LITB season 6 episodes tend to focus more on Wally and his friends rather than the Beav. Wally was a high school senior by this time and was dealing with graduation and moving on to college, while Beaver was constantly struggling with unpredictable female classmates and his mischievous friends. Here, Wally is preparing for college at State and is trying to select a fraternity to join.
Wally asks Ward about Alpha Kappa, the fraternity his dad belonged to. Ward says it's one of the top houses on campus and offers to write a glowing recommendation for Wally and (reluctantly) for Eddie. The boys are all excited about Alpha Kappa when they run into former member Chuck Bradford at the malt shop. Chuck tells them that Alpha Kappa is a "pig house" and that he hates the place. After showing their reluctance to Ward, Eddie and Wally run into Mayfield High alum and college jock Ted (Don Voyne), who says that misfit Chuck was kicked out of Alpha Kappa and that the fraternity is a great place. Problems arise when Eddie admits he wrote a letter to Alpha Kappa saying he wasn't interested, leaving Ward to sort out another Haskell mess.
I think the LITB writers were beginning to run out of ideas after over 200 episodes, because this one again relies on the old "Eddie Haskell makes trouble" plot device. The writing is okay but the episode has a tired sense of deja vu because Eddie's hijinks are so familiar by now. Still, it was great to see the late Don Voyne (who had a short acting career before becoming a dentist), and Tony Dow was solid as usual. It's a decent season 6 episode but it's not one of the top ones from that era.
Wally asks Ward about Alpha Kappa, the fraternity his dad belonged to. Ward says it's one of the top houses on campus and offers to write a glowing recommendation for Wally and (reluctantly) for Eddie. The boys are all excited about Alpha Kappa when they run into former member Chuck Bradford at the malt shop. Chuck tells them that Alpha Kappa is a "pig house" and that he hates the place. After showing their reluctance to Ward, Eddie and Wally run into Mayfield High alum and college jock Ted (Don Voyne), who says that misfit Chuck was kicked out of Alpha Kappa and that the fraternity is a great place. Problems arise when Eddie admits he wrote a letter to Alpha Kappa saying he wasn't interested, leaving Ward to sort out another Haskell mess.
I think the LITB writers were beginning to run out of ideas after over 200 episodes, because this one again relies on the old "Eddie Haskell makes trouble" plot device. The writing is okay but the episode has a tired sense of deja vu because Eddie's hijinks are so familiar by now. Still, it was great to see the late Don Voyne (who had a short acting career before becoming a dentist), and Tony Dow was solid as usual. It's a decent season 6 episode but it's not one of the top ones from that era.