This was a great episode, filled with some very funny dialog thanks to the famous "Eddie Haskell," along with the great Richard Deacon as "Fred Rutherford" and the underrated Frank Bank as his dim-witted son, "Clarence" or better known as 'Lumpy."
They were all hilarious.....50 years ago and still today when I watch this old TV show.
It's school elections and Eddie nominates "Wally Cleaver" (Tony Dow) for sophomore class president. Wally is a reluctant politician; he's not really interested in the job. However, when Lumpy's obnoxious-nerd dad Fred visits Ward at home that night and makes a few jabs about his kid beating Wally in the election, Ward gets his dander up and lectures Wally on having some "gumption."
Wally then turns into a phony glad-handing politician, which is not his normal personality...and it doesn't go well. Ward, in the end, learns a lesson more than one of his kids..
They were all hilarious.....50 years ago and still today when I watch this old TV show.
It's school elections and Eddie nominates "Wally Cleaver" (Tony Dow) for sophomore class president. Wally is a reluctant politician; he's not really interested in the job. However, when Lumpy's obnoxious-nerd dad Fred visits Ward at home that night and makes a few jabs about his kid beating Wally in the election, Ward gets his dander up and lectures Wally on having some "gumption."
Wally then turns into a phony glad-handing politician, which is not his normal personality...and it doesn't go well. Ward, in the end, learns a lesson more than one of his kids..