Beaver's friend, RIchard, gets an expensive new leather jacket. Beaver loves the jacket and asks his parents for one himself. Ward, at first intending to let Beaver down easy and convince him that this new jacket is not something he needs, in the end gives in because Beaver is not vigorously arguing for the jacket but instead seems resigned to Ward not letting him have one.
But Richard has lost his jacket and is afraid to tell his parents. So he comes up with a wacky plan that involves Beaver wearing his jacket to school every day while Richard wears it home every night. They exchange the jacket on the way home from school and each morning when Richard sends the jacket up to Beaver on a rope. Richard, in the meantime, is looking for his jacket everywhere. But then RIchard's mother sends the jacket to the cleaners and complications ensue.
Beaver apparently hasn't learned anything from the days of Larry Mondello - People who talk you into bad situations so that they can get out of a problem that they caused are not your friends. That's especially true if they use your alleged friendship to get you to do their bidding.
But Richard has lost his jacket and is afraid to tell his parents. So he comes up with a wacky plan that involves Beaver wearing his jacket to school every day while Richard wears it home every night. They exchange the jacket on the way home from school and each morning when Richard sends the jacket up to Beaver on a rope. Richard, in the meantime, is looking for his jacket everywhere. But then RIchard's mother sends the jacket to the cleaners and complications ensue.
Beaver apparently hasn't learned anything from the days of Larry Mondello - People who talk you into bad situations so that they can get out of a problem that they caused are not your friends. That's especially true if they use your alleged friendship to get you to do their bidding.
