Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963): Season 6, Episode 27 - Beaver's Prep School - full transcript

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Aunt Martha wants to
do what with Beaver?

Send him to Fallbrook,
you know, the prep school,

and pay all his expenses.

Well, that's certainly
generous of her, all right.

Quite a few from my side of
the family went to school there.

In fact, there were four
generations of Bronsons at Fallbrook.

Well, don't knock the educational
prestige of my family, dear.

After all, it was a Cleaver
who installed the pipe organ

in the high school
in Shaker Heights.



You know, Ward, this is

one of the best prep
schools in the country.

Yeah, I know.

I was just wondering

what Beaver's reaction
is going to be to this.

Well, I don't know, but I think

we should tell him
we want him to go.

Well, dear, we're dealing

with a typical
red-blooded American boy.

If we're in favor of
it, he'll be against it.

Oh, Ward.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.

Oh, hi, Beav.

What's all that junk?



Beaver, she wants to send
you to Fallbrook Prep School.

Isn't that exciting?

Now, isn't that wonderful?

Gee, I don't know.

Beaver, it's one of the
best schools in the country.

And we want you to
think it over very carefully

because this could have

a big effect on
your future life.

Beaver, why don't
you take all this upstairs

and look it over?

Yeah, well, I was
going upstairs anyway.

You see, I was going
over to Metzger's Field

and play baseball.

Is it okay if I decide

about my future life
after the ball game?

Sure.

You take this along,
and you think it over.

Thanks, Dad.

Well, I hope he doesn't
take too long to think it over.

What's the big hurry?

Aunt Martha's going
to be here in three days.

Maybe it will be
a short ball game.

Hey, Wally, look at
the old green buildings

with the windows
sticking out of the roof.

Boy, they sure are moldy.

Beaver, that's not mold.
That's what they call tradition.

Hey, here's a pretty
new-looking building.

Yeah, I'll bet that's the gym.

Hey, it is. How did you know?

Well, they always
got to build new gyms

and swimming pools.
That's how they get the guys

to live in the old buildings.

Oh.

Hey, look at all the guys
with suits and ties on.

They must have taken
this picture on a Sunday.

No, Beaver, I
think at this school,

you have to wear a
coat and a tie every day.

What about fights?

What do you mean?

Well, if you had a fight,

you'd get your
good clothes all dirty.

Look, Beaver, you've
seen those movies on TV

about those swanky schools.

If you get into a
beef with a guy,

you have to go into the
gym and put the gloves on.

You have to beat him
up according to the rules.

Oh.

Hey, Wally, they got a
real neat swimming pool,

and guys riding horses,

and they even have
ice skating in the winter.

Yeah, and look,
there's a rifle range.

Yeah, boy, it sure would
be neat having homework

in swimming and
riding and shooting.

Well, Beaver, I must say

you came to rather a
quick decision on Fallbrook.

I know you're going
to love it there, Beaver,

and we're very happy.

Yeah, well, they have
a lot more neat stuff

than they do at Mayfield High.

And you won't be away all year.

You can come home for vacations.

Come home? Where is it?

Beaver, I mean, you didn't even
look to see where the school is?

No, I just figured it was
some place east of here.

Fallbrook's in New
England, Beaver.

It's only a
few-hours plane ride.

Plane ride? You
mean I'd take a plane?

Well, sure, Beav, what else?

Gee, I never
thought a kid like me

would take an
airplane to school.

Hello?

Well, hello, Aunt
Martha. This is Ward.

Hello, Ward. How
nice to hear your voice.

I suppose you got my letter.

Yes, we did,

and we certainly appreciate
what you want to do for Beaver.

You know, he's
so excited about it

he wanted us to
call you right away.

How is little Theodore?

Well, little Theodore isn't
as little as he used to be,

but he... He's fine.

Just a minute. June
wants to talk to you.

Thank you.

Hello? Aunt Martha?

June, dear, how are you?

