(♪ Humming ♪)
Ahh.
Are You Enjoying Your Breakfast?
Yes. Are You Enjoying Yours?
Are You Going To Drink That Orange Juice?
Yes, I Am.
I'm Saving It For Last.
I Don't Have Any Orange Juice.
You Took It All.
I Know.
That Used To Happen To Me A Lot.
Now I Wake Up Very Early.
How Would You Like To Trade
A Delicious, Thirst Quenching Slice Of Cantaloupe Melon
For That Little Shot Glass Of Orange Juice?
Two Pieces.
But Then I Won't Have Any!
That's The Deal.
You Used To Be Such A Warm Person.
You've Changed.
Take It Or Leave It.
Okay, On The Count Of Three--
One, Two, Three.
There You Go.
No Fair!
I'll Tell You Now.
All Is Fair In Love And Breakfast.
I'm Telling Mom.
♪ Tattletale, Tattletale ♪
♪ Sitting On An Ice Cream Rail ♪
Hello.
Hey.
It's Such A Beautiful Day Today.
A Beautiful Day?
Why? You're Not Going To School?
I'm Going. Why?
I've Just Never Seen You In A Mood Like This
Before Going To School.
Today Is Friday.
This Weekend I Have No Homework
Tests Or Papers Due.
It's Going To Be The Perfect Weekend.
You Know What Will Make It A Great Weekend?
We'll Get The Ladder
Go To The Roof, And Clear Those Gutters.
I Need To Relax This Weekend.
I'm Under Lots Of Pressure.
Pressure?
Our Lives Are Different.
You're A Doctor.
When You Finish Work
You Have Nothing To Think About.
But I'm In High School.
I Always Have To Think About What I'm Doing.
If I'm Not Studying For A Subject
I've Got To Think About It.
How Do You Do It?
I Don't Know
But It's Weekends Like This That Get Me Through.
Then I Guess You Better Make The Most Of It.
Oh, Dad, I Will.
Tonight's The Pep Rally, Tomorrow's The Game
And The Party At Maxine's.
Uh-Oh.
Your Grandparents Ararar Coming Over For Dinner Tonight.
I'll Be There.
I Was Just Hoping I Could Be Excused After Dinner.
Is It Okay?
Sure That's Okay.
I'm Happy You Could Fit Us
Into Your Perfect Weekend.
Thanks, Dad.
Who Took My Orange Juice?
All's Fair In Love And Breakfast.
Do You Know Who I Am?
I Am The Man Who Loves You--
Who Works
To Buy The Orange Juice For You.
Did You Really Want It?
I Faked You Out!
Hi, Dad.
Hey, How's School?
Great. Is Mom Around?
She's In The Kitchen.
I Need To Talk To Somebody.
Vanessa.
What Am I? A Bag Of Oats?
No, But I Think I Should Talk To Mom About This.
Okay, You Might Know About This, Too.
How Were You Going To Know That I Know
If You Don't Ask Me?
You See, It's Boys.
Boys?
Boys And Girls.
You've Come To The Right Person
Because I Used To Be A Boy And Your Mother Was A Girl
And I Have Four Girls And One Boy.
What's Your Problem?
There's This Thing Next Week At School
Called The "Turn-Around Dance."
Turn-Around Dance?!
They Had Turn-Around Dances In My Day--
In The O-O-O-Old Times.
That's Where The Girls Have To Ask The Boys To The Dance.
Right.
There Are Two Guys I Want To Ask.
One Of Them I Don't Like, But He'll Say Yes.
The One I Like Will Probably Say No.
Is One Of Them Robert?
No, Dad.
Rob And I Broke Up A Long Time Ago.
First, He Went Steady With Stephanie Johnson
Then With Beth Peterson
And Now It's Amy Gordon.
Sounds Like Roberto Is Wandering Around The World
For The Rest Of His Life Searching For You.
Dad, The Guy I Want To Go Out With Is David Butler.
Ahh.
I See.
Why Do You Like Him?
He's Cute.
He's Probably Got A Great Personality...
I Hope.
I Never Really Talk To Him
But I Heard Him Say Something In Class, Dad
And He Has The Best Voice!
