This is a quote from 'tar' in the "Tire Trouble" thread: "this episode is a little goofy in several ways-- Beaver's saying "Look, Mom, is that an elephant?" "

I may have this one wrong, but I think it's in "Beaver's Accordion", where Beaver and Whitey are going down to the express office to return the accordion, and as they're leaving the Cleaver house, Beaver says, "I hope they don't hit us". Huh? What sense does this make? (I hope I have the right episode.)

Are there others instances of odd dialog?

Another bit of odd dialogue was in Ward's Baseball. Ward had a special pedestal made for his baseball now ruined. He says to June, "Maybe I'll just put you up on the pedestal. June-"Well that's a nice thing to say." Ward- "It wasn't meant to be." Huh? (Not verbatim)

To put a woman on a pedestal means to think that she is perfect and spending all of your time worshipping her.

I don't think the elephant bit was odd. Beaver was trying to think of something to distract his mother and an elephant was the only thing or the first thing that popped into his head. The first thing you think of in a hurry is usually the silliest.

To put a woman on a pedestal means to think that she is perfect and spending all of your time worshipping her.
And it is not a good thing to be on a pedestal as it is not reality. Once the person who put you on the pedestal sees you are human, then you come crashing down off of your pedestal. That might be why Ward said it.

I don't think the elephant bit was odd. Beaver was trying to think of something to distract his mother and an elephant was the only thing or the first thing that popped into his head. The first thing you think of in a hurry is usually the silliest.

That, and it was shown many times Beaver isn't good when put on the spot. Which is why he usually asks Wally is that what we were doing? when they're lying about something to the parents.
Very in character for Beaver to say Elephant when trying to distract his mom.

To put a woman on a pedestal means to think that she is perfect and spending all of your time worshipping her.

I certainly know what it means to put someone up on a pedestal. I meant what Ward said. He pays her a compliment then when she says "that's a nice thing to say." He says "It wasn't meant to be." That's what didn't make sense.

What about the time that Wally offered Eddie a "hunk of milk"? Huh? What would that be?

I always loved when Wally said "hunk of milk." He probably figured hunk of cake hunk of milk same thing.

When Whitey said he hoped they didn't hit them at the freight office, he was thinking they were kids and didn't know much. He was just being a kid.

Maybe a bit odd, but I always loved Beaver's way of thinking just like a kid when he reads Ward's library card as Ward Cleaver, Jr. "Does anyone ever call you junior? Ward-Not in a long time. Beaver-" That's good cuz I wouldn't want a father with a kid's name."

That word, "hunk," was always good for a laugh in LITB (though today it would be taken another way), so they could have carried it further for those effects, such as:

"Gee, Dad, thanks for the hunk of good advice."

"Beav, don't tell Mom she did you a bad turn by sending that baby picture to Miss Landers-- she's liable to have a hunk of tears!"

"Mom, I can't eat Brussels sprouts-- they taste like little hunks of bad cabbage."

To put a woman on a pedestal means to think that she is perfect and spending all of your time worshipping her.


Or as Steve Martin says, you should put a woman on a pedestal high enough that you can look up her dress. :dance:

In the episode where Ward brings home some frozen Chinese food, and offered it to Wally, maybe he should have said, "Want a hunk of chop suey?"

Beaver told Ward he had to write a "hunk of poem."

When Larry fessed up to taking his mother's money he could have said "I took a hunk of sewing basket money."

When Wally attacked Eddie and Lumpy with ice cream. He coulda said "I poured a hunk of ice cream over Lumpy's head and another hunk down Eddie's sweater."

Beaver "I guess I ran a hunk of water all over the floor."

Benjie poured a hunk of green paint in his lap.

Beaver took a hunk of sandpaper to scrape off his freckles.

Beaver bought a hunk of hair spray to cure his sheepdog look.

Angela Valentine wore a hunk of Jackie Kennedy wig (that we never got a chance to see).

Whitey could have told Beaver there was a hunk of soup in that soup bowl.

Beaver gave a hunk of brandy to Andy.

