- June sends Beaver with a welcome-to-the-neighborhood bouquet to new next-door neighbor Mrs. Donaldson; but when the little boy is rewarded with a kiss on his cheek, rascally Eddie Haskell warns that a jealous Mr. Donaldson will soon show up at Beaver's door.—shepherdd1138
- All in the Cleaver household are intrigued for various reasons by the family moving into the house next door. They are the Donaldsons. When Wally says that he can't since he's entertaining Eddie Haskell, Beaver, on behalf of the family, offers to take a bouquet a flowers to the Donaldsons as a welcome to the neighborhood gift. After Mrs. Donaldson kisses Beaver as a thank you, Eddie and Wally, on Eddie's urging, can't resist telling Beaver that Mr. Donaldson will come after him for kissing his wife. The Donaldsons, enthralled with Beaver, decide that he would be the perfect playmate for their niece, Julie. So when Beaver is invited over to their house for a party and as Eddie and Wally see that Mr. Donaldson has left the house (unknown to them to pick up Julie), all three boys now truly believe that Beaver is being set up so that the Beaver will be alone with Mrs. Donaldson, while Mr. Donaldson ultimately rushes in to catch his wife and Beaver together and thus kill Beaver. Will anyone eventually learn about this misunderstanding?—Huggo
- June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley,) watches as movers unload a truck next door. Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont) comes into the house with his paper. June asks if met the new neighbors. Ward says he ran into the neighbor on his way to get the paper, and thinks his name is Dawson, and that he's a broker. Exasperated, June says it's not Dawson, but Donaldson, and that he's in Thermal Products as the sales manager, they've applied to Briarcliff and that they play bridge. Ward asks what the boys are up to. June says that Wally's (Tony Dow) friend Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) is over. Ward remarks that Eddie seems like a nice kid. June says she distrusts thirteen year-old boys that are so polite, and hopes he doesn't pick on the Beaver (Jerry Mathers.)
Upstairs, Eddie tussles with the Beaver. Eddie and Wally spy on the new neighbors with Wally's periscope. Eddie tells Wally that the new neighbors are crummy. Wally asks why. Eddie points out that there are no cats, dogs or fishing poles. Beaver spies a boat with no bottom. Wally checks it out, and tells Beaver that it is a rowing machine. Eddie warns Beaver not to mess around with a guy with a rowing machine because he's probably strong and will whack Beaver in the head. Junes calls upstairs for Wally. Eddie suggests sneaking out the back. Wally protests.
Downstairs, Eddie compliments Mrs. Cleavers pretty dress. June coolly thanks him. She asks Wally to take some flowers next door. Wally complains. Beaver offers to take the flowers. While June isn't looking Eddie scares Beaver by pretending to get whacked in the head. June tells Beaver to tell Mrs. Donaldson (Phyllis Coats) that they are happy they moved in, and not to drop the flowers.
Eddie and Wally spy on Beaver from the bedroom window. They watch through the periscope as Beaver goes next door. Beaver hands Mrs. Donaldson the flowers. He tells Mrs. Donaldson that he's happy she moved in and not to drop the flowers. Mrs. Donaldson asks his name. Beaver introduces himself, telling her that his friends call him Beaver. Mrs. Donaldson suggests that she'd like to be his friend, and asks if it would be all right for her to call him Beaver. Beaver asks if she would let him cut across her lawn. Mrs. Donaldson assures him that something could be worked out. She kisses Beaver on the check. Beaver runs home.
A seemingly shocked Eddie can't believe Mrs. Donaldson kissed Beaver. He goads Wally into giving Beaver the business. Wally reluctantly agrees to kid Beaver, but only a little bit.
As soon as Beaver comes upstairs, Eddie gives him the business. Wally plays along. Eddie tells Beaver that he'd better watch it, because kissing a married woman will get him into trouble, and that Mr. Donaldson will likely kill him. Eddie demonstrates by making a slicing motion across his neck. Beaver is frightened.
Downstairs, Ward fixes a toaster. Beaver asks Ward what he's doing. Ward explains that he's replacing a fuse because June pulls on the cord to unplug the toaster, instead of pulling on the plug itself. Beaver tells Ward that he's very smart. Ward says he's smart enough to stay one jump ahead of their mother. Beaver asks Ward if he's a married man. Ward assures Beaver that he is. Beaver asks if June is a married woman. Ward assures Beaver that she is. Beaver asks Ward if he's ever kissed a married woman that wasn't June. Ward assures Beaver that he's never kissed another married woman. Beaver says he understands, and that it's probably because Ward is scared of getting into trouble. Ward agrees. Ward tells Beaver to go outside to play. Beaver, afraid of Mr. Donaldson, says he'd rather play inside, but Ward insists that Beaver go outside. Beaver goes outside. Ward tells June that Beaver wanted to know if he's ever kissed a married woman. June asks why he hasn't. Ward tells June that she knows why. June smiles. Ward explains that it's because he's scared to. June is not amused.
