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Bonniegirl · 03-30-2015, 06:44 PM

On the ep where Beaver wouldn't eat his Brussel sprouts and at first if he didn't eat them he couldn't go to the ball game. Than the parents changed their minds and said he could go under the condition the next time Brussel sprouts were served he would have to eat them! So being it's TV of course the next time is them being served at the restaurant they went to before the game!!!

But the point of this thread is , did any of you find it strange that Brussel sprouts would even be served at a restaurant? Because a lot of people don't like them! Usually restaurants serve popular vegetables. And than when Beaver made a fuss about it, the waitress said he could have peas or carrots instead. Now why wouldn't the restaurant ask the customers when they were ordering if they wanted peas, carrots or Brussel sprouts for their vegetable if they had all three?

Kabuki · 03-31-2015, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bonniegirl62

On the ep where Beaver wouldn't eat his Brussel sprouts and at first if he didn't eat them he couldn't go to the ball game. Than the parents changed their minds and said he could go under the condition the next time Brussel sprouts were served he would have to eat them! So being it's TV of course the next time is them being served at the restaurant they went to before the game!!!

But the point of this thread is , did any of you find it strange that Brussel sprouts would even be served at a restaurant? Because a lot of people don't like them! Usually restaurants serve popular vegetables. And than when Beaver made a fuss about it, the waitress said he could have peas or carrots instead. Now why wouldn't the restaurant ask the customers when they were ordering if they wanted peas, carrots or Brussel sprouts for their vegetable if they had all three?

If they offered the three types of veggies, Beaver would have selected either peas or carrots and hence the ending of the show would not
amount for much.

Bonniegirl · 03-31-2015, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Kabuki

If they offered the three types of veggies, Beaver would have selected either peas or carrots and hence the ending of the show would not
amount for much.

LOL!!! I know it wouldn't have made the show what it was had there been a choice of vegetables.

I was remarking how TV is funny that way, how coincidences happen, like the chances that Brussel sprouts would be served at the restaurant that night. I meant in real life especially back than, even these days you don't really see Brussel sprouts as a vegetable served in a restaurant. And if there were other vegetables they really would give the diners a choice.

Bonniegirl · 03-31-2015, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Despite the plot of that episode, you really didn't see Brussels sprouts every day back then. A nice restaurant like the one they were in might use it as the main vegetable for a day if they happened to pounce on some at the produce yard that morning - most people would see it as a neat little change.

That's true. But IDK how many people would think it was a neat little change and how many people would just leave them sitting on their plates!

There are a lot of people that think Brussel sprouts are

I personally love them,

but I only know two other people in my whole life who like them! More people I know dislike them!

Torgo · 03-31-2015, 12:06 PM

June wanted Beaver to eat those Brussels sprouts or else, but Ward thought she was overreacting. Yet in a previous episode to that one, it's mentioned that Ward wanted Beaver to eat eggplant, but June, I think, made it so Beaver didn't have to. Just thought that was funny.

tdr · 03-31-2015, 08:57 PM

Yes, sitcoms do have to arrange things for comic effect, even though they don't ring true, at least ordinarily not. Other examples in LITB include: Eddie parking the Rutherfords' car in a space where it's plainly marked an unauthorized car will be towed at owner's expense; Beaver's many gullible actions, like flying the kite he and Ward built and the wind suddenly dies and it crashes, Beaver and Larry playing hooky and going to the grocery store for free samples and ending up interviewed on television on the channel Wally, sent home from school, and June happen to be watching

.....

Nevertheless, I like Brussels sprouts, knowing well that most people either don't or are indifferent to them. I don't know if I can remember seeing them on the menu in a restaurant, but I have seen them in cafeterias.

JudgeGarth · 03-31-2015, 09:37 PM

I DON'T like Brussels sprouts and I've done that trick Beaver did (putting food you don't like in your shirt pocket) even before I saw it on "Beaver." Lol.

mrbreezeet1 · 04-02-2015, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

June wanted Beaver to eat those Brussels sprouts or else, but Ward thought she was overreacting. Yet in a previous episode to that one, it's mentioned that Ward wanted Beaver to eat eggplant, but June, I think, made it so Beaver didn't have to. Just thought that was funny.

Yeah, I noticed that too..........LOL

MMR · 04-04-2015, 10:41 AM

As I always interpreted that episode, it wasn't a coincidence.

I always assumed Ward set it up somehow in advance so they'd get Brussels sprouts. I assumed it from the looks on the character's faces (especially Ward) when the family saw the sprouts.

Scrabjan1 · 04-04-2015, 02:14 PM

I thought the expressions on Ward and June's faces were so strange when the dinners arrived...Ward is like smiling all over and not even looking at his food, same with June. I always look at my dinner when it's served.

By the way in The Shave Wally is sitting at the table very mad at Ward for embarrassing him in front of Eddie. Then Eddie goes and tells the guys how Ward got mad at Wally for taking his last blade. Anyway Wally doesn't want to eat the food and asks what's this stuff. June says it's eggplant and Wally says he's not supposed to eat fried food. Ward tells him to eat it anyway...but in a previous episode, Beaver's Short Pants, Ward tells June on the phone that Aunt Martha is serving eggplant and everything and June says "Oh...eggplant?" so why did she serve it to them?

mrbreezeet1 · 04-04-2015, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

I thought the expressions on Ward and June's faces were so strange when the dinners arrived...Ward is like smiling all over and not even looking at his food, same with June. I always look at my dinner when it's served.