It Cracks.
What Did He Say?
He Stood Up In Class To Answer A Question
And He Said--
( Cracking Voice ) "The Suez Canal."
It Was So Adorable, And It Was The Right Answer.
Cute And Smart.
And All My Friends Say We Will Look So Good Together.
If Your Friends Say
That The Two Of You Look Cute Together
Call This Boy.
But If He Says No, I'll Feel Awful.
Suppose He Says Yes?
Let Me Put It This Way:
A Long, Long Time Ago--
And I'm Not Naming Any Names--
There Was This Cute Young Girl
And She Wanted To Ask This Fellow
But She Was Like You.
She Was Kind Of Afraid And Nervous.
And Then She Got Up Enough Courage
And She Called The Boy
And The Boy Said Yes
And They Went To The Dance
And They Are Married Today.
Is This About You And Mom?
Yes, But Don't Tell Your Mother I Said It.
Don't Tell Her.
But, Dad, I'm Not Mom.
I Don't Think I Can Do This.
You Can Always Take Me To The Dance.
I'll Call David.
Hey.
Hello.
How's Everything?
Just Fine.
Need Any Help?
I'm Almost Finished.
You Know, It's So Funny How Life Repeats Itself.
Well, I Was Sitting There Talking To Vanessa
And She Is Nervous About A Turn-Around Dance.
Oh.
So I Told Her The Story
About How You Called Me
And Asked Me To Go
To The Halloween Dance.
I What?
I Told Her How You Called And Asked Me To Go To The Dance
And How You Were Nervous.
Cliff, Why Did You Lie To Our Daughter?
I Didn't Lie.
No, I Didn't.
Let The Record Show...
Oh, Here We Go With "Let The Record Show."
Get The Story Straight.
The Truth Of The Matter Is
You Called My House While I Was At Cheerleading Practice
Because You Knew I Wasn't There.
You Had The Audacity To Ask My Mother To Tell Me
To Take You To The Dance.
You Said I Had To Hurry
Because There Were Many Girls In Line
Waiting To Ask You.
Get Out Of Here!
You Know It's True.
You Promised My Mother If I Said Yes
You Would Have Me Home By 9:30
And Mow Her Lawn And Wash All The Windows.
And I Think You'd Better
Put The Top Back On That Silver Polish.
My Mother Will Be Here This Evening
To Verify The Facts.
Okay, Good.
Good, Good.
And Then After She Does That
You'd Better Be Ready
To Do Some Heavy Apologizing
And Begging For Forgiveness.
We Shall See.
We Shall See What We Shall See
But Humiliation From Thee.
Hi.
Hey, How You Doing?
Wait A Minute.
This Isn't The Face Of Someone
Who's About To Start A Perfect Weekend.
It's Not A Perfect Weekend.
I Got A "C" On My History Paper.
I Thought I'd Get A "B."
Mr. Pierce Said I Can Redo The Paper
And Try For A Higher Grade.
You Get Another Chance.
Yeah, But It's Due On Monday.
If I Rewrite The Paper, I'll Miss Everything--
The Pep Rally, The Game, The Party At Maxine's.
It's Going To Be The Greatest Party Of The Year.
Go Upstairs And Work A Couple Of Hours On Your Paper
Come Down And Have Dinner With Us
And Then Go Back Up
And Work On Your Paper Some More.
Tomorrow You Go To The Football Game
And Maxine's Party.
Okay?
Makes Sense.
I'll Try It.
I'll Get Started.
And Then
We'll Get The Ladder And Go Up
On The Roof...
Just Kidding.
Cliff: So The Pirate Said:
"Not In My Hat You Don't."
Cliff, Where Did You Hear That?
I Made That Up.
I Thought That.
Claire, The Dinner Was Delicious.
Thank You.
Everything Was Delightful, Except For My Son's Jokes.
Hey, Listen.
You Can Go Home Now, If You Want To.
I'm Pouring Tea.
Who Wants Some?
Grandpa And I Will Have Some.
Can I Leave?
Yeah, Sure. Go Ahead.
Where Are You Going?
