Wally is embarrassed to be seen by his friends arriving at a fancy country club dance in a car driven by his date.Wally is embarrassed to be seen by his friends arriving at a fancy country club dance in a car driven by his date.Wally is embarrassed to be seen by his friends arriving at a fancy country club dance in a car driven by his date.
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- TriviaDuring this period of production, Ken Osmond was serving in the U.S. Army Reserve and available to the series only on a limited basis, which accounts for why Eddie Haskell is not a part of the group that goes to the dance.
- GoofsWhen everyone gets into the car after the dance, eight people get in. That's the very reason why Wally wasn't allowed to go with Lumpy in the first place.
- Quotes
Theodore Cleaver: Hey Wally, how ya gettin' to the dance?
Wally Cleaver: Oh, Lumpy Rutherford's takin' a bunch of us guys in his car.
Theodore Cleaver: How much of a bunch?
Wally Cleaver: I think there'll be about eight of us.
Theodore Cleaver: Is Dad lettin' you do that?
Wally Cleaver: Gee, I don't know. I haven't asked him yet.
Theodore Cleaver: You better ask him, Wally. It sounds like one of those things he's liable to blow his top about.
Wally Cleaver: Now why would he do that?
Theodore Cleaver: I don't know. I guess 'cause it sounds like it'd be too much fun.
- ConnectionsReferences Queen for a Day (1956)
Hugh Beaumont did a good job directing this episode, as Tony Dow really got into his role and is totally off the wall frustrated.
The bottom line here; he either goes with a car full of guys with his date to a dance (which mom and dad are against) or have his date drive him(?) to the dance so he can become social outcast number one among his male buds, primarily Lumpy! Not a good sitaution to be in.
After much complaining, Wally caves and has his date drive him in her dad's car... and there's a couple of lessons to be learned. Actually, for laughing Lumpy --who gets a parking ticket! He's not laughing.
Look for popular character actor James Seay as the girl's father. Seay was a veteran of movies and tv, especially sci fi films, such as WAR OF THE WORLDS and the AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, to name a few. Interestingly, right after this role he appeared as a cop in the iconic Bette Davis-Joan Crawford thriller, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962). He should have written a book.
A lot of memories here, especially if you had one or two dopey friends you had to impress. OMG.
SEASON 5 EPISODE 12 remastered dvd box set.
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- Sep 2, 2023
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- Runtime30 minutes
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