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Tankeryanker · 12-10-2022, 12:52 PM

Wally took driver's training in school, but they do not show it correct?

Is driver's training still available in school or do you have to pay for it yourself?

stevea · 12-10-2022, 09:51 PM

They show Wally taking driver training with that annoying girl, Shirley, in the back seat, taunting him. He finally nails her when they're getting out of the car.

Later they made up, since he dated her in another episode.

I'll leave the the second question to another poster

Tankeryanker · 12-10-2022, 10:00 PM

Oh thats right. She was all good during training but dropped the ball during her testing. I don't remember the dating.

stevea · 12-10-2022, 10:15 PM

I think she was his date when he borrowed Ward's car and gave Lumpy's car a shove, wrecking Ward's headlight off camera.

biffbronson · 12-11-2022, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

Is driver's training still available in school or do you have to pay for it yourself?

When I took "Driver's Ed" way back in the very early '80s, it was an option over the summer at my high school for which you paid. I seem to recall my dad paying around $130, maybe less. There were 2 boy and 2 girl students in the car, one driving while 3 sat in the back seat.

I got up some pretty good speed on the highway when my instructor was dozing off in the front seat...

One of the girls I knew well from grade school. The other girl sort of excited me, as we sat packed in pretty closely. Around that time, I'd learned to have a book or notebook handy, as there was a chance I'd need to cover the beginnings of "something suddenly came up."

I was extremely inexperienced around girls, as my parents wouldn't let me go when my HS friends offered to pick me up for a visit to the mall.

CosmicCharlie · 12-11-2022, 08:44 PM

I took drivers ed in 1972 at Ringer's Auto School Saugus MA because I didn't want to wait until 11th grade offered it. It was classes and then we learned to drive using the GIMMICK Promo car - get this - a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner "SUPERBIRD" that were considered lame and poor selling - it was red with the rear huge wing with 440 4 barrel automatic with bucket seats - after I learned on that my 1st car was a 69 GTO Judge Ram Air lll with a 4 speed - Ya life was good - VERY GOOD

MichaelKeith · 12-21-2022, 04:47 PM

Good stories here! I also took driver's ed in high school in 1981. But nothing exciting. Had '81 Olds Cutlass Supremes. Though in those cars the parking brake and hood releases were very close to each other on the lower left side of the dash and when it was my turn to take the wheel, I accidentally pulled the hood release instead of the brake release. Needless to say, I was embarrassed with a car full of kids and the instructor.

rusty spike · 01-01-2023, 09:43 PM

I thought Wally was beyond naive the way he was jamming the accelerating pedal without starting the car. They lost me there.

I also thought the scenes in which Ward and June worried endlessly about Wally driving was plain silly. I guess W & J would be thrilled with today's generation of kiddos who have little interest in driving. They prefer to be driven everywhere while glued to their phones.

CosmicCharlie · 01-01-2023, 10:41 PM

If indeed Wally NEVER drove a car before then the instructor was an IDIOT !

You just don't put a student in the drivers seat and say Figure It Out, they were lucky Wally didn't just CRASH in the 1st moments - The instructor was not even instructing ...

Need I say more how lame the instructor was ?

stevea · 01-01-2023, 11:10 PM

His main contribution was, don't pay attention to Shirley.

Yeah, right, he's a teenage boy.

CosmicCharlie · 01-01-2023, 11:48 PM

Shirley was a cutie, Wally should have took a cruise to Make Out Point !

stevea · 01-02-2023, 10:30 AM

Not quite, but he dated her in a later episode. The one where he wrecked Ward's headlight.

Cx · 01-03-2023, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Not quite, but he dated her in a later episode. The one where he wrecked Ward's headlight.

Just wondering: Was that the same Shirley from the driver's ed episode, or just the same actress playing a different girl?

Tankeryanker · 01-03-2023, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cx

just the same actress playing a different girl?

Totally hate it when they do that.

stevea · 01-03-2023, 07:19 PM

I'm almost sure it was actually the same actress.

I hate it when they go the other way and take the actress Veronica Cartwright, who had played Violet Rutherford, and give her a new name in season 6, Peggy McIntosh--the girl Beaver wants to ditch as a dance date, in favor of the girl from the South.

