Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963): Season 3, Episode 4 - Beaver's Prize - full transcript

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Dear, would you like pears
or peaches on your salad?

Uh, pears.

But I already
opened the peaches.

All right, peaches.

But thanks for
giving me the choice.

I'll say, dear. Is all the mail?

I was expecting a report
from the home office.

Oh, a big envelope came for you.

I put it in your desk drawer.



Oh, thanks.

Boys!

Wally! Beaver!

Yeah, Dad, what is it?

You come down here
and find out what is it.

Dad, you got ink
all over your hand.

Wally, were you down here
at my desk this afternoon?

Oh, heck, no, Dad.

You told to keep
away from your desk.

Beaver, were you in here today?

Is today Friday?

Yes, today is Friday.

I guess I sort of was.

Did you get in my desk?



I didn't get all the way in.

I might have had my
hand in the drawer.

Just what were
you doing in here?

Well, you see, Dad, my
ink pen was dry, so I filled it.

I only used that much. I
didn't think you'd miss it.

Beaver, you left the
top off the ink bottle.

It spilled all over my
desk and over my reports.

Well, gee, Dad,

he wouldn't mess up
your junk on purpose.

That's entirely beside
the point, Wally.

I've told you boys
time and again

to keep away from my desk.

Now, Beaver, this
is the second time

you've spilled ink in the study.

You're going to
have to be punished.

Yes, sir.

Uh... tomorrow is Saturday.

You're not to make any
dates. I want you to stay around

the house all day and
not leave the premises.

No go on upstairs.

Yes, sir.

You want me anymore, Dad?

No, but you watch
your step, too.

What's going on in here?

Dad, just blew his
top at the Beaver.

Dear, just because
you didn't get pears,

you don't have to
take it out on the boys.

June.

Ward, do you know you
have ink on your hands?

Watch those high ones, Wally.

If they get away from me, I'm
not aloud to leave the property.

Hey, Wally, is this a sinker?

Nah, snap your wrist.

You're throwing like a girl.

Well, I am not.

I haven't thrown like a
girl since I was 6 years old.

- You guys going someplace?
- We sure are.

We're going over to
Lynwood to see the Suttons.

Beaver, you behave
yourself till we get back.

Sure, Mom.

Now, remember, young man,

you're not to leave the
property today for any reason.

Not even if there's a fire?

Yes, sir.

What are you going to
be doing today, Wally?

Oh, I don't know. If I don't
find anything better to do,

I'll just mess around
with the Beaver.

We'll be home by 5:00.

Okay, I'll see you.

- Bye, Dad.
- Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

Ball 1.

- Hiya, man.
- Hi, Eddie.

Hello, Eddie.

You want to catch some?

No, I don't want
to mess up my hair.

Huh.

Hey, Wally,

let's go over to
the junior college

and watch the sergeant
holler at those ROTC guys.

Nah, that's no fun.

Well, you want to go
over to Metzger's Field

and get up a game
of touch football?

Yeah, okay.

You'll be okay around
the house won't you, Beav?

Sure, Wally, I'll be okay.

Come on, Wally.

So long, squirt.

So long, Eddie.

Hey, want to mess up
your hair to play football?

Not the way he plays.

Dry up, junior.

Well, we made pretty good time.

Suttons have new drapes.

Oh yeah, where?

Well, honey, don't stare
at them. Just notice them.

Oh.

You know, I kind of
feel sorry for the Beaver

having to stay home all day.

Well, I don't like to
punish him, either,

but he's got to learn to stay out
of my things when he's been told.

Well, I know, dear, but
sometimes I think maybe

you're a little bit
harsh with him.

Well, June, if you can suggest
a way for me to punish him

and have him enjoy it,

I'll go right along with
you. Come on, let's go.

Dear, don't forget
to notice the drapes.

Oh, but I won't stare.

Who's there?

It's me, Larry.

- Come in.
- Thanks.

Hey, Beaver, what're you doing?

Well, I'm making a sandwich.

Boy, that's sure a
messy-looking sandwich.

Well, I didn't
make it for looks.

I made it for eating.

Hey, you want to go
to the Mayfield Theater?

The got a neat Western
and jungle picture.

Well, I can't.

Look, Beaver, the Lone Ranger.

Hi-Yo, Silver.

Yeah.

How come you can't?

Well, on account I spilled
ink in my father's desk.

And I'm being punished by
staying home the whole day.

But, gee, Beaver,
they're two neat pictures.

I saw the coming attractions.

Four whole wagons
drive off a cliff

with people in them, even.

Gee, Larry, what
do they land on?

They didn't show it.

You have to see
the picture to find out.

I can't help it, Larry.

I can't leave the
property for the whole day.

