Leave It to Beaver (1957) s01e39 Episode Script

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(theme music)
[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.
Starring Barbara Billingsley,
Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow,
and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.
Hi, Puff Puff.
Let me have her, Dad.
Mr. Donaldson wants you to take her out for a while,
and then he wants you to feed her and put her to bed.
Now, boys, I want you to be very careful with her.
She's a valuable cat,
and we mustn't let anything happen to her.
I don't know whether you guys are up to this job or not.
Well gee, Dad, you're always telling me I'm old enough
to take care of the Beaver.
Well, it shouldn't make any difference
just 'cause a cat's worth somethin'.
(audience laughing)
(door knocking) (upbeat music)
Hi.
Hi.
Where's your key?
On my key chain.
Well, why didn't you use it?
Because my key chain's up in the dresser drawer.
(audience laughing)
Well, what's new around the Cleaver castle?
Wally and the Beaver have a job.
Oh good, now I'll be able to retire.
Well, not quite yet.
The Donaldsons next door are going away for the weekend
and they want the boys to water the lawn,
pick up the papers, and feed their cat.
Boys working for the Donaldsons, h?
It's a shame,
we've always been on such good terms with our neighbors.
(audience laughing)
- Well,
it'll only be for a couple of days.
[Wally] Hey, Dad.
Did you hear about our new job?
We're gettin' 50 cents a day from Mr. Donaldson.
[Beaver] Yeah.
And we're gonna get to squirt water on their lawn
and feed their cat its dinner
and take it for walks and everything.
Yeah, and they said we could eat all the junk
they leave in their refrigerator so it won't get rotten.
(audience laughing)
Well, I'll admit that's a fabulous bonus,
fellows, but look,
you know the Donaldsons are neighbors of ours,
and I just hope you haven't taken on
something too big for you to handle.
Gee Dad, it's fun squirtin' grass.
And we already met the cat lots of times.
We can talk about that later.
You boys better get ready for supper.
Okay, Mom.
Hey, Dad.
Don't worry about a thing.
We're doing the job together.
I won't let Beaver mess up anything.
(audience laughing)
- Yeah, Dad.
And I won't let Wally mess up anything at all.
(doorbell ringing)
Oh, hello.
Ward, it's Mr. Donaldson.
Come on in.
Hello, hello there.
Hi, Mr. Cleaver.
Oh, I see you, brought.
Puff Puff.
Oh, yes.
My wife and I are leaving for the beach this evening,
so I thought I'd bring Puff Puff over
just so that she and the boys could get used to each other.
Oh.
Well, won't you sit down?
No, no, no, we're leaving right away.
Incidentally, Cleaver, there's no reason to mention this,
but she is a rather valuable cat.
She's won a few ribbons and,
well my wife kind of treats her
more or less like a child, you know.
She is a beautiful cat.
Yeah, my wife fusses over her quite a bit.
Well, you know how some women are.
Oh, yes, yes.
Well, is there anything special we can do?
No, no.
The boys can just let her run a little bit
and then put her back in the service porch.
We got her bed out there,
and her food's in the refrigerator.
Now, don't you worry about a thing, Mr. Donaldson.
I'm sure the boys will take good care of Puff Puff.
Oh, I know they will.
It's really my wife who makes such a baby out of her.
(audience laughing)
Well, (somber music)
Thanks again.
You have a nice time, and don't you worry about a thing.
Oh no, of course not.
Oh, incidentally, Cleaver,
you might mention this to the boys.
When Puff Puff eats,
I usually sit out on the service porch and talk to her.
Well, she seems to enjoy the company.
(audience laughing)
Talk to her while she eats?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, sure, I'll tell the boys, yeah.
Well, I'll see you all Sunday.
Good old Puff Puff. (Audience laughing)
Bye.
(Puff Puff meowing)
Well, she is a nice cat, isn't she?
Oh, yes.
Yes, she is.
Very expensive one too, I gather.
Hey, look, Beave.
Puff Puff's here.
Hi, Puff Puff.
(Puff Puff meowing)
Let me have her, Dad.
Mr. Donaldson wants you to take her out for a while,
and then he wants you to feed her and put her to bed.
Now, boys, I want you to be very careful with her.
She's a valuable cat,
and we mustn't let anything happen to her.
I don't know whether you guys are up to this job or not.
Well gee, Dad, you're always telling me I'm old enough
to take care of the Beaver.
Well, it shouldn't make any difference
just 'cause a cat's worth somethin'.
(audience laughing)
No, I suppose not.
