This episode is notable for several reasons. Firstly, we learn that Beaver is capable of telling whoppers with absolutely no prompting from Larry Mondello. In fact, Larry's shocked face is the best thing in this episode.
Secondly, June sings "I'll never smile again" while peeling more apples, which is soon followed by an excerpt of George M. Cohan's WW1 hit "Over There" being sung to and by a pirate sidekick.
Also, we learn that Ward entertained a babe at a corner table in a restaurant on top of The Mark in San Francisco before they put really homeless people into hotel rooms, but the woman he was with wasn't June. Then we see Beaver suborn perjury, and we're shocked that Ward is capable of being a total pushover (if necessary for a troubled script), after the surprising revelation by Ma Cleaver that after being dumped in a boarding school by her family she had lied and said that her mother was a movie star, sending Ward into the dark of night to negotiate a rental on a parrot from Mayfield's pet store.
Also Miss Landers appears to have her only bad hair day ever while wearing a cast off sweater on the day Beaver lies to his class like a rug. (Maybe lying at school runs in the family?) Next day Miss Landers has apparently picked up her dry cleaning and a hair brush as Beaver confesses to her that he accepted a prize for the best pet and Miss Landers tells him to keep the prize (what?!) costing some other kid first prize for their efforts. There's no responsible adult in this entire episode. Both parents, the pet store owner, and Miss Landers all let Beaver skate for lying about having an outlandish pet. At least Larry Mondello or Judy should've punched Beaver for stealing first prize with a rented parrot. All in all, a very surprising episode full of uncharacteristic behavior by the entire cast.
Secondly, June sings "I'll never smile again" while peeling more apples, which is soon followed by an excerpt of George M. Cohan's WW1 hit "Over There" being sung to and by a pirate sidekick.
Also, we learn that Ward entertained a babe at a corner table in a restaurant on top of The Mark in San Francisco before they put really homeless people into hotel rooms, but the woman he was with wasn't June. Then we see Beaver suborn perjury, and we're shocked that Ward is capable of being a total pushover (if necessary for a troubled script), after the surprising revelation by Ma Cleaver that after being dumped in a boarding school by her family she had lied and said that her mother was a movie star, sending Ward into the dark of night to negotiate a rental on a parrot from Mayfield's pet store.
Also Miss Landers appears to have her only bad hair day ever while wearing a cast off sweater on the day Beaver lies to his class like a rug. (Maybe lying at school runs in the family?) Next day Miss Landers has apparently picked up her dry cleaning and a hair brush as Beaver confesses to her that he accepted a prize for the best pet and Miss Landers tells him to keep the prize (what?!) costing some other kid first prize for their efforts. There's no responsible adult in this entire episode. Both parents, the pet store owner, and Miss Landers all let Beaver skate for lying about having an outlandish pet. At least Larry Mondello or Judy should've punched Beaver for stealing first prize with a rented parrot. All in all, a very surprising episode full of uncharacteristic behavior by the entire cast.