Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)

Mistaken Identity (1961)

Tony Dow: Wally Cleaver

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• Wally Cleaver : [At breakfast, Wally describes a cross-country bus tour]  Well, Eddie Haskell got this thing in the mail. They take a whole bunch of guys and you get to see all the historical sights. They put all the girls on one bus and all the guys on another bus. They don't let you get in any trouble, but Eddie said we oughta go anyway.

• Ward Cleaver : [breakfast conversation]  I've been put on a committee to help build a new youth center.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : What's a youth center?

  Wally Cleaver : Oh, that's a big building where they get all the kids together so they can watch 'em.

• Wally Cleaver : You mean, you mean some other kid gave the policeman *your* name?

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : That's what he did, all right.

  Wally Cleaver : Boy, I didn't think any of your friends could think that fast.

• Ward Cleaver : [Ward is trying to find out which boy framed the Beaver]  Well, Beaver, who was it?

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : Gee, Dad! I don't want to be a squealer!

  Ward Cleaver : I realize that, son. But this is a little different case here. You see, by giving your name, this boy put *you* in jeopardy.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : Huh?

  Wally Cleaver : What Dad means is that it's not squealin' if you rat on a rat.

  Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver : [later, Ward leaves]  Hey, Wally. Tell me something now that Dad is gone. Did I really do the right thing squealin' on Richard?

  Wally Cleaver : Sure, you did! You can't let a guy get away with junk like that! Anyway, you practically got the whole United States Constitution backing up your squealin'.