Freddie is curious as to exactly why his dad, Eddie Haskell, is estranged from his own father. He goes to Wally and says that, for his sixteenth birthday, he'd like his paternal grandfather to be invited to the birthday party that June is throwing for him. Wally goes to Eddie and tells him of Freddie's request, but even the idea angers Eddie as he and his father have not spoken in decades. Wally convinces Eddie that to just squash this request of Freddie's could lead to a rift opening up between himself and his own son someday, and so Eddie relents and his father is invited to the party. Will this lead to a tearful reunion between Eddie and his father? Watch and find out.
The original LITB must have been a great work environment, because actors that had only a couple of appearances on this show during their careers show up in this series from time to time, including George Petrie, who only portrayed George Haskell a couple of times in season six of LITB, reprising his role as Eddie's father in this episode. There's even a humorous tie-in to the season one LITB episode "Voodoo Curse" where Eddie's father thought Beaver's name was Gopher. He repeats that mistake here.
Also note actor Ken Osmond riding around on a motorcycle in this episode. Ken was actually a real motorcycle buff and was a motorcycle cop during part of his tenure with the LAPD. A motorcycle club was also how the actor met his wife of 50 years, married from 1969 until his death in 2020.
The original LITB must have been a great work environment, because actors that had only a couple of appearances on this show during their careers show up in this series from time to time, including George Petrie, who only portrayed George Haskell a couple of times in season six of LITB, reprising his role as Eddie's father in this episode. There's even a humorous tie-in to the season one LITB episode "Voodoo Curse" where Eddie's father thought Beaver's name was Gopher. He repeats that mistake here.
Also note actor Ken Osmond riding around on a motorcycle in this episode. Ken was actually a real motorcycle buff and was a motorcycle cop during part of his tenure with the LAPD. A motorcycle club was also how the actor met his wife of 50 years, married from 1969 until his death in 2020.