One of three super episodes directed by Gene Reynolds (MASH), so many of us grown up kids at heart remember to this day. Unbeatable.
10 Plus Stars.
Beave is selling raffle tickets for a new hospital, in which he ALSO has a chance to win. As Beaver's weird luck would have it, yes, he WINS a brand new sports car, worth $3500 -- over $36,000 dollars today!
OMG on steroids.
Naturally, Eddie Haskell has to throw a wet blanket on Beave's good fortune, insisting Ward and June would keep the car for themselves. Beave would be lucky if they gave him a ride! Eddie is a work of art! Unfortunately... here it comes... Ward tells Beave it's best to sell the car, since he's too young to drive, and put the money in the bank for college. And that's a lot of mazuma. In actuality, Beave is a rich kid.
I do, I DO agree with the last reviewer, and have said the same for the last 50 years --- Ward's right, but keeping the car would have been so cool. Ya think?
Another thing, considering tv production costs, producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher probably couldn't afford to keep the car, more than likely renting it. That's why they call is show "business."
Even if you are not a fan, this is an episode you cannot miss. Life's frustrations!
This was also the last episode for Rusty Stevens (Larry Mondello). He was a talented child actor, and had many other tv show credits to his name, but according to Barbara Billingsley, Rusty's parents argued a lot with the producers, which resulted in him being cut with from the show. If you can recall in one or two prior episodes, Larry actually had more dialogue than Beaver, which may have been brought upon by his parents. Not a wise idea.
Look for famous character actor Burt Mustin as Gus, the friendly fireman. Mustin originally sold cars in Hollywood, and when he retired, became an actor. He made the right choice. By the way, this classic episode was written by famous screenwriter Arthur Kober, who wrote many popular movies, and was a contributing writer to the Bette Davis classic, THE LITTLE FOXES. Good trivia question.
3500 reasons NOT to miss this one. SEASON 4 EPISODE 6 remastered.