All right.
But just remember, if you boys get into trouble
with this job, don't come running to me for help
like you did when you had the paper route.
Oh no, Dad.
Oh no, Dad.
Come on, Wally. (Bright music)
You ever try that, Wally?
Try what?
[Beaver] What Puff Puff's doin.
Drinking your milk out of a saucer.
No, I never tried it.
Did you?
Hmm, once I did.
But it doesn't work so good for people.
It doesn't, huh?
No.
The milk kept falling off my tongue.
(audience laughing)
(Puff Puff meowing)
Look, Puff Puff.
Hey, Wally.
Mr. Donaldson said we were supposed to talk
to Puff Puff while she was eatin'.
Well, okay, Beaver.
Go ahead, talk to her.
(Puff Puff meowing)
I don't know what to say.
(audience laughing)
I said hello to cats before,
but I never really talked to 'em.
Well, you know,
tell her she's a good cat and stuff like that.
Oh.
You're a good cat, Puff Puff.
A real good cat.
(upbeat music)
(door knocking)
Oh.
Hello, Eddie.
- How do you do,
Mrs. Cleaver?
Well, come on in.
Well, would you mind if Wolf comes into your kitchen too?
Of course not.
That's funny.
My mother wouldn't even let him come into the house.
(audience laughing) She says he smells
too much like a dog.
Oh.
He doesn't really.
You can smell him if you want, Mrs. Cleaver.
(dog whimpering)
Well, some other time, Eddie.
(audience laughing)
I'll tell you what, Wally and
the Beaver are over next door.
They're doing some work for the Donaldsons.
Oh, well I'll go over there.
I want to tell Wally something.
Be careful of your dog, Eddie.
They're feeding the Donaldsons' cat.
I could leave him here with you, Mrs. Cleaver.
No, I guess it would be all right if you took him.
Just be careful.
You don't have to worry about that.
Oh, and it was awfully nice seeing you again, Mrs. Cleaver.
(audience laughing) Come on, Wolf.
(soft music)
Hi, Wally.
Oh, hi Eddie.
Hi Wolf, hi Eddie.
Hi, squirt.
Hey, you guys, you goin' over to the carnival
this afternoon at Metzger's Field?
Carnival?
Yeah, they got rides and a Ferris wheel.
And Tooey says they got a real lion.
If you tell 'em you're under 12, you get in for half price.
(audience laughing)
Ah, my dad says we shouldn't do that anymore.
Anyway, we can't go.
Yeah, we gotta squirt the Donaldsons' grass again
and take care of their cat, Puff Puff.
Is it gonna take two of you
to take care of a little old cat?
Well, we took the job together.
Sure, but why don't you split it up?
One of you take the job today,
and the other can take it tomorrow.
After all, this is vacation.
Your parents aren't allowed to make you work all the time.
It's a state law. (Audience laughing)
What do you think, Wally?
I don't know.
Anyway, how are we gonna tell which one of us
goes to the carnival this afternoon?
Well, look, I'll flip a coin for you.
You call it, Beaver.
Heads.
Tails.
Tough luck, kid.
I'll pick you up about one, Wally.
Hey Eddie, you better keep your dog away from here.
We don't want any trouble with the Donaldsons' cat.
Come here, Wolf.
He wouldn't bother any cats.
He's a genuine police dog.
I'll see you, Wally.
Come on, Wolf.
Hey, Beave.
You won't mind doing the job this afternoon, will ya?
And after all, you'll get to go tomorrow.
Hmm.
No, I guess not.
And Eddie did toss a coin, it was fair and square.
Yeah.
But it seems every time we toss a coin with Eddie,
I always lose.
(audience laughing)
Say, June, where are the boys?
I think they're over at the Donaldsons'.
Now, Puff Puff, you take a nice walk around here
while I go move the sprinklers.
(happy music)
(gate clattering)
(audience laughing)
I don't see Wally.
Oh, he's probably in back with the cat.
What's the matter?
Well, the Donaldsons just phoned from the beach.
They were checking up on Puff Puff.
Seems she's entered in a cat show next week,
and they wanted to make sure she was eating right.
Well, I'm sure she is.
Wally says they're running out of conversation for her.
(audience laughing)
Oh, I guess it's all right.
I just don't like the idea of those two
being responsible for an expensive cat though.
Oh now, Ward.
You know, we're inclined to criticize the boys too much.
Sometimes I think we'd appreciate
our children more if they belonged to somebody else.
(audience laughing)
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Hi, Wolf.
