while I'm gone, Beave?
Who, me?
Well, I got a lot of things saved up to do.
Me and Larry Mondello, we were going over
to the sand hills and catch rabbits,
but he went and got swolled glands.
Sure, you'll find a lot of things to do.
Yeah, I really have stuff to do.
I can even clean my room.
(laughter)
What's this, Wally?
That's an official Scout compass.
I don't know exactly how it works,
but when you start out somewhere
it's supposed to tell you which way you're going.
Why don't you hang on to it, Beave?
I think Mr. Norton knows where he's going.
(laughter)
[Ward] Wally, the fellas are here!
Well, I gotta get going.
Hope you catch a lot of rabbits with Larry.
He's got swolled glands. (Laughter)
Oh yeah, well, I'll see you around.
So long, Beaver.
Yeah, so long, Wally, I'll see you around.
(boys yelling)
What, are they all going in that one truck?
(boys yelling)
Quiet down, quiet down!
I'm in charge back here!
The heck you are!
(boys yelling)
Now, Wally, you do whatever Mr. Norton tells you.
And don't go wandering off by yourself.
That's the easiest way to get lost.
And don't sleep on the damp ground
and don't eat a lot of junk.
Gee, Mom, that's what we're going for.
(laughter)
(horn beeping)
Well, bye Dad, bye Mom.
- Wally.
- June.
(horn beeping)
- Well, you have fun.
- See ya.
(boys yelling)
Ward, it's just like he was going in the army.
June, they're going up to Friends Lake.
It can't be more than, uh
More than what?
Well, 50 or 60 miles.
Well, Ward, that's practically overseas.
(boys yelling)
Uh, June, now that everything's settled down,
I thought I might join Fred and still get in nine holes.
Oh sure, honey, you go ahead.
Okay, where's Beaver, out playing with his friends?
Beaver's upstairs in his room alone.
June, he hadn't oughta be moping around like that.
He oughta be out getting some fresh air.
I know it.
Honey, I have a wonderful idea.
Why don't you take him out the golf course with you?
Uh, gee, I'd like to June, but uh,
oh, on Saturdays they don't allow women
and children on the course.
I don't think you should belong to a golf club
that takes a warped attitude like that.
(laughter)
Yeah, well, I think I'll go up and talk to Beaver.
Hi, Beave.
- Hi, Dad.
What do you have there?
Just an official Boy Scout compass.
I'm trying to figure out which way Wally went,
in case he gets lost and I have to go rescue him.
(laughter)
Well, that's fine, Beaver.
But look here, don't you think you oughta be outside
playing with some of the kids in your own class?
Those guys?
They're just little squirts. (Laughter)
Well, yeah, I suppose they are.
But you can't always be hanging around Wally
and the big kids.
Wally's gotta go his way and you have to go yours.
You've gotta learn to do things without Wally.
Sure, there's a lot of things I can do without Wally.
Of course there are.
Hey, how about Larry Mondello?
You like him.
He's all right, except he's got swolled glands.
Well, but there must be lots of other kids.
Now, I want you to get outside and get some fresh air.
I want you to have a lot of fun today, okay, Beave?
Okay, I'll go out and have fun, if I have to.
Attaboy, Beave!
You get our jacket on now and go on out
and get some fresh air.
- Okay.
Thanks for letting me leave the dish, Mom.
Now you have fun, Beaver, you hear?
(approaching footsteps)
(making gunfire noises)
(laughter)
(making gunfire noises)
(groaning) (laughter)
(laughter)
Good heavens, little boy, what's the matter with you?
Nothing, lady, I'm just dead.
(laughter)
(doorbell buzzing)
Why hello there, Beaver.
Hi, Mrs. Whitney, can Whitey come out and play?
Well, I'm sorry, he went to the movies
with some of the other boys.
- Oh.
Well, I guess they thought you were off with your brother.
You usually are.
Yeah, I usually are.
But he went on a hike with the Boy Scouts,
and that's why I aren't. (Laughter)
Well, I'll tell Whitey you stopped by.
Okay.
(children clamoring)
[Boy] Here, here, right in here.
[Boy] There we go, right in.
(boys clamoring)
Hey Chester, do you guys need a good second baseman?
You betcha we do, where's Wally?
He's not here, I mean me.
(laughter)
You always let me play before.
That's 'cuz Wally was with you.
We had to take you or he wouldn't play.
I'll even play right field, if you want.
Get lost, shrimp.
Oh Ward, Ward, they finally found you.
Yeah, they caught me on the 12th hole.
What's the matter, June, what's wrong?
Well, I was just looking up north towards Friends Lake.
Ward, it looks like rain up that way.
June, you didn't get me out of a sand trap
to give me a weather report, did you?
(laughter)
Now look, June, Wally's going to be perfectly all right.
A little rain never stopped a Boy Scout.
Well, when I was a Scout and we were on a hike
and it rained we huddled up in our pup tents
and told each other stories.
What kind of stories? (Laughter)
I don't know, stories about buffaloes and Indians,
things like that.
Well, Ward, what, what if Wally doesn't know
any buffalo stories? (Laughter)
Look, look, look, look, June, I'm in a sand trap,
and if I don't get back, Fred's gonna step
on my ball or something. (Laughter)
It's not just Wally, it's Beaver I'm worried about.