I Have To Redo A History Paper.
I Got A "C" On It.
What's It About?
The March On Washington.
You Didn't Tell Me
You Were Writing About That.
Your Father And I Were There.
But I Did Research On It And Everything.
You Could Have Done Research With Us.
That's Right.
We Were There.
But I Went To The Library.
Theo, Go Get That Paper.
I Want To Hear It.
Now?
I Want To Hear It.
So Do I.
My Pleasure.
I Want You To Hear How Good It Is.
Can I Be Excused?
I Want To Make That Call.
Yes.
Can I Come?
Needs A Little Privacy
For This Call.
That's Okay, Mom.
I Could Use The Support.
Just Don't Make Any Kissing Noises
While I'm Talking.
I Won't.
What's That About?
There's A Turn-Around Dance
And Vanessa Has To Ask A Boy.
Since We're On The Subject Of Turn-Around Dances--
Mother, Dear
I Would Like You To Settle A Little Dispute
Between Your Daughter And Myself.
What's That?
Do You Recall
The First Time We Went Out Together?
Of Course, The Halloween Dance.
Yes.
You Tried To Bribe Me.
You Asked Me
To Talk Claire Into Asking You To The Dance.
( Sigh )
Thank You, Mother.
He Promised To Wash My Windows And Mow My Lawn.
You Always Were Desperate.
By The Way, You Never Mowed My Lawn.
I Guess We'll See You On Sunday.
And Bring A Rake.
I Fed You Tonight, And You Turn On Me Like This?
Okay, Here It Is.
Are You Ready?
Uh-Huh.
"The March" By Theodore Huxtable.
"On August 28th, 1963
"There Was A Civil Rights March On Washington, D.C.
"250,000 People Were There.
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gave A Famous Speech--
" 'I Have A Dream.'
It Was An Important Day For America."
What Do You Think?
That's It?
No, That's The First Paragraph.
What Do You Think?
Well, You Have Your Facts Straight.
I Know.
Does This Sound Like A "C" To You, Grandpa?
Maybe We Should Hear The Rest Of It.
"There Were Many Celebrities At The March--
"Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston
"Paul Newman, Lena Horne
"Joan Baez
"Jackie Robinson
Harry Belafonte, Burt Lancaster..."
Why Did You Hang Up?
I'm Not Ready Yet.
Want Me To Call?
I'll Do It.
I Just Have To Decide What To Say.
I Know What To Say:
"You're Going To This Dance With Me."
Rudy, That's Not How You Do This.
I Do.
That's Not The Grown Up Way.
You're Not A Grownup.
I'm More Of A Grownup Than You.
No, You're Not.
You Go To Bed At 10:00.
So? You Go To Bed At 8:00.
You Can't Drive A Car.
You Can't Ride Your Bicycle In The Street.
I Don't Want To.
Look, I Don't Want To Fight.
I Have Enough Problems Right Now.
I Have To Call David Before It Gets Too Late.
Then Do It.
I Will.
Don't Be Afraid.
If He Says No
You Can Stay Here And Play With Me.
Thanks.
( Anxious Sigh )
Hello, Is David There?
Oh, Hi, David.
His Voice Cracked!
Ask Him!
Okay. Shh!
This Is Vanessa Huxtable.
You Don't Know Me Very Well, But I'm In Your Science Class.
Yeah, That's Where I Sit.
I Was Wondering About Something.
You Know About The Turn-Around Dance
At School Next Week?
Yeah.
Um...
Would You Like To Go With Me?
He Said Yes!
Yay!
Shh.
I Think It Will Be Fun, Too.
I'm Delighted.
( Kissing Sounds )
Shh.
"At The Conclusion Of The Day
"The Leaders Of The March
"Met With President John F. Kennedy.
"And Thus Ended An Important Day We Should All Remember.
The End."
Well... Interesting.
Yes, It Was.
Very.
You Didn't Like It.
Well, You Had The Facts.
Where Did You Get The Information?
At The Library.
From Which Book?
The Pocket Guide To American History.
How Many Pages Did It Have About The March?
One, With A Little Bit On The Next Page.
