Gadzooks, Biff-- Not only do I remember that episode... 
we were living in Natchez, Mississippi, at the time--
I even found a screen grab from it:
And that wonderful old character actor... 
Wallace Ford, played 'Nick' in it.
And I wanted a Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun... 
for Christmas that year--
"No, you'd... 
shoot your eye out."
Nope, that is Hollywood fiction... 
my Mom and Dad got me one--
And I turned out... 
all right!
BTW a free cigar to the whoever... 
can tell me what film that photo of Wallace Ford came from--