Why don't you go
ask your father?

They won't be home till supper.

Oh, then come on, let's go.

Well, I can't.

But, gee, Beaver,

in this other picture, they're
flying this ape home from Africa.

And breaks out of his cage
and he drives the airplane.

Gee, what does
he do with the pilot?

I think maybe he eats him.

Two tickets, please.

Thank you.

Gee, Larry, I feel funny about
going to the movies. I better go home.

What do you mean go home?
I already bought the tickets.

Yeah, but I'm scared I'm
gonna get in big trouble.

Come on, you can get
scared after the picture's over.

Beaver.

Hey, Beaver.

Gee, Eddie, he must
have gone out someplace.

I thought he was being punished.

He was. He was supposed
to stay home, the little goof.

Boy, that kid's got more
nerve than I thought he had.

Boy, Beaver's really
gonna be in trouble.

Dad wasn't kidding when
he told him to stay home.

My pop made me stay
around the house one Saturday.

- You know what I did?
- What?

I went out in the yard,

started bouncing a ball
on the roof of the house.

Pretty soon my old man came
out and told me to get lost.

What're you cleaning
up his junk for?

Well, heck, I don't want my
brother getting in any more trouble.

What's that kid
got on you anyway?

Well, nothing.

He just happens to be
my brother and I like him.

You know, Wally,

sometimes I think your
family's real square.

Okay, okay.

Pretty good jungle
picture, huh, Beav?

Yeah, except there was too
much kissing and not enough apes.

Come on, Larry, let's go.

Let's wait till the lights go out.
I don't want no one to see me.

Thank you, thank you.

Well, ladies and gentlemen
and boys and girls,

we're ready now for another big
drawing here at the Mayfield Theater.

And this week our prize

is this beautiful, genuine
English racing bike.

Yeah!

Supplied to the courtesy of
the Village Hardware Store.

Now, how about that?

Yeah!

Now, how about this young lady

helping me with the
drawing? Come right up, hon.

Come on, that's a girl.

There you are.

Now, the lucky number is
right there on your ticket stubs.

Now, you hold onto
them as hard as you can.

Gee, Larry, I didn't know
they gave away stuff.

Well, sure, they
do it every week.

Last week, Angela
Valentine won a tool chest.

Close your eyes
now. That's a girl.

Stick your arm in. There we go.

Yeah.

Now, you run right
back to your seat now.

And I'll wait till you
get there. That's the girl.

Well, the lucky
number is... 6-4 8-7

5-3-2.

6-4-8-7-5-3-3.

Boy, I just missed it by one.

Do we have a winner?

5-3-2! Hey, you won it, Beaver!

Do we have a winner?

We sure do, Mister.
He's right here.

Cut it out. I don't want
anyone to see me.

Come on up, son.

Come on, now, don't be bashful.

Come right up, son.

That's the boy.

That's the boy.

Don't be bashful.
Nobody's going to hurt you.

Now, let's see if your
stub matches mine.

Let's see.

6-4-8-7-5-3-2.

Well, this must be
your lucky day, son.

What's your name?

Beaver.

Is that there's to it, Beaver?

Yes, sir, just Beaver.

Well, then if you're a beaver,

then you should be able
to paddle this bike home.

But I don't want it.

What's that you said?

I don't want the bike.

Well, did you hear that, ladies
and gentlemen and boys and girls?

He doesn't want the bike.

Well, you hear that? Now,
you really do want the bike,

now don't you, son?

If I take it, do I get to go?

Certainly, son.

And here's your
lifetime guarantee.

Yeah!

That's my buddy. That's
my friend who won the bike.

Thank you, Mister.

And, Tom, help the young man
off with his brand new bicycle.

Yeah!

Now, remember next week
another drawing, another winner.

Now, let's have one more
big hand for this week's winner.

Now, how about that?

I just wondered if you'd seen
my brother, Mrs. Mondello.

Oh, no, no.

No, nothing's wrong.

I'd just kind of
like to find him

before my mother
and father got home.

Larry went to the movies, huh?

No, I don't think
Beaver went with him.

Well, thanks a
lot, Mrs. Mondello.

Boy, I sure hope he didn't.

Ward, I think we
ought to be leaving.

The Suttons might
have other plans.

Well, I'm trying to
get the boys now

to tell them we'll be
home in half of a hour.

Funny, they don't answer.

Well, Beaver's
probably out in the yard.

You just told he couldn't
leave the property.

You didn't say to
stay in the house.

Yeah.

You know, maybe we ought
to stop on the way home

and get Beaver
some ice cream, huh?

Oh? Thought you
were the strict father.

Well, I'm also an ex-child.

Hey, maybe you could tell
your parents you found it.

