That's What I Call Courage.
He Was Something Else.
Hey, Dad. Hi, Dr. Huxtable.
How Was School?
Thrilling.
School Was Thrilling?
We Had A Guest Speaker--
Captain Bill Melton Of The Tuskegee Airmen.
He Was In A World War Ii Fighter Squadron.
You Should Hear Grandfather Talk About Those Men.
He Told Us Stories About Missions He Flew In Europe.
Then He Showed Films Of Today's Jets.
It's Amazing What Those Planes Do.
Yes, Indeed.
When I Saw That Film
I Finally Realized My Life's Purpose.
We Both Did.
Which Is?
To Fly!
Up In The Wild Blue Yonder.
That's Right.
Well, You Graduate From High School
And Apply To The Air Force Academy
And The Naval Academy...
Dad... Huh?
I Want To Fly Now.
Me, Too.
Before You Say No, Hear Me Out
Because After You Do
You'll Want Me To Fly, Too.
I Will? Okay.
If I Learn To Fly, The Whole Family Will Benefit.
We Will?
Okay, Vacations.
Remember When We Drove Out To The Grand Canyon?
It Was A Nice Vacation.
I Know.
You Always Talk About Going Back
But Nobody Wants To Take That Long Car Trip With You Again.
They Don't?
No.
So I'm Suggesting, Dad
I Could Get Us There In No Time...
By Flying.
With Me As Copilot.
Can We Stop For One Second?
You Guys Are Talking About Doing All This Flying
But So Far You Don't Have A Plane
Or A Pilot's License.
But I Can Get One If I Take Lessons.
May I?
What Are Your Parents Saying About This?
I Haven't Asked Yet.
A "Yes" From You Would Carry Weight With Them.
I'm Flattered.
So Do I Get Permission?
I'm Not Saying No.
All Right.
But I Haven't Said Yes.
That's Okay, Dad.
As Long As You're Not Saying No.
I Just Want You To Know
That Something Of This Magnitude
We Have To Pass By Mrs. Huxtable.
Fair Enough.
Dr. Huxtable, We Welcome The Opportunity.
I Just Ask One Thing.
When You Get Ready To Pass It By Mrs. Huxtable
I Want To Be There To See It.
Okay, Dad.
Thanks, Dr. Huxtable.
We Have To Decide How To Approach Mom.
We'll Use The Arguments We Used On Your Dad.
We Can't. She's An Attorney.
She's Sharp.
Ooh, Jump Back!
Will You Look At This?
Mother's Little Cooks.
You Never Cooked For Me.
Just Walked In And Said, "Can We Take Flying Lessons?"
And Look At This.
Mrs. Huxtable's Favorite Green Olives.
I Know.
You Guys Are Cooking Up Some Strategy Here.
That's Right, Dad. We Mean Business.
All Right.
I Just Hope Your Mother Doesn't Die
Of Food Poisoning...
Before She Gets To Say Yes.
Daddy.
Hey. Yes?
Can I Bring Somebody Over To Play?
Who?
Ooh! Ooh!
Aw, Come On.
You Have A Boyfriend?
Yes.
What Makes Him Your Boyfriend?
I Told Him He Was.
I Thought You Told Me I Was Your Boyfriend.
You're Too Old.
Cockroach, This Is Amazing.
You Get Turned Down By Women Of All Ages.
How Did You Come To Meet This Boyfriend?
Did You See Him Across A Crowded Room?
He Sits Next To Me In Class.
And You Really Like Him?
Yes.
Then You Have My Blessings.
Please Bring Him Over As Soon As Possible
So I Can Meet Him.
Thanks.
Yes.
Oh, Oh.
One Thing.
What Is His Name?
His Name Is Bud.
Bud?
That's Right.
Hi, Mommy.
Hi, Rudy.
Cliff, Could You Come Here?
Yes, Dear.
Come On, Come On.
I'm Not Finished Slicing Olives.
You Don't Have Time.
Bring The Jar.
Hey.
