Ah, Here You Go.
Thank You.
Okay, Theo, Here's Another Question.
What Was Prometheus' Punishment For Bringing Fire To Man?
Chained To A Boulder.
What Else?
A Giant Eagle Came Down, Pecked At Him
And Ate His Liver, Piece By Piece.
Perfect.
It's Exciting To Be So Near A Great Mind.
Could You Get A Little Nearer To My Great Mind?
Hey!
I Hope In Between All Of That
There Was Some Kind Of Studying Going On.
I Know It Didn't Look Like It...
It Didn't
And I've Seen Studying Before
And This...
Come On, Dad.
That Does Not Look Like Studying.
I Was Rewarding Theo For Knowing His Mythology.
It's Wonderful Being Human.
If You Were A Seal, You'd Get A Sardine.
No, We're Serious.
Look...
Here's A List Of Characters From Mythology.
Pick Any Character.
Any One?
Any One.
If You Get It Right
I'm Not Kissing You.
Tell Me About...
Eye-Care-Us.
First Of All, I Can Tell You It's Icarus.
All Right, No Problem.
I'm Just Trying To Fool You.
Icarus And His Father, Daedelus Wanted To Escape The Labyrinth
So They Made Wings Of Feathers And Wax.
Yes, They Did.
Icarus' Father Said
"Son, Don't Fly Too High Near The Sun
"Because You'll Burn.
"But Don't Fly
Near The Sea, Because You'll Drown."
But Icarus Didn't Listen To His Old Man.
Beginning To Sound Like This House A Little.
Anyway
His Father Called Out
But Icarus Kept Flying Toward The Sun.
His Wings Melted
He Fell Into The Ocean
But His Father Made It Safely Across.
Get Down, Dad.
Now What's The Significance Of That Story?
Uh, I Would Probably Say The Story Advised
The Youth Of Ancient Athens Against Foolhardiness
And At The Same Time It Reaffirmed
The Patriarchal System Of Greek Culture.
Is This My Son?
Very Good, Theo.
Justine, You Inspire Me To Study.
Ever Since You've Been With Him, He's Been Booking It Lately.
I'm Just Showing Him A Hard-Working Woman
Loves A Hard-Working Man.
And I Am Listening.
I Want You To Marry Him And I'll Pay
For The Wedding.
Dr. Huxtable...
Go Ahead, Kiss Him.
I Want To See You Kiss.
We Can't Do This In Front Of You.
Okay, I'll Go Up Here.
Now Go Ahead.
Come On Now, Kiss!
Mmm-Mah!
That's Terrible.
That's The Way Old People Kiss.
I Want A Study Kiss.
Justine...
Quack, Quack, Quack.
Quack, Quack.
She's Going Faster, Maybe She'll Fly.
Hey, Where Did You Get That?
What's The Matter?
That's My Duck.
We're Just Playing With It.
Hi, Everybody.
Denise Stole My Duck.
Oh, Lord!
Give Me A Break.
Can You Help Me?
No, It's Time You Learned
To Handle These Situations By Yourself, "Mom."
Okay.
So Let's Work This Out.
Let's Share The Duck.
Okay, I'll Pull It, And You Guys Watch Me.
I Want To Pull It.
Mom, Please Help Me Out.
I Have Some Very Important Reading To Do Here.
I Got It.
I'll Just Take A Saw And Cut This Duck In Half
Then You'll Both Have Something To Play With.
I'll Take The Front Half.
This Is Not Right.
Whoever Loves The Duck Most Should Save It
From Being Sawed In Half.
Worked In The Bible.
Yes, It Did, Good Luck.
I Want My Duck, Whole, Now.
Fine.
Olivia, Sweetie, I'm Sorry.
We Should Have Asked Rudy.
So If She Wants It
We Have To Give It To Her, Okay?
Go Ahead, Rudy.
What?
Play With It.
Quack, Quack.
Quack.
I'm Finished.
You Can Play With It.
Thanks, Rudy.
But Next Time, Just Ask.
It's Not The Duck, Just The Principle.
Okay.
Nicely Done, Mom.
How'd You Do This With Five Children?
I Read The Bible A Lot.
Olivia, Let's Go Get A Snack In The Kitchen.
All Right!
Hi.
Hi, Son.
Is Something Wrong?
Me-- I'm Wrong.
That's What's Wrong.
We Got Our Mythology Exam Back Today.
Guess What I Got?
A "C."
Another One Of My Lousy "C's."
I'm Sick Of Killing Myself For Loser Grades.
The Night Before, I Knew I Would Get An "A."
You Told Me You Were Going To Knock It Out Of The Park.
And I Got A "C."
I'm Sick Of Being Stupid.
You Are Not Stupid.
Of Course Not.
We Told You, As Long As You Work Hard
And Study Hard
We're Satisfied.
That's Not The Point.
I'm Not Satisfied, Dad.
What Kind Of Graduate School Will I Get With A "C" Average?
Joe &Amp; Ernie's Graduate School?
Perhaps You Just Get Nervous When You Take A Test.
I Wasn't Nervous.
I Knew That Test Backwards And Forwards.
A Master At Mythology.
I Knew More Than The Professor.
Oh, Well, There You Go... It's Overconfidence.
Pardon Me, May I Talk?
Dear, Be Still.
I Have The Floor.
What Floor?
The One My Feet Are On.
Thank You.
Son, When I Was In Law School
I Took A Test On The Erie Railroad V. Thompkins.
I Was So Sure Of Myself That I Had The Audacity
To Dispute A Supreme Court Ruling.
I Get My Test Back And The Professor Wrote
"When You Get To The Supreme Court
"You Can Change The Law.
For Now, You're A Law Student With A "C" Minus.
Overconfidence...
You See?
This Is Your Story Of Overconfidence?
Yes.
Please.
I Had A Bio-Chem Exam.
You Understand, I Studied
A Month!
I Said, "I Am Not Going To Let Bio-Chem Whip Me."
I Studied--
Asked Myself Questions, Pretended I Was The Professor--
And I Knew What I Knew, So I Could Ask Myself
What I Don't Know.
I Became So Arrogant
I Said To The Professor, In The Classroom
As The Papers Were Handed Out
"I Hope That This Test Will Challenge What I Know."
I Looked At The First Question.
I Was So Overconfident, I Didn't Even Read It Through.
I Just Read Two Words And Said
"I Know What It Is, I Know The Question."
I Wrote At The Top Of The Blue Book
"Ha! Thought You Would Get Me With This One, Didn't You?"
Read The First Two Words
And Knew What The Question Was
And Proceeded To Write
Two-And-A-Half Blue Books
Of The Wrong Answer!
"F" Was My Grade.
Overconfidence
And That's Exactly What Happened To You.
I Read All The Questions.
I Couldn't Understand Them.
I Even Made An Appointment
With The Learning Counselor To Find Out What's Wrong.
Do You Have The Test With You?
Son...
This Is Multiple Choice.
The Answer's In Front Of Your Face.
The First One's About Icarus.
I Know.
You Heard Me Tell You About Icarus.
I Knew That Inside Out.
These Are Trick Questions.
Let Me See This, Theo.
"Eliminate The Statement That Does Not Apply
To The Story Of Icarus."
Honey, What's Tricky About That?
It's Worded In A Weird Way.
I Couldn't Understand If They Wanted The Answer
That Does Apply Or The One That Doesn't.
But, Theo, It's Obvious.
Three Of The Statements Do Apply To Icarus
And One