Faster Than a Speeding Ticket
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[edit] Summary
Whit is pulled over for speeding, even though he is sure that he was not. Dwayne Oswald gets a poor score though he is sure the score is wrong. Both work to reveal the truth.
[edit] Plot
Whit and Eugene Meltsner are running errands in Connellsville when Whit is pulled over for speeding. Eugene and Whit briefly argue that the police officer is mistaken, but Whit is still given a ticket for $125. Eugene, Connie Kendall and Tom Riley urge Whit to fight the ticket, but Whit is hesitant because he can't prove he wasn't speeding.
On the same day, Dwayne Oswald gets a "D" on his history exam, which will drop him off the honor roll. He and his friends go to Whit’s End that afternoon to explain his situation to Whit, and Whit advises him to talk to his teacher. When Eugene and Connie hear what Whit told Dwayne, they question Whit's decision not to fight the unfair treatment he has received and offer to defend him in court.
Dwayne tries to explain the mixup to his teacher, but Dr. Hawthorne won't allow him to re-take the test. He will allow Dwayne to do work for him for extra credit, which should improve his grade. Dwayne discovers that another student, Stewart LaFaye, who is not normally a good student, got an "A" on his history test, and he deduces that their tests were mixed up, but Dr. Hawthorn is still unwilling to change his grade.
Back at Whit’s End, Whit discovers that his new tires threw off his speedometer by ten miles per hour, thus proving he was actually speeding, though not intentionally. He explains this at the traffic court. Because of his honesty, the judge withdraws the fine and only asks that Whit come back in a week's time to prove that he has had the correct size tires installed on his car.
In history class, Dr. Hawthorn says that he has discovered that his former assistant found two tests without names and put the wrong names on each paper. Now that the mixup is understood, Dwayne receives his "A" and is back on the honor roll.
[edit] Discussion Questions
- Whit said that Dwayne should tell his teacher that he thought his grade was wrong. Then Connie and Eugene said that Whit should apply that same advice to himself. What did they mean?
- Why did Whit finally agree?
- Why did Whit plead "guilty" in court?
- What did the judge say about Whit pleading guilty?
- Dr. Hawthorne says at the end that Dwayne is an "example" to the class. What did he mean?
- How did Dwayne's persistence pay off?
- Have you ever been in situation like Dwayne or Whit, where you knew that you were right?
- What did you do about it?
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[edit] Notes
- VERSION DIFFERENCE: The album version of this episode adds a scene where the policeman offers to escort Whit and cites a few other violations.
- In this episode, during the pep talk for Dwayne, Jared says "Climb every mountain! Ford every stream!", a reference to The Sound of Music where a song called "Climb every Mountian" is sung. This is a song aside from the movie but the movie is where it is made more famous.
- Officer Cliffey sounds likes Cliff in the TV show Cheers, and his name was originally going to be named Officer Knotts, after Don Knotts who played the deputy Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show. However, several times he uses Barney's signature phrase, "nip it in the bud".
- Whit purchases new tires at Nabors Auto Center, another reference to The Andy Griffith Show. Jim Nabors is the actor who played Gomer Pyle, Mayberry's resident mechanic.
