Lonesome Beaver
- Episode aired Feb 28, 1958
- 30m
Beaver faces a lonely week-end when his neighborhood pals can't come out to play and older brother Wally's scout troop leaves on a camping trip.Beaver faces a lonely week-end when his neighborhood pals can't come out to play and older brother Wally's scout troop leaves on a camping trip.Beaver faces a lonely week-end when his neighborhood pals can't come out to play and older brother Wally's scout troop leaves on a camping trip.
- Director
- Writers
- Joe Connelly(uncredited)
- Bob Mosher(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song that Beaver sings is called "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Zamboanga," probably written during the Spanish-American War or the Moro Rebellion. It was popular with US soldiers in the Pacific in World War II.
- GoofsWhen Ward and June stand in the front doorway of their house to watch Wally go off with his Boy Scout Troop, to their right is a chair and at their back is a wall with a painting. The interior behind them is not supposed to be a wall but a balustrade for the stairway leading to the upstairs with no chair in front of it.
- Quotes
[Wally is about to embark on a camping trip with the Scouts]
Ward Cleaver: 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.
June Cleaver: And don't sleep on the damp ground, and don't eat a lot of junk.
Wally Cleaver: Gee, Mom, that's what we're goin' for.
June Cleaver: [after Wally leaves] Ward, it's just like he was going in the Army.
Ward Cleaver: Oh, June, they're going up to Friends Lake, it can't be more than...
[he pauses, looking worried]
June Cleaver: More than what?
Ward Cleaver: Well, well, fifty or sixty miles.
June Cleaver: Ward, that's practically overseas!
Such is Beave's plight when Wally up and joins the Boy Scouts. How could that be? Thinking back to when we were kids, it was a challenging situation --and who wants to hang around mom and dad all the time, right? Besides, they'd put y'all to work!
So Beaver goes out and makes the rounds, really bummed about Wally's trip away from home. Without fail, he turns up to see old Gus, the fireman, and gets some words of wisdom. Burt Mustin, who originally was a car salesman, got into films late in his life and became a hero to lots of us kids playing Gus. He was always there as a sounding board to Beave, but also had to put in his wise opinion, usually from old stories he would relate.
In a poignant scene, Mr. Cleaver finds Beave watching a guy working in a manhole and puts all the zigzag pieces together. "You were here all day!" he says in total amazement! Well, when you think about it, how many of us kids used to stop and watch guys do all sorts of things, from climbing telephone poles to digging a ditch?
Those were cool jobs.
Wally finally comes back --because of a rain storm. Hooray! By the way, look for handsome John Hart as the Boy Scoutmaster. Hart, for a brief while, replaced Clayton Moore as the LONE RANGER. It seems Moore wanted a raise, so he got canned and Hart took over. Just like that!
What the really cheap producers did not realize is the harsh response from the audience, demanding he return. So Hart got fired! However, he also got a lot of sympathy and worked steadily in both tv and movies for decades. He last tv appearance was on HAPPY DAYS in the 80s.
Watch this summer bummer episode for old times sake. It brings back a lot of memories. From 1958 dvd remastered box set.
- tcchelsey
- Sep 17, 2023
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1