(Puff Puff meowing)
(Wolf barking)
(Puff Puff screeching) Puff Puff!
Go home, Wolf, go home!
Go home, Wolf!
(whimsical music)
Puff Puff.
Puff Puff?
Puff Puff.
Puff Puff.
Here, Puff Puff.
Puff Puff!
(soft music)
Beaver, do you have any idea where your brother is?
Wally?
Yes, now he knew we were eating at 6 o'clock.
Well I, he must have gone somewhere.
Well, wasn't he with you when you were feeding
the Donaldsons' cat?
You mean Puff Puff?
Beaver, that's the only cat the Donaldsons have.
Oh, that cat.
I guess I was thinking of another cat.
(audience laughing) Please pass the crackers, Mom.
(door closing)
I'd say that was your brother.
Hi Mom, hi Dad.
Well, Wally, don't you have anything to say?
Yeah, my soup's cold (chuckling).
(audience laughing)
Your soup is cold because you're 15 minutes late.
Wally, we're slightly interested
in why you're late for supper.
Beaver says you were feeding the cat with him,
and then you went off somewhere.
Oh.
Well, was that all the Beaver said?
Yep, that's all he said.
Now, where'd you go?
(audience laughing)
Well, I guess I was just kind of messin' around, Dad.
I'm sorry.
Ward, our soup is getting cold.
(fork clattering)
- Excuse me.
I dropped my fork.
Uh, excuse me.
What happened?
Cat got away.
(audience laughing) (whimsical music)
Beaver, will you please eat your soup?
Yes, Mom.
(fork clattering)
- Oh, excuse me.
(knife clattering)
- Oh, excuse me.
I dropped my knife.
How?
Eddie's dog.
(head thudding) (audience laughing)
Well, you boys finished
with your little game under the table?
Yeah, Dad, we're all finished.
Now look, fellows,
did something happen I should know about?
No, Dad.
Nothin' happened that you should know about.
Nothin' at all.
(audience laughing) (soft music)
(Ward sighing)
What's the matter?
Oh, I don't know.
Ever since supper tonight,
I've had the feeling that something was going on.
Like what?
I don't know.
Just, you know, a feeling that something's going on.
Well dear, there's something always going on somewhere.
(audience laughing)
- I don't mean somewhere.
I mean right here.
- Know what I think?
- Hmm?
I think you don't want to admit to yourself that our boys
have grown up enough to take care of themselves.
Oh, sure they have.
That's why you lay the washrags out for them every night.
(audience laughing)
What's that?
It's nothing, dear.
You're just jumpy tonight.
(cans clattering)
That's someone out in the backyard.
Puff Puff.
Well, she's not in there.
Boy, she must have really taken off
when Eddie's dog chased her.
Wally, what's gonna happen when we tell Mr. Donaldson?
What's gonna happen when Mr. Donaldson tells Dad?
(audience laughing)
I'm sorry I lost the cat, Wally.
Well, I shouldn't have gone to the carnival.
We shouldn't have taken the job.
(door opening)
Well, boys.
What are you doing out here?
Nothin', Dad.
Well, we were just lookin' for stuff, Dad.
What sort of stuff?
Gee Dad, there's all kinds of stuff
you can find at night.
(audience laughing)
- I see.
Well, it's after 9 o'clock.
You boys had better get on up to bed.
You've had a long day.
Okay, Dad.
Yes, Dad.
- Oh, goodnight, Mom.
- Goodnight, Mom.
Goodnight.
Ah, it was just the boys, dear.
See?
You were worried over nothing at all.
But, dear, you,
I guess so.
(audience laughing) (soft music)
Wally.
What's the matter, Beaver?
Somethin' woke me.
What woke you?
I don't know, somethin'.
Well, get back to sleep.
Okay.
(Puff Puff meowing)
Beaver, cut it out.
Cut what out?
Makin' that cat noise.
I didn't make any cat noise.
I thought you did.
Ah.
(Puff Puff meowing)
Beaver, it's not funny.
But I didn't do it.
Well, if I'm not doin' it and you're not doin' it,
it must be a real cat.
It must be Puff Puff.
(bright music)
(Puff Puff meowing)
[Wally] Sounds like she's down by the garage somewhere.
[Beaver] Come on, let's go get her.
Here, Puff Puff.
Puff Puff.
Puff Puff?
Puff Puff.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Here, Puff Puff.
(Puff Puff meowing)
Wow, she's really way up there.
Come on down, Puff Puff.
It's us.
