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Tankeryanker · 12-01-2022, 05:58 PM

The one where Beaver got clobbered by Violet.

Mr. Rutherfurd said that his boys got scholarships. Are we supposed to think this is a different family than the one we see later on with Lumpy? Where did the older boys go if this is the same family?

stevea · 12-01-2022, 07:32 PM

I think it's supposed to be the same family (even though they changed Mrs. Rutherford's first name from Geraldine to Gwendolyn). Possible reasons:

1. Honoring Helen Parrish, who died in 1959 and appeared once as the original Geraldine in a 1958 episode

2. Sloppy writing and continuity

I guess these unseen boys are still in college in the later episodes and eventually go on to their own lives, unmentioned again.

12-01-2022, 05:58 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Both my boys got scholarships in football The one where Beaver got clobbered by Violet. Mr. Rutherfurd said that his boys got scholarships. Are we supposed to think this is a different family than the one we see later on with Lumpy? Where did the older boys go if this is the same family?

12-01-2022, 07:32 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,722	I think it's supposed to be the same family (even though they changed Mrs. Rutherford's first name from Geraldine to Gwendolyn). Possible reasons: 1. Honoring Helen Parrish, who died in 1959 and appeared once as the original Geraldine in a 1958 episode 2. Sloppy writing and continuity I guess these unseen boys are still in college in the later episodes and eventually go on to their own lives, unmentioned again.