Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963): Season 6, Episode 29 - Eddie's Sweater - full transcript

The family has noticed that Wally has been spending much time of late at Cindy Andrews' house, she who is supposedly Eddie's girlfriend. Wally doesn't say what he is doing with Cindy, he seemingly reluctant to do so, and Ward and June don't want to pry. They just hope that what appears on the surface - that he is moving in on Eddie's girl, while Wally is still supposedly dating Julie Foster - is not the case. In reality, Wally is acting as a live mannequin for Cindy, who is knitting a sweater for Eddie as a surprise for his birthday. Things quickly start to get out of hand with Wally and Cindy's secret as Beaver, without telling Wally that he did so, inadvertently tells Julie that Wally is over at Cindy's, and Lumpy overhears Cindy and Wally making a "date", which Lumpy spreads to Eddie. Eddie and Lumpy even catch Wally sneaking into Cindy's house one evening. With all these issues transpiring, Wally has to decide what to do to keep Cindy's surprise still a surprise from Eddie, retain his friendship with Eddie, and not lose Julie as a girlfriend.

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Can I be excused?

Where you off to this evening?

Oh, don't worry,
Dad. I won't be late.

Wally, your father asked
you where you were going.

Oh, well, just over
to Cindy Andrews'.

Night.

This is the third time this
week he's gone out, Ward.

Yeah, and every time
he goes over to Cindy's.

You know, I was
under the impression



that Wally's main
interest was Julie Foster.

I think he's getting some
new impressions, Dad.

Now, Beaver.

You wait and see, Mom.
There's going to be a lot

of hollering and bombshells
before this is over.

Why do you say that?

Because Cindy Andrews
is Eddie Haskell's girl.

Pow.

Pow.

Ward, why would Wally be
going over to Cindy's house

so much if she's
really Eddie's girl?

Well, dear, I have an idea that any
girl who even speaks to Eddie Haskell

automatically becomes his girl.

But I hate to see Eddie and
Wally break up their friendship.



Give me one good reason why.

Oh, I know, Eddie can be
pretty annoying at times.

But they've been friends
since grammar school.

Next year, they'll be
going away to college.

I don't know why Wally
couldn't have picked some nice,

clean-cut, wholesome
boy for a friend.

I guess there aren't
enough of them to go around.

But you really don't think
there's anything to this, do you?

I mean, Wally
seeing Eddie's girl.

Oh, no, dear.
Wally's not the type.

You know how loyal
he is to his friends.

You know, Ward, you're right.

I'm sure Wally's been going over
there for some very innocent reason.

- Hello.
- Hel...

Hello, Mrs. Cleaver,
this is Julie Foster.

May I speak to Wally, please?

Oh, Julie, you want
to talk to Wally?

Of course, if he's
upstairs studying.

No, no, he isn't studying.
He had to go out,

but he'd be right back.
Could I have him call you?

Yes, would you, please?

Fine. Bye, Julie.

Now, June, if you were so sure
that Wally was over at Cindy's

for some perfectly
innocent reason,

why didn't you tell
Julie where he was?

Dear, it's just one of
those innocent little things

that can drive a girl crazy.

Yeah, I guess you're right.
Let her imagination get started,

and she might think he
was really up to something.

Gee, Cindy, are you sure Eddie
isn't wise to this whole thing?

Of course not, Wally.

I'll never be able to get
this neck to lie down right.

You know, you're a
lot huskier than Eddie.

That's why I made the
shoulders so narrow.

Do you think you're going to have
it ready in time for his birthday?

Uh-Huh.

Oh, would it be okay if
I put my jacket on now?

Your father came down last night
and saw me in my shirt sleeves.

He gave me a funny look.

Oh, Wally, he knows I'm
knitting the sweater for Eddie.

Yeah, but he still
gave me a funny look.

Well, as long as you're through
with me, I guess I'll be going now.

You know, Wally,

I really do appreciate
how much help you've been

coming over for all
these fittings this week,

and would you mind terribly
coming over again tomorrow night?

