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Scrabjan1 · 02-15-2018, 03:12 PM

If Aunt Martha is all the way in Bellport (when Ward picks up phone he says long distance) how did she see the article about Beaver in the Mayfield paper? There would be no way.

I really think Judy acts like a perfect bi*ch when she recommends that they have the paper publish that Beaver is a big liar. I’m so surprised they don't get Judy after school in an alley and beat her up or make her life miserable. She has such a big mouth. She’s the one who wanted to put Beaver’s story in the paper.

stevea · 02-15-2018, 03:50 PM

Wait, I thought Aunt Martha lived in Riverside.

Wherever she lives, it has to be pretty far, not only because of the long distance call, but when she visited to give Beaver the Fallbrook beanie (I'm not sure in that episode why she came all the way to Mayfield), didn't they pick her up at the airport or the train station?

Tankeryanker · 02-15-2018, 03:57 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdFuMgMkBM

The marching band came down along Main Street
The soldier blues fell in behind
I looked across and there I saw Beaver
Waiting to go and join the line

And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancée
From where I stood I saw she was cryin'
And through her tears I heard her say:

"Beaver, don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life
Beaver, don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"

And as Beaver started to go, she said
"Keep your pretty head low
Beaver, don't be a hero
Come back to me"

Sorry guys, I could not help myself.

stevea · 02-15-2018, 05:21 PM

Clever, Billy (or, should I say, Uncle Billy?)

Hazel Anyday · 02-15-2018, 07:35 PM

Good old Aunt Mahthuh lived far enough away that the boys had to take a train in one episode to go see her.

As for big mouth Judy, even reading your account of her big mouth action made me laugh. This what makes the show funny, the things people say, esp. the kids, it's the way they think. We can't take the things even brats say seriously.

musictuff · 02-18-2018, 11:35 PM

As big as Judy was, (she towered over all the boys) I not sure if anyone wanted to mess with her. She always came across as a bully to me.

Torgo · 02-19-2018, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevea

Wait, I thought Aunt Martha lived in Riverside.

Wherever she lives, it has to be pretty far, not only because of the long distance call, but when she visited to give Beaver the Fallbrook beanie (I'm not sure in that episode why she came all the way to Mayfield), didn't they pick her up at the airport or the train station?

Didn't Aunt Martha also travel to Mayfield by plane in the short pants episode?

stevea · 02-19-2018, 10:33 AM

On the other hand Martha and her friend (who were misdirected) drove to Mayfield, when the boys missed their day at the carnival. They got there before lunch. Also didn't Ward drive and pick Beaver up at Martha's when Benji thought Beaver was turned into a rock?

Aunt Martha should have just moved to Mayfield.

Scrabjan1 · 02-19-2018, 12:06 PM

Aunt Martha surely moved around. Get there by train or was it plane or maybe a two hour drive like as you said in Beaver the Magician and how they were misdirected in Visiting Aunts. I do recall she lived back east, Bellport and Riverside.

stevea · 02-19-2018, 06:32 PM

If she lived in Bellport in the fifth season, June could have insisted Wally and Beaver stop by to see her when they went to the amusement park. She could have had them wash their feet and change their socks (and administer smelling salts to Eddie) before they went home.

Scrabjan1 · 02-20-2018, 09:48 AM

LOL

stevea · 02-20-2018, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musictuff

As big as Judy was, (she towered over all the boys) I not sure if anyone wanted to mess with her. She always came across as a bully to me.

I think that's why she was let go a little into the fourth season (I think she appeared only once). She shot up and towered over everyone.

They probably took a look at Karen Sue Trent's three appearances in season 3 (the first one, she was unnamed, in Beaver's Dance), and decided to make her a regular, to replace Jeri Weil. In another inconsistency, in one later episode (probably the one where she was going to move) Wally tells Beaver that he'd been sitting next to Penny in school for most of his life. Another interesting thing about Penny: in her last two appearances in season 3 (Beaver and Ivanhoe, Beaver's Team), her brother was part of the episode--when she became a regular, he was dropped, never to be seen or heard of again.

Scrabjan1 · 02-22-2018, 01:27 PM

That’s right she had a brother then was an only child. She could be almost as obnoxious as Judy but not quite. I like how Larry’s baby brother disappeared but Larry’s older brother and sister were always talked about never seen. Whitey also had an older brother and older sister who had a baby. I guess that’s why Whitey’s mother and father were old like Mrs. Mondello.

stevea · 02-22-2018, 02:58 PM

Not quite as obnoxious as Judy is a great description. I could never see Beaver and Judy come even close to being friendly to each other, (like Beaver and Penny were, briefly) even if Judy had stayed on. Judy appeared to be friendly to him on School Bus, but that was only to get a copy of his letter to Mr. Crawford.

