Eddie Haskell makes high school headlines when he has a huge fight with his parents and as a result moves out and rents a room of his own. He makes it sound so glamorous to the other guys - He makes every night sound like a beach movie without the sand - He talks about how the joint is always jumping and the girls who live in the rooming house argue over who will cook for him. There's even talk of him putting in a phone.
All of this talk makes the Cleavers nervous - What if Wally gets upset at them sometime and just moves out? This bachelor pad fever may be contagious. But then Wally and Beaver have occasion to visit the rooming house where Eddie lives and see just how much reality diverges from the story he's been telling. Can Eddie Haskell be persuaded to return home without damaging his delicate pride? Watch and find out.
I'm surprised the guys wouldn't think back on all of the times Eddie has embellished the details of his own feats and not realize that this was, once again, one of those times. But it might have been a case of wishful thinking - Of wanting to live adventurously through Eddie without having to leave the safety of home themselves.
And just a thought on how housing prices have changed. When the news of Eddie first moving out first hits, Wally mentions that Eddie can afford to move out since he has a job after school and on weekends. Nobody disputes that statement. So in 1962 a teenager's part time job was sufficient to put a roof over their head. Today a full time job, often that of a college graduate, is not sufficient to pay rent. Plus, so many of the old style boarding houses have ceased to exist - partially due to stricter regulations and partly because it is hard to find tenants who won't trash a place.
All of this talk makes the Cleavers nervous - What if Wally gets upset at them sometime and just moves out? This bachelor pad fever may be contagious. But then Wally and Beaver have occasion to visit the rooming house where Eddie lives and see just how much reality diverges from the story he's been telling. Can Eddie Haskell be persuaded to return home without damaging his delicate pride? Watch and find out.
I'm surprised the guys wouldn't think back on all of the times Eddie has embellished the details of his own feats and not realize that this was, once again, one of those times. But it might have been a case of wishful thinking - Of wanting to live adventurously through Eddie without having to leave the safety of home themselves.
And just a thought on how housing prices have changed. When the news of Eddie first moving out first hits, Wally mentions that Eddie can afford to move out since he has a job after school and on weekends. Nobody disputes that statement. So in 1962 a teenager's part time job was sufficient to put a roof over their head. Today a full time job, often that of a college graduate, is not sufficient to pay rent. Plus, so many of the old style boarding houses have ceased to exist - partially due to stricter regulations and partly because it is hard to find tenants who won't trash a place.