I think we're in trouble, Beaver.
Cats know how to climb way up in trees,
but then they're afraid to climb down.
Well, if she won't climb down to us,
we're gonna have to climb up to her.
Well, the branches are pretty thin up there, Beaver.
You're lighter.
Maybe you better do the climbin'.
Me? (Audience laughing)
Well, who else we gonna get?
Okay.
(Puff Puff meowing) (soft music)
Okay, Beaver, keep goin'.
[Beaver] Okay, Wally.
Come on, Beaver, keep goin'.
Don't scare her, Beaver.
Hi, Puff Puff.
What'd you come up here for, Puff Puff?
Hey, Beaver, don't talk to her.
Just bring her down.
If I carry her, I can't get down.
Well, I'll go get a ladder from the garage.
(doorknob rattling)
Hey, Beaver.
The garage is locked.
What'll I do?
Come on, Beaver.
Try to climb down with the cat.
I can't.
I'm scared to.
Well, then leave her there, and climb down by yourself.
I'm scared to do that too.
(audience laughing)
- Okay, Beaver.
- Wally, do somethin'.
I'm gettin' cold, and I'm scared up here.
Okay, Beaver.
Oh, I guess it's time to go wake Dad.
(audience laughing) (whimsical music)
[Beaver] I guess it is.
Puff Puff, you sure got us in an awful mess.
(door knocking)
- Hey Dad.
Dad.
[Ward] Who's that?
It's me, Dad, Wally.
I gotta see ya.
What's the matter, Wally?
It's the Beaver, Dad.
Is he sick?
No, he's outside, up a tree.
Oh, well. (Audience laughing)
Up a tree?
Yeah, he went up there to get the Donaldsons' cat.
He's gettin' scared, Dad.
You better go down and get him.
All right, all right.
Go ahead, go ahead.
- Ward?
Yeah.
What's going on at this hour of the night?
Well, I'll tell you. Beaver is outside, up a tree,
and he's scared to come down.
Ah.
(audience laughing)
Ward, first get him down, and then yell at him.
(audience laughing)
Come on now.
Get your feet on there.
Wally, take him, and let me help your father.
(audience laughing) (leaves rustling)
Are you all right, honey?
- Yeah.
Oh, what a mess.
Nice kitty.
All right, now.
When you boys took this job, I told you.
- Ward.
- I.
Ward, please, it's almost 1 o'clock.
(audience laughing)
All right, all right.
I won't say a word.
I won't ask what's been going on around here all day.
I won't ask how the cat got up the tree.
I won't ask how you got up the tree, Beaver.
But I'll tell you one thing,
tomorrow you'd better be ready
with some very snappy answers.
Come on, let's go to bed.
Come on.
I think we'd better take Puff Puff upstairs
and then get to sleep.
You can get to sleep if you wanna,
but I'm gonna spend the rest of the night
thinking up snappy answers for Dad.
(audience laughing) (bright music)
(upbeat music)
Dear, did you scrape your hand
going up the tree or coming down?
Both. (Audience laughing)
Boy, when I think of last night.
I know, dear, but they're only boys.
That's no excuse.
They took a job.
Wally ran out on it to go to the carnival,
Beaver let the cat get away,
and they both did everything they could
to keep me from knowing about it.
But dear, you made such an issue about doing a good job,
they were probably afraid to tell you.
Oh, I don't know.
Where are they now?
Mr. Donaldson's back,
and they went over to see him a few minutes ago.
I think they're up in their room now.
You mean to say they had the nerve
to go over there and collect money
for a job they made such a mess of as this one?
I'm gonna go right up and tell them
they've got to give that money back.
You'd think they (doorbell ringing)
I'll get it.
Oh, hello.
- Hi, Mrs. Cleaver.
Ward, it's Mr. Donaldson.
Won't you come in?
- No, no.
I just stopped by for a moment.
Hello there, did you have a nice trip?
Oh yes, yes.
I just wanted to talk to you about what your boys did.
Oh yes, I know.
We're both very sorry about that,
and I assure we have no intention
of letting them keep money for a job they didn't do.
No, no, no, that's what I wanted to tell you.
They came over this morning, told us what had happened,
refused to accept a nickel.
They ref
(audience laughing) Oh.
Oh, they did?
Well, well thanks for telling us.
Oh, that's all right.
Those two are really a couple of little characters.
Goodbye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Hmm.
You know, Ward?
Sometimes they're a couple of
pretty nice little characters.
(upbeat music)
(bright music)
(sweeping music)