Oh, well, gee, Cindy,
I sort of planned...

Oh, please, Wally.
You've been so helpful,

and the sweater
is almost done now.

Well, okay, I guess I wouldn't mind
seeing you again as long as it's for Eddie.

I didn't mean it to
come out that way.

Oh, I know you didn't, Wally.

Well, I'll see you
tomorrow, then.

- Okay.
- Night.

Night.

Kiss me, you fool.

Cut it out.

How come you're not in bed?

I wanted to wait up

and see what you were
doing at Cindy Andrews'.

Oh, I can't tell you what
I was doing over there.

Oh, boy, as bad as that, huh?

No, it's not as bad as that.

Then how come you
can't tell me about it?

Well, for one reason, because
it's none of your business.

I'll bet you, you were
smooching with her.

I was not.

And anyway, a kid your age shouldn't
go on talking about stuff like that.

What do you mean?

I know all about
love and romance.

I saw two whole Gidget pictures.

Look, Beaver, would you just
quit being a pest and go to bed?

Okay, be a sore-head.

But there's sure gonna be
a lot of trouble around here

when Eddie finds out you're
messing around with his girl.

Look, Beaver, I wasn't
messing around with Eddie's girl.

Don't go blabbing it
around that I was over there.

Oh, don't worry, Wally.

I'm just as ashamed as you are

of you double crossing
your best friend.

- Hi, Wally.
- Oh, hi, Julie.

I called you last night.

Oh, you did, huh?

Yes, at 7:30. Your mother
said you were out somewhere.

We'll, yeah, I guess I was.

Were you at the library?

Well, no, I was doing a
favor for a friend of mine.

Lumpy?

Well, no.

Terry?

No, not Terry.

Not a girlfriend?

No, uh...

No, the friend I was doing
a favor for, he was a guy,

but he doesn't know it yet.

Wally, you're
acting very strange.

Well, I think it's probably
something I ate in the cafeteria.

Well, I want to
talk to you later.

I have to go to class now.

Okay, then I'll see you.

- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

Brother, girls.

- Oh, hi, Wally.
- Oh, hi, Cindy.

Don't forget,
Wally, about tonight.

Oh, uh... No, no, I won't.

- Same time at my house.
- Uh, yeah, fine, same time.

- Okay, I'll see you.
- Bye.

Hiya, Lump.

Well, if it isn't the Elvis
Presley of Mayfield High School.

What do you mean?

See you tonight, Wally.
Same time at my house.

Look, Lumpy, it's
not what you think.

Ooh, that hurts.

What hurts?

The knife you just
stuck in Eddie's back.

Look, Lumpy, I'm going over
to Cindy's house tonight, but...

Hiya, men. What are you doing?

Plotting to blow up the school?

Hi, Eddie.

Well, I'll see you
guys. I got a math class.

He's got a math class.

So who is he all of
a sudden? Einstein?

Maybe he's kind of
ashamed to face you.

What do you mean?

Oh, nothing.

Well, come on, Lumpy.

If you got some
scoop, let's have it.

Well, no, sir. Not
me, I'm not talking.

Well, come on.

Uh-uh, I'm not telling you.

Okay, so you're not telling me.

Hey, hey, wait a minute, Eddie.
You didn't give me a chance.

All right, Beaver, you're all
straightened out on your history?

Yeah, thanks, Dad.

I never could figure out which
barbarians wrecked Rome first.

The Vandals, the
Huns, or the Goths.

They're harder to keep track of

than the gangs in
West Side Story.

Beaver, did your brother go out?

Yeah, Mom, he went
out, I say, a hour ago.

Did he say where he was going?

No, he hasn't been too
communicative lately.

Communicative?

Oh, that means he hasn't
been talking very much.

Oh.

I wonder why.

You think he went over
to Cindy Andrews again?

Yeah, I think so.

Because when I asked
him where he was going,

he told me to shut up.

Yeah, now, Beaver, if
Wally's gone over there,

I'm sure he must've
had a good reason.

