Beaver's Prize

(*Eddie Haskell to Beaver quote*) - "So long, squirt!"

Even though Beaver's being punished and told by his father not to leave the property, he joins Larry Mondello at the Mayfield Theater for fun and excitement.

In a lucky draw Beaver wins a shiny, new bicycle and he tries to cover himself at home by giving this wonderful prize away.

But, as is always the case - Beaver finds out that telling the truth is the only way to stay out of trouble before things begin to get out of hand.

This was not Larry Mondello's last episode on LITB....he was in several more episodes in season 3...his last episode was in season 4....i believe it was the 6th or 8th episode of season 4 ..... it was about the sports car Beaver won

He was backstage with Larry after Beaver's school play

Beaver gets coaxed by Larry Mondello yet again and ends up with an "English racing bike" as proof of his disobedience, and no plausible explanation. We hear yet another tale of the unseen Angela Valentine, and Larry offers up a rather sober explanation of God's actions in reality and the movies. Mrs. Mondello is relieved that at least this time Larry did something wrong when Mr. Mondello happened to be in town.

Where have we seen this before? Beaver is supposed to do something, "Larry Mondello" (‰usty Stevens) comes around and gets him to do the opposite of what's right, Beaver gets in a jam because of it and then lies to his parents and then is caught.

Yup, this is not an unusual story on Leave It To Beaver....but it always ends on a feel-good note.

Along the way, Beaver - who wins a bicycle he really doesn't even want to win - has to figure out what to do in this weird situation.....all because he listened to Larry and left the house to the go to the movies when he was grounded. Oh, well, at least Larry gets it, too, from his folks. I can't recall ever seeing Mr. Mondello but we always see Madge Blake playing Larry's mom, and she's perfect for the role.