What does June mean - selling books ? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

kooky12 · 06-24-2010, 01:00 PM

Hi, I'm watching the season 3 DVDs. In the episode where Beaver asks his mom if she had any interesting jobs in her past, she mentions that she used to sell books in a store. Then she says something like "yellow books, green books, red books...."
What does that mean, those books of different colors ?
Thanks!

MickeyMac · 06-24-2010, 02:39 PM

I dont remember I'll have to see it again.

kooky12 · 06-29-2010, 10:43 AM

Just saw it again...she said "I sold red books, green books, and yellow books."

gidgetgrape · 06-29-2010, 04:02 PM

I think she's referring to the colors of the books' covers. Not, the books' dust jackets, but the books themselves. I bought a collection of old, hardcover books from eBay once and they were those colors.

kooky12 · 06-30-2010, 09:33 AM

I thought it could have been a dated phrase. Thanks for the response !

1960'sTVfan · 07-03-2010, 01:08 PM

I think June was just trying to explain things to Beaver in a simple way, saying she sold books of various colors rather than mentioning specific titles. Being a kid, Beaver likely would not have recognized titles of books his mom sold back in the day. Could also be that June's memory failed and she couldn't recall the book titles that were sold, she told Beaver she had the job for about five days then was let go because she kept messing up the sales slips!

06-24-2010, 01:00 PM	#1
kooky12 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 2,022	What does June mean - selling books ? Hi, I'm watching the season 3 DVDs. In the episode where Beaver asks his mom if she had any interesting jobs in her past, she mentions that she used to sell books in a store. Then she says something like "yellow books, green books, red books...." What does that mean, those books of different colors ? Thanks!

07-03-2010, 01:08 PM	#6
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,119	I think June was just trying to explain things to Beaver in a simple way, saying she sold books of various colors rather than mentioning specific titles. Being a kid, Beaver likely would not have recognized titles of books his mom sold back in the day. Could also be that June's memory failed and she couldn't recall the book titles that were sold, she told Beaver she had the job for about five days then was let go because she kept messing up the sales slips!
	Last edited by 1960'sTVfan; 07-03-2010 at 05:31 PM.

06-24-2010, 02:39 PM	#2
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,006	I dont remember I'll have to see it again.

06-29-2010, 10:43 AM	#3
kooky12 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 2,022	Just saw it again...she said "I sold red books, green books, and yellow books."

06-29-2010, 04:02 PM	#4
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,504	I think she's referring to the colors of the books' covers. Not, the books' dust jackets, but the books themselves. I bought a collection of old, hardcover books from eBay once and they were those colors.

06-30-2010, 09:33 AM	#5
kooky12 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 2,022	I thought it could have been a dated phrase. Thanks for the response !