But it might be just as
well not to talk about it.

It just might cause trouble.

Yeah, I know, Dad.

Beaver, now, you do just as your
father says, and you keep out of this.

Yes, Mom.

I'll get it in the den. It's probably
Whitey wanting to know about

the Vandals and the Goths.

Hello.

Hello, is Wally there?

No, he's on the way
over to your house.

To my house?

Beaver, do you know who this is?

Sure, Cindy Andrews.

I am not Cindy Andrews. I'm Julie
Foster, and thank you very much.

Was it Whitey, Beaver?

Uh, no, it was a mistake.

Oh, wrong number, huh?

Yeah, sort of a wrong number.

I think I'll go to bed.

This early?

Yeah, all of a
sudden I got real tired.

I'm telling you, Lumpy, you're out
of your skull dragging me over here.

What are you
talking about, Eddie?

He's been seeing
your girl every night.

Wally's my best friend. He
wouldn't do anything like that.

He's too square.

Eddie, he's been two-timing you.

It's all over school.

Then it's only all over school
because of your big mouth.

Okay, he hasn't shown up yet,

so let's get out of here.

Well, not so fast.

Let's wait a while and give
the rat a chance to show up.

♪ Zoom, zoom ♪

♪ A-zoom-a zoom zoom zoom ♪

Who do you think you
are? Pablo Casals?

Who's he?

He plays in a combo
at the White House.

Now, will you just shut up?

Hey, it's Wally's car.

Well, there he goes.

Renfrew of the Mounted.

I can't believe it.

How could the guy do
it to a nice guy like me?

- You know what I'd do
if I were you?
- What?

I'd go in there and stomp
him right in front of Cindy.

Wait a minute, Lump.

This is something
I got to think over.

♪ Zoom, zoom ♪

♪ Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom ♪

Will you cut that out?

Eddie, he's been in there
with your girl for ten minutes.

How much longer
are you going to wait?

Take it easy, Lump.

Even Elliot Ness thinks it
over before he starts slugging.

Hey, look, you can see
their shadows in the window.

Well, the shoulders
are too narrow for you,

so it should just
about fit Eddie.

Look, Cindy, I've got to
stop coming over here.

I just don't like this
sneaking around.

Okay, I think I can finish it
without you trying it on again.

Here, let me check
the waist once more.

Okay.

Hey, Eddie, look.

Hey, is that Cindy,
Wally's smooching with?

Well, it's not her father.

Now you got to do something.

You're right, Lump.

Now I'm really going
to let him have it.

What are you going to do?

Wait right here in the bushes

and jump him when he comes out?

- No, not exactly.
- What, then?

I'll tell you what.

I'm going right home

and write that Wally
a real nasty letter.

Oh, Wally, is that you?

Yeah. Hi, Dad.

Uh, come here a
minute, son, will you?

Yeah?

Wally, I think you
know your mother and I

are not the type who
ask a lot of questions

or, uh, try to pry
into your affairs

or find out what you've
been doing, but...

But, uh, you'd like to
know what I've been doing

over at Cindy
Andrews' all the time?

Well, yes, we would.

- Isn't she sort of
Eddie's girl?
- Yeah, she is.

Well, then why have you been
spending so much time over there?

She's sort of been
using me as a model.

A model? For what?

You see, she's
been knitting Eddie

this sweater for his birthday,

and I've kind of been
standing in for him

because she wants
to surprise him.

Oh.

Gee, Dad, what did you and Mom
think I'd been doing over there?

Well, I...

I think your mother sort
of thought you might be

kind of moving
in on Eddie's girl.

Gee, you know, it's kind of
hard to figure your own mother

thinking of you as an operator.

Hey, Dad, I finished my
history. Do you want to check it?

- Yeah.
- Beav, were there any calls
for me while I was out?

There was one call for you...

uh, but it was the wrong number.

Hi, Julie.

Say, can I walk you
to chemistry class?

No, thank you, Mr. Cleaver.

I can find my own way.

Gosh, Julie, what's
the matter with you?

