Wally's birthday is coming up and he has decided he wants to celebrate by going to the diner to eat hamburgers with Eddie, and most likely meet up with some girls and then go on to the movies. Obviously, the girls are central to his plans, so Beaver is not invited.
Beaver has been saving up for a very nice camera to give to Wally for his birthday, but once in the store, at the urging of Larry Mondello, he instead spends the vast majority of his money for a bow and arrow set for himself and buys Wally a token of a gift - a cheap paddle ball. Larry told Beaver to do this because he is hoping to play with the bow and arrow set too, but he succeeds by reminding Beaver about how Wally excluded him from his plans.
Once home, Beaver learns that Wally has changed his plans to be hamburgers and gifts at home and then the movies with Eddie and with Beaver now invited to all of this. Beaver feels about two feet tall, especially when it comes time to open the gifts and Wally receives a nice watch from his parents and a nifty microscope from Eddie Haskell. How will this all turn out? Watch and find out.
This is one of the few times where Eddie does not misbehave during the entire episode, even buying Wally a very nice birthday gift. This was probably done to give Beaver's selfishness maximum effect, and it worked. As for Larry Mondello - He often talks about a much older married brother and an older sister with whom his mother finds constant fault as she is not very attractive and also unmarried. So Larry is obviously the rather overlooked child of his parents' middle age, and thus doesn't have much guidance. This seems to be why he gives Beaver so much bad advice. Not an excuse but an explanation of sorts.
Beaver has been saving up for a very nice camera to give to Wally for his birthday, but once in the store, at the urging of Larry Mondello, he instead spends the vast majority of his money for a bow and arrow set for himself and buys Wally a token of a gift - a cheap paddle ball. Larry told Beaver to do this because he is hoping to play with the bow and arrow set too, but he succeeds by reminding Beaver about how Wally excluded him from his plans.
Once home, Beaver learns that Wally has changed his plans to be hamburgers and gifts at home and then the movies with Eddie and with Beaver now invited to all of this. Beaver feels about two feet tall, especially when it comes time to open the gifts and Wally receives a nice watch from his parents and a nifty microscope from Eddie Haskell. How will this all turn out? Watch and find out.
This is one of the few times where Eddie does not misbehave during the entire episode, even buying Wally a very nice birthday gift. This was probably done to give Beaver's selfishness maximum effect, and it worked. As for Larry Mondello - He often talks about a much older married brother and an older sister with whom his mother finds constant fault as she is not very attractive and also unmarried. So Larry is obviously the rather overlooked child of his parents' middle age, and thus doesn't have much guidance. This seems to be why he gives Beaver so much bad advice. Not an excuse but an explanation of sorts.