We Must Fix That Crack In The Sidewalk.
I Just Broke My Heel.
I'll Give Mr. Lucas A Call.
Thank You.
May We Take Your Shoe In To Be Repaired?
Thanks, But I'll Do It Myself Tomorrow.
Mom, How About An Hors D'oeuvre?
Not Now, Thanks.
Olive?
No, Thank You.
That's Okay.
You Can Wait For The Spaghetti Dinner.
Dinner?
Yes.
Okay, What Do You Want From Me?
Clair, Before They Start...
If You Feel The Loss Of Pressure
Don't Worry
Because Oxygen Masks Will Fall From The Ceiling.
Dad.
I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry, Sorry.
Mom, I'm Going To Ask You A Question
And Before You Say No, Promise To Hear Me Out.
I Promise. I'll Hear You Out.
I'm Not Expecting You To Say Yes.
I'll Be Happy If You Don't Say No.
Theo, What?
I Want Flying Lessons.
Flying Lessons?
You Promised
You'd Hear Me Out.
All Right, Go On.
Mom, Ever Since The Dawn Of Man, It Has Been His Dream To Fly.
And On December 17th, 1903, In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
The Wright Brothers Made That Dream
Come True.
Thanks To Pioneers Like Them
Today Anyone Can Share The Dream Of Soaring Above The Clouds.
I'm Sure There's A Point Somewhere.
It So Happens There's A Small Airport Close By...
Where One Can Take An Introductory Flying Lesson
For Only $20.00.
It's Difficult To Picture My Son
Soaring Above The Clouds
When He Doesn't Even Have A Driver's License.
Most Experts Say It Is Safer To Fly
Than It Is To Drive A Car.
I Want You To Know
That I Have Listened To Everything You've Said
And I Am Impressed.
You're Obviously Serious About This.
Yes, We Are.
Then I Think You Should Take A Flying Lesson.
What Do You Think?
I'm Behind You 100 Percent.
I Can Fly! I Can Fly!
All Right! Olive?
Walter,If Your Parents Give You Permission
I'll Take You To The Airport Myself Tomorrow.
Come On. Let's Go Ask Them.
Wait, What About Dinner?
Enjoy It, Dad.
♪ Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder ♪
I've Been Married To You For 23 Years
And You Never Cease To Amaze Me.
I Amaze Myself.
Do You Realize What You Just Did?
Yes.
You Gave Him Permission
To Take Flying Lessons.
Yes.
This Doesn't Worry You?
I'm Scared Out Of My Mind.
Then Why Didn't You Tell Him No?
I Thought You Would.
Cliff, We Made An Agreement.
If The Children Show Sincere Interest In Something
We Would Encourage Them.
He's Obviously Sincere
And One Way To Test Just How Sincere
Is To Let Him Take A Flying Lesson.
Do You Think We Did The Right Thing?
What Do You Think?
I Think We Did The Right Thing.
So Do I.
But If Something Happens
It's Going To Be Your Fault.
Thank You, Dr. Burshette.
Thank You. This Is Helpful.
Bye-Bye.
Hi, Daddy.
Well, How Are You?
Fine.
And Who Is This?
This Is Bud.
Well, Bud, How Are You Doing?
Fine.
Good. Heard So Much About You.
Can He Play Here?
We Should Call His Parents.
His Mom's Outside In The Car.
Okay. Pardon Me, Bud.
I'll Go Ask Her.
Come On.
Cliff: Is It All Right?
( Car Honking )
Okay.
Bud, You're In.
Good.
Would You Two
Like A Delicious Snack?
No, We're Not Hungry.
Bud, What About You?
We're Not Hungry.
Can We Go Outside And Play?
Yes, But Stay In The Back Yard.
We Will.
You Have To Hold My Hand.
Dad.
How Was The Flying Lesson?
Incredible!
The Best!
( Imitating Airplane Engine )
Wham!
Where's Mom?
She's Parking The Car.
We Had The Greatest Instructor.