Fine. Aunt Martha,

I know we're going
to see you in two days,

but Beaver
insisted that we call.

Hey, Dad, is that Aunt
Martha on the phone?

Can I talk to her?

Yes, Aunt Martha, and
Beaver just came in.

Here he is.

Hello, Aunt Martha? This
is your nephew Beaver.

Oh. Oh, yeah, Theodore.

How are you, dear?

Oh, I'm fine.

I just wanted to talk to you

and thank you for wanting
to send me to Fairfield.

Fallbrook.

Uh, Fallbrook.

It's just a fine, fine
school, Theodore.

Yes, Aunt Martha,

and I'm really looking
forward to going up there.

Yeah, you know, and going
ice skating and riding the horses

and getting in fights in
the gym and everything.

Yeah.

What else should I say?

Well, tell her you'll see
her in a couple of days

and that it's nice
to hear her voice.

I'll see you in a couple days,

and it's nice to
hear your voice.

Well, it was nice to
hear yours, Theodore.

Beaver.

Well, I better go now

'cause it's costing
so much money

to talk to you long
distance. Good-bye.

Beaver, I wanted
to talk to her again.

Oh, well, I thought
you were mad at me

for using up the long distance.

Well, anyway, Aunt
Martha is really happy

about me going to Fallbrook.

Well, you know,
after all, Beaver,

you'll be the fourth generation
of Bronsons to have gone there.

Golly, didn't know one guy
could be a whole generation.

Wait till the guys at
school hear about this.

Hey, Beaver.

Hi, Terry. Hi, Whitey.

Hey, Beav, guess who
we were just talking to.

Who?

The freshman high school coach.

Yeah? What about?

About you, Beaver.

Me? I didn't even think
he knew I was alive.

What do you mean?

He said all of us guys
on the pony league

could work out with
him this summer.

Yeah, and then when
we get to high school,

we can be the
"nuclus" of a good team.

It's nucleus, Whitey.

Well, whatever it is,
we're going to make it.

Boy, Beaver, with
you on third base and...

Hey, what's the matter, Beaver?

Nothing.

I thought baseball
was your favorite thing.

It is. It's just that

I might not be
going here next year.

You may not be
going to Mayfield?

Oh, you're kidding, Beaver.
Where would you be?

I might be going to Fallbrook.

Fallbrook?

That's a federal
prison, isn't it?

No, it's a real big-shot
prep school in New England.

How come you're
going to this Fallbrook?

Well, my aunt's sending me.

Boy, are you lucky, Beaver.

Why, when you go
away to prep school,

you get your own
room and your own bed

and your own
furniture and everything.

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, and you even
get your own proctor.

Yeah, sure, you do.

What's a proctor?

Oh, that's the guy who lives
right on the same floor with you

and gets to be mean to
you instead of your parents.

You'll really like it
up there, Beaver.

Yeah, sure, and don't
worry about the baseball.

You'll probably make the team

'cause up there, there won't
be any competition at all.

Class, may I have
your attention, please?

I'm sure you all saw

the white card
placed on each desk

when you came in.

Now, if you'll turn them over.

And while you're
filling them in,

I'll explain what they're for.

Don't do it, Beav.

Last time I signed
something like this,

I wound up in summer school.

Mr. Whitney, did
you say something?

Oh, no, Mrs. Rayburn. I
just have a frog in my throat.

A rather noisy one, isn't it?

We first want to know

what high school
you plan to attend

and what courses you prefer.

You may return the cards
with you parents' signatures.

Ms. Rayburn,

I signed where my
father's supposed to sign.

Does that mean I
can't go to high school?

No, Alan, we'll give
you another card.

I know most of you are
going on to Mayfield High,

but I'm curious to
know how many.

Suppose we have a show of hands

from all of you who
are going on to Mayfield.

Well, that's remarkable.
It's unanimous.

I think it's wonderful you're
all going to be together

and the friendships
you formed here

are going on for
four more years.