Mrs. Rayburn gave Beaver a hunk of orchid.

Beaver made a hunk of face for the school picture.

Eddie was in a hunk of trouble when he changed Beaver's grade.

Larry's mother cleaned a hunk of teeth as a dental nurse.

Larry threw a hunk of money out the window.

(I like that hunk of brandy from Andy!--nice rhyming.)

Beaver gave a few hunks of Ward's good suits to the clothing drive.

Frances could have offered "you boys" a few hunks of fudge when Wally retrieved his letterman's sweater (Beaver sure wanted that fudge!)

Beaver enjoyed a hunk of the Beaver Special after making the football catch.

Beaver could have given away only a hunk of his electric trains to that kid.

"Aunt Martha, every time you come to visit you bring another hunk of propriety into this house!"

"Why June, how dare you! With such a hunks of man and men-to-be, somebody's got to do it!"

Larry had a hunk of bag on his head as a member of the Fiends.

Wally and Beaver would have made a hunk of dough
if they bought Jet Electro.

Beaver made a hunk of kite with Ward but it hit a hunk of ground.

That hunk of French blouse was ooh la la.

Wally put a hunk of perfume on Beaver's teddy after being in the garbage truck.

Beaver made a few hunks of notes while watching TV, and made June a "corus girl".

Lumpy looked like a hunk of an ape when he was trying to pick up Wally to go to the masquerade, and ended up arrested due to the Beaver.

Fred stepped on a hunk of barrel hoop when Wally tried to even the score with Lumpy.

Ward could have said, "Break your hunk of bread before you eat it, Beaver."

Beaver got his head stuck in a hunk of fence.

Beaver got a hunk of girls sweater.

Fred had a hunk of skin head.

Ward could have said "Chew your hunk of meat, Beaver." "But it's hamburger its already been chewed up." Beaver did say Mrs. Mondello had a hunk of meat.

Larry could have said " Wow a whole free hunk of monkey!"

Eddie: "Come on a my house, my house come on I'm a gonna give you a hunk
of candy."

June bought a hunk of slip and Beaver gave it to Miss Landers.

Judy had a hunk of confidence.

Beaver borrowed a hunk of comic books from Lumpy.

Lumpy teased Beaver for the hunk of freckles on his face.

Wally could have asked Uncle Billy how he washed dishes in the woods with a hunk of hose.

Speaking of Uncle Billy he gave the Beaver a hunk of money for his birthday, ten hunks.

Beaver's hunk of poem included "Every middle size village and town", which Ward corrected to Middlesex.

Beaver had a hunk of butterflies in his stomach before the School Play.

Eddie bought Wally a hunk of battery with his credit card and latter spent $15 on a hunk of suave vest.

Beaver played a hunk of sour notes on his clarinet.

Wally, Eddie and Lumpy threw a hunk of wet towels in the locker room.

Beaver, Richard and Gilbert bought a hunk of burro.

Eddie thought he'd have a hunk of fun on a fishing boat but instead he got a hunk of nausea.

Judy's father shot a hunk of elephants in Africa but Beaver's father can swallow a hunk of pill without water.

As head buyer, Judy's mother bought hunks of clothes for a store.

As a dental nurse, Larry's mother took hunks of....uh, never mind.

Beaver wore his gory sweatshirt to school, and got into a hunk of trouble with Mrs. Rayburn.

"Teddy" raked a few hunks of leaves for the future Mrs. Brittingham.

As Beaver and Richard washed a few hunks of Richard's family's clothes, it became evident Beaver didn't know how much soap powder to use in the washer.

Beaver danced to a hunk of generic music in Don Juan Beaver.

Ward had a hunk of suit coat and tie in the trunk for the downtrodden Beaver.

Eddie and Lumpy dumped a hunk of Ward's trash on Mr. Hill's vacant lot.

Kathy was pushed by a hunk a' drunk and sunk into a hunk of fountain and stunk while Wally felt like a clunk in All Night Party.

Eddie got a hunk of fake cheese in his sandwich, when Beaver rigged Wally's party with tricks.

