Alex and Donna return from a charity dance which was a rousing success leaving them in high spirits...until Donna gets a phone call informing her that they charged too little for the tickets for the dance and their club lost over $200. The members decide to each make up their share--$27--by doing something to make money-- basically selling something they are good at making.
Donna gets inspired by her family's love of her homemade pickles (apparently far better than Aunt Bea's) and arranges to sell them at the local grocers' that Saturday. She and her children all pitch in to help make all the jars.
In the store, it seems everyone, including the lady who can't eat pickles, loves to taste their free samples, but prefers to buy the store's version. To avoid distressing Donna, Alex happily buys the whole supply and the three of them--in Donna's absence--give them away to store customers passing by.
Of course, Donna finds out, but she isn't upset.
I enjoyed Jeff attempting to influence potential customers by moving around to the other side of the little table and pretending to be a customer who loves the pickles. It was nice to see both kids happily working together to help their mother without being promised any sort of reward.
Most of laughs came from the family's banter both before and after Donna got the idea of selling pickles. If you are looking for a quintessential episode of this series--one that typifies the type of stories they had--this might be the best example you can find.
Look for Tiger Fafara as a box boy/bag boy at the grocery store. You likely know him as Tooey, Wally's friend on Leave it to Beaver.
Donna gets inspired by her family's love of her homemade pickles (apparently far better than Aunt Bea's) and arranges to sell them at the local grocers' that Saturday. She and her children all pitch in to help make all the jars.
In the store, it seems everyone, including the lady who can't eat pickles, loves to taste their free samples, but prefers to buy the store's version. To avoid distressing Donna, Alex happily buys the whole supply and the three of them--in Donna's absence--give them away to store customers passing by.
Of course, Donna finds out, but she isn't upset.
I enjoyed Jeff attempting to influence potential customers by moving around to the other side of the little table and pretending to be a customer who loves the pickles. It was nice to see both kids happily working together to help their mother without being promised any sort of reward.
Most of laughs came from the family's banter both before and after Donna got the idea of selling pickles. If you are looking for a quintessential episode of this series--one that typifies the type of stories they had--this might be the best example you can find.
Look for Tiger Fafara as a box boy/bag boy at the grocery store. You likely know him as Tooey, Wally's friend on Leave it to Beaver.