- Hey, Beaver.
- Oh, hi, Donna.

You didn't raise your hand
about going to Mayfield High.

Oh, no, I didn't.

Why not, Beaver?

I'm thinking of going
away to a big prep school.

Gee, Beaver, you can't do that.

I was going to try and find out

what homeroom you
were going to be in

and see if I could
get in the same one.

You were going to try and be
in the same homeroom with me?

- Sure.
- So was I.

How come?

Gee, we don't want
to be in a homeroom

with a lot of gooney fellows

when there's a cute
boy like you around.

Last year, you said
I was a creepy mutt.

Well, that was last year.

I guess you got cute
over the summer.

Yeah, I guess I did.

We're really going
to miss you, Beaver.

Well, maybe we'll see
you during vacation.

Yeah, sure. Yeah.

Hey, there's Terry.
Let's try to find out

what homeroom
he's going to be in.

Okay.

Hi, dear.

Oh, hi. I just checked
with the airport.

Aunt Martha's flight gets
in at 10 tomorrow morning.

Hey, you know what Beaver

put in my coat
pocket this morning?

The clothing list from
the school catalog.

Boy, he's really eager.
Where is he anyway?

He isn't home from school yet.

Oh, well, he's
probably bragging it up

to all of his friends
about going to Fallbrook.

What's the matter, dear?

I don't know.

When you mentioned
that clothing list,

it suddenly hit me that
he's really going away.

I guess it's silly to be
so sentimental about it.

Oh, not at all.

I imagine Joseph
Kennedy felt the same way

when his first son
went to Washington

for the first time.

Well, I guess the main thing is

that Beaver's happy about it.

- Hi, there, Beaver.
- Hi, Mr. Thomas.

Well, it won't be long
before I'll be making you

a Mayfield letterman sweater

just like I did
for your brother.

I don't know.

I'm thinking about
going away to school.

Oh, you can't do that.

How could Mayfield
High get along

without a Cleaver
on one of the teams?

Yeah, well, I'm thinking
of going to Fallbrook.

That's in New England, isn't it?

Yes, sir.

Well, let me give
you a little tip, Beaver.

You better learn the language
before you go up there.

Hi, Archie.

Don't look so sad, Archie.

I'll still see you on vacations.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.

Beaver, where have you been?

Oh, just around.

Oh, uh, talking to
some of your friends?

Yes, sir, the ones
that could talk.

Ones that could talk?

Yeah, Archie's a dog,

and Gus the fireman
is out of service.

Oh, say, Beaver, I was thinking
maybe tonight after supper,

we ought to go over
that school clothing list.

Yes, sir, maybe we ought to.

Can I be excused? I
have to go upstairs.

Ward, what's the
matter with him?

Well, I don't know. Maybe
he just had to go upstairs.

Yeah, maybe he did.

Hey, Wally, what are you doing?

Oh, hi, Beav.

I was just seeing how
the desk would go there.

How come?

I was just thinking
ahead to when you leave.

When you go away
to school next fall,

I'll have a lot
more room in here.

Dad will probably put your
bed down in the basement

and the rest of your junk
in boxes up in the attic.

I'll have a lot more
room to move around in.

Hey, what's the matter?

Well, what about when I
come home for vacations?

I don't know.

Maybe we can stick a
cot up here or something.

Anyway, that's so far away
you'll probably only get home

for five or six days
around Christmas.

No sense me being crowded
the whole year just for that.

Hey, you want to give me
a hand with this bookcase?

You're acting goofy. What
is the matter with you?

I don't want to go.

You don't want to go
to Fallbrook, you mean?

No.

Holy mackerel, Beaver,
this is a big opportunity.

Why, this morning it was the
greatest school in the world

with the horses and the
rifle range and everything.

I know. This morning
it was a great school.

But this afternoon,
I got homesick.

Beaver, how could
you get homesick?

You haven't even been there yet.

I don't know.

Mrs. Rayburn started
talking about Mayfield High.

