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Scrabjan1 · 05-25-2021, 12:25 PM

In Brother vs. Brother why would Beaver pour aftershave lotion into his hand and spread all over his arms? Wally never did that, he put it on his face. I can’t imagine why they would have him do that. How do you wash that stuff off? Did you notice at the breakfast table June just plays with her food. It must have been unappetizing.

stevea · 05-25-2021, 12:31 PM

It was Aunt Martha's beet casserole LOL!

Good point on the arms thing--I never saw anybody do that.

Scrabjan1 · 05-25-2021, 12:49 PM

Reminds me of the time he had no shoelaces for his shoes before school and starts to dip white ones in some ink!! Before school? He hasn’t changed since he put polish on his shoe and it gets on his sock so he takes off the sock! Huh?

stevea · 05-25-2021, 12:56 PM

Yeah and those socks with holes when Ward comes up to talk to him. Would June allow those in the house? She probably had the boys' whole clothing inventory in her mind, or documented in the kitchen drawer.

OH Nuts! · 05-25-2021, 01:06 PM

Nah, he was just an average kid. Definitely not stupid but a verrry lonnnng way from genius. Beaver was somewhat Gullible, but that due more to a basically nice and trusting nature. Fortunately Wally was always helping him to “wise up “.

The mentally challenged award goes to Lumpy. Watching a 17 year old refer to, and call, his father “daddy” DOES NOT suggest mental adroitness!

stevea · 05-25-2021, 01:11 PM

That and being a fan of Captain Kangaroo!

GentlemanJim · 05-25-2021, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

That and being a fan of Captain Kangaroo!

Smokin cigarettes and watchin Captain Kangaroo

https://youtu.be/WvdHi0smyp8?t=43

OH Nuts! · 05-25-2021, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

That and being a fan of Captain Kangaroo!

I missed that about him. God what a doofus. MAD Magazine must have been high literature to him!

vitoscotti · 05-25-2021, 03:21 PM

Wally was more on the ball than Beaver at the same ages. Beaver and June had to be scatterbrained to make scripts funny and work. Beaver at times appears mentally limited. Then he's made normal again.

Scrabjan1 · 05-30-2021, 08:28 AM

June was a true scatterbrain in Beaver’s Accordion. The instrument bounces down the stairs and lands in front of Ward and Franklin. “Ward it’s an accordion!” Then looks like an airhead. In Beaver’s Long Night she asks Wally if the person who called the cops on Lumpy could be his brother, Beaver. Why did she say ‘your brother Beaver?’

Anyway Beaver certainly was gullible so I guess that also means not too bright. Yes Lumpy was certainly not a candidate for MIT.

stevea · 05-30-2021, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by OH Nuts!

I missed that about him. God what a doofus. MAD Magazine must have been high literature to him!

In one episode, I think the one where W&J wouldn't let Wally go up to Bill Scott's cabin, Lumpy pulls in the driveway, and says to Wally something like, What's going on? I'm up in my room watching Capt. Kangaroo, etc.

If it wasn't that episode it was one in season 6.

CosmicCharlie · 05-30-2021, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJim

Smokin cigarettes and watchin Captain Kangaroo

https://youtu.be/WvdHi0smyp8?t=43

Flowers On The Wall ?

stevea · 05-31-2021, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

In Beaver’s Long Night she asks Wally if the person who called the cops on Lumpy could be his brother, Beaver. Why did she say ‘your brother Beaver?’

"Yeah, that was the brother I had in mind." He should have said, "No, it was some other Beaver."

GentlemanJim · 06-01-2021, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by CosmicCharlie

Flowers On The Wall ?

Floral wallpaper was really big about that time.

stevea · 06-04-2021, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by stevea

In one episode, I think the one where W&J wouldn't let Wally go up to Bill Scott's cabin, Lumpy pulls in the driveway, and says to Wally something like, What's going on? I'm up in my room watching Capt. Kangaroo, etc.

If it wasn't that episode it was one in season 6.

Comment was in Bachelor at Large from season 6.

05-25-2021, 12:25 PM	#1
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Was Beaver Mentally Challenged In Brother vs. Brother why would Beaver pour aftershave lotion into his hand and spread all over his arms? Wally never did that, he put it on his face. I can’t imagine why they would have him do that. How do you wash that stuff off? Did you notice at the breakfast table June just plays with her food. It must have been unappetizing.

05-25-2021, 12:31 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	It was Aunt Martha's beet casserole LOL! Good point on the arms thing--I never saw anybody do that.

05-25-2021, 12:49 PM	#3
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Reminds me of the time he had no shoelaces for his shoes before school and starts to dip white ones in some ink!! Before school? He hasn’t changed since he put polish on his shoe and it gets on his sock so he takes off the sock! Huh?

05-25-2021, 12:56 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	Yeah and those socks with holes when Ward comes up to talk to him. Would June allow those in the house? She probably had the boys' whole clothing inventory in her mind, or documented in the kitchen drawer.

05-25-2021, 01:06 PM	#5
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Nah, he was just an average kid. Definitely not stupid but a verrry lonnnng way from genius. Beaver was somewhat Gullible, but that due more to a basically nice and trusting nature. Fortunately Wally was always helping him to “wise up “. The mentally challenged award goes to Lumpy. Watching a 17 year old refer to, and call, his father “daddy” DOES NOT suggest mental adroitness!

05-25-2021, 01:11 PM	#6
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,064	That and being a fan of Captain Kangaroo!

05-25-2021, 03:21 PM	#9
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,084	Wally was more on the ball than Beaver at the same ages. Beaver and June had to be scatterbrained to make scripts funny and work. Beaver at times appears mentally limited. Then he's made normal again.

05-30-2021, 08:28 AM	#10
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	June was a true scatterbrain in Beaver’s Accordion. The instrument bounces down the stairs and lands in front of Ward and Franklin. “Ward it’s an accordion!” Then looks like an airhead. In Beaver’s Long Night she asks Wally if the person who called the cops on Lumpy could be his brother, Beaver. Why did she say ‘your brother Beaver?’ Anyway Beaver certainly was gullible so I guess that also means not too bright. Yes Lumpy was certainly not a candidate for MIT.