Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 6 - Her Idol - full transcript

[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.

Starring Barbara Billingsley,

Hugh Beaumont,

Tony Dow...

and Jerry Mathers...

as the Beaver.

What are you pouring?

Goldfish. Goldfish?

Hey, you are.

The boys' aquarium broke.

So I had to get the fish
out of their bathroom



basin so they could
get washed this morning.

Now I have to get 'em out
of the milk bottle before the

milkman comes, so I'm
putting them in the flower bowl.

What are you gonna do
with 'em if I send you flowers?

Honey, that's the last
thing I'll have to worry about.

Yeah, that's right.

Well, I thought I might
play a little golf today.

What are Beaver
and Wally going to do?

Well, after they
straighten up their room,

Beaver and Whitey Whitney are
going over to Larry Mondello's...

to dig a hole in his backyard.

What are they
digging a hole for?

They found a shovel. Oh.

Well, I guess that's as good a
reason as any for digging a hole.



And I think Wally and Eddie and
Chester and some of the others...

are going to the
movies at the Olympic.

I thought Wally
saw that picture.

Well, he did, but Chester
thought they ought to see it again...

now that they know where to make
the noises during the kissing scenes.

Hey, how do you know everything
that goes on around here?

Oh, you'd be surprised at how
much information you collect...

transferring goldfish
from one room to the other.

[Wally] Come on, Beave. We gotta
get this room cleaned up like Dad says.

Hey, Wally, you're really gonna
go see the same movie again?

Yeah. Eddie says we
might meet some girls.

What kinds of girls?

I don't know. Mary Ellen
Rogers might be there.

You walked her home
from school on Thursday.

Well, so? I walked her.

You used to throw rocks at her.

Well, I used to do a lot
of things when I was a kid.

Hey, Wally, do you
know Linda Dennison?

She's in your class. Didn't
she used to have no teeth?

Yeah, but she's got some now.

What about Linda Dennison?

Well, in class, she's
always lookin' at me.

Well, do you ever
look back at her?

- Not if I can help it.
- Well, did you ever talk to her?

- Just once.
- Well, what'd you say?

Well, I said, "Stop
lookin' at me."

Hey, Wally, do you think it
means anything, her lookin' at me?

Well, I don't know.
Do you like her?

Not much. I liked her better
when she had no teeth.

She used to could whistle.

Well, did you boys get
your room straightened up?

Oh, yeah, Dad. The
room looks real neat.

Say, Beaver, be
careful digging that hole

over at Larry's. I don't
want you to get hurt.

Yeah, Dad.

And, Wally, I wouldn't make
those noises at the movies.

You know, it
disturbs other people.

Hey, Wally, how do you think
he found out what we're doin'?

We didn't tell him.

Search me.

Hey, maybe he's got
X-ray ears like Superman.

Aw, cut it out, Beave.

Yeah, it is wet paint.

[Girl] Hello, Beaver.

Up here. It's me,
Linda Dennison.

I'm in the tree.

- Linda, how'd you get up there?
- I climbed up.

- But you're a girl.
- I know, but I climbed up anyway.

- Come on up, Beaver.
- Me and Larry gotta dig a hole.

There's a bird's nest up here.

- A real bird's nest?
- Sure. It's right here.

Well...

All right.

Give me your hand,
Beaver. I'll help you.

No. I can make it.

- Hi, Linda.
- Hello, Beaver.

You look different
than you do in school.

Do I?

Yeah. I guess it's
'cause you're dirtier.

Well, where's the
nest? Right there.

[Beaver] I'll bet there's
real birds in there.

You know, inside the eggs.

Yeah. I wonder
how they got in there.

I don't know. I guess
it's like peanuts.

They're in there,
and that's that.

Yes, but when peanuts
get out, they can't fly.

Yeah, but it's pretty neat
the way it works though.

I think they're pigeons' eggs.

- How come?
- 'Cause they got freckles on 'em.

[Beaver] I wonder if the
birds will have freckles.

