Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963): Season 2, Episode 7 - Beaver's Ring - full transcript

[Announcer] Leave It To Beaver.

Starring Barbara Billingsley,

Hugh Beaumont,

Tony Dow...

and Jerry Mathers...

as the Beaver.

Well, boys, what went
on at school today?

Oh, lots of stuff, Dad.

Miss Landers took a bunch of
keys away from Whitey Whitney.

And Larry Mondello
broke his seat.

And a man came in our
classroom and looked at us.



A man came in and looked at you?

Yeah, I think he's
a "psycho-logist."

- A psychologist?
- Yeah.

He stayed for five minutes.
Well, he's tryin' to learn about kids.

I guess that's one way to do it.

You wanna know what happened around here
today? We got a letter from Aunt Martha.

Aunt Martha? Oh, yeah. She's the one that
always sends us umbrellas at Christmas.

Yeah, she's our umbrella aunt.

Well, she sent you a
present today, Beaver.

Gee, another umbrella?
It's not even Christmas.

No, it's not an umbrella. It's,
um, well, sort of a family heirloom.

Excuse me.

Dad, what's a "hairloom"?

Well, Beaver, an
heirloom is, uh...



Well, it's something that's
been in the family for a long time.

Like Larry Mondello's
great-grandfather?

He's been in their
family for 92 years.

Ah, cut it out, Beaver.

No one sends you
grandfathers in the mail.

Here you are,
Beaver. Thanks, Mom.

Well, gee, didn't Aunt
Martha send me anything?

Well, Wally, Aunt Martha
is Beaver's godmother.

- [Grunts]
- Gee, yeah.

Heck, Uncle Frank's my
godfather, and all he ever did...

was promise to send me to
Europe when I'm out of college.

But heck, who wants to go to
Europe when you're an old man?

Look, Mom. Look, Wally.
Look, Dad. It's a ring!

Yes, and it's a
very lovely ring.

That belonged to Aunt Martha's
brother when he was your age.

And she's sending it to you
because you were named after him.

Gee, I didn't know I
had an Uncle Beaver.

I, uh, think his
name was Theodore.

It looks kind of like gold.

Why don't you bite it, Beaver? If it's
real gold, your teeth'll make a mark in it.

I don't think that's necessary.
It's marked 14 karat.

What's that, Dad?

Oh, that's the way
they measure gold.

Boy, wait till the
guys see this.

I bet I'm the only kid in the third
grade that's got a real gold ring.

Oh, now, wait a minute,
Beaver. That's a valuable ring.

I don't want you
wearing it to school.

I just want you to wear
it on special occasions.

But, gee, Mom, what's the use of
having a ring if you can't wear it?

Beaver, your mother's right.

Gee, Angela Valentine
has a real gold filling,

and her mother lets
her wear it to school.

Beaver, the ring is yours,

but we don't want you
to wear it to school...

because you might lose it, and then
your Aunt Martha would be very upset.

Well, all right. I won't
wear it to school. Good.

Ah, now you boys can be
excused if you want to be.

Oh, thanks, Dad.

Fold your napkins. Oh, I already
folded mine so the spots don't show.

It was nice of Aunt
Martha to send the ring.

Yes, it was.

Somehow, I feel Beaver would've
been happier with a gold filling.

Pretty neat ring, huh, Wally?

Yeah. I guess it's okay.

Of course, uh, Mary Ellen Rogers
has a ring with a real pearl in it.

Does that make it
better? Well, sure.

They have to get
pearls out of an oyster.

Where they get gold from?

Oh, well, they just find
it lyin' around in the dirt.

Well, I still think it's
pretty neat. [Blows]

Aren't the boys a
little late this morning?

I had to send Wally back upstairs
to take off those fluorescent socks.

Fluorescent socks? Where did he get them?
We never bought him anything like that.

He saved up for them.

He said he had to have them to wear
at night so he wouldn't get run over.

Oh. Well, if they have
the approval of the Safety

Council, I guess there's
not much we can do, huh?

Hey, what you got there, Beaver?

Nothin'. Just a piece of string.

It goes into your pocket.
What's on the other end?

Nothin'. A guy's allowed to have a
piece of string on his pocket if he wants.

Hey, I'll bet you got Aunt
Martha's ring on there.

Well, sorta.

Well, didn't Mom tell you
not to wear it to school?

Sure. She said not to wear it.

But she didn't say
anything about carrying it.

Carrying's not the
same thing as wearing.

Well, I just wanna
show it to the other guys.

Yeah, but, boy,
you better not lose it.

Well, how could I lose it when it's tied
up to me? I'd have to lose myself first.

