Ward has to go away on a business trip --so Wally becomes the MAN of the house! Interesting.
Producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher came up with this story and, you have to admit, it's quite original, and a "growing up" lesson for both Wally and Beave in a funny sort of way. It's also another full cast show, featuring Eddie, Gilbert, Richard, Whitey, and even Miss Landers.
The big surprise of it all is how Beave gets into trouble this time -- caught swearing at school! It's amazing Connelly and Mosher would go that far with a script, though we never know what the word actually is, still taboo stuff back in the day. Interestingly, behind the scenes, it was "forbidden" to swear on the set at Universal because children were present, and the story goes that when one of the crew swore he was immediately fired as a lesson to everybody else.
Getting back to the big scandal... Miss Landers requests a parent-teacher conference on the matter and Wally goes in Ward's place. This is a classic scene, well directed by David Butler, as there was never anything like it. Even Miss Landers, at first, thinks it's some sort of a gag.
A Top 10 all the way, also marking one of the final episodes we will would see Sue Randall as Miss Landers. Sue went onto many other tv projects, appearing on such shows as PERRY MASON and the TWILIGHT ZONE before retiring in the late 60s. By the way, her full name was Alice Landers. Super trivia question.
Most creative line department: a phony note from Ward to Miss Landers reads.... "I have washed Beaver's mouth out with soap and beat him up three times!"
OMG. From SEASON 4 EPISODE 39 remastered.