While the story is centered on Beaver and a classmate, Violet Rutherford it is memorable for me because it introduced the ever-bombastic blowhard,Fred Rutherford; who would soon be better known as Lumpy's dad. Richard Deacon was a brilliant character actor, and I always thought his portrayal as Fred hilarious. Fred Rutherford remained a recurring character through all 6 seasons, with Deacon playing the role at the same time he appeared as Mel on the Dick VanDyke Show.
The character, Violet would appear in several episodes over the course of the series, later played by Veronica Cartwright. She appeared in one episode of the latter series, "Still the Beaver" as well.
Of course the Rutherford character we will eventually see the most, is Lumpy. Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford was introduced to LITB viewers several episodes after this one.