What do you wanna show the other guys for?
Can't you just tell 'em you got the ring?

Gee, no. Telling's
not the same thing.

Look at Whitey. He told all
the guys he had a lion at home.

Boy, did he feel like a creep...

when they came over to his
house and he didn't have any lion.

Well, okay,

but if you lose it and get in
trouble, don't drag me into it.

These okay, Mom? Well,
now that's a lot better.

Why, they sure aren't as
comfortable as the other ones were.

You know, Wally, when I
went to high school, we used

to have to wear a collar
and tie to school every day.

Well, gee, Dad. They're not allowed
to be that mean to you anymore.

Well, good-bye.

Here you are, dear. Beaver,
did you take a wash this morning?

Well, gee, Mom. I took
a whole bath last night,

and a guy doesn't get
very dirty just sleepin'.

Bye. Good-bye.

Hey, wait a minute. What's
this? Just a piece of string.

Well, what are you doing
with a piece of string on?

Oh, Mom, did you know
yesterday our lima bean died?

Your lima bean died? Yeah.

My class was growin' it on a
piece of blotter in the windowsill.

Some of the guys said
it died the day before,

but I think it died yesterday.

Our potato's still all right, though.
On Monday it "growed" a new wart.

Well, good-bye.

Honey, wasn't that cute about
his lima bean? Well, I guess so.

He volunteered too
much information, though.

He's trying to cover
up for something.

I wish I knew what it was.

That's sure a neat ring
you got there, Beaver.

I don't see any carrots, Beaver.

They're not that kind
of carrots, Whitey.

They're gold karats,
and there's 14 of 'em.

Where'd you get it, Beaver?

From my Aunt Martha.
She's my umbrella aunt.

And next to my Uncle Frank,
she's just about my best aunt.

What's that you
have there, Beaver?

[Larry] Beaver's
got a gold ring, Judy.

[Whitey] It's got
14 karats in it.

- Doesn't look like real gold to me.
- It is too. You wanna bite it?

I'm not allowed to bite
stuff. I go to an orthodontist.

My Aunt Martha gave it to me
'cause her brother was named after me.

Bet ya it's not even
yours at all, Beaver.

Well, it is too my ring.

Then why aren't you
wearing it? I don't want to.

You're aren't wearing it
'cause it doesn't fit you.

That proves it's not your ring.

[Whitey] Go ahead and
show her it fits you, Beaver.

[Larry] Yeah, go ahead and show
her it's your ring. Well, all right.

There.

Well, it may be your ring,

but it still isn't solid gold.

[Bell Rings] Hmm.

[Judy] It didn't look like solid gold to
me. You really showed her, Beaver.

Yeah, you really showed her.

What's the matter? Nothin'.
I'll see you guys in class.

Yeah. We'll see you in class.

Gee, I didn't think I was gonna have
to have these reports until next week.

I'm sorry you had to come all
the way home for them. Uh-huh.

You sure I can't
fix you some lunch?

Oh, no, dear. No, I'm gonna have lunch with
Charlie Bennett and go over the reports.

Ward, I know you're in a
hurry, and I don't wanna

bother you, but I'm worried
about the Beaver's ring.

The one Aunt Martha
sent him? Uh-huh.

I was picking up their room this morning,
and I found the ring box, but no ring.

Well, you told him to
put it in a safe place.

It's not there.

I looked in all his safe places.
I'm afraid he's taken it to school.

Well, if he has after we told him not to,
that young man's in for a lot of trouble.

Yeah, well.

Ward? Mm-hmm.

Aren't you forgetting something?

Oh! That Furguson report, yeah.

Good-bye. Bye.

Have a good day. Uh-huh.

Now, yesterday we discussed
the oceans of the world.

Now, who can tell me
the names of the oceans?

Larry, suppose you tell us.

I didn't have my hand
up, Miss Landers.

I know you didn't, Larry.
But why don't you try anyway?

The oceans are the Atlantic
Ocean, the Pacific Ocean,

the Arctic Ocean,

the Antarctic Ocean...

and the Hudson River.

Larry, the Hudson
River isn't an ocean.

Didn't you learn yesterday about
the Indian Ocean? No, Miss Landers.

Well, why not, Larry?

I guess I was in the principal's
office for bustin' my seat.

Very well, Larry.

Now could anyone
else tell me what...

Theodore.

Are you sucking your
finger? No, Miss Landers.

Theodore, what do
you have in your hand?

You mean besides my fingers?

Yes, besides your fingers.

Theodore, are you
playing with that ring?

No, Miss Landers. I'm
just trying to get it off.

