The students of Mayfield High School draw names of students at Riverside High School to take to a dance that's all part of a social experiment by one of the teachers. Eddie comes to Wally and says he wants to switch dates, because the girl Wally is taking is somebody he knows and thus wants to take. Wally is suspicious given Eddie's sneaky past, but when Eddie shows Wally a picture from the Riverdale High School yearbook of the girl Wally would be taking if he and Eddie switched dates, he admits she's pretty and agrees. Wally arranges to meet the girl he is taking - Eddie's original date - at the soda shop so they can get acquainted prior to the dance, and she is not only pretty but seems pretty nice. And then she gets up to leave - she's four inches taller than Wally! He's been had by the antics of Eddie Haskell.
Wally talks to his dad about this and says he wants to back out of the dance because he will get nonstop ribbing from the guys if he shows up with this girl who towers over him. Ward gives him some advice but says, at Wally's age, he is not going to tell him he must go on the date, that he must use his own best judgment. So Wally decides to go through with it and tries combing out his hair "tall" and wearing lifts. How will this all work out? Watch and find out, although I did think the resolution not very realistic.
If you notice Eddie and Lumpy having closely cropped hair and Lumpy looking like he lost weight, Ken Osmond and Frank Bank were both in the reserves at this time as they were both over 18, and serving in that capacity meant they didn't have to take their chances with the draft, although the Vietnam War wouldn't really rev up for another four years.
This is one time where it looks like Wally really is going to give Eddie a badly deserved punch in the nose when June walks in and Eddie manages to get away. In the 1983 movie "Still The Beaver", Wally finally does give Eddie one punch and Eddie mentions it was the only time in thirty years that he hit him. From what I've seen of the series, that seems to be correct, although Eddie rightfully got close to being "clobbered" by Wally several times.
Wally talks to his dad about this and says he wants to back out of the dance because he will get nonstop ribbing from the guys if he shows up with this girl who towers over him. Ward gives him some advice but says, at Wally's age, he is not going to tell him he must go on the date, that he must use his own best judgment. So Wally decides to go through with it and tries combing out his hair "tall" and wearing lifts. How will this all work out? Watch and find out, although I did think the resolution not very realistic.
If you notice Eddie and Lumpy having closely cropped hair and Lumpy looking like he lost weight, Ken Osmond and Frank Bank were both in the reserves at this time as they were both over 18, and serving in that capacity meant they didn't have to take their chances with the draft, although the Vietnam War wouldn't really rev up for another four years.
This is one time where it looks like Wally really is going to give Eddie a badly deserved punch in the nose when June walks in and Eddie manages to get away. In the 1983 movie "Still The Beaver", Wally finally does give Eddie one punch and Eddie mentions it was the only time in thirty years that he hit him. From what I've seen of the series, that seems to be correct, although Eddie rightfully got close to being "clobbered" by Wally several times.