And then I got to
talking with the guys.

And I was walking
through the park.

And I saw Archie.

And I saw the fire station.

And all of the sudden,

Fallbrook and the rifle
range and ice skating

didn't seem like anything.

Boy, Beaver, this
is a heck of a time

for you to change your mind

with everybody all excited
about you going away.

Aunt Martha's on her way
up here and everything.

Yeah, I guess it is,
but what can I do?

Gee, I don't know. I
wish I could tell you.

Maybe I could tell
Aunt Martha I flunked,

and I won't be going any place.

Nah, she'd never believe that.

You better just tell Dad.

Dad wouldn't believe it, either.

No, I mean, tell him
that you don't want to go.

Oh, I don't know
about telling Dad.

Well, what else
are you going to do?

If I do tell him, what
do you think he'll say?

Oh, I don't know,

but I still think
I better figure

on putting your
bed in the cellar.

Oh, hi, Beav.

Hi, Dad.

Mom, could I borrow
Dad for a minute?

Of course.

What is it, Beav?

Well, it's something I think
I better tell you in private.

Could we go into the den?

Well, you go ahead,
Beaver. Will you be long?

Oh, no, I won't be,
but Dad might be.

Wally, you any idea
what's bothering Beaver?

Uh, well, yeah, sort of, Mom,

but it's something I'd rather
not get mixed up in right now.

Well, Beaver.

It's about going
to Fallbrook, Dad.

What about going to Fallbrook.

I don't want to go to Fallbrook.

You don't want to go?
Well, what brought this on?

Well, all my friends will
be going to Mayfield High.

Beaver, when you
go to Fallbrook,

you'll be making
lots of new friends,

friends that will mean
just as much to you

as your old friends do now.

Yeah, but I know what my
old friends mean to me now,

but I don't know
what my new friends

will mean to me then.

But, Beaver, this is
a wonderful school.

A lot of kids would give
their eye teeth to go there.

I think I'd rather keep my
eye teeth and go to Mayfield.

Beaver, I tried to get you
not to make a quick decision,

but you were positive
you wanted to go.

You couldn't wait
to tell Aunt Martha.

Yeah, I know.

Well, son, she's flying here.

You've got her all
excited and happy.

You can't do this to her.

Okay, then I'll go if it'll
make everybody happy.

Oh, no.

No, I don't want you going
under those conditions.

Well, Beaver, you've put
everyone in a spot here,

but of course, we're
not going to force you

to go a school you
don't want to go to.

Gee, thanks, Dad. And
when you tell Aunt Martha,

will you please not make
me sound like such a little rat.

Me tell Aunt Martha?

Oh, no, young man.

You got yourself into this,

and you're going
to get yourself out.

If you were old enough
and capable enough

to decide you wanted
to go in the first place,

then you're old enough
and capable enough

to tell Aunt Martha that
you've changed your mind

and you're not going.

Boy, it sure is rough
being old and capable.

Come on, Beav. Hurry
up and get your tie tied.

Mom and Dad are
meeting Aunt Martha

at the airport right now.

The way I feel, I might tie
it into a hangman's noose.

Look, Beaver, there's
nothing you can do about it.

You're just going to have
to face the music and dance.

What are you talking about?

I'm not going to be
doing any dancing.

It's just an expression.

Don't bother me
with expressions now.

Okay.

Wally, I once read about a guy

who hid in the
attic for ten years,

and his brother kept
sneaking him food.

Would you do that for me if...

Beaver, will you
stop talking goofy?

But Wally, I got
to do something.

I wish I was old enough
to enlist in the Marines.

Yeah, well, you're too late
to enlist in anything now.

Mom and Dad just drove
up with Aunt Martha.

Yeah? Well, maybe I got a break,

and they told her on
the way from the airport.

Nah, everybody's smiling.
Nobody told anybody anything.

Oh, June, your
house is so lovely.