Oh, well, you shouldn't have put the
ring on that finger. It's much too small.

It wasn't too small
when I was puttin' it on.

It's just too small when
I'm trying to take it off.

[Laughing]

It isn't even his
ring, Miss Landers.

It is too his ring. His
umbrella aunt gave it to him.

It's all Judy’s fault,
Miss Landers. She made

him stick it on there.
Now, that's enough.

Beaver, I think we'd better
take you down to the nurse.

But I'm not sick. I've just got a stuck
finger, and it doesn't hurt very much.

Now, Beaver, why wouldn't
you wanna go to the nurse?

Because when I had spots in
my throat, she called my mother.

Well, I'm sure this is
nothing that serious.

I sure hope not. Come along.

Now, I want you all to remain
perfectly quiet until I come back.

[All] Yes, Miss Landers.

If anyone squeals on me, I'll
punch 'em right in the nose.

[Laughing] Shh, shh.

You think my hand's shrunk up
enough now? Well, let me see, Theodore.

Maybe it shrunk
the ring instead.

Beaver, if this doesn't work,

I'm afraid we're going to
have to call your mother.

Well, gee, couldn't you call
somebody else? Like who?

Well, uh, you could
call my brother, Wally.

He's real good at
gettin' stuff unstuck.

Once he got a croquet
ball out of a drainpipe.

Well, he squirted
water in the other end.

Well, I don't think this
is quite the same thing.

Isn't your mother at home?

Well, she might not be.

Well, sometimes
she goes out places.

And if you called when she wasn't home,
I wouldn't want the school to lose a dime.

Beaver, don't you get upset.

You just go on soaking
your finger there a

little longer, and we'll
see what we can do.

Hi, Beaver.

Hi, Larry. Is it off yet?

No. I think they're
gonna call my mother.

What are you doing out of class?

I'm being sent to the principal's
office for turning the clock ahead.

- Who squealed on you?
- That creepy Judy Hensler.

She always squeals.

I'm gonna be in trouble, too, if my mother
finds out I brought the ring to school.

You know, Beaver, I'm glad.

If we're gonna get in trouble, we're
gettin' in trouble on the same day.

[Door Opens]

This isn't the
principal's office, is it?

[Ringing]

Hello? Yes.

Miss Thompson?

Oh, the school nurse.

Is something wrong?

[Sighs] Oh, I see.

Yes, I-I suppose it would be
better if I came down there.

Well, thank you for
calling. Good-bye.

Hi, Mom. I'm home. Hi.

What's the matter, Mom?

Your brother took his
new ring to school. He got

it stuck on his finger,
and they can't get it off.

I'm gonna have to go down
there. Huh, that's funny.

I told him he shouldn't
take it with him.

Wally, you knew he took his ring
to school after we told him not to?

- Now, why didn't you tell us?
- Well, gee, Mom. I couldn't squeal
on my own brother.

If I started doin' that, well, he could
tell a whole bunch of bad stuff on me.

Hey, Mom, can I go with you?

All right, Wally. I'll get my
purse. You wait out in the car.

Dad's got the car.

Oh.

Well, look. You call a taxi.

Hey, Mom? What now?

Can we pick up Eddie Haskell on the way?
He wouldn't wanna miss anything like this.

Call a taxi. Call a taxi.

I've tried everything I can
think of, Mrs. Cleaver, but

the finger is swollen, and
the ring just won't come off.

Well, maybe you could heat
up the ring and then melt it off.

Wally, would you wait out
in the other room, please?

Yes, Mom.

I'll see you later,
Beave. I'll see you, Wally.

While I was waiting
for you, Mrs. Cleaver, I

sent for the school
physician, Dr. Hendricks.

Beaver, do you see the
trouble you've caused by

wearing this ring to school
after we told you not to?

I didn't wear it, Mom. I
carried it in my pocket.

Well, how'd you
get it on your finger?

Well, Judy said
it wasn't my ring,

so I stuck it on my
finger to prove that it was.

But I guess I stuck it
on a finger... too big for it.

Mrs. Cleaver, I'm afraid
there's only one way

we're going to get that
ring off Beaver's finger.

Dr. Hendricks will
have to cut it off.

Do you think he'll
have to do that?

I think so. He's bringing
the implements to do it.

- Mom?
- Beaver, look.

Would you wait outside with
your brother? Go on, honey.

But, Mom— Please. I wanna
talk to Miss Thompson.

You're really gonna
have to cut it off?

Now, Theodore, it
won't hurt in the least.

Yeah, sure.

Well, I told you you'd get in trouble
if you brought the ring to school.