What's the matter with me?

What's the matter
with you, Casanova?

There he is.

Gee, I don't want
to tangle with Wally.

He's my best friend.

It couldn't be you're
chicken, could it?

That's it. You're chicken.

You won't even
fight for your girl.

Is that so?

Sure looks that way.

We'll see who's chicken.

Wally? You've
been asking for this.

Go on, deny it. You
had that coming.

Hey, Eddie, have you
flipped or something?

Eddie, don't let
him worm out of it.

You're looking for
trouble, too, Lumpy?

No.

Now, what's the idea,
clobbering me, Eddie?

A guy's got a right
to defend his honor.

Isn't that right, Lumpy?

Don't drag me into this.

What are you talking about?

You know what I'm
talking about. Cindy.

Fine deal when a guy moves
in on his best friend's girl.

You're goofy. You know that?

He's trying to change
the subject, Eddie.

Go on, deny it. You've been over
her house every night this week.

- Yeah, but...
- Well, what for?

Look, Eddie,
it's... Oh, forget it.

Excuse me.

He's chicken.

- You think so?
- It figures.

What else would've kept him
from beating your brains out?

You know, for the
first time in your life,

you're a big shot.

Yeah. How about that?

Wally.

Come on back. I'm
not through with you yet.

Come on. I'm waiting.

Thatta boy. You
showed him, tiger.

That'll teach him to
fool around with my girl.

- Hi, Mom.
- Hi, Beav.

That's not where
your books belong.

I know, but I was just resting
them there for a minute.

Ah... too close to
dinner for a snack.

I'm not hungry anyway.

Something worrying you?

Sort of, Mom.

If somebody hit somebody,

can you see any reason
why he shouldn't hit him back?

Beaver, I don't quite
understand what you mean.

I heard at school today

that Eddie Haskell poked Wally,

and he didn't do
anything about it.

You mean there was a fight?

Not exactly, because
Wally didn't fight back.

Beaver, that's just terrible.

It was all a misunderstanding.

No, Mom. It was
over Cindy Andrews.

Beaver, look, Wally's
not interested in Cindy.

She was knitting a
sweater for Eddie's birthday.

Wally was just
going over trying it on

to see if she got the right fit.

You mean, all this excitement
over a crummy sweater?

That's right.

Boy, and I thought
Wally had gotten himself

into some real grown-up trouble.

He's in trouble now.

He's been trying to
get Julie on the phone

ever since he came home.

She won't talk to him.

Well, I guess I
better go see him.

- Hi, dear.
- Hi.

- What's new around here?
- Oh, not too much.

- Your son got punched
at school today.
- Beaver?

No, Wally, and it was all over that
thing with Cindy Andrews and the sweater.

Well, that's the
way it's always been.

Girls and sweaters have always
been a difficult combination

for boys to contend with.

Okay, Mrs. Foster, but
when Julie does come home,

would you give her the
message that I called?

Okay. Thank you very much.

Julie won't talk to you, huh?

No.

I can't figure out
how she found out

I've been going over to Cindy's.

Well, I guess there are a couple
ways she could've found out.

What couple ways?

Like that wrong number
that called the other night.

Yeah? What about it?

Well, it was Cindy,

so I told her that you were
on the way over to her house.

What's wrong with that?

Didn't turn out to be Cindy.

Turned out to be Julie.

Why, you little goof...

Look, Wally, if you
wouldn't hit Eddie,

you wouldn't hit
your own brother.

Boy, what a mess.

I'm sorry, Wally.

If I didn't know it was over
just some creepy sweater,

I wouldn't have been
heckling and kidding you.

Boy, I don't know
what to do now.

Eddie's sore at me,

and the guys think I'm chicken,

and Julie won't
even speak to me.

Yeah. You know, I once saw
something like this happen

to Jimmy Stewart in a movie.

Everybody got mad at him,

so he ran away
and joined the Navy,

and he got killed,

and everybody
felt sorry for him.

Cut it out, will you, Beaver?

