Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)

Lumpy Rutherford (1958)

Hugh Beaumont: Ward Cleaver

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• Theodore Beaver Cleaver : How come there's guys like Lumpy, who pick on littler guys?

  Ward Cleaver : Well... there are a lot of psychological answers to that, Beaver.

  Theodore Beaver Cleaver : But we really fixed him, didn't we Dad?

  Ward Cleaver : Well... yeah, indirectly, I guess. But the important thing for you to remember, Beaver, is there'll always be people like Lumpy. You know, people who trample on other people in order to get what they want. And sometimes, you just can't do anything about them. You just have to learn to... live with them, to - to get along with them.

  Theodore Beaver Cleaver : You mean you can't beat people like that, Dad?

  Ward Cleaver : Oh, yeah. Sure you can, Beaver. You can beat them by never becoming like them.Ward: Well... yeah, indirectly, I guess. But the important thing for you to remember, Beaver, is there'll always be people like Lumpy. You know, people who trample on other people in order to get what they want. And sometimes, you just can't do anything about them. You just have to learn to... live with them, to - to get along with them.