Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)

Beaver's Rat (1961)

Jerry Mathers: The Beaver

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• Theodore Cleaver : I sold a 50-cent rat to Violet Rutherford for 3 dollars. Then tonight her father comes to see Dad.

  Wally Cleaver : So?

  Theodore Cleaver : So, I got a funny feeling I'm gonna lose my 3 dollars.

  Wally Cleaver : Yeah. Usually when parents talk with other parents, the kids end up getting the business.

• Ward Cleaver : [Beaver brings home a rat named Peter Gunn]  That's a very fine looking rat, Beaver. But, I, uh, I have a feeling that your mother would be a lot happier if you traded him for something else.

  Theodore Cleaver : Gee, Dad! What's Mom got against rats?

  Ward Cleaver : Oh, it's not just your mother, Beaver. It's, uh, well, it's just that women don't seem to have as soft a spot in their hearts for rats as we men do.

  Wally Cleaver : Sure, Beav! You know how it is. They don't like blood or dirt or any of those neat things.

  June Cleaver : [later]  Did you talk Beaver into getting rid of that rat?

  Ward Cleaver : Yeah. Yeah, he's going to try and trade him for something else tomorrow.

  June Cleaver : Good. How'd you convince him?

  Ward Cleaver : Oh, I just told him that women were full of strange quirks and it was up to us to humor them.