Beaver learns a girl he fights with is moving out of town.Beaver learns a girl he fights with is moving out of town.Beaver learns a girl he fights with is moving out of town.
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- TriviaThis is Wendell Holmes's last of five appearances in the series, the second as Mr. Blair. He died at 47, on April 27, 1962, three months after this episode first aired.
- GoofsWally mentions Cary Grant - Doris Day movies to help Beaver understand his feelings for Penny. This episode originally aired in January 1962, five months before the June 1962 release of That Touch of Mink (1962), the only movie that Cary Grant and Doris Day ever appeared in together.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver: [reading an invitation, while in the kitchen] 'You are invited to a party at school for Penny. Three-thirty, Friday. Cake and ice cream will be served.' Signed - 'Mrs. Henry Woods.' You might as well throw this one away, Mom.
June Cleaver: Now, why wouldn't he want to go to a party at school for Penny Woods?
Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver: Well, in the first place - 'cause she's a girl. In the second place - 'cause Beaver says she's just about the creepiest girl in the whole school.
June Cleaver: Oh, I think that's ridiculous. I wanted him to go because I think this is going to be a sweet little affair.
Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver: Okay, Mom. But I think it's going to be one of those 'sweet little affairs' Dad's gonna have to beat him into going to.
It seems that Penny is moving away to Bellport. She has a going-away party at school, and she and Beaver share a farewell moment after class that threatens to spill into what Beaver and his comrades would term "mushy stuff." (Beaver tells Penny he guesses he kinda likes her, Penny tells Beaver he's cute.) But when it turns out that Penny isn't moving after all, Beaver is embarrassed and mortified in light of what they said to each other! How will he restore the equilibrium?
Puppy-love stories carried out with subtlety and restraint were a staple of the series, and this is a memorable example. By rights, Beaver and Penny should have become an "item" by the end of the series, but unfortunately the actress who played Penny gradually disappeared from the show.
- MichaelMartinDeSapio
- Apr 25, 2016
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1