It's A Condensed Version Of Historical Events.
Right.
And No Mention Of A. Phillip Randolph?
Right.
I Can Just Imagine
What They Wrote About The Boston Tea Party.
"Some Men Jumped Up On A Boat
"And There Were Celebrities
"And They Threw The Tea In The Water
"And Sam Jones, John Havlicek And Bill Russell
Have Been Winning Championships Ever Since."
Theo, Maybe Your Teacher Wanted Something Else.
What?
You Could Write About The People--
Why They Got Involved, What They Felt.
I'll Tell You What They Felt-- Hot.
Yes, It Was Rather Warm That Day.
We Were Lucky.
We Were On An Air-Conditioned Bus.
So Many Buses...
Hundreds And Hundreds Of Them.
And The Singing...
You Could Hear The Singing Coming From Every Bus.
We Sang All The Way Down There.
Not Everyone Was Singing.
Please Don't Start On Me.
We Had To Tell Your Father To Keep Quiet.
He Had A Tendency To Drag Out The Words
And Sing Off-Key.
What Really Happened Besides The Heat And The Singing?
I'll Tell You
What You Should Put In That Paper.
The Mood Of That Day--
Oh, Theo, It Was So Friendly.
Yes, It Was.
People We Didn't Know At All
Waving To Each Other Like They Were Old Friends.
We Were Old Friends
By The Time We Walked
From The Parking Lot To The Great Lawn.
It Was A Couple Of Miles.
We Had To March To The March.
You Saw All Kinds Of People--
All Colors, From Every Part Of America.
They Carried Signs And Buttons Saying Where They Were From.
I Traded Buttons With A Man From Portland, Oregon.
He Wore That Button All Day-- "Kiss Me, I'm Irish."
Your Father Collected Buttons All Day.
He Kept Putting On New Buttons--
"Kiss Me, I'm Jewish."
"Kiss Me, I'm Polish."
"Kiss Me, I'm Japanese."
And I Still Have Those Buttons Upstairs.
We Have A Drawer Full Of Reminders.
It Must Have Been Great Knowing You Were Making History.
No. No. No.
That Wasn't What It Was About.
We Were Just Expressing The Way We Felt Then.
When We Stood Outside The Church Waiting For The Bus
There Was Only About 50 People.
I Thought, "What If We're The Only Ones Who Show Up?"
We Were A Small Group.
Till We Got Down There.
There Were So Many People!
To Stand In Front Of The Washington Monument
Surrounded By 250,000 People...
To Be Heard...
That's One Thing
You Can't Get In The History Books.
That's The Thing You Can't Capture--
The People.
And Then, When We Went Back To The Buses...
People Held Hands And Smiled.
There Was A Feeling Of Joy And Pride.
The Newspapers Had Said There Would Be Trouble
But It Was A Lovely, Peaceful Day.
It Was Peaceful.
I Still Carry A Little Of That Day With Me.
Dr. King Said--
And I Don't Think I'll Ever Forget--
"In A Sense, We Have Come To Our Nation's Capitol
"To Cash A Check.
"When The Architects Of Our Republic
"Wrote The Magnificent Words
"Of The Constitution And The Declaration Of Independence
"They Were Signing A Promissory Note
To Which Every American Was To Fall Heir."
This Is Great.
I Didn't Have To Go To The Library After All.
All I Had To Do Was Have Dinner With My Family.
Whoa, Wait A Sec.
Up In The Bottom Drawer Of Your Mother's Dresser--
Pictures, Old Newspaper Clippings.
Your Father's "Kiss Me" Buttons, Too.
Thanks.
I'm Glad Theo Had That Paper To Write.
It Brought Back A Lot Of Memories.
It Certainly Did.
Russell, Do You Remember
Someone Way In The Back Of The Bus
Starting To Sing:
♪ Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory ♪
♪ Of The Coming Of The Lord ♪
♪ He Is Trampling Out The Vintage ♪
♪ Where The Grapes Of Wrath Are Stored ♪
♪ He Hath Loosed The Fateful Lightning ♪
♪ Of His Terrible Swift Sword ♪
♪ His Truth Is Marching On ♪