I couldn't do that.

Yeah, besides, I
think at your age

you've got to have your parents'
permission to join the Navy.

Hey, Eddie, didn't Cindy give you
a reason for wanting to see you?

She probably wants to
come crawling back to me

after she heard how I took care
of sweetie pie at school today.

Why don't you teach her a
lesson and throw her over.

Lumpy, you know I can't do that.

How many girls in school
will even go out with me?

Yeah, that's right.

But I'd tell her off anyway.

Here, Lumpy, why
don't you wait in the car?

This won't take long.

Why do I always
have to wait in the car?

You got something better to do?

No.

Then wait in the car.

♪ Zoom, zoom ♪

♪ A-zoom-a zoom, zoom, zoom ♪

♪ Zoom zoom zoom... ♪

I hope you'll make
it brief, Cindy.

I happen to be on a
very tight schedule.

Come on in, Eddie Haskell,

and stop being so impossible.

Here. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday? But my
birthday isn't till next week.

I know, but if you
hadn't acted so silly

about Wally Cleaver, I
could've waited till then.

Go on, open it.

Well, did you tell her off?

Just shut up.

Man, where'd you
get that crazy sweater?

Drive me over to Wally's,

and keep that big trap of
yours closed all the way.

Boy, what a sore-head.

Then we're buddies
again. Huh, old pal?

Yeah, okay, I guess
we're buddies again.

Listen, Wally, I want you to know I
appreciate you not taking me apart

after I socked you
in school today.

Yeah, well, don't
think I wasn't tempted.

It would take a real
friend to do that, Wally.

Yeah, Eddie, and
the way you're going,

you're going to need
a lot of friends like that.

- Wally.
- Yeah, Mom?

Telephone.

It's Julie Foster.

I'll be right there, Mom.

You'd never get away with it.

Yeah, that's the trouble,

but one of these days

it might be worth the risk.

Well, Ward, everything
turned out pretty well.

Wally made up with Julie,

and Eddie made up with Wally.

Yeah, but about
this time next year

Beaver will start
having his problems.

What do you mean?

He'll be a freshman
in high school.

That's about the time the
girls start complicating your life.

Hm. Is that when they
started complicating your life?

No, but I got sort of a head
start on that kind of abuse.

I had two sisters.

But did you ever get
mixed up in a triangle

the way Wally did?

No, not exactly.

When I was in the
Seabees, though,

I got in a fight over a
picture of Lana Turner.

You know, Ward,
something like this

gets you to thinking.

Thinking about what?

Wally.

One of these days
he'll be getting married.

Yep, could happen.

What are you going to do then?

Well, I expect we'll
go to his wedding.

You know what? I'm
glad we don't have a girl.

You are? Why?

Because our staircase
isn't wide enough

for her to throw her
bridal bouquet from.

Wally, there's something
that's still bothering me.

What's that, Beav?

How come you didn't take a
poke at Eddie after he hit you?

Heck, there was all kinds of
girls and guys standing around.

I would've looked
like a sap hitting Eddie.

Yeah, but didn't Eddie
look like a sap hitting you?

Yeah, but you know Eddie.

He's such a dope, he can
afford to look like a sap.

Yeah.

With me, I can't help it.

One time Gilbert
flipped my ear in class,

and I hit him with
a geography book.

Oh, yeah, I remember that.

And you got sent to
the principal's office

for fighting and
destroying school property.

Hey, that's right, isn't it?

I guess I forgot that.

I just remember
the fun of hitting him.

You'll get over that, Beav.

As you get older, you
learn to control your temper.

What about those guys
on that TV panel show?

They start off so nice
and friendly and polite.

In the end, those politicians are
yelling and fighting each other.

Yeah, but that's
different, Beav.

Those politicians have
to fight on panel shows,

or they wouldn't be funny and
nobody would watch the show.

I guess so,

but I still think you were
chicken not hitting Eddie.

Look, Beav, will you
lay off that kind of talk

before I take a poke at you?

See? You're not as
mature as you think you are.

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