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.:BF:. · 01-01-2003, 02:17 PM

Did You Ever Notice That in the Last Episode the cleaver's had Pictures in there scrapbook that were tookin in the bathroom when there Parents Wernt even around to take pictures how did thay get pictures from larry's bedroom when him and beaver were looking at his Big Sister's Diary.

Leigh Ann · 01-01-2003, 02:56 PM

Hmm...Who knows? But, did you or anyone else, notice that Beaver's baby picture was in the scrapbook. And, Ward said, "Who's this?" It was the baby picture from the baby picture contest at Beaver's school. And, also, in one ep, June said, in reference to her school days, "We were ladies and gentlemen." And then, she turned around and said, "I went to a girl school."

Jack1000 · 01-01-2003, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by BeAvEr FaN
Did You Ever Notice That in the Last Episode the cleaver's had Pictures in there scrapbook that were tookin in the bathroom when there Parents Wernt even around to take pictures how did thay get pictures from larry's bedroom when him and beaver were looking at his Big Sister's Diary.

Not sure either.......the producers might have just taken still prints of the shots that they wanted to include from the films for that particular episode. Maybe someone knows the answer!

Jack

*InThisMoment* · 01-01-2003, 03:52 PM

I find that funny too. and when Beaver and Wally are faking that there taking a bath that was pretty funny how they had pictures of them doing that

HaskellGirl · 01-02-2003, 02:10 AM

That really bothered me about the finale, that they had "photographs" during moments that obviously weren't photographed. And even if they WERE photographed (which they weren't), how could they randomly look at a photo of say, Beaver and Ward in the kitchen and say "Oh, this was the time when Beaver asked about kissing married women" or whatever. I don't know, I just thought it was very sloppy. But I do like the final episode. Its a nice flashback towards the series, I just didn't like the way it was put together. I think it would have been better if they just remembered the different events instead of having photos of them.

DarleneIllyria · 01-02-2003, 02:27 AM

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Originally posted by HaskellGirl
That really bothered me about the finale, that they had "photographs" during moments that obviously weren't photographed. And even if they WERE photographed (which they weren't), how could they randomly look at a photo of say, Beaver and Ward in the kitchen and say "Oh, this was the time when Beaver asked about kissing married women" or whatever. I don't know, I just thought it was very sloppy. But I do like the final episode. Its a nice flashback towards the series, I just didn't like the way it was put together. I think it would have been better if they just remembered the different events instead of having photos of them.

Yeah, you did make a good point there HG. It's half and half to me. The finale did have that problem, but in a way it was a fitting goodbye. Some of the shows that I like, just have a regular episode as a last episode. That kind of makes me think that they were all set to go for a new season and then someone just stopped by the set and said, "Oh yeah, we're canceled.' If the scripts are already done and you're already filming, you just have to finish filming it- I guess.

I look at FOL and the episode just centers around Blair buying Eastland school and then with the last 2 minutes they tie up all loose ends with Jo, Tootie, and Nat. To me it looks like they were all set to go for another season and apparently Blair and the school would be main points in the next season and then someone stops by the set and says they are cancelled and then the writers just quickly cut something out and tie up all the other loose ends with the characters. I wasn't in the room when they were writing that episode, so I have no idea if that was the case. It just looks that way to me.

tdr · 01-04-2003, 03:24 AM

It is true that the series finale, "Family Scrapbook," is done in an unrealistic way, which is somewhat unfitting for a show of which a main point was always that the situations-- if not some of the fine details of the presentations-- were believable. It has always bugged me that they look through a scrapbook of pictures which could not have been taken, as well as that they immediately recognize a specific incident when nothing about the photo revealed that. In at least one ep referred to, "Teacher Comes to Dinner," they got a significant plot element wrong-- they said Beaver persisted to get his parents to invite Miss Landers to dinner; but it was June's idea and Beaver didn't know a thing about it when at school Miss Landers thanked him for the invitation.

While the scrapbook is obviously a device to compel them to recall certain episodes, it was not really necessary for that. Perhaps it could have been a photo album where with each age level they saw the boys pictured they could have recalled a particular incident. Having those pictures which couldn't exist just makes a glaring illusion which is not required. And the selection of scenes to recall is not necessarily the best either. For example, instead of the scene where Beaver and Larry are reading Larry's sister's diary, why not a more defining point of their friendship, as from the 'Damon and Pythias' episode, or their reconciliation in "Beaver Makes a Loan"?

But on the other hand, a series finale is a special episode, and some liberties may be allowed, and it is good that they 'closed the book' with an abstract acknowledgement that it's the end. And the very last scene, with Beaver and Wally playing with the toy that Beaver was never given as a child, seems symbolic of their eternal 'childhood;' and thus of our own, who relate to the characters so well.

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01-01-2003, 02:56 PM	#2
Leigh Ann Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 2,189	Hmm...Who knows? But, did you or anyone else, notice that Beaver's baby picture was in the scrapbook. And, Ward said, "Who's this?" It was the baby picture from the baby picture contest at Beaver's school. And, also, in one ep, June said, in reference to her school days, "We were ladies and gentlemen." And then, she turned around and said, "I went to a girl school."

01-02-2003, 02:10 AM	#5
HaskellGirl Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Posts: 590	That really bothered me about the finale, that they had "photographs" during moments that obviously weren't photographed. And even if they WERE photographed (which they weren't), how could they randomly look at a photo of say, Beaver and Ward in the kitchen and say "Oh, this was the time when Beaver asked about kissing married women" or whatever. I don't know, I just thought it was very sloppy. But I do like the final episode. Its a nice flashback towards the series, I just didn't like the way it was put together. I think it would have been better if they just remembered the different events instead of having photos of them.

01-04-2003, 03:24 AM	#7
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	It is true that the series finale, "Family Scrapbook," is done in an unrealistic way, which is somewhat unfitting for a show of which a main point was always that the situations-- if not some of the fine details of the presentations-- were believable. It has always bugged me that they look through a scrapbook of pictures which could not have been taken, as well as that they immediately recognize a specific incident when nothing about the photo revealed that. In at least one ep referred to, "Teacher Comes to Dinner," they got a significant plot element wrong-- they said Beaver persisted to get his parents to invite Miss Landers to dinner; but it was June's idea and Beaver didn't know a thing about it when at school Miss Landers thanked him for the invitation. While the scrapbook is obviously a device to compel them to recall certain episodes, it was not really necessary for that. Perhaps it could have been a photo album where with each age level they saw the boys pictured they could have recalled a particular incident. Having those pictures which couldn't exist just makes a glaring illusion which is not required. And the selection of scenes to recall is not necessarily the best either. For example, instead of the scene where Beaver and Larry are reading Larry's sister's diary, why not a more defining point of their friendship, as from the 'Damon and Pythias' episode, or their reconciliation in "Beaver Makes a Loan"? But on the other hand, a series finale is a special episode, and some liberties may be allowed, and it is good that they 'closed the book' with an abstract acknowledgement that it's the end. And the very last scene, with Beaver and Wally playing with the toy that Beaver was never given as a child, seems symbolic of their eternal 'childhood;' and thus of our own, who relate to the characters so well.