Larry, I wasn't supposed
to leave the house.

I couldn't have gone
anywhere to find it.

I could keep it for you, Beaver,

till you thought of
some way to tell them.

Nah, suppose your parents
start asking questions.

You'd tell them where it
came from and I'd be in trouble.

I wouldn't tell them, Beaver.

I swear I wouldn't.

There's nothing
here to swear on.

Okay, I'll swear on the bicycle.

I, Larry Mondello, swear
on this genuine leather seat

never not to squeal on
Beaver that he won a bicycle

where he shouldn't be
and get him in trouble.

Well, I guess that'll be okay.

Beaver!

Hey, Beaver!

Uh-oh.

Look who's coming. Your brother.

Hey, you little goof. You're
supposed to be home.

What're you doing
running around?

Why, I had to leave
the house or something.

You better get back before
Mom and Dad get home,

or you're really gonna get it.

Well, I'm gonna. I'm gonna.

You better hurry up and gonna.

Hey, Larry, isn't
that a new bike?

This bike here?

Yeah, that bike there.

Yeah, it's a new bike.

Well, were did it come from?

It came from the bike factory,
and I got to get home now.

See you, Beaver.

So long, Larry,
and don't forget.

Sure.

Hey, is it all
right if I ride it?

Sure, it's okay if you ride it.

Hey, Beaver, how
come Larry asked you

if he could ride his bicycle?

I don't know.

I guess because he's
a goofy kid, that's why.

Now, Larry, I want to know
where you got that bike.

Well, I told you, Mom.

I was walking along
the street with Beaver.

And this big black limousine
stopped, nearly a block long.

And a millionaire got out
and he gave me the bike.

And all I got to do to keep it

is not tell where it came from.

Well, I never heard anything
so ridiculous in my life.

Well, sure, Mom.

It's just like on television,

only this millionaire
gives away bikes

instead of million dollars.

I don't believe a
word of that at all.

And let me tell you something.

When your father
gets home tonight,

he's going to get
to the bottom of this.

Gee, every time he
comes home, he says hello,

and then he starts getting
to the bottom of stuff.

He certainly going to
get to the bottom of this.

I suppose you want me to
believe that the millionaire

had the bicycle in the
limousine with him?

Oh, no, Mom, he had big
truck following full of bikes.

Larry, you get
right in the house.

Okay, Mom. Don't hit me.

Don't hit me.

Hey, Mom, how come
we're having ice cream?

Your father got it.

Because the Beaver stayed
home all day by himself,

and he didn't make
a fuss about it.

Oh.

That's why we're
having ice cream.

Yes, Beaver, I thought
you had a very good attitude.

A lot of boys your age would
have been resentful about it.

No, Dad, I wasn't
anything about it.

We called you about 4:00,

but you didn't answer.

Well, I guess I wasn't
in the house then.

Were you out in the backyard?

Yeah, I guess I could
have been in the backyard.

Couldn't I, Wally?

Yeah, yeah, I guess
you could have been.

Well, Beaver, tomorrow
you have a whole day

to do anything you want.

What're your plans?

Well, I might go to the movies.

Oh, you're going to
the movies, huh? Fine.

Yeah, I might go to the
movies and win a bicycle

on account I kind of feel lucky.

Win a bicycle at the movies?

Yeah, they raffle them off.

Well, what makes you so
sure you're going to win one?

Oh, I just have a feeling.

Uh, Mom, could we be excused?

Certainely.

Well, maybe the Beaver
would like more ice cream?

No thank you, Dad. I've
had enough ice cream.

Hey, you little goof, you went
to the movies with Larry today

and won that bike, didn't you?

Well, sort of.

Boy, you're really in a jam.

You should have stayed
home like you were supposed to.

Well, I know, but I
can't stay home now

because I already went.

Ward, you didn't seem to
be having a very good time

at the Suttons this afternoon.

Well, some how I can't warm
up to a man who keeps telling me

how much money
he made last year.

Don't you think he
made that much?

Well, I know he did.
That's what burns me.

I'll get it.

Hello.

Oh, hello, Mrs. Mondello.

Mr. Cleaver, my husband
doesn't feel that Larry

should be keeping
Beaver's bicycle.

Beaver's bicycle?

What bicycle is that?

The bicycle he won

when he went to the movies
with Larry this afternoon.

Are you sure, Mrs. Mondello?

Beaver was supposed to stay home
all day today. He was being punnished.

I know, I'm sorry to
upset you like this.

But when Mr. Mondello came home,

he got the whole
story out of Larry.

And I thought you should know.

Yes, well, thank you for
calling, Mrs. Mondello.

Oh, by the way,
I'd appericate it

if you wouldn't mention to Larry

that we know about this.