At the Donaldson's, Mr. Donaldson (Charles H. Gray) notices the flowers. The Donaldsons make plans to have their niece Julie (Yolanda White) come over to play with the little boy from next door. Mr. Donaldson asks what the boy's name is. Mrs. Donaldson tells him that it's Beaver.
Outside, Mr. Donaldson clips the shrubs with a large hedge clipper. Beaver sees him. Mr. Donaldson, thinking about Julie, tells Beaver that he wants to talk to him. Remembering what Eddie said about angry husbands, Beaver runs away. Mrs. Donaldson asks her husband if he spoke to Beaver. Mr. Donaldson says he tried to, but that the Beaver ran away. Thinking that the Beaver is very shy, Mrs. Donaldson calls June to invite the Beaver over to meet Julie.
Beaver watches the Donaldson home through the periscope from the upstairs window. Wally worries that Mr. Donaldson is jealous over the Beaver. Eddie tells Wally that a couple of hundred guys a year are killed in California by jealous husbands.
June sends Eddie home, and tells Beaver to take a bath, because he's been invited over to the Donaldsons. Eddie tells June that her dress is pretty.
Downstairs, June tells Ward that they aren't telling Beaver in advance about meeting Julie. She wonders why Mrs. Donaldson thinks Beaver is shy. Beaver comes downstairs in his gray suit. He says he doesn't want to go next door, that his head hurts because he fell down at recess earlier in the day. June reminds him that it's Saturday. Out of excuses, Beaver dramatically says goodbye to his father and leaves to go next door. June wonders why Beaver is shy about girls. Ward says he doesn't even know enough about life to be afraid of women.
Outside, Eddie and Wally confront the Beaver. Eddie says that Mr. Donaldson left the house and thinks it's a set-up. Wally tells Beaver that they will be outside and will give Beaver "the old signal" every few minutes as long as the coast is clear. Beaver goes inside the Donaldson's house. Eddie worries that Mr. Donaldson might pull a gun. He tells Wally that he has to go home. Alone, Wally watches the Beaver through the Donaldson's window, using his periscope.
Beaver and Mrs. Donaldson sit on the couch. Mrs. Donaldson attempts to make small talk. Wally hoots like an owl.
At the Cleaver's, Ward thinks he hears an owl, but wonders why it doesn't sound enough like an owl.
Mrs. Donaldson offers Beaver a mint. Beaver tells Mrs. Donaldson that he likes Angela Valentine, who has an extra toe. Wally hoots. Ward investigates, and finds Wally spying on the Beaver. Ward, thinking that Wally is bothering the Beaver because Wally wasn't invited to the Donaldsons, sends Wally home.
Mr. Donaldson drives up. Mrs. Donaldson excuses herself to open the front door. She greets Julie and her husband. They go into the parlor to see the Beaver, but he has vanished. Julie worries that the Beaver has run away.
The Donaldsons all go to the Cleavers, looking for Beaver. They explain that Beaver disappeared. Ward goes upstairs.
Upstairs, Wally busily does homework and says he hasn't seen the Beaver. Ward notices Beaver's shoes poking out from under the bed. He drags Beaver out by his ankles. Ward yells and orders Beaver downstairs. Terrified, Beaver grabs hold of the bed post and refuses to go downstairs. Ward insists. Beaver cries. Ward, now clearly worried, asks why he doesn't want to go to the Donaldsons. Wally tells Ward that Beaver has his reasons. Ward decides not to force the Beaver to go.
Ward tells the Donaldsons that the Beaver won't be coming over, and uncomfortably explains that the Beaver has developed an aversion of sorts. He explains that Beaver isn't shy about girls, but that the Beaver is afraid of Mr. Donaldson. Insulted, the Donaldsons leave. Alone, June and Ward laugh with embarrassment and hug each other.
The next morning at breakfast, Ward and June can't recall Beaver taking such a dislike to anyone before. June is certain that they won't be seeing much of the Donaldsons anymore. Something outside catches her eye. She calls Ward over. They look out the door and see Beaver shaking hands with Mr. Donaldson. Beaver comes home. Ward and June ask Beaver what happened. Beaver explains he's not afraid of Mr. Donaldson anymore, because Mr. Donaldson told him that he could kiss his wife any time.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content