The Broken Window
- Episode aired Apr 2, 1958
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The boys accidentally break the car window while playing baseball.The boys accidentally break the car window while playing baseball.The boys accidentally break the car window while playing baseball.
Robert 'Rusty' Stevens
- Larry Mondello
- (as Rusty Stevens)
Buddy Joe Hooker
- Chester Anderson
- (as Buddy Hart)
William Hunt
- Grocer
- (as Bill Hunt)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the beginning of this episode, when the gang was playing street ball, while Eddie's up at bat, you can see a short palm tree in front of a house in the background. This might indicate that the neighborhood is in a temperate area (such as the American Southwest), rather than the Midwest, as speculated elsewhere. (The series was filmed in the Los Angeles, California, area. The baseball scene was filmed on the backlot of Republic Studios.)
- GoofsThe boys are playing softball, even though they refer to it as 'baseball'. The ball is clearly larger than a baseball, and Wally pitches underhand. Also, the 'crack' of the bat when Beaver hits the ball, breaking the car's window, is much sharper than the sound the softball would have made.
- Quotes
Tooey Brown: Come on, Eddie, cut out the grandstandin' and hit it.
Wally Cleaver: Yeah. We been playin' for n'over'n hour, and you haven't hit one yet.
Eddie Haskell: Ah, leave me alone. I'm not gonna pull any muscles.
Wally Cleaver: Hah! What muscles?
Tooey Brown: Who do you think you are, Ted Williams?
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Wally and Beaver look for advice from an odd source
Wally and Beaver break a window one day when playing ball too close to the house. In fact it's one of the other boys who breaks the window, but they all scatter after the window breaks and leave Wally and Beaver holding the bag. Ward gets the window fixed, but lectures them about how close they were playing, and they promise to not play that close again.
But then the next day they are going to play ball elsewhere when Beaver asks Wally to pitch just one ball to him while they are close to the garage, and they hear the sound of breaking glass - It's the passenger window of the family car. Ward and June are out house hunting, so the boys have some time. Then Wally does a weird thing - He calls Eddie Haskell for advice! Eddie's advice is to roll down the car window and then plead ignorance when the window is inevitably raised. That is what the boys decide to do when they can't raise the money to fix the window before their parents get home. How will this work out? Watch and find out.
This was early in Eddie Haskell's tenure, and even the following year Wally would never listen to advice from Eddie. Beaver would until he got a little older because Eddie offered such tempting shortcuts to problems.
But then the next day they are going to play ball elsewhere when Beaver asks Wally to pitch just one ball to him while they are close to the garage, and they hear the sound of breaking glass - It's the passenger window of the family car. Ward and June are out house hunting, so the boys have some time. Then Wally does a weird thing - He calls Eddie Haskell for advice! Eddie's advice is to roll down the car window and then plead ignorance when the window is inevitably raised. That is what the boys decide to do when they can't raise the money to fix the window before their parents get home. How will this work out? Watch and find out.
This was early in Eddie Haskell's tenure, and even the following year Wally would never listen to advice from Eddie. Beaver would until he got a little older because Eddie offered such tempting shortcuts to problems.
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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