Well, uh, I think we better be gettin'
down. We might be making the eggs nervous.

Well, uh, I gotta be goin'. Me
and the fellas are gonna dig a hole.

Beaver, do you wanna come over
tomorrow and look at the eggs again?

If it's all right with you.
You found 'em first.

It's all right. But I don't think
we should tell other people.

- Why not?
- I don't know.

I don't think we should have a lot of
strange people looking at our eggs.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Well, uh, I'll see ya.

Beaver, how come at
school you never talk to me?

- Oh, I never talk to girls.
- Oh.

But I guess, from now on,
it wouldn't hurt to talk to you.

See you, Beaver.

[Larry] Hey, Beaver!

What you doin',
Beaver? Hi, guys.

You were supposed to be
at my house a long while ago.

Yeah. Who was that
you were talkin' to?

- Just somebody.
- I saw her.

That wasn't somebody.
That was Linda Dennison.

Uh, that's wet paint.
We know it's wet paint.

I bet Linda
Dennison's your girl.

She is not my girl.

Then why were you talkin' to
Linda Dennison if she's not your girl?

I wasn't talkin' to her
'cause she was a girl.

I was talkin' to her, well,
like she was a people.

Well, are we gonna dig
that hole or aren't we?

Sure, Beaver.

Hey, Whitey, let's choose
up sides and play dolls. Yeah.

You guys, cut that out!

Good-bye, dear. Bye.

Listen, I'll drive the boys
by school if they're ready.

I had to send
Beaver back upstairs.

He came down with no
shoelaces. None at all?

None at all. He
said he lost them.

Now, how could a boy lose both
shoelaces right out of a pair of shoes?

He said they just fell out
while he was playing. Oh, sure.

Well, bye-bye. Bye, dear.

Hey, Beave, aren't those the
laces out of your sneakers?

Uh-huh.

Well, what are you gonna do when
you wanna wear your sneakers?

I'll worry about that
when the time comes.

Hey, where were you
all Saturday afternoon?

- Oh, I was around.
- You weren't at Larry's with Whitey,

' cause I went by there, and his
father was makin' 'em fill up the hole.

Well, I guess I was
around some other place.

With one of the guys?

Sort of with one of the
guys. Well, which guy?

Linda Dennison.

Linda Dennison? The one
that's always lookin' at ya?

Yeah, that's the guy.

Well, me and her climbed a tree.

- We were lookin' at birds' eggs.
- Boy, Beaver.

Wait till the guys find out you
were hangin' around with a girl.

Boy, they'll really
give you the business.

But, gee, Wally, you
hang around with girls.

The guys don't give
you the business.

Well, that's 'cause
I'm in high school.

You can do a lot of stuff in high
school without gettin' the business.

[Ward] All right,
fellas, let's get going!

Okay, Dad! Hey, did any of the
other guys see you with Linda?

Just a couple. Uh-oh. What if
the guys razz you about Linda?

I'm just gonna act like I
never climbed a tree with her.

Now, before the bell rings,
could someone sum up...

what we've learned today and
give me the definition of a sentence?

Whitey.

A sentence is where after you
say something, you put a period.

Well, Whitey, I'm not
sure that that's what...

[Bell Ringing] Perhaps we'd better
review our sentences again tomorrow.

All right. Class dismissed.

Oh, Beaver, would you
pick up the notebooks?

Yes, Miss Landers.
Can I help you, Beaver?

Well, Miss Landers said I should
do it. Didn't you, Miss Landers?

Well, yes, Linda, but you
could sharpen the pencils for me.

Sure they were. They
were sittin' up in the tree.

- Linda and Beaver.
- [Both Snickering]

They really were sitting up in a
tree, all day Saturday and Sunday.

Didn't they even
come down to eat?

They were sittin' in the tree 'cause
they're sweet on each other. That's why.

[All Laughing]

[All Snickering]

Hi, guys.

Well, these aren't
my real shoestrings.

They're out of my
sneakers. [All Laugh]

Well, uh— Well,
I gotta be goin'.

