Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)

Beaver's Short Pants (1957)

Hugh Beaumont: Ward Cleaver

Quotes 

• June Cleaver : I have to leave the first thing Saturday morning.

  Ward Cleaver : Huh?

  June Cleaver : Peggy had her baby.

  Ward Cleaver : [he seems happy for her]  Oh. Boy?

  June Cleaver : Girl.

  Ward Cleaver : [his demeanour changes significantly to disappointment]  Oh.

• Wally Cleaver : Do you have to go away?

  June Cleaver : Yes, Dear, I'm afraid I do, you see, my sister Peggy had a baby. Isn't that a wonderful surprise?

  Wally Cleaver : But Mom, if you're gonna be gone, who's gonna take care of me and The Beaver?

  June Cleaver : Your Aunt Martha's gonna come and stay with you.

  Wally Cleaver : Aunt Martha? Is she the one with the husband we're not s'posed to talk about?

  June Cleaver : No. That's one of your father's relatives.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : Is Aunt Martha the one that sends the soap every Christmas?

  Ward Cleaver : Oh, no. Aunt Martha understands boys better than that. She sends umbrellas.

  Wally Cleaver : Oh, yeah, she's our Umbrella Aunt.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : I remember her. She has birds on her hat.

  Ward Cleaver : [chuckling]  That's right.

  [Ward and the boys laugh it up, while June simmers] 

  June Cleaver : Would you boys take your plates out in the kitchen, please?

  Wally Cleaver : OK, Mom.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : [sensing his mother is miffed, he pauses on his way out]  They're nice birds, though.