In the MeTV ep today Wally’s License,, Wally trains with an obnoxious girl who keeps trying to subtly (well really not so subtly) belittle him and show him up. Love how he passes the driving test towards the end and she doesn’t. Ha! Divine Justice.

And a nice plus is having Eddie pop in to the Cleavers and spout his usual b.s. Ward and June’s reaction is priceless (and boy YOU KNOW what they were thinking but of course June would be too ladylike to say it!)

Besides Judy Hensler (whose examples would be too voluminous) any other girls on LITB who behaved like this? And of course any comments, tidbits or insights on the ep would be great too.

Wally, to Shirley: You might think you were ready for the Indianapolis or somethin'!

Then she goes on and flunks her driving test.

Oh, to answer the original question, other than Wally's Shirley, there was Beaver's Shirley, who called him a sheepdog. This prompted him to glue his hair down with some dippity-do type stuff called Glama-Spray.

Wally, to Shirley: You might think you were ready for the Indianapolis or somethin'!

Then she goes on and flunks her driving test.

Love how she got owned!

And they dated each other in a later episode!

And they dated each other in a later episode!

Which one? I bet I can find it online to watch

"Wally's Car Accident," on MeTV Thurs.

Then there's the autobiography episode, with that wonderful girl, Betsy. That annoying wench plotted to write a fake report for Beaver, because he had called her names behind her back.

She should have just refused to do the report.

Thanks stevea!

Then there's the autobiography episode, with that wonderful girl, Betsy. That annoying wench plotted to write a fake report for Beaver, because he had called her names behind her back.

She should have just refused to do the report.

Maybe Beaver should have refused to call her names behind her back? Actually, a wench can be a good thing.

Good point. He called her names behind her back, and went on to use her anyway.

I was annoyed at the fact that the driving instructor didn't make her sit back and shut UP because what she did while Wally was learning was most disruptive and should've gotten her kicked out the lesson....

"know-it-all hag"...glad she flunked..

I agree that Mr. Barnstead or Barnstorm didn’t handle the situation. Wally sat quietly while she drove. Then she’s super obnoxious towards Wally telling him how to drive and how the ignition works. The teacher should have told her to sit back and shut the hell up or she would walk home.

Wally drove so badly for someone who was smart and knew about cars. Pushing on the gas while in reverse was really scary. I was in a slow zone walking into a store the other day and a guy slows down for a pedestrian then accelerates towards me and I had to run out of the way. He didn’t even see me. My son said ‘people are wacky these days.’

I was annoyed at the fact that the driving instructor didn't make her sit back and shut UP because what she did while Wally was learning was most disruptive and should've gotten her kicked out the lesson....

"know-it-all hag"...glad she flunked..

Yup. Loved it. What goes around comes around...

I agree that Mr. Barnstead or Barnstorm didn’t handle the situation. Wally sat quietly while she drove. Then she’s super obnoxious towards Wally telling him how to drive and how the ignition works. The teacher should have told her to sit back and shut the hell up or she would walk home.

Wally drove so badly for someone who was smart and knew about cars. Pushing on the gas while in reverse was really scary. I was in a slow zone walking into a store the other day and a guy slows down for a pedestrian then accelerates towards me and I had to run out of the way. He didn’t even see me. My son said ‘people are wacky these days.’

She must have been Judy Hensler’s tutor lol. Yeah she should’ve gotten owned like the way Miss Landers did with Judy in the ep “Beaver Says Good-bye”

SIT DOWN Judy!

SIT DOWN Judy!

Great line. One of my favorites!

Great line. One of my favorites!

Mine too! And boy did she deserve it.

I agree that Mr. Barnstead or Barnstorm didn’t handle the situation. Wally sat quietly while she drove. Then she’s super obnoxious towards Wally telling him how to drive and how the ignition works. The teacher should have told her to sit back and shut the hell up or she would walk home.

Wally drove so badly for someone who was smart and knew about cars. Pushing on the gas while in reverse was really scary. I was in a slow zone walking into a store the other day and a guy slows down for a pedestrian then accelerates towards me and I had to run out of the way. He didn’t even see me. My son said ‘people are wacky these days.’

Yup

Wally was truly a rookie behind the wheel, not knowing to start the car and more ... as an instructor he was NOT instructing. I think they were lucky there were accidents of injuries. Then Again - the writers were off the mark the way the scene was contrived and set up +-

and again the writers made the female the nasty one - seems a common theme

and again the writers made the female the nasty one - seems a common theme

I am beginning to see what you mean. The writers seem to have a thing against the female gender.

I am beginning to see what you mean. The writers seem to have a thing against the female gender.

and it seems to be LITB only

I watch a lot of 50's 60's tv and this series is the only one that has this issue

maybe it was an easy comedy plot but I would think they were better writers than that, maybe they were not that talented after all ?


Write, Film, Repeat lol

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Maybe it is written from the point of a little boy that girls have cooties and they just made all the girls and women look like they had cooties.

Yes, that is probably it.

Had there been a sitcom written from the point of view of a couple of girls, then you'd have "evil" male counterparts in the scripts.

"Wally's Car Accident," on MeTV Thurs.

Shirley's a lot nicer in this episode

What Are Little Girls Made of?
Nursery Rhyme

What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Frogs and snails,
And puppy-dogs' tails;
That's what little boys are made of.

What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And all that's nice;
That's what little girls are made of.

I happen to like puppy dog tails when they are attached to puppy dogs.

I am beginning to see what you mean. The writers seem to have a thing against the female gender.

To a certain degree, yes. But they did evening things up a bit with snake-in-the-grass Gilbert, as##ole Eddie, and too dumb to be called dumb Lumpy.