'The Persistant Guest' Episode Was Haunting

I agree with you. and when they arranged for him to be adopted by their childless friends, it was a terrific touch that they mentioned having called the "child social agency" or whatever language they used -- to make it legitimate.

Brilliant show. very forward thinking.

For all those boobs, who for their own reasons like to criticize this series as stuffy, dumb, restrictive, etc., here is a very cogent episode about homelessness. This family was not sterile or unreal, just funny, decent and normal. The kind you'd love for neighbors. Not perfect, but the sort if you ever had an issue with, you could talk to and resolve it, because they essentially decent folks.


This episode also has a Leave It To Beaver connection. Early on in the cafeteria scene, Bud is seated next to a chunky fellow at this table, Frank Bank (Lumpy). Lumpy warns Bud not to invite over the homeless boy. When Bud declines the advice, Lumpy responds saying something like----You'll see.

For all those boobs, who for their own reasons like to criticize this series as stuffy, dumb, restrictive, etc., here is a very cogent episode about homelessness. This family was not sterile or unreal, just funny, decent and normal. The kind you'd love for neighbors. Not perfect, but the sort if you ever had an issue with, you could talk to and resolve it, because they essentially decent folks.


This episode also has a Leave It To Beaver connection. Early on in the cafeteria scene, Bud is seated next to a chunky fellow at this table, Frank Bank (Lumpy). Lumpy warns Bud not to invite over the homeless boy. When Bud declines the advice, Lumpy responds saying something like----You'll see.

This is one of my favorite episodes, primarily because of the performance of Barry Truex (son of Ernest Truex). He had those big innocent eyes.