Aren't you gonna wait
for your girlfriend Linda?

She's not my girlfriend.

[All Laughing]

If she's not your girlfriend,
then call her somethin'.

Sure, call her a funny
name if she's not your girl.

All right, I will.

Here she comes.
Go ahead, Beaver.

Good-bye, Beaver.

Good-bye, Linda.

Why didn't you
call her somethin'?

Well, I couldn't think of
a funny name to call her.

Then when are you
gonna think of one?

Tomorrow. I bet you're
not gonna call her anything.

I'll bet you're still
sweet on her. [All Laugh]

I bet you I do too. I bet you I
call her a real mean name...

first thing tomorrow.

[Snickering] Hey, Beaver.

[Makes Kissing Noises]

[Makes Kissing Noises]

Hey, Wally? What?

Can I ask you something? Can't
you see I'm doing my homework?

That doesn't look like
homework. Well, sure it is.

It's a picture for biology.
What's it a picture of?

It's an amoeba. What does it do?

Uh, I don't know. They just
told us to draw a picture of it.

They're gonna tell us
what it does tomorrow.

Doesn't look like
it could do much.

Beaver, would you get
your nose out of my amoeba?

All right.

I don't have to ask
you stuff anyway.

Hi, Mom. Hi.

Can I ask you
somethin'? Well, of course.

When? Well, anytime,
dear. Anytime at all.

[Door Shuts]

[Footsteps On Staircase]

Dad? Are you doin'
somethin' too important?

- Too important for what?
- Too important for me
to ask you somethin'.

No, I guess not.

Did you ever call
anybody a bad name?

Beaver, what do you
want to know that for?

Well, I was just wondering.

Well, I might have, uh,
when I was in the Seabees.

Well, after you called
'em stuff, did they feel bad?

Well, I suppose their
feelings were hurt, yes.

Well, is there any bad stuff
you could call somebody...

that wouldn't make 'em feel bad?

Like what?

Well, if you called 'em
a creep, they'd feel bad.

That's right. And if you called
'em a dope, they'd feel bad.

Yes.

I guess there aren't
any nice bad words.

Thanks anyways, Dad.

Beaver.

Why are you asking me all this?

Because Mom and
Wally were too busy.

[All Chattering]

What are you gonna
call Linda, Beaver?

Yeah. You said you'd do it first thing
in the morning. None of your business.

I'll bet you're not
gonna call her anything.

I'll bet you're still sweet
on her. [Door Closes]

I am not, and you'll see.

Heres she comes.
Go ahead, Beaver.

Hello, Beaver.

Linda Dennison,
you're a smelly, old ape.

You really told her, Beaver.

[Whitey] Yeah,
that was all right.

[Larry] Yeah, she was cryin'.

[All Shouting]

[Shouting Continues]

Oh, goodness!
Thank you, Mr. Harris.

Now, what is all this?

[All Shouting] Just a
minute! One at a time.

Beaver started it, Miss Landers.

He called Linda
a smelly, old ape.

Beaver, did you do that?

Yes, Miss Landers.

The rest of you children,
go into the classroom.

Beaver, you come with
me to Mrs. Rayburn's office.

Judy, I don't think you should
have made Beaver do that.

Huh! You thought it was funny.

So did I until he hit
me in the stomach.

Oh, hi, Mom. Hi, Wally.

Oh, uh, I'll get a new
aquarium Saturday.

Oh, that's all right. They're
kind of nice company.

Aren't you home late? Oh, they made
us stay at school to listen to a lecture.

Oh, what was it about?

Gee, Mom, I don't
know. Just a lecture.

Dad's home, huh? I saw the car.

Yes, he's in with the Beaver. Mrs. Rayburn
sent him home from school with a note.

Mrs. Rayburn? Boy, he must
be in some real neat mess.

Can I have some milk, Mom?

Sure.

[Ward] "I hope you can find a suitable
explanation for Theodore's unusual conduct.

Yours truly, Cornelia Rayburn."