You're welcome, Mr. Cleaver.

I'm so glad Larry did
something bad for once

when Mr. Mondello was home.

All right, good night.

Well, Beaver went to the
movies with Larry this afternoon

and won a bicycle.

Oh, Ward.

Well, we're just gonna
have to call him down here.

You know, he's really got
to be punished this time.

Now, wait a minute.

You know, Beaver's got
himself way out on a limb.

I think we ought just wait
and see what he does next.

But he seems to
have it all worked out.

He's gonna go to
the movies tomorrow,

and he's gonna win a
bike because he feels lucky.

I just can't believe
he'll be that dishonest.

Oh, I know, Ward.

To deliberately disobey
us and then lie about it.

It just isn't like the Beaver.

Well, I suppose if he
never did anything wrong,

we'd be worried
about that too, huh?

Boy, I wish I hadn't
bought that ice cream.

Ward, it's 4:30.

The movies got
out ten minutes ago.

Oh, yeah. I guess the Beaver
will be along any minute.

Hey, Dad, is it
okay if I hang around

and see what kind of
baloney he gives you?

Yeah, I guess so,
if you keep quiet.

Hey, you know, I figured there
was something fishy yesterday,

when I saw Beav and
Larry with that bike.

You saw them yesterday?

Well, um, yeah.

Yeah, over on
Grant Avenue, but...

Well, Wally, why didn't
you come to us and tell us?

Gee, Dad, I didn't know anything
then about him winning any bike.

Well, you knew he wasn't supposed
to be away from home, didn't you?

Well, yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

- But I...
- Wally, don't you think

you have a duty to us to come
to us and tell us these things?

Yeah, but I got a duty to
Beaver not to be a squealer, too.

Oh, now, wait a minute.
Let's get this straight.

There are some things so
important that you have to tell us.

Well, yeah. Yeah, sure, Dad.

Like if Beaver killed a guy,

I'd probably come
and tell you that.

- Thank you very much.
- See you, Larry.

- See you, Beav.
- Here he comes.

Does he have a bicycle with him?

No.

Maybe he thought
up another angle.

Yeah. Well, now, I don't want
anyone to ask him any questions

or, you know, make it obvious
that we're waiting for him.

Oh, sure, Dad.

I'll just take this book here

and pretend like I
came in here to read.

Is that you, Beaver?

Yes, Mom.

Oh, Beaver, I see you're home.

Yes, Dad. This
is me that's home.

How was the movie?

I didn't go to the movie.

You didn't go to the movie?

No, sir. I went yesterday
when I wasn't supposed to.

Oh, is that so?

Yes, sir. And I
won a racing bicycle

with a guaranteed leather seat,

and I hid it at Larry's,

and I was gonna make
believe like I won it today.

But I couldn't,

so that's why I'm telling
you what happened.

Well, when did you
decide to tell us about it?

When I was walking the
bike home from Larry's.

Yeah, Dad. It's too
big for him to ride.

Wally.

Well, Beaver, I'm glad you
decided to tell us the truth.

Of course, you realize you
can't keep a bicycle you won

while you were
being disobedient.

We'll have to find
something to do with the bike.

Larry and I already found
something to do with it.

Oh, you did?

Yeah. I walked it
back to Larry's house

and then Larry and I
walked it down to a church.

To a church?

Yes, sir. Larry once saw them

do it with babies in a movie.

Do what?

We left it on the
front steps with a note.

I just hope someone
nice adopts it.

Well, Beaver, I'm also
very glad you realized

you couldn't keep the bicycle.

But there's still the matter

of your being
disobedient, isn't there?

Yes, sir.

Well, I think you'd better
stay away from the movies

for two weeks.

Yes, sir.

Hey, that was really
something, what he did.

Wasn't it, huh?

It certainly was.

You know, for a
little kid like that,

lot of stuff sure
goes on in his head.

Hey, Larry, you want to go over to
Metzgers' Field and mess around?

I can't. On account of all that
stuff that happened with the bicycle,

I gotta stay home for
two whole afternoons.

And don't try coaxing
me so I get into trouble.

Gee, I wouldn't do that.

Look at all the trouble you got
me into when you coaxed me.

You know, if you
hadn't've won that bicycle,

no one would've ever
known you left your house.

I wonder how come I won it.

I don't know.

Maybe God made
you win it to fix you.

You think so, Larry?

Well, sure.

Like in the movies,

when crooks are getting
away from robbing a bank.

They always get hit
by a train or something.

Yeah.

You know, Larry, I
guess the best thing to do

is to always do
what you're told.

Yeah.

But it's pretty hard for kids

to always do what you're told.

'Cause you get told so much.

Yeah.

See you, Larry.

I'll see you, Beav.

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