Yeah. How come you always know
stuff like that? Well, I was your age once.

And all the trouble you're
gettin' in, well, I already got in.

Wally, Mom's mad at
me. Is she mad at you?

Well, right now I think she's
kind of mad at everybody. Why?

Well, would you tell
her somethin' for me?

Mmm. Yeah, I guess so.
What do you want me to tell her?

Well, tell her if they've gotta
cut it off, that's all right with me.

But I just want her to know...

it's just about
my favorite finger.

Wait a minute, Beave. Where'd
you get a goofy idea like that?

Well, they said so inside.

The nurse said the doctor was
bringin' the implements to do it.

What they meant was
they're gonna cut the ring off.

They can't cut
your finger off...

without your permission.

You sure, Wally?

Well, sure. Mom said in the taxi
they might have to cut the ring off.

[Exhales] Then I'm not in as
much trouble as I thunk I was.

You're still gonna be
in plenty of trouble when

you get home and Dad
finds out what you did.

They had to wreck Aunt
Martha's ring gettin' it off.

Boy, there's sure gonna
be a lot of hollerin' goin' on.

Yeah.

Maybe I oughta let
'em cut off my finger.

Then they might
feel so sorry for me,

well, they wouldn't yell at me.

There you are, Beaver. There's
the ring your Aunt Martha sent you.

The one that belonged
to your Uncle Theodore.

The ring that's been
in your family for years.

I told you not to take it to school, but
you don't pay any attention to what I say.

You don't care that your
mother was upset this afternoon.

You don't care that the ring
has been mutilated, do you?

No, sir.

No, sir?

Well, I thought that's
what you wanted me to say.

Ward, I think the Beaver
realizes that he did the wrong thing.

Oh, I'm sure he does now.

But we can't always wait until after we've
done a thing to realize that it's wrong.

We—We have to start realizing that it's
wrong before it happens, don't we, Wally?

Um, gee, Dad, I
didn't do anything.

Um— All right, Beaver.

What are we gonna do about the ring?
What are we gonna tell Aunt Martha?

She's going to be very upset
when she learns about this.

Well, uh,

maybe we could tell
her we never got the ring.

No, Beaver. We can't do that.

I'll tell you what
we're going to do.

After supper this evening,
you're going to write her a letter.

And you're going to tell her
just exactly what happened.

But gee, Dad, if I do that,

well, I won't be her
favorite nephew anymore.

Well, I imagine
she'll be very upset.

- Ward, don't you
think— - June, please.

Beaver, you do
what your father says.

Gee, I've never written a long
letter before. That's okay, Beave.

If you get stuck, I'll help
you tell her the bad stuff.

Ward? Mm-hmm?

Don't you think you're
being a little bit hard on

the Beaver? He's been
through a great deal today.

What's the sense of
going through a great deal,

dear, if you don't
learn something from it?

Mmm.

Wally, I finished the letter.

What should I put at the
bottom? Well, just put your name.

Beaver? No, you
better put Theodore.

She'll probably be mad
enough anyway. Okay.

The—o—dore.

[Door Opens]

Well, Beaver, did you finish the
letter to Aunt Martha? Yes, Dad.

Wally, I'd like to go over
this with Beaver alone.

Okay.

I'll see you, Beave.

I'll see you, Wally.
[Door Closes]

Well, Beaver, let's
see what you've written.

Some of the words
are kind of messed up.

[Clears Throat]
"Dear Aunt Martha,

"I was very happy
to get your ring.

"I took it to school. I
was not supposed to.

"I got it stuck on my
finger, and I was sorry.

"Dr. Hendricks came.

"He is the doctor that sent
me home when I had spots.

"When he took off the ring,

"the ring got broke.

"But it was my fault.

"I am sorry it happened to the ring
that belonged to my Uncle Theodore.

I hope you still like me, but
I don't think so. Theodore."

Well, Beaver, sounds to me like
you've covered about everything.

Yeah. I wrote it
over three times.

It's awful hard to write a
letter saying you're bad.

Makes you feel sort of
ashamed of yourself, doesn't it?

Yeah. But it makes
me feel even worse...

to think I hurt Aunt
Martha's feelings,

because she thinks
I'm always so good.

Beaver, I'm awfully
glad to hear you say that.

Gee, what'd you
do that for, Dad?

I thought my punishment was
sending Aunt Martha the letter.

No, Beaver. I think it was punishment
enough just to write the letter.

Gee, thanks, Dad.

But what's gonna happen
about the busted ring?

Well, you know, I hadn't
thought of it until this minute,

but it just might be that
we could get that ring fixed.

I sure hope so.