- Theodore Cleaver: Could you help me, Dad? I gotta write a poem for school.
- Ward Cleaver: Oh, not tonight, Beaver, I had a very hard day at the office... when's the poem due?
- Theodore Cleaver: Tomorrow.
- Ward Cleaver: Tomorrow? A poem? Oh, Beaver, I don't know.
- Theodore Cleaver: Miss Landers is gonna be mad at me if I don't bring it. It's for the school paper.
- Ward Cleaver: When did she first ask you to do this?
- Theodore Cleaver: Mmmm, just about three weeks ago.
- Ward Cleaver: Three weeks ago? Well, then, why are you coming to me with it tonight?
- Theodore Cleaver: Because it's due tomorrow!