Today we will be looking at brotherhood, it's ups, and occasional downs. Upstairs Wally and Beaver are going at it; June is reading a quote about brotherly love that seems incongruous as the boys are having a brotherly love donnybrook. Even Ward remembers fighting with his brother and sister, recalling his sister bouncing a rock off his head. June can't accept brothers fighting and is determined to end it once and for all.
Upstairs, June separates the boys and tries for guilt. June says all this fighting will end when Wally goes away, first to high school, then college, then marriage. For Beaver, Wally can't leave fast enough. Unwilling to accept defeat, June has the boys sign pacts that they will be friends forever and do everything together. Ward isn't as keen on June's idea as she is.
Wally is getting a haircut and his friend Chester, who is getting one also, offers to take Wally to a football game. Can Wally bring his brother, sorry as there are only three tickets. Wally figures he can dump Beaver. Gus the fireman has a new boat and invites Beaver to join him in his new dinghy which can only hold a man and a quarter to go fishing. But the dinghy can't hold Wally. Beaver figures he can dump Wally.
At dinner, June is lording it over Ward as her "pact" is doing so well in making the boys do things together. It's Saturday and there is no noise. Both boys are feeling one another out to see if either one wants to break the pact. Wally gets a call to be ready at two and wear a jacket; they won't just see the game but meet the coach and go out for dinner. Wally is trying to get his stuff ready so he can dump Beaver, when he sees Beaver with his fishing gear.
Neither boy is willing to break the pact because each figures the other will squeal to mom. Ward gets a call from Tom Anderson about Wally going to a football game. June is nervous, would Wally break the pact? Then Gus shows up to take Beaver fishing. Wally figures he should squeal and tell mom. Then a horn is heard and Chester yells to hurry up or they will be late for the game.
June is pleased the boys spent the day together. Then the pact is over as both boys start beating the crap out of one another as each blames the other for causing them to miss a great day of football, a great day of fishing. June has been defeated and Ward is left to mediate.
Next day the boys are with Gus. There is the new dinghy just sitting there in Millers Pond. It's big enough to hold two brothers. Wally and Beaver are racing home for their fishing gear; turns out it's Gus who really knows about "pacts" and not June.
June's character mollifies somewhat over the years but the base is there: the boys are always her babies, she believes she can cement their friendship, and she is smarter than Ward. Zero for three. Ward is a little excitable in these early episodes but that quickly fades before the first year is over. Eddie Haskell starts out a manipulator and remains a manipulator. And Wally and Beaver, they are brothers throughout.
Upstairs, June separates the boys and tries for guilt. June says all this fighting will end when Wally goes away, first to high school, then college, then marriage. For Beaver, Wally can't leave fast enough. Unwilling to accept defeat, June has the boys sign pacts that they will be friends forever and do everything together. Ward isn't as keen on June's idea as she is.
Wally is getting a haircut and his friend Chester, who is getting one also, offers to take Wally to a football game. Can Wally bring his brother, sorry as there are only three tickets. Wally figures he can dump Beaver. Gus the fireman has a new boat and invites Beaver to join him in his new dinghy which can only hold a man and a quarter to go fishing. But the dinghy can't hold Wally. Beaver figures he can dump Wally.
At dinner, June is lording it over Ward as her "pact" is doing so well in making the boys do things together. It's Saturday and there is no noise. Both boys are feeling one another out to see if either one wants to break the pact. Wally gets a call to be ready at two and wear a jacket; they won't just see the game but meet the coach and go out for dinner. Wally is trying to get his stuff ready so he can dump Beaver, when he sees Beaver with his fishing gear.
Neither boy is willing to break the pact because each figures the other will squeal to mom. Ward gets a call from Tom Anderson about Wally going to a football game. June is nervous, would Wally break the pact? Then Gus shows up to take Beaver fishing. Wally figures he should squeal and tell mom. Then a horn is heard and Chester yells to hurry up or they will be late for the game.
June is pleased the boys spent the day together. Then the pact is over as both boys start beating the crap out of one another as each blames the other for causing them to miss a great day of football, a great day of fishing. June has been defeated and Ward is left to mediate.
Next day the boys are with Gus. There is the new dinghy just sitting there in Millers Pond. It's big enough to hold two brothers. Wally and Beaver are racing home for their fishing gear; turns out it's Gus who really knows about "pacts" and not June.
June's character mollifies somewhat over the years but the base is there: the boys are always her babies, she believes she can cement their friendship, and she is smarter than Ward. Zero for three. Ward is a little excitable in these early episodes but that quickly fades before the first year is over. Eddie Haskell starts out a manipulator and remains a manipulator. And Wally and Beaver, they are brothers throughout.