Why not just let her continue to be Violet Rutherford?

The other girl they they did that with in season 6 was the newspaper girl, unnamed, and in the later episode where Beaver gave her a locket. In that episode she was Donna Yeager, played by Chrystie Jordan--who also played the newspaper girl. They were almost certainly meant to be different characters.

As long as I was in Wikipedia, the girl for both episodes, Wally's License and Wally's Car Accident, was Shirley Fletcher, played by Beverly Lunsford.

12-10-2022, 12:52 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Wally's driving test Wally took driver's training in school, but they do not show it correct? Is driver's training still available in school or do you have to pay for it yourself?

12-10-2022, 09:51 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	They show Wally taking driver training with that annoying girl, Shirley, in the back seat, taunting him. He finally nails her when they're getting out of the car. Later they made up, since he dated her in another episode. I'll leave the the second question to another poster

12-10-2022, 10:00 PM	#3
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Oh thats right. She was all good during training but dropped the ball during her testing. I don't remember the dating.

12-10-2022, 10:15 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	I think she was his date when he borrowed Ward's car and gave Lumpy's car a shove, wrecking Ward's headlight off camera.

12-11-2022, 08:44 PM	#6
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,437	I took drivers ed in 1972 at Ringer's Auto School Saugus MA because I didn't want to wait until 11th grade offered it. It was classes and then we learned to drive using the GIMMICK Promo car - get this - a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner "SUPERBIRD" that were considered lame and poor selling - it was red with the rear huge wing with 440 4 barrel automatic with bucket seats - after I learned on that my 1st car was a 69 GTO Judge Ram Air lll with a 4 speed - Ya life was good - VERY GOOD

12-21-2022, 04:47 PM	#7
MichaelKeith Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 1,139	Good stories here! I also took driver's ed in high school in 1981. But nothing exciting. Had '81 Olds Cutlass Supremes. Though in those cars the parking brake and hood releases were very close to each other on the lower left side of the dash and when it was my turn to take the wheel, I accidentally pulled the hood release instead of the brake release. Needless to say, I was embarrassed with a car full of kids and the instructor.

01-01-2023, 09:43 PM	#8
rusty spike Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 08, 2015 Location: Southwest Posts: 1,124	I thought Wally was beyond naive the way he was jamming the accelerating pedal without starting the car. They lost me there. I also thought the scenes in which Ward and June worried endlessly about Wally driving was plain silly. I guess W & J would be thrilled with today's generation of kiddos who have little interest in driving. They prefer to be driven everywhere while glued to their phones.

01-01-2023, 10:41 PM	#9
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,437	If indeed Wally NEVER drove a car before then the instructor was an IDIOT ! You just don't put a student in the drivers seat and say Figure It Out, they were lucky Wally didn't just CRASH in the 1st moments - The instructor was not even instructing ... Need I say more how lame the instructor was ?

01-01-2023, 11:10 PM	#10
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	His main contribution was, don't pay attention to Shirley. Yeah, right, he's a teenage boy.

01-01-2023, 11:48 PM	#11
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,437	Shirley was a cutie, Wally should have took a cruise to Make Out Point !

01-02-2023, 10:30 AM	#12
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	Not quite, but he dated her in a later episode. The one where he wrecked Ward's headlight.

01-03-2023, 07:19 PM	#15
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	I'm almost sure it was actually the same actress. I hate it when they go the other way and take the actress Veronica Cartwright, who had played Violet Rutherford, and give her a new name in season 6, Peggy McIntosh--the girl Beaver wants to ditch as a dance date, in favor of the girl from the South. Why not just let her continue to be Violet Rutherford? The other girl they they did that with in season 6 was the newspaper girl, unnamed, and in the later episode where Beaver gave her a locket. In that episode she was Donna Yeager, played by Chrystie Jordan--who also played the newspaper girl. They were almost certainly meant to be different characters. As long as I was in Wikipedia, the girl for both episodes, Wally's License and Wally's Car Accident, was Shirley Fletcher, played by Beverly Lunsford.