The Grass Is Always Greener: 60th Anniversary - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

MichaelMartinD · 01-08-2019, 09:49 AM

Today marks the 60th anniversary of "The Grass Is Always Greener." Post your comments here!

To me this is one of the classic episodes. I love the scene where Beaver, Wally, and the two garbage man's (sanitation engineer's?) sons lie on the grass looking at the sky. Very evocative scene.

Scrabjan1 · 01-08-2019, 03:59 PM

Yeah and Beaver tells Pete that he and Wally don't do much thinking. Wally says he does his thinking at night. Love how little Chris thinks June looks like a movie star. They are two very nice boys and too bad they couldn't have become good friends with the boys. They appreciated all the things that Beaver and Wally took for granted.

We needed the likes of Gilbert, Larry and Eddie to get our heroes in trouble.

stevea · 01-08-2019, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

Yeah and Beaver tells Pete that he and Wally don't do much thinking. Wally says he does his thinking at night. Love how little Chris thinks June looks like a movie star. They are two very nice boys and too bad they couldn't have become good friends with the boys. They appreciated all the things that Beaver and Wally took for granted.

We needed the likes of Gilbert, Larry and Eddie to get our heroes in trouble.

Yeah they were nice kids. They must have been in a different school district. Maybe they were in Dudley's school district.

Samme · 01-19-2019, 11:57 PM

A great and unusual episode. It stays in your memory.

Scrabjan1 · 01-20-2019, 03:36 PM

It's right up there with the other social episodes like Beaver and Andy, Beaver's House Guest (the one with Chopper) and Beaver's Good Deed when he lets the poor unfortunate homeless man (or the thieving, smelly old bum) in his house and feeds him and lets him wash up in his parents' bathroom, not theirs because it's dirty. And what has June been doing all day? clean up their bathroom so the bum can use it.

I thought Frank Ferguson was great as Mr. Jeffries especially when he's singing in the tub. I bet June had a sandblaster come and resurface the tub.

stevea · 01-20-2019, 03:53 PM

Yes, because we know Beaver wasn't entertaining Noel Coward.

Scrabjan1 · 01-20-2019, 03:57 PM

I'm surprised they mentioned Ward's underwear drawer that's an unmentionable. Ward wore underwear? I never saw it. That guy had a nerve dressing in Ward's clothes...he did it so fast. He got out, dried off and walked naked into the bedroom. Put on Ward's shorts, undershirt, white shirt, suit, socks, shoes and tie. Left all his old clothes, wrote a thank you note and scampered off. All that while the boys cleaned up a little in the kitchen.

stevea · 01-20-2019, 04:00 PM

Yeah he did do it fast. Wally had warned him to hurry up. He knew Wally wasn't messin' around.

I'm sure June picked up Jeff's underwear with a broom handle.

getsmartbeaver · 01-31-2019, 05:59 PM

I'm confused. I thought this episode was on the season 1 DVD set (the only LITB season I have), but apparently it's a season 2 episode.

stevea · 01-31-2019, 06:01 PM

Yep, it is. S2 E15.

S2 is avail. as a separate set, but I think it's from Universal and is probably still on double-sided DVDs.

TSMIV · 03-18-2019, 11:44 PM

The Grass is Always Greener is an interesting episode. I think it's farfetched that Ward would let Beaver get on the truck with a stranger, but some of the dialogue in this one is hilarious so I can give Ward a pass on that. June's freak out about rats and Beaver's line "Me and Wally don't do much thinkin" are laugh out loud funny. I don't think the Fletcher boys were supposed to be poor (they were really well dressed), but just less "suburban/picket fence."

01-08-2019, 09:49 AM	#1
MichaelMartinD Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 23, 2013 Posts: 576	The Grass Is Always Greener: 60th Anniversary Today marks the 60th anniversary of "The Grass Is Always Greener." Post your comments here! To me this is one of the classic episodes. I love the scene where Beaver, Wally, and the two garbage man's (sanitation engineer's?) sons lie on the grass looking at the sky. Very evocative scene.

01-08-2019, 03:59 PM	#2
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Yeah and Beaver tells Pete that he and Wally don't do much thinking. Wally says he does his thinking at night. Love how little Chris thinks June looks like a movie star. They are two very nice boys and too bad they couldn't have become good friends with the boys. They appreciated all the things that Beaver and Wally took for granted. We needed the likes of Gilbert, Larry and Eddie to get our heroes in trouble.

01-19-2019, 11:57 PM	#4
Samme Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 679	A great and unusual episode. It stays in your memory.

01-20-2019, 03:36 PM	#5
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	It's right up there with the other social episodes like Beaver and Andy, Beaver's House Guest (the one with Chopper) and Beaver's Good Deed when he lets the poor unfortunate homeless man (or the thieving, smelly old bum) in his house and feeds him and lets him wash up in his parents' bathroom, not theirs because it's dirty. And what has June been doing all day? clean up their bathroom so the bum can use it. I thought Frank Ferguson was great as Mr. Jeffries especially when he's singing in the tub. I bet June had a sandblaster come and resurface the tub.

01-20-2019, 03:53 PM	#6
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,790	Yes, because we know Beaver wasn't entertaining Noel Coward.

01-20-2019, 03:57 PM	#7
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I'm surprised they mentioned Ward's underwear drawer that's an unmentionable. Ward wore underwear? I never saw it. That guy had a nerve dressing in Ward's clothes...he did it so fast. He got out, dried off and walked naked into the bedroom. Put on Ward's shorts, undershirt, white shirt, suit, socks, shoes and tie. Left all his old clothes, wrote a thank you note and scampered off. All that while the boys cleaned up a little in the kitchen.

01-20-2019, 04:00 PM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,790	Yeah he did do it fast. Wally had warned him to hurry up. He knew Wally wasn't messin' around. I'm sure June picked up Jeff's underwear with a broom handle.

01-31-2019, 05:59 PM	#9
getsmartbeaver Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 07, 2014 Location: United States Posts: 133	I'm confused. I thought this episode was on the season 1 DVD set (the only LITB season I have), but apparently it's a season 2 episode.

01-31-2019, 06:01 PM	#10
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,790	Yep, it is. S2 E15. S2 is avail. as a separate set, but I think it's from Universal and is probably still on double-sided DVDs.

03-18-2019, 11:44 PM	#11
TSMIV Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 29, 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 696	The Grass is Always Greener is an interesting episode. I think it's farfetched that Ward would let Beaver get on the truck with a stranger, but some of the dialogue in this one is hilarious so I can give Ward a pass on that. June's freak out about rats and Beaver's line "Me and Wally don't do much thinkin" are laugh out loud funny. I don't think the Fletcher boys were supposed to be poor (they were really well dressed), but just less "suburban/picket fence."