It's always a surprise to see
such an eastern-looking house

so far west.

Boys!

Come on, Aunt Martha.

You come on in
here, and you sit down.

I'm going to make
you a cup of tea.

- Ooh, can I help?
- No, it'll only take a minute.

Hi, Aunt Martha.

Wallace. Wallace.

I guess you're too big
to be hugged, aren't you?

Yeah, I guess so.

Wallace, you're more
like a Bronson than ever.

Why, you're the image
of your Uncle Wilbur.

Isn't he, Ward?
You remember him.

He married that French girl.

Oh, yes, yeah, how is Wilbur?

I'll tell you about that later.

Hello, Aunt Martha.

Theodore, you're not
too big to be hugged.

Ooh, I've brought you something.

I found this just
before I left the house.

It's the one my brother wore
when he went to Fallbrook.

Well, don't look so
glum, Theodore. Smile.

But you all look so somber.

Is anything wrong?

Well, Aunt Martha, we'd
hoped to put this off until later,

but I think Beaver has
something to tell you.

What is it, Theodore?

I think I better tell
you when we're alone.

You can go in the den, Beaver.

Oh, this is so nice, Theodore.

We can have a nice
little talk together.

What happened to
Beaver and Aunt Martha?

Uh, Beaver's breaking
the news to her in the den.

Oh, my, right away?

I'm afraid this is going to be
an awful blow to Aunt Martha.

It's going to be pretty
rough on the Beaver, too.

Well, now, young man, what have
you to say to your Aunt Martha?

Well, it's kind of hard to say.

Thank you's always
are, aren't they?

Well, it's not a thank you.

As a matter of fact, it's
nothing like a thank you.

Oh? What is it, Theodore.

I've changed my mind
about going to Fallbrook.

You've changed your mind?

Yes, I don't want to go.

Oh.

I know that I'm letting
you down and everything,

and if you want to
stop being my aunt,

it's okay with me.

No, no, Theodore, a boy
has a right to change his mind.

Why don't you want to go?

It's just that all my friends
will be going to Mayfield,

and I think I'll be
happier going there.

Isn't that strange, Theodore?

I thought I'd be
making you happy

by sending you to Fallbrook.

Well, Aunt Martha, if it's
going to make you feel too bad,

I guess I could still go
and make myself be happy.

Oh, no, Theodore, it's
much more important

that you go where you are
happy than for your silly old aunt

to follow some
sentimental tradition.

I don't think you're a
silly old aunt, Aunt Martha.

I think you're the neatest
aunt a guy ever had.

Thank you, Theodore.

Aunt Martha, would it be
all right if I kept the cap?

Why, Theodore, I'd
love you to keep it.

And, Theodore, maybe some day,

you might just have
a boy of your own

who might want
to go to Fallbrook.

Yeah, well, maybe
if I have a boy,

he won't be as goofy as I am.

Well, I thought Aunt
Martha took it pretty well

about Beaver's not
going to Fallbrook.

By the time she left, she
seemed pretty resigned to it.

How about you?

You resigned to
Beaver's not following

the glorious Bronson traditions?

Oh, I was a little disappointed.

After all, Fallbrook's
a wonderful school,

but well, suppose
Beaver had gone there

and he turned out to
be like Uncle Wilbur.

Yeah, she never
did fill me in on that.

What did he do anyway?

He married a French girl.

Well, I know, but besides that?

Dear, when you're a
Bronson, that's enough.

Hey, what are you doing?

I was just looking at
this Fallbrook catalog.

What for?

I don't know.

I think maybe I
should've gone there.

Then again, I think I'm
better off going to Mayfield.

Well, Beaver, you can't
change your mind again.

The whole family
would clobber you.

Yeah, I guess so.

Well, look at it this way, Beav.

You might go to
Mayfield for a year,

and then suppose you flunk out.

You could probably
still go to Fallbrook.

You think they'd take me?

Well, heck, how could
they turn you down?

You've already got the cap.

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