This second episode of the sequel series Still the Beaver aired the night before actual Thanksgiving Day 1984.
Beaver's oldest son, Kipp, wants to accept a friend's invitation to go to his Thanksgiving, with a major plus being that the friend has a hot tub! Beaver thinks that families should be together on Thanksgiving Day, but ultimately he lets Kipp make his own decision, hoping Kipp will come around to see it his way on his own. Kipp doesn't have to wait long to learn that lesson, because his friend's mother disinvites him - although in as nice a way as possible - because she -like Kipp's dad - thinks this day is a family affair.
Kipp ends up learning the value of being with family on special occasions from, of all people, Eddie Haskell, in a scene reminiscent of one of the several times when Eddie opened up to Kipp's dad, Beaver, back when both were kids.
This episode features a nice touch of Wally coordinating a surprise visit by the Cleavers' Aunt Gloria (presumably the late Ward Cleaver's sister), played in a cameo appearance by the real-life sister of Hugh Beaumont, Gloria Beaumont Rusman. Ms. Rusman was not an actress, and according to this website this is her only acting "credit". Hugh Beaumont died in 1982, and the LITB reunion movie made in 1983 showed Ward Cleaver, Beaumont's character, as having died in 1977.
Beaver's oldest son, Kipp, wants to accept a friend's invitation to go to his Thanksgiving, with a major plus being that the friend has a hot tub! Beaver thinks that families should be together on Thanksgiving Day, but ultimately he lets Kipp make his own decision, hoping Kipp will come around to see it his way on his own. Kipp doesn't have to wait long to learn that lesson, because his friend's mother disinvites him - although in as nice a way as possible - because she -like Kipp's dad - thinks this day is a family affair.
Kipp ends up learning the value of being with family on special occasions from, of all people, Eddie Haskell, in a scene reminiscent of one of the several times when Eddie opened up to Kipp's dad, Beaver, back when both were kids.
This episode features a nice touch of Wally coordinating a surprise visit by the Cleavers' Aunt Gloria (presumably the late Ward Cleaver's sister), played in a cameo appearance by the real-life sister of Hugh Beaumont, Gloria Beaumont Rusman. Ms. Rusman was not an actress, and according to this website this is her only acting "credit". Hugh Beaumont died in 1982, and the LITB reunion movie made in 1983 showed Ward Cleaver, Beaumont's character, as having died in 1977.