Well, Beaver, I guess you
had quite a day at school.

I guess I did too, Dad.

Does Mrs. Rayburn say anything
about me hittin' Larry in the stomach?

- No.
- Oh.

Well, I thunk she might have
made up something like that.

Beaver, this name you
called Linda Dennison...

Was that why you were asking me all
those questions about bad names last night?

Yeah, Dad, I guess it was.

Well, I gather you found
one that was suitable.

I sure did.

Beaver, why would
you do a thing like this...

Start a fight and
cause all this trouble?

I don't know.

Now, that's not good enough, Beaver. Now,
this thing's been building up for two days.

I want the reason.

Well, me and Linda
were sittin' in a tree,

and the kids said
she was my girl,

so I called her a name
to prove that she wasn't.

You did it because the
kids were teasing you.

All right, what about
the fight in the hall?

Well, after I called
Linda the name,

I felt mad, so I wanted
to hit somebody.

- So you hit Larry, huh?
- Well, he was the closest.

Um, well, Beaver, did you tell Mrs.
Rayburn about the kids teasing you?

Gee, no, Dad.

I didn't wanna be a squealer.

Well, you go on upstairs.

I'll, uh, straighten
this out at school.

Oh, Beaver, uh,

I'm going to have to
talk to Mrs. Rayburn.

Uh, what was the
name you called Linda?

I called her a smelly, old ape.

Oh.

Well, I thunk of
some "worst" ones,

but I couldn't remember
how to say 'em.

Is everything okay, Beave?

I won't know till after later.

[Dialing]

Did you get to the bottom of it?

Yeah, more or less. He sat
in a tree with Linda Dennison.

Then he called her an ape, and then he
punched Larry Mondello in the stomach.

Now, why would he do all that?

I guess our boy's
growing up, dear.

Uh, hello. Has Mrs.
Rayburn left yet?

Now, before we
begin today's lessons,

I think there's one thing
we should straighten out...

in regard to our
relations with each other.

Now, I talked with Mrs. Rayburn,

and all that commotion yesterday
was caused by a mistaken idea.

Some of you seem to think
there's something shameful...

about a little boy and a
little girl liking one another.

Now let's think
about it for a minute.

Is it really so shameful?

All of us here in this room...

are rather like one big family.

And I think our family
could be a lot happier...

if we were kind, considerate...

and friendly toward one another.

And, well,

as far as little boys and
little girls liking each other,

well, you don't have
to be silly about it.

But I do think you should
have mutual respect...

and learn to get along together.

You know, if you do that,

you'll be taking a big step
toward becoming the...

The kind of men and
women we want you to be.

[Linda] Hi, Beaver.

Hi, Linda.

Come on up. Hi, Beaver.

Me and Linda found
some birds' eggs.

No. Well, I gotta
be gettin' home.

Anyway, um, the tree
might not hold the three of us.

No, it might not.

Yeah, I'll be
seein' you, Beaver.

Yeah, I'll be seein' you, guys.

I told the Beaver to get to
bed early tonight. Mm-hmm.

You know, he must have had a
pretty tough time the last couple of days.

Children teasing him and
fighting with his friends.

Oh, it's sort of natural, June. A boy has
a lot of problems to face as he grows up.

None of them is new
or unique. Oh, I know.

But when you're the Beaver's
age, it must seem as though...

it's never happened to anyone
else in the whole world before.

Hmm. Yeah, I guess it must.

No foolin'. Linda was really sittin'
up in the same tree with Larry, huh?

Yeah, lookin' at the same
eggs she was lookin' at with me.

Well, were you mad?

No, I wasn't mad.

Well, what were you?

I don't know. I just
kinda felt... bad.

Yeah.

Wally, I don't like Linda.

Why should I feel bad 'cause
she's sittin' in a tree with Larry?

I don't know.

I don't like Mary
Ellen Rogers either,

but I feel kinda bad when I see her talkin'
to some of the other guys in school.

I guess that bad feeling is
what makes people get married.

Search me, Wally.