By the way in The Shave Wally is sitting at the table very mad at Ward for embarrassing him in front of Eddie. Then Eddie goes and tells the guys how Ward got mad at Wally for taking his last blade. Anyway Wally doesn't want to eat the food and asks what's this stuff. June says it's eggplant and Wally says he's not supposed to eat fried food. Ward tells him to eat it anyway...but in a previous episode, Beaver's Short Pants, Ward tells June on the phone that Aunt Martha is serving eggplant and everything and June says "Oh...eggplant?" so why did she serve it to them?

Yeah, and in "The Shave"
Ward got all mad cause Wally used the last blade, Like it would have been ruined shaving Wally's "Baby Face" one time..................LOL

Scrabjan1 · 12-13-2020, 10:34 AM

Good point. You would think Wally had a heavy beard and made it dull. Ward says “Oh great now I have to go without shaving.” You would think he had a beard like Charlie Manson. He didn’t have to shave. It cracked me up.

stevea · 12-13-2020, 01:16 PM

Ward really blew it on that one. Never embarrass your kids in front of their friends.

But back to the sprouts, I'd think a fancy restaurant wouldn't normally serve them. Now if they had gone to a cafeteria...

GentlemanJim · 12-13-2020, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

But the point of this thread is , did any of you find it strange that Brussel sprouts would even be served at a restaurant? Because a lot of people don't like them!

I think that Brussel Sprouts have become a "fad" food of sorts these past few years, with some niche restaurants trying to prove that they can make them taste good, despite their reputation.

We have a restaurant locally that breads and frys them, then just before serving they crush them on a hot grill, to blacken the edges....I actually enjoy them this way

Also used to get them at a restaurant in Atlanta called the "Coach and Six" where they had this buttery cheese-like sauce (similar to what is common for cauliflower), and then Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, that wasn't too bad, either.

Tankeryanker · 12-13-2020, 04:41 PM

^^^
I thought you said breeds and fries them. I thought "what a strange thing to do to Brussel sprouts".

03-30-2015, 06:44 PM	#1
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,775	Brussel sprouts served in a restaurant On the ep where Beaver wouldn't eat his Brussel sprouts and at first if he didn't eat them he couldn't go to the ball game. Than the parents changed their minds and said he could go under the condition the next time Brussel sprouts were served he would have to eat them! So being it's TV of course the next time is them being served at the restaurant they went to before the game!!! But the point of this thread is , did any of you find it strange that Brussel sprouts would even be served at a restaurant? Because a lot of people don't like them! Usually restaurants serve popular vegetables. And than when Beaver made a fuss about it, the waitress said he could have peas or carrots instead. Now why wouldn't the restaurant ask the customers when they were ordering if they wanted peas, carrots or Brussel sprouts for their vegetable if they had all three?

03-31-2015, 12:06 PM	#5
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,033	June wanted Beaver to eat those Brussels sprouts or else, but Ward thought she was overreacting. Yet in a previous episode to that one, it's mentioned that Ward wanted Beaver to eat eggplant, but June, I think, made it so Beaver didn't have to. Just thought that was funny.
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03-31-2015, 08:57 PM	#6
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	Yes, sitcoms do have to arrange things for comic effect, even though they don't ring true, at least ordinarily not. Other examples in LITB include: Eddie parking the Rutherfords' car in a space where it's plainly marked an unauthorized car will be towed at owner's expense; Beaver's many gullible actions, like flying the kite he and Ward built and the wind suddenly dies and it crashes, Beaver and Larry playing hooky and going to the grocery store for free samples and ending up interviewed on television on the channel Wally, sent home from school, and June happen to be watching ..... Nevertheless, I like Brussels sprouts, knowing well that most people either don't or are indifferent to them. I don't know if I can remember seeing them on the menu in a restaurant, but I have seen them in cafeterias.

03-31-2015, 09:37 PM	#7
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	I DON'T like Brussels sprouts and I've done that trick Beaver did (putting food you don't like in your shirt pocket) even before I saw it on "Beaver." Lol.

04-04-2015, 10:41 AM	#9
MMR Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 30, 2013 Location: United States Posts: 113	As I always interpreted that episode, it wasn't a coincidence. I always assumed Ward set it up somehow in advance so they'd get Brussels sprouts. I assumed it from the looks on the character's faces (especially Ward) when the family saw the sprouts.

04-04-2015, 02:14 PM	#10
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I thought the expressions on Ward and June's faces were so strange when the dinners arrived...Ward is like smiling all over and not even looking at his food, same with June. I always look at my dinner when it's served. By the way in The Shave Wally is sitting at the table very mad at Ward for embarrassing him in front of Eddie. Then Eddie goes and tells the guys how Ward got mad at Wally for taking his last blade. Anyway Wally doesn't want to eat the food and asks what's this stuff. June says it's eggplant and Wally says he's not supposed to eat fried food. Ward tells him to eat it anyway...but in a previous episode, Beaver's Short Pants, Ward tells June on the phone that Aunt Martha is serving eggplant and everything and June says "Oh...eggplant?" so why did she serve it to them?

12-13-2020, 10:34 AM	#12
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Good point. You would think Wally had a heavy beard and made it dull. Ward says “Oh great now I have to go without shaving.” You would think he had a beard like Charlie Manson. He didn’t have to shave. It cracked me up.

12-13-2020, 01:16 PM	#13
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,700	Ward really blew it on that one. Never embarrass your kids in front of their friends. But back to the sprouts, I'd think a fancy restaurant wouldn't normally serve them. Now if they had gone to a cafeteria...

12-13-2020, 04:41 PM	#15
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	^^^ I thought you said breeds and fries them. I thought "what a strange thing to do to Brussel sprouts".