Morning at the Cleavers starts with a call, Ward sounds happy until the boys leave. Then he tells June that his Uncle Billy is coming for dinner, and we can tell something is up. When returning from school they notice a ritzy car and figure its company. Turns out it Uncle Billy who makes friends fast when he hands each boy ten dollars.
June wants Ward to take the money but Ward refuses. At dinner Uncle Billy entertains the boys with TALL tales that the boys just love. Edgar Buchanan is Uncle Billy and is pure Edgar Buchanan at his best just full of charm and laughs.
Billy promises to send Wally a rifle he shot a bear with; and Beaver is promised a bamboo pole and spinning real. Things are going well until Uncle Billy makes a fatal mistake: he tells the boys how he took their dad sailfish fishing in Mexico; a story Ward has just told June was a lot of baloney.
Now the stage is set. What will the boys do when they realize Uncle Billy is just a nice old blowhard? At some point, most of us realize the people we look up to have feet of clay.
Beaver sets his own stage when he heads down to the sporting goods store to wait for Uncle Billy. Wally sort of knows Uncle Billy is a fraud, but Beaver is a true believer. Wally goes to get Beaver and spills the beans. Beaver refuses to accept the truth and heads to Uncle Billy's hotel to confront him. Beaver finds him in the barbershop where he is sounding off to the staff about his exploits and realizes who Billy is.
But when Beaver gets home he demonstrates he understands Billy even better than Ward does. We learn Ward's father had three brothers, but of the family of four Billy was big kid all his life.
June wants Ward to take the money but Ward refuses. At dinner Uncle Billy entertains the boys with TALL tales that the boys just love. Edgar Buchanan is Uncle Billy and is pure Edgar Buchanan at his best just full of charm and laughs.
Billy promises to send Wally a rifle he shot a bear with; and Beaver is promised a bamboo pole and spinning real. Things are going well until Uncle Billy makes a fatal mistake: he tells the boys how he took their dad sailfish fishing in Mexico; a story Ward has just told June was a lot of baloney.
Now the stage is set. What will the boys do when they realize Uncle Billy is just a nice old blowhard? At some point, most of us realize the people we look up to have feet of clay.
Beaver sets his own stage when he heads down to the sporting goods store to wait for Uncle Billy. Wally sort of knows Uncle Billy is a fraud, but Beaver is a true believer. Wally goes to get Beaver and spills the beans. Beaver refuses to accept the truth and heads to Uncle Billy's hotel to confront him. Beaver finds him in the barbershop where he is sounding off to the staff about his exploits and realizes who Billy is.
But when Beaver gets home he demonstrates he understands Billy even better than Ward does. We learn Ward's father had three brothers, but of the family of four Billy was big kid all his life.
