Beaver and his friend Larry Mondello find a lost wallet stuffed with money, turn it in to the police station and hope that no one claims it so they can split the loot.Beaver and his friend Larry Mondello find a lost wallet stuffed with money, turn it in to the police station and hope that no one claims it so they can split the loot.Beaver and his friend Larry Mondello find a lost wallet stuffed with money, turn it in to the police station and hope that no one claims it so they can split the loot.
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsThere is a clear shot of the money in the wallet with the word 'STUDIO' on the bills; the "money" is fake.
- Quotes
June Cleaver: Dear, I have to wait for Mr. Johnson. Could you take my grocery list, and go to the market?
Ward Cleaver: Well, I'd like to Dear, but don't you remember? I have a dentist appointment.
June Cleaver: Then you can't get my groceries?
Ward Cleaver: Well, I think a dentist appointment is more important. Don't you, Beaver?
Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver: Sure, Dad. If all your teeth fall out, you won't have anything to eat groceries with, anyways.
- ConnectionsReferences The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The police say that if nobody claims the wallet in ten days, then the wallet is Beaver's. On top of that, Ward urges Beaver to put an ad in the paper mentioning that the wallet has been found. The day that the wallet is to be Beaver's, he goes to the police station to receive the unclaimed property. Unfortunately for him, on the bench right next to him, is the actual owner of the wallet.
She does not look the part of the person Beaver was told to visualize when going the extra mile to reunite the lost money with the rightful owner - that being a widow with four children who needs to buy food and pay rent. I'm not arguing that the money belongs to the rightful owner regardless of wealth, I'm just saying what you would need to say to a young boy who is anticipating a windfall based on the rightful owner never showing up.
Back to the rightful owner - She is young, sharply dressed, and says she has been out of town for awhile so she only just now found out about the wallet being found. She promises Beaver she is so grateful for the return of the wallet that she is going to go out and buy the best present a little boy could want and send it to him. So Beaver sits out by the mailbox day after day - but no present ever arrives. This woman has her wallet, probably forgot she ever promised Beaver anything, and has gone back to her life. If you think about it, she could have given Beaver ten dollars on the spot if she wanted to reward him, but she didn't. How will what has turned out to be a bummer of an episode so far work out? Watch and find out.
I like how this episode made the woman claiming the wallet a complete blank page. Was she a jet setter? Was she an average worker, perhaps a secretary, who had to accompany her boss on a business trip? Something else entirely? The only thing we know for sure is that she broke an important promise to an honest little boy.
One more thing - At one point the cost of a clock radio in 1960 is mentioned as being about 18 dollars. I looked online, and you can still buy one for 18-50 dollars. But 18 dollars in 1960 is worth 190 dollars! How is it that clock radios don't cost in the neighborhood of that price? It's because that clock radio in 1960 was American made. Today they are all cheap stuff made overseas and not made to last. Sometimes the comparisons between today and 1960 can be interesting in economic terms.
- AlsExGal
- Feb 16, 2024
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1