The street and the sidewalk where the bus picks up or drops off Beaver are wet, as if it had rained. The water is actually a device deliberately employed for toning down the glare from the sun and the studio lighting used in these shots.
Beaver's school bus is a 1940 Kenworth Model 610 with a Wentwin (Wentworth and Irwin of Portland, Oregon) body. It was originally sold to Taft School District in California through Bakersfield Garage and Auto Supply in 1940, and was later traded to Crown Coach Incorporated, who subsequently resold it to T&T Bus Service. Its serial number is 50900, and was equipped with a Hall-Scott 190 gas engine. a
Ward's 1959 Plymouth Fury 4 door is shown for the first time. License number RCX 783. This car has the Rear Sport Deck trunk lid a $28 option.
After Ward tells June about the letdown of corduroy knickers and felt beanies going out of style, June tells him that she went to an all girls school. Later, while in the kitchen with Wally June learns from him that Beaver got suspended from the school bus because he hit a kid on the head. Wally tries to connect with his mother by asking if she and her classmates ever hit each other on the head, June tells him that they were ladies and gentlemen. June is implying that she and her classmates did not hit each other on the head and that she went to school with girls and boys.