Another gem written by Bob Ross, long associated with ANDY GRIFFITH. This is also a re-working of the episode that had Beaver writing a TALL tale about Ward. This time it's June's turn, but even more outrageous.
While Miss Landers is away, principal Miss Rayburn (Doris Packer) takes over Beave's class and hands everyone an assignment on writing a short bio of their mother's life --before she got married. What exciting things did she do???
NATURALLY, everybody has a mom who did something really cool, like Judy, the class braggert. This episode also features a full cast of classmates with Larry, Whitey (Stanley Fafara) and Richard. In fact this was Rich Correll's first episode with the show.
Beave races home to question June and she tells him a very bleak story, although she did win a bathing cap or something like that. Poor, poor Beave finds some relief watching tv and comes a tv talk show guest that has possibilities... The lady interviewed is an "actress" who had "connections" to some questionable characters in her day. Had this not been 60s tv, the lady would have been X-rated material for sure!
Beave proudly reads the fake story (about his former actress mom) in class to a lot of WOWS --which he loves --except Miss Rayburn, who wishes to have a little talk with June. OMG. The best laid plans of mice and men and Beaver Cleaver!
Hilarious stuff, and even a bit risque for the series.
Best of all is Doris Packer, who you can tell is having fun. Even on the serious side, she is a hoot to watch. At the time, Doris was also appearing as socialite Clarissa Chatsworth on DOBIE GILLIS. A class act.
Sue Randall, who played Miss Landers, missed some episodes due to the fact that she was also working over at Warner Brothers/ABC tv on many cop shows, such as 77 SUNSET STRIP. Strange to see Miss Landers? -- mixed up with gangsta's! She was an excellent actress, and in some very good dramatic roles if you ever get the chance to catch these classic shows.
Not to be missed. From SEASON 3 EPISODE 31 remastered.