Beaver gets suspended from riding the school bus for acting up.Beaver gets suspended from riding the school bus for acting up.Beaver gets suspended from riding the school bus for acting up.
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- Writers
- Joe Connelly(uncredited)
- Bob Mosher(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsIn the beginning Whitey requests to sit in the front of the bus because he gets car sick sitting behind stuff. At the end he sits third from the front, behind Larry and Charles.
- Quotes
June Cleaver: [Ward reads a note from the school, containing the rules for the new school bus service] Ward, that's wonderful. We won't have to worry about him fooling around on the way to school any more.
Ward Cleaver: No, I suppose not. Although, I always thought of walking to school as one of childhood's most cherished memories. Well, I suppose it has to be swept away, along with corduroy knickers and the felt beanie.
June Cleaver: Corduroy knickers?
Ward Cleaver: Well sure, don't you remember, dear? When you walked, they whistled.
June Cleaver: I went to a girls' school.
Ward Cleaver: Well, I better take these rules up to Beaver so he can look 'em over after supper tonight.
June Cleaver: He'll probably be as excited about riding the bus as you were with your whistling knickers.
You know where this is going right? No sooner than Beave gets on the bus, another kid socks him, he socks him back -- and he's suspended in one easy lesson! Problem is the bus driver didn't see the other kid hit Beave, but saw Beave bam the kid back.
Naturally!
Inside joke here; Beave used to walk to school anyway and should have just kept on walking!
Yet another reason why the Cleavers should have lived in North Hollywood, where the series was filmed (Universal Studios). That way, he would have walked to school, rode his bike or used a skateboard!
Much more interesting than a bus.
Beave is a good kid and tries to make things up by writing a note to the bus driver, Mr. Crawford, played by familiar character actor James Parnell, son of veteran actor Emery Parnell. On a somber note, Parnell died very suddenly about a year after this episode.
I agree with the last reviewer, kudos and more to series producers and writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher for making this one fun, especially for all us kids who had our fair share of bad days on the bus!
Judy (Jeri Weil) and Whitey (Stanley Fafara) appear in this episode, which is always good news. Whitey was everybodys pal, and we loved him.
The best of SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 remastered Universal dvd box set.
- tcchelsey
- Jan 8, 2024
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1