Beaver has a new friend from South America who only speaks Spanish - Chuey, obviously a nickname. He's been coming over to the house a lot and he and Beaver seem to understand one another to some degree, at least enough to play together.
But then Eddie gets a dastardly idea - He's taking high school Spanish and what good is a new talent as far as Eddie is concerned if you can't cause trouble with it. He goes to Beaver and teaches Beaver a phrase in Spanish that Eddie tells him means "You are a swell guy." But it actually means "You have the face of a pig". Chuey runs home crying. Beaver doesn't know what he did, and his parents are baffled too. Soon Chuey's parents arrive - also only Spanish speakers - and they are upset about their son, but don't know how to verbally convey what they are wanting to say in English. Can anybody break through this barrier and solve the mystery? Watch and find out.
It really is funny watching the parents try to wrangle what little of the other person's language they know in order to communicate. June asks Chuey's mom if she would like some tea, Chuey's mom says yes, your house is lovely. June asks Chuey's mom to have a seat on the "mesa" (table). Confused, she figures out she means "chair" and on it goes.
LITB didn't have many episodes on multiculturism, mainly because the USA was a pretty homogeneous place in the late 50s and early 60s. But this was a pretty good episode on the international language of children, and on how they are often quick to forgive one another.
But then Eddie gets a dastardly idea - He's taking high school Spanish and what good is a new talent as far as Eddie is concerned if you can't cause trouble with it. He goes to Beaver and teaches Beaver a phrase in Spanish that Eddie tells him means "You are a swell guy." But it actually means "You have the face of a pig". Chuey runs home crying. Beaver doesn't know what he did, and his parents are baffled too. Soon Chuey's parents arrive - also only Spanish speakers - and they are upset about their son, but don't know how to verbally convey what they are wanting to say in English. Can anybody break through this barrier and solve the mystery? Watch and find out.
It really is funny watching the parents try to wrangle what little of the other person's language they know in order to communicate. June asks Chuey's mom if she would like some tea, Chuey's mom says yes, your house is lovely. June asks Chuey's mom to have a seat on the "mesa" (table). Confused, she figures out she means "chair" and on it goes.
LITB didn't have many episodes on multiculturism, mainly because the USA was a pretty homogeneous place in the late 50s and early 60s. But this was a pretty good episode on the international language of children, and on how they are often quick to forgive one another.