[truthkeeper]

He was perfect in that role. Didn't all our older brothers have a friend like him?

Rest in peace, Eddie.

[Rockingham]

Slyly, the character of Eddie Haskell exposed the lack of understanding by adults of the real world that kids recognized and lived in. And Eddie Haskell gave kids a clue that similar characters would crop up throughout life in the form of flatterers and sociopaths that bedevil the workplace.