He Wore This Leather Jacket
A Scarf Around His Neck And Aviator Glasses.
They Looked Good On Him.
On Us, They'll Look Unbelievable.
How Much Does That Cost?
About $50 An Hour.
Fifty Dollars?
Yeah.
( Incredulous Laugh )
Okay, Since It's Going To Cost That Much
There's Something I Have To Tell You.
If You Don't Mind, Just Bear With Me.
I Have In My Hand...
My Tennis Racket.
Theo Huxtable, Age 11
Came To His Mother And Father, Jumping Up And Down
And Said, "I Think I Can Put My Life In Perspective.
I Want To Become A Tennis Pro And Win Wimbledon."
His Mother And Father Said:
"If He Wants To Do This, Let's Grant Him This Wish."
The Mother Drove Young Theo To Bob Ryland's Tennis Camp.
For Three Weeks He Played, He Hit, He Ran Back And Forth.
Then He Had His First Match, And He Lost.
He Came Back Here.
He Dropped The Tennis Racket
And He Said, "I Don't Want To Play Anymore."
I Said, "What Happened?"
He Said, "My Opponent Didn't Hit The Ball To Me Right."
I Know I Haven't Been Serious About Many Things
But I'm Super-Serious About Flying.
Okay, Let's Take For Granted You Are.
I Have Important Information Here About Flying
From Dr. Burshette.
He Owns His Own Plane.
He Gave Me Information On How Much It Costs
For The Five Of Us To Fly Over The Grand Canyon.
We Want To Take The Whole Family.
There Are Certain Members Of This Family Who Know You
And Wouldn't Go Near That Plane If You Were The Pilot.
So... A Twin-Engine Plane
Fully-Equipped, Seating Five Passengers
Costs $495,000.
$495,000?
Used.
Let's Forget The Grand Canyon
And Concentrate On Getting Our License.
I Agree.
Your License Costs $7,000 Apiece.
$7,000?
That's Expensive.
Yes, Especially Since Your Allowance Is Only $8 A Week.
Okay.
We've Got To Find A Way To Fly.
We'll Get Jobs And Work After School.
And On Weekends.
I'll Work Two Jobs If I Have To.
Me, Too.
You Will?
Yes.
You Promise?
I'm Super-Serious About Flying.
If You're Serious
Then I'll Pay For Half Of Your Lessons.
All Right! Thanks, Dad.
I'm Sure My Parents Will Do That, Too.
Cockroach, We're In.
You Know It.
We've Got Planning To Do.
Theo?
You're Serious?
Yes.
Okay
Because I Don't Have Room In That Basement
For An Airplane.
Hello.
Cliff, Come Here.
I've Been Watching Rudy Play With Bud.
Look At This.
Home Base Is Over Here.
You Said It Was Over There.
I Changed My Mind.
You're It. Count.
One... Two... Three...
Count Slower.
One...
Two...
Slower.
One...
I've Never Seen Her So Bossy.
She Is Kind Of Pushy.
I Don't Like It. Call Her In Here.
Now?
I'm Sorry.
Okay.
Would You Call Her In Here, Please?
All Right.
Yes, Now.
Rudy, Bud, Come On In.
Okay.
Can We Have Something To Drink?
What "Something"?
I Want Apple Juice. So Does Bud.
Bud, Is That What You Want?
Yes.
I'm Asking Bud.
I Want Apple Juice.
Say "Please."
Please.
Rudy, Before You Have Your Juice
I'd Like To Speak With You.
Okay.
And While They're Talking
You And I Will Have A Tall Glass Of Apple Juice...
Man To Bud.
Okay.
Bud Seems Nice.
Yes.
How's Everything Going?
Good.
I Noticed You Playing
In The Back Yard.
You Were Very Bossy.
You Told Him What To Do And When To Do It.
I Know.
Why Were You Doing That?
So He'll Do What I Want.
Maybe Bud Doesn't Like To Be Ordered Around.
Yes, He Does.
How Do You Know That?
Because When I Tell Him To Do Something
He Does It.