At his party, Lumpy spilled a hunk of soda on Fred's carpet.

Wally tied a hunk of rope to Lumpy's rear axle, in a practical joke that backfired, after Lumpy had rigged Wally's car with a hunk of firecracker.

This is a quote from 'tar' in the "Tire Trouble" thread: "this episode is a little goofy in several ways-- Beaver's saying "Look, Mom, is that an elephant?" "

I may have this one wrong, but I think it's in "Beaver's Accordion", where Beaver and Whitey are going down to the express office to return the accordion, and as they're leaving the Cleaver house, Beaver says, "I hope they don't hit us". Huh? What sense does this make? (I hope I have the right episode.)

Are there others instances of odd dialog?

Well, that episode was on this morning, and unless MeTV cut it out, I didn't hear this dialog. Yet I know it's in SOME episode!

I saw that too but I believe they cut it out. They show Wally talking on the phone and June dusting then Wally said why did they leave without me and then all of a sudden they're down at the express office. Sometimes I'll be waiting to hear Ward say something in a scene and it's not there so MeTV does cut stuff out. I was surprised they had the scene when Ward mentions Evelyn Bowderhouse thinking Ward looked like Melvyn Douglas. John Hoyt was a riot as the guy from Worldwide Music Academy.

What about the time that Wally offered Eddie a "hunk of milk"? Huh? What would that be?

"Hunk of milk" -- that's from Wally and Dudley. LOL on that today.

Here's some more odd dialog that has nothing to do with a hunk a.

In Beaver's School Play when he gets the lead as the little Dutch boy he is supposed to kiss Gretchen. He is talking to the girl who is playing Gretchen and they both feel weird about kissing. After they agree they both hate kissing, the girl says she'll pretend Beaver is someone else and Beaver says he'll pretend she is his Uncle Billy....Huh pretend he's kissing Uncle Billy?
Weird dialog....why not Aunt Martha?

Nobody wants to pretend they're kissing their umbrella aunt.

After they agree they both hate kissing, the girl says she'll pretend Beaver is someone else and Beaver says he'll pretend she is his Uncle Billy....Huh pretend he's kissing Uncle Billy?
Weird dialog....why not Aunt Martha?

Because Aunt Martha would never kiss Uncle Billy :lol:

No, I think Beaver just meant he would think that to matter-of-factly kiss someone he knows and puts up with, but doesn't care to kiss, yet with whom he doesn't want to mess the situation up.

This is a quote from 'tar' in the "Tire Trouble" thread: "this episode is a little goofy in several ways-- Beaver's saying "Look, Mom, is that an elephant?" "

I may have this one wrong, but I think it's in "Beaver's Accordion", where Beaver and Whitey are going down to the express office to return the accordion, and as they're leaving the Cleaver house, Beaver says, "I hope they don't hit us". Huh? What sense does this make? (I hope I have the right episode.)

Are there others instances of odd dialog?

In the episode Beaver's Birthday, Beaver and Gilbert find a notice for a registered letter by the front door made out to Beaver, so Beaver and Gilbert are going to go to the post office to see what it is and Beaver says "I hope they don't hit us."

Not so much odd dialog but seeing Wally and Beaver coming downstairs together side by side especially in the second house. Or Beaver calling out “Hey Mom where’s Pop.” Never called him Pop before.

That "Hey Mom where's Pop?" line is the last of what I think is Mathers' re-dubbed dialogue, in "Beaver's Poster."

That line is really odd. The episode was written by Ellis Marcus, with a re-write (Teleplay By) Connelly and Mosher. I've never seen that writer credit before--I wonder if Connelly and/or Mosher just did not catch that in the script. The director was Norman Abbott, and he directed many episodes--he probably would have caught it. If Mathers re-dubbed the lines later, whoever was there maybe didn't catch it. I'm thinking it's just a series of small mis-steps.

BTW, thanks, Torgo for that reminder...I remember that was a mystery that bugged me. Now if I could just solve the June's Birthday mystery (unrelated to odd dialogue)...