Do June and Ward entertain?

[Tankeryanker]

I know they go over to other people's gatherings, but I do not remember them being the host.

[stevea]

All I remember is June having "the girls" over to lunch when Beaver had Stanley the monkey--a slew of extras who had no lines. She opened the dining room doors to reveal her food layout and Stanley swinging on the chandelier.

I guess they went elsewhere all other times, to give the boys a better chance to get in trouble.

[Tankeryanker]

^^^
Oh, that is right. I forgot about the luncheon.

[vitoscotti]

Could Ward of had the guys (no wives) over to play cards? Friends (non Fred) are mentioned but rarely seen.The thread got me thinking how Ward's routine is kind of cookie cutter for a personable, bright, gregarious guy. Right home after golf on a Saturday. For what? To read the paper and hear June whine? I always thought it was unrealistic how little time Ward spent with just his guy buddies. Or is Ward just sort of a prop to bounce the boys problems, adventures, and thoughts off of?

[stevea]

Most evenings they were both sitting on the couch reading a book or the newspaper, waiting for one of the boys to come down and present a problem.

There was one time they were in the den watching a movie on TV, and he fell asleep. But for both of them, separately, all we normally heard about was him playing golf or having to work on Saturday. For her she met a friend for lunch and had Ward deal with Beaver's latest school problem (the monster sweatshirt).

[Tankeryanker]

What a life. The only thing they do is try to fix the problems of the boys they created. Don't create the boys and you will not have the problems.

[Sgt. Saunders]

When I saw that LITB episode, where Ward comes home after a hard day at work, and while schmoozing with June in the kitchen, he then gets a cold glass of milk (MILK!!!), instead of a cold Bud or even a bottle of Coca-Cola, I just knew that Ward was about as “exciting” and “adventuresome” as, say, Orville Redenbacker or the late Willard Scott!

I mean, how many American dads come home from work and enjoy a cold glass of milk? Heck, even octogenarians (and older) in retirement communities across America probably don’t drink milk, especially on a hot summer day.

Ward must have been really “popular” with his fellow Sea-Bees during Ward’s US Navy service during World War II. While the vast majority of young American men were, no doubt,
“sowing their oats” in either the Pacific or Europe during that global conflict, Ward was
probably still reading “Boys’ Life Magazine” and “The Hardy Boys” books when he wasn’t busy erecting Quonset huts and clearing palm trees to make room for new airstrips with his fellow sailors.

I don’t want to say that Ward was a square and extremely hidebound, but Ward probably thought that a glass of Dr. Pepper was equivalent to a “good, stiff belt.” Yes, while Ward would look forward to enjoying a cool Shirley Temple drink with June out on the Cleaver family patio, dipsomaniacal house
painter Andy Hadlock probably enjoyed downing a couple of gin-and-tonics with Marlene Holmes and the rest of the gang at that downtown Mayfield gin mill.

[Tankeryanker]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Saunders

I don’t want to say that Ward was a square and extremely hidebound... downing a couple of gin-and-tonics with Marlene Holmes and the rest of the gang at that downtown Mayfield gin mill.

I'll say he was square. He sure was, but after raising my son and divorcing his dad, I will take a square any day of the week if I had a do over.

[vitoscotti]

Isn't it implied that Ward was quite the ladies man with many ex girlfriends brought up from the past. He perks up noticeably and goes over Wally's dates with a fine toothed comb when they visit the Cleaver house. As Wally doesn't take after the old man not to be interested in them that way.

Who's Ward's secretary? Googling it it says Grace? Do we ever see her? Is she a babe? I vaguely remember her shown once.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by vitoscotti

Isn't it implied that Ward was quite the ladies man with many ex girlfriends brought up from the past. He perks up noticeably and goes over Wally's dates with a fine toothed comb when they visit the Cleaver house. As Wally doesn't take after the old man not to be interested in them that way.

Who's Ward's secretary? Googling it it says Grace? Do we ever see her? Is she a babe? I vaguely remember her shown once.

I just remember him telling her (on the phone) to get June's birthday present or something. And, yes, it was Grace he was talking to.

And, re a previous post, I can't imagine any guy coming home and pouring a cold glass of milk.

[PaperClips]

They had Fred and his wife over to play bridge on the episode where Lumpy was picking on Beaver and Wally when they walked home from school.

[TSMIV]

When I saw that LITB episode, where Ward comes home after a hard day at work, and while schmoozing with June in the kitchen, he then gets a cold glass of milk (MILK!!!)

I generally think people knitpick this show to death, but all the milk drinking is the one thing on the show that irritates me.

[Tankeryanker]

Originally Posted by TSMIV

I generally think people knitpick this show to death, but all the milk drinking is the one thing on the show that irritates me.

The breast milk of a cow designed for her calf. Maybe someone on the show had stock in a dairy or creamery?

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Saunders

I mean, how many American dads come home from work and enjoy a cold glass of milk?

Me. I drink beer, but not every night, and definitely not right when I get home from work. And I rarely drink pop anymore.

Cold glass of milk is excellent in the summer, not every day when I get home, but when I do, it hits the spot.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by TSMIV

I generally think people knitpick this show to death, but all the milk drinking is the one thing on the show that irritates me.

That's true, but most of us are big fans.

Kids drank a lot of milk back then, but I doubt as much as Wally and Beaver.