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Tankeryanker · 12-31-2015, 08:51 PM

I don't think that they talked about ANY holiday on the show that they were going to celebrate. I wonder why?

They never say, "What are we doing for Christmas this year, or how are we going to celebrate Fourth-of-July".

tdr · 01-01-2016, 09:50 AM

Christmas was mentioned a few times. In the 1st season, Wally and Beaver are fishing and Beaver starts singing Jingle Bells, and Wally tells him to quit making noise, "...and besides, it's not anywhere near Christmas." And in the haircut ep, Beaver was going to be a singing angel in his class' Christmas program. In the accordion ep, the instrument is found in the hall closet "where we keep the Christmas lights."

But I can't remember any other holidays mentioned. However, when Wally grew a mustache to counter Julie Foster's going ape over a new guy who had one, they had a vacation from school long enough for Wally to grow it-- and somehow he was not seen by his classmates, including Eddie and Lumpy. Only Christmas and Easter vacations could possibly have qualified, unless that school just had a week or longer off with no h-day involved.

Tankeryanker · 01-01-2016, 09:57 AM

***Updated my post***

Hazel Anyday · 01-01-2016, 08:45 PM

Yes, and unless my memory is playing tricks it was in The Haircut episode where they mention Beaver as being an Angel for Christmas play, it was only in the UNCUT and only on DVD version of this (not ever on syndicated TV versions) that in the end scene, the epilogue if you will, that you actually see Beaver dressed in the Angel outfit at the play itself. So this Haircut episode is the Christmas episode for the series, even though it hardly has anything other than this end scene to do with Christmas. But you have to have the DVD release version of this to see it. TV Land/Me TV won't show it.

Dennman · 07-17-2016, 02:41 PM

I'm trying to remember if Halloween was ever mentioned. It's a pity there was never a specific Christmas episode- not counting The Haircut. The holiday episodes of Dennis The Menace, Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days are some of my all time favorites. I'd bet that would be the same with The Beaver.

Torgo · 07-17-2016, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennman

I'm trying to remember if Halloween was ever mentioned. It's a pity there was never a specific Christmas episode- not counting The Haircut. The holiday episodes of Dennis The Menace, Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days are some of my all time favorites. I'd bet that would be the same with The Beaver.

Fairly certain there was no mention of Halloween specifically, though in the episode where Beaver and Gilbert watch the gangster movie then look out the window and see who they think are gangsters casing the house, but of course it's Lumpy and Bill Scott dressed up for a masquerade party, could this maybe be a Halloween party?

tdr · 07-23-2016, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

Fairly certain there was no mention of Halloween specifically, though in the episode where Beaver and Gilbert watch the gangster movie then look out the window and see who they think are gangsters casing the house, but of course it's Lumpy and Bill Scott dressed up for a masquerade party, could this maybe be a Halloween party?

It doesn't necessarily mean anything, but when a TV series has a 'Halloween ep,' it's usually a haunted house episode in October, as can be seen in Dennis the Menace and The Andy Griffith Show (remember the Remshaw house?). The LITB ep you mention premiered in February-- close to Valentines Day, although I don't think that was mentioned. But a masquerade party for Valentines Day? Seems a possibility.

ed. One other thing about that ep... when Wally knows he must have missed his ride from Lumpy, he calls Eddie, and Wally repeats his words that he (Eddie) was not invited to Mary Ellen's party. Wally, (supposedly joking) tells Eddie he should not have waved his dead frog at her in biology class. But it seems hard to swallow that she would invite Lumpy, but not Eddie. Eddie, at least, was entertaining; more so than Lumpy. And furthermore, I think if Wally did not show up a M.E.'s party, she would be calling him and demanding that he come unless he's broken a leg or something-- considering how she and the other girls fawn over Wally. [And I suppose we can disregard that Wally once says that the Rogers' live "just around the corner" from him.]

12-31-2015, 08:51 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Were there any holidays mentioned on the show? I don't think that they talked about ANY holiday on the show that they were going to celebrate. I wonder why? They never say, "What are we doing for Christmas this year, or how are we going to celebrate Fourth-of-July".
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01-01-2016, 08:45 PM	#4
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	Close so gets a small cigar Yes, and unless my memory is playing tricks it was in The Haircut episode where they mention Beaver as being an Angel for Christmas play, it was only in the UNCUT and only on DVD version of this (not ever on syndicated TV versions) that in the end scene, the epilogue if you will, that you actually see Beaver dressed in the Angel outfit at the play itself. So this Haircut episode is the Christmas episode for the series, even though it hardly has anything other than this end scene to do with Christmas. But you have to have the DVD release version of this to see it. TV Land/Me TV won't show it.
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01-01-2016, 09:50 AM	#2
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	Christmas was mentioned a few times. In the 1st season, Wally and Beaver are fishing and Beaver starts singing Jingle Bells, and Wally tells him to quit making noise, "...and besides, it's not anywhere near Christmas." And in the haircut ep, Beaver was going to be a singing angel in his class' Christmas program. In the accordion ep, the instrument is found in the hall closet "where we keep the Christmas lights." But I can't remember any other holidays mentioned. However, when Wally grew a mustache to counter Julie Foster's going ape over a new guy who had one, they had a vacation from school long enough for Wally to grow it-- and somehow he was not seen by his classmates, including Eddie and Lumpy. Only Christmas and Easter vacations could possibly have qualified, unless that school just had a week or longer off with no h-day involved.

01-01-2016, 09:57 AM	#3
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	*Updated my post*

07-17-2016, 02:41 PM	#5
Dennman Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 06, 2014 Posts: 60	I'm trying to remember if Halloween was ever mentioned. It's a pity there was never a specific Christmas episode- not counting The Haircut. The holiday episodes of Dennis The Menace, Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days are some of my all time favorites. I'd bet that would be the same with The Beaver.