Also, IMO, parents of young kids in sitcoms of that era are always too old. Must have had to do with the pool of character actors that were available. Mrs. Mondello was the poster woman for that, as was discussed and lampooned extensively on an old thread.

Scrabjan1 · 02-22-2018, 03:52 PM

I loved Madge Blake and really enjoyed her speaking voice. Easy on the ears. My aunt was told when she was accepted into the NY School for Dramatic Arts that her roles would be mostly as a character actress. Who knows she might have been another Madge Blake, Alice Pearce, Thelma Ritter, Imogene Coca, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Culp, Agnes Moorehead or Mabel Albertson.

02-15-2018, 03:12 PM	#1
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Beaver Becomes a Hero If Aunt Martha is all the way in Bellport (when Ward picks up phone he says long distance) how did she see the article about Beaver in the Mayfield paper? There would be no way. I really think Judy acts like a perfect bi*ch when she recommends that they have the paper publish that Beaver is a big liar. I’m so surprised they don't get Judy after school in an alley and beat her up or make her life miserable. She has such a big mouth. She’s the one who wanted to put Beaver’s story in the paper.

02-15-2018, 07:35 PM	#5
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	Mahthuh My Nerve Medicine (Martha's another favorite sitcom name) Good old Aunt Mahthuh lived far enough away that the boys had to take a train in one episode to go see her. As for big mouth Judy, even reading your account of her big mouth action made me laugh. This what makes the show funny, the things people say, esp. the kids, it's the way they think. We can't take the things even brats say seriously.
	__________________ Haaazeelll!!

02-15-2018, 03:50 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,805	Wait, I thought Aunt Martha lived in Riverside. Wherever she lives, it has to be pretty far, not only because of the long distance call, but when she visited to give Beaver the Fallbrook beanie (I'm not sure in that episode why she came all the way to Mayfield), didn't they pick her up at the airport or the train station?

02-15-2018, 03:57 PM	#3
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,051	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdFuMgMkBM The marching band came down along Main Street The soldier blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Beaver Waiting to go and join the line And with her head upon his shoulder His young and lovely fiancée From where I stood I saw she was cryin' And through her tears I heard her say: "Beaver, don't be a hero Don't be a fool with your life Beaver, don't be a hero Come back and make me your wife" And as Beaver started to go, she said "Keep your pretty head low Beaver, don't be a hero Come back to me" Sorry guys, I could not help myself.

02-15-2018, 05:21 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,805	Clever, Billy (or, should I say, Uncle Billy?)

02-18-2018, 11:35 PM	#6
musictuff Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 38	As big as Judy was, (she towered over all the boys) I not sure if anyone wanted to mess with her. She always came across as a bully to me.

02-19-2018, 10:33 AM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,805	On the other hand Martha and her friend (who were misdirected) drove to Mayfield, when the boys missed their day at the carnival. They got there before lunch. Also didn't Ward drive and pick Beaver up at Martha's when Benji thought Beaver was turned into a rock? Aunt Martha should have just moved to Mayfield.

02-19-2018, 12:06 PM	#9
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Aunt Martha surely moved around. Get there by train or was it plane or maybe a two hour drive like as you said in Beaver the Magician and how they were misdirected in Visiting Aunts. I do recall she lived back east, Bellport and Riverside.

02-19-2018, 06:32 PM	#10
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,805	If she lived in Bellport in the fifth season, June could have insisted Wally and Beaver stop by to see her when they went to the amusement park. She could have had them wash their feet and change their socks (and administer smelling salts to Eddie) before they went home.

02-20-2018, 09:48 AM	#11
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	LOL

02-22-2018, 01:27 PM	#13
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	That’s right she had a brother then was an only child. She could be almost as obnoxious as Judy but not quite. I like how Larry’s baby brother disappeared but Larry’s older brother and sister were always talked about never seen. Whitey also had an older brother and older sister who had a baby. I guess that’s why Whitey’s mother and father were old like Mrs. Mondello.

02-22-2018, 02:58 PM	#14
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,805	Not quite as obnoxious as Judy is a great description. I could never see Beaver and Judy come even close to being friendly to each other, (like Beaver and Penny were, briefly) even if Judy had stayed on. Judy appeared to be friendly to him on School Bus, but that was only to get a copy of his letter to Mr. Crawford. Also, IMO, parents of young kids in sitcoms of that era are always too old. Must have had to do with the pool of character actors that were available. Mrs. Mondello was the poster woman for that, as was discussed and lampooned extensively on an old thread.

02-22-2018, 03:52 PM	#15
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I loved Madge Blake and really enjoyed her speaking voice. Easy on the ears. My aunt was told when she was accepted into the NY School for Dramatic Arts that her roles would be mostly as a character actress. Who knows she might have been another Madge Blake, Alice Pearce, Thelma Ritter, Imogene Coca, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Culp, Agnes Moorehead or Mabel Albertson.