- Ward Cleaver: [Wally has been invited to join The Barons, a high school club] They seem like a nice bunch of fellows?
- Wally Cleaver: Gee, I don't know, Dad. Eddie says they're the craziest.
- June Cleaver: Craziest?
- Wally Cleaver: Oh, that doesn't mean they're squirrely or anything, Mom. It just means they're real cool guys.
- Ward Cleaver: You know, when *I* was a boy, when we said 'crazy' we meant 'crazy'.
- June Cleaver: [gently mocking] How backward!
- The Beaver: Boy, Mom, I'll bet in those days you said somethin' like 'swell', or somethin', huh, Mom?
- June Cleaver: I think we said, 'keen'.
- The Beaver: Keen? They don't even use that on 'Dobie Gillis' anymore!
- The Beaver: [later] Eddie said the Barons are real cool. You know what 'cool' means, don't you Mom?
- June Cleaver: Mmm-hmm. Sometimes I think it means 'not so hot'.
- The Beaver: Gee, I never thought of it that way.
- June Cleaver: Goodnight, Beaver.
- The Beaver: Goodnight, Mom.
- Ward Cleaver: [Wally wants to join the Barons, a club at his school] Wally, you don't seem to know many of the fellows well. Don't you think you should find out a little more about the Barons before you join up?
- The Beaver: I know something about 'em. They're a weird bunch.
- June Cleaver: What do you mean, weird?
- The Beaver: Well, you oughta see 'em, Mom. They all wear gray trousers, and they've got these blue jackets and ties...
- June Cleaver: Well, they sound to me like a nice group of gentlemen.
- The Beaver: That's what I mean. *Weird.*
- Ward Cleaver: [paraphrasing Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'] 'Tis some visitor, he muttered, rapping at my chamber door.'
- The Beaver: [after coming into the kitchen from outdoors] Hi, Mom.
- June Cleaver: Well, hello Beaver. D'ya have a nice day?
- The Beaver: No, I went to school.