It's almost 5:00 and he isn't home yet.
Ward, I want you to go out and look for him.
Look, June, I
I don't care, I want you to go and look for the Beaver.
Yes, I know, dear, I know.
Yes.
Yes, dear.
Hi, Gus!
Oh, hello there, Beaver.
Where's your brother Wally?
Oh, he went on a walking hike with the Boy Scouts.
They left in a truck.
Well, that's a mighty nice way to go on a walking trip.
Oh, they're just driving to where they can walk.
(laughter)
I'm not old enough to be a Boy Scout.
I'm not old enough to play baseball
with the big kids either.
I'm hardly old enough to be anything.
You know, it's a funny thing about age, Beaver.
It seems the things you wanna do most
you're either too young or too old for.
(laughter)
Kind of miss Wally, huh?
Kinda sorta.
Hey, Gus, do you mind if I hang around here
and waste time with you?
(laughter)
Well, ordinarily I'd be glad to have you, Beave,
but today's is the chief's inspection day.
You mean he's coming around here to look at you
and old number seven?
Yep, seems when you're the head man, like he is,
you gotta go around once in a while
and find something wrong, whether there is or there ain't.
You mean he might think me hanging around here
was something wrong?
Well, he's kind of fussy that way.
Of course, we could tell him you was here to report a fire.
But then we'd have to have a fire for you to report.
(laughter)
That's okay, Gus, I got something to do anyways.
Now you come back tomorrow.
You ain't mad at me, are you, Beaver?
No, Gus, you're my friend.
I don't mind you telling me to get lost.
(laughter)
Bye, Gus, sure hope you pass inspection.
Thanks, Beaver.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
They were bitten off by whales in Zamboanga.
Da da da da da
- Hi, Beaver.
- [Beaver] Hi, Dad.
I thought that was you.
[Beaver] It's me all right.
[Ward] Well, what are you doing here?
[Beaver] Looking down a hole.
(laughter)
[Ward] Oh.
I'm just waiting for Charlie to get back.
[Ward] Charlie, Charlie who?
Charlie the electric man, he works in the hole.
Oh, well, is he someone you know?
No, I just met him, but he's a very good friend of mine.
(laughter)
Well, Beaver, how long have you been sitting here?
Since after this morning.
You know, he's got his own stove down there.
He cooks lead on it. (Laughter)
Oh, well, Beave, it's getting pretty near supper time,
don't you think you and I'd better be getting on home?
Well, I don't know if I should.
Charlie went out to get a cup of coffee,
and I promised him I'd mind the hole for him.
(laughter)
Oh, I'm sure the hole will be perfectly all right.
You know, I thought you were out playing somewhere.
Well, I didn't know where to go,
'cuz Wally wasn't there to tell me.
Look, Beaver, Wally's not gonna always be around
to tell you what to do, he's growing up, you know.
Yeah, I guess from now on I'm gonna have
to tell myself what to do a lot.
(horn honking)
[June] Ward, I'm glad you found him.
Well, what's all this?
Wally's clothes, it rained up at that lake
and they had to come all the way back in that open truck.
You mean Wally's home?
Yes, he was sopping wet.
I sent him up to his room.
I thought he might be coming down with a cold.
Wally's sick in bed?
Oh boy! (Laughter)
He isn't sick, I just didn't want to take any chances.
(door slams)
Ward, he seems almost happy that Wally's in bed.
Well, you know, after what Beaver's been through today,
I can sort of see his point of view.
You know how he spent most of his day?
Talking to a man in a hole.
(laughter)
- In a hole?
- Yeah, in a hole.
(laughter)
- Hi, Wally.
- Hey, Beave.
You're in bed, aren't you?
Yeah, I'm in bed.
[Beaver] I hear it rained.
Boy, it sure did.
That goofy Eddie was so busy being in charge
he forgot the tents. (Laughter)
How long you gonna be in bed?
Well, Mom's gonna make me stay here all day tomorrow
so I'll be okay for school.
The only thing is I won't have anything to do.
I'll stay up here with you, Wally.
[Wally] Yeah, but you won't have anything to do either.
Yeah, but you know something, Wally?
I'd rather do nothing with you
than something with anybody else.
You know, Beave, you're goofy.
(laughter)
Yeah, I guess so.
Hey, I got the compass here.
You wanna figure out where we are?
Yeah, okay.
We're having a test tonight for second class Scout.
I oughta be home about 10.
Want your father and me to pick you up?
Well gee, Mom, I'm almost a second class Scout,
what would the other guys think
if my mom came and picked me up?
(laughter)
Of course, June, you wouldn't wanna make the boy
for life, would you? (Laughter)
- Good night.
- Good night.
Good night, honey.
- So long, Wally.
- Yeah, so long, Beave.
Good night, Dad, good night, Mom.
Beaver, don't you wanna stay down here with us
and watch television.
- Uh uh.
[Ward] I'll play you a game of checkers.
I don't think so, I think I'm gonna go to bed.
Beaver, uh, you're not upset
because Wally's going to the Scouts again, are you?
Oh no, they can have him one night a week.
Well then, why do you wanna go to bed?
It's only 7:30.
Because Wally's gonna let me sleep
in his official Boy Scout sleeping bag.
I'm getting all ready to be 11.
(bright theme music)