Do You Boss Your Other Friends Around
Like That?
No, Just Bud.
Why?
Because I Like Him The Most.
Because He Does What You Say?
Yes.
People Don't Like To Be Told What To Do All The Time.
If You Don't Stop That, He Might Stop Liking You.
Do You Want That To Happen?
No.
Do You Like It When People Boss You?
No.
I Think We Should Work This Out.
How's The Apple Juice, Bud?
Dr. Huxtable?
Yes, Sir.
My Name's Not Bud.
What Is Your Name?
Kenny.
Why Does She Call You "Bud"?
She Said She Likes The Name Better.
What Do You Like?
Kenny.
Why Not Tell Her?
I Don't Know.
Kenny, If You Don't Like
Something Somebody's Doing
You Have To Tell Them That.
You Have To Say "No."
You Understand?
Yes.
Okay, Say It.
No.
You Can Go Deeper Than That.
No.
You Can Go Deeper Than That
Can't You?
No!
There You Go.
Hi, Bud.
Now's Your Chance.
Rudy, My Name's Not Bud.
It's Kenny.
Would You Like Something To Eat, Kenny?
Sure.
How About Peanut Butter And Celery?
No.
How About
Some Delicious Grapes?
Yes.
All Right.
After Kenny Finishes His Snack
We'll Take Him Home.
No!
Theo, I've Got A Great Idea.
Let's Take Our Dates To The Prom In A Plane.
Yeah, We'll Look So Good Walking Into The Prom
With The Leather Jackets And Aviator Glasses.
We'll Dance With Anyone We Want.
Cockroach, You Should Look At This.
What?
These Figures.
After Our Parents Give Us Half
We Still Need $3,500 Apiece To Get The Pilot's License.
That's Why We're Getting Jobs.
It Won't Be That Easy Making That Kind Of Money
Working Part Time.
If You Figure In Taxes, We'll Have To Work...
1,150 Hours?!
No Problem.
You Don't Understand.
We Go To School During The Week.
We Do Homework At Night.
We Can Only Work On The Weekends.
We'll Work Long Hours On Those Weekends.
How? College Boards Are Coming Up
And It Takes Time To Study For That Pilot's License.
You're Right.
We'll Be Working Or Studying Every Minute.
It Will Take Forever To Get That License.
Next Year Is Our Senior Year. We'll Miss Everything.
Senior Year Is The Best Year Of Your Life.
Yeah.
Maybe We Should Just Buy The Leather Jackets.
So... What Did You Say To Rudy?
I Said She Has To Respect Other People's Wants.
She Can't Expect People To Always Do What She Wants
Or It Might Be "Goodbye, Bud."
You Mean "Goodbye, Kenny."
Who's Kenny?
Bud.
What?
She Named Him "Bud."
Hey.
Hi.
The Tuskegee Airmen.
We've Been Talking About Flying.
Uh-Huh.
Since We're Getting Our Driver's License Soon
We Don't Need To Fly.
You Never Want To Fly?
No. We're Just Putting It Off For A While.
There Are More Important Things Than Flying.
Like What?
Like Developing Academically
And Socially At School.
And Spending Time With Our Families.
I'm Glad You Boys Have Given This Such Thought
And I Respect Your Decision.
We Feel It's The Mature Decision.
But Thank You For Being So Supportive.
You're Welcome.
We're Going To Gerald's.
I'll Be Back By Dinner.
Okay.
Bye-Bye.
Bye.
They Changed Their Minds.
Theo Is Not Going To Fly.
He's Going To Stay On The Ground.
Life Is Beautiful.
I Feel A Little Sad
About Not Being Able To Soar Over The Grand Canyon.
I Think I'll Take Some Flying Lessons Myself.
You Cannot Do That.
Why?
First, To Learn To Fly,
You Should Be Young.
Second, You Should Have Spare Time
And As A Physician, You Don't Have That.
And Third, You're Not Allowed.
Who Says So?
I Says So, Bud.