Anyone who was a misfit as a kid can relate to this episode. A teenager named Dudley McMillan has moved into town, and June asks Wally to befriend him. Dudley's formal attire and polite manners (and his shyness around girls) immediately make him a magnet for sly mockery by Eddie and Lumpy. When Eddie invites Dudley to Christine Staples' birthday party, it's up to Wally to prepare Dudley. Unbeknownst to all, Dudley has a trump card up his sleeve - a talent that no one knows about. Dudley is played by Jimmy Hawkins, who was the child George Bailey in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. My only complaint is that the payoff scene could have been stretched out a little longer. Still, this is a memorable episode of LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. It's too bad they couldn't have had Dudley as a regular character.
Review of Wally and Dudley
