Episode- Larry Hides Out

[Scrabjan1]

Ward probably used the same rope to lower Beaver’s jacket and tie on a hanger down from the window and stashed it in the trunk. (Football Banquet) It would have been funny to see it pass through the window like Beaver’s jacket. The jacket just sits in front of the kitchen window daring anyone to see it. That was really lame. If you wanna quickly haul a jacket up so no one sees it you pull it up fast. “Why Ward isn’t that Beaver’s jacket and it’s going up in the air!”

[stevea]

It would have really been funny if Ward had done that with Beaver's jacket and tie. "Well, June, I couldn't think of any other way to get it down there without everybody seeing me." "Dear, what's the big deal about seeing you? You're not stealing the silver!"

[CosmicCharlie]

Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

Ward probably used the same rope to lower Beaver’s jacket and tie on a hanger down from the window and stashed it in the trunk. (Football Banquet) It would have been funny to see it pass through the window like Beaver’s jacket. The jacket just sits in front of the kitchen window daring anyone to see it. That was really lame. If you wanna quickly haul a jacket up so no one sees it you pull it up fast. “Why Ward isn’t that Beaver’s jacket and it’s going up in the air!”

or the episode when Beav & his friend share Beav's jacket between the 2 family's, using the ol jacket being lowered & raised via the 2nd floor window ..

[howilu]

Originally Posted by Lee G

This is the episode where Larry runs away to Beaver's house and hides in the bathtub. One thing doesn't make sense. When Beaver asks his mom if he could eat supper upstairs in his room, how was he able to get two plates of food up there without his mom getting suspicious? Wally had dinner at the table with June and Ward.

Larry had a strange family. His mom looked more like a grandmother than a mother. And the poor woman's husband was never home, he was always away on a business trip somewhere. I don't think we ever saw Larry's father in any of the episodes. Same thing with Larry's sister. I don't think we ever saw her either. I seem to recall she appeared in one episode, but I'm not certain.

It also leads me to think the Larry comes from an abusive and dysfunctional family since his father is always away and his he is always at odds with his mother. It's also probably the reason he eats a lot, especially apples and junk food.

[Scrabjan1]

Originally Posted by CosmicCharlie

or the episode when Beav & his friend share Beav's jacket between the 2 family's, using the ol jacket being lowered & raised via the 2nd floor window ..

I mentioned that episode in the post you quoted. That’s the jacket I was talking about when Beaver and Richard share a jacket. They keep hoisting it up and down.

[stevea]

In that episode I like how the jacket pauses at the kitchen window to make sure we all know it's there, and to make sure Ward can point it out to everyone.

[Scrabjan1]

It only sits in front of the window forever.

[stevea]

The camera goes to different shots, and the jacket kind of bobs up and down. Probably the same shot edited in three times.

[Cx]

Yeah, the rope in a dresser drawer...crazy.

The other thing is how uncharacteristically clueless June was; she's normally up her son's a$$es at even the slightest hint of them being up to something, and is quite tenacious about it. Given that, you would have thought she would have "connected the dots" that Beaver was harboring Larry in the house:

1) Beaver's telling a half truth when asked by his parents about if he saw Larry, and beaver replies ( with lack of self-awareness ) by stressing he didn't see Larry outside

2) Beaver wanting to, that very evening, want to take dinner up in his room.

At least Ward would play along and pretend cluelessness, setting up his prey ( Beaver ) for a "gotcha" object lesson.

Larry's mother ( Madge Blake ) looks every bit his grandmother. Just 5 years earlier on an 'I Love Lucy' episode ( Ricky Losses his Temper ) she plays a clothing store proprietor and she looks much younger than the 5 years would suggest. Perhaps a deliberate attempt to frump-ify her on LITB?

[stevea]

Larry's mother--I did some checking on her age for another thread, and she would have been around 50 when she had Larry. That's ridiculous, but on the flip side she was great on LITB.

Good point about June. Normally she sniffs these things out and promptly reports her findings to Ward.

[Scrabjan1]

It was even funnier in Beaver and Henry when Larry talks about his baby brother. We didn’t meet Mrs. Mondello at that point. I guess once they hired Madge as his mother they got rid of the baby brother. Madge Blake was great in the role.

Speaking of June not finding Larry in the bathtub you would think she would have gone over the whole house when Larry disappeared. In this episode she’s completely different. In Beaver Becomes a Hero she finds his wet jeans under the sink, and in Beaver’s birthday she discovers he’s writing a thank you note to uncle Billy but never received money. Let’s not forget the locket, letter Wally wrote to Kitty, the Merchant Marines letter and nose gadget in the trash.

[stevea]

Yeah, both Ward and June were asleep at the switch. Maybe they had an adult problem to think about for once. Too many bills that month or something. Ward was right on the ball when Beaver brought Bootsie-Wootsie in.

[Scrabjan1]

Ward did ask Beaver if instead of looking for night crawlers his friend Larry was outside. Beaver said no. Was that the time he was getting his suitcase?

[CosmicCharlie]

Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

Ward did ask Beaver if instead of looking for night crawlers his friend Larry was outside. Beaver said no. Was that the time he was getting his suitcase?

as a kid if I ever double talked to my old man saying "No, Larry's not out in the yard ..." all along having Larry upstairs ! my dad would have "used the strap" as Ward says at times ! LOL

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

Ward did ask Beaver if instead of looking for night crawlers his friend Larry was outside. Beaver said no. Was that the time he was getting his suitcase?

At least as he got older Beaver tried to not lie. That was technically not a lie. Other answers, closer to a lie (No, I haven't seen Larry in any of those places.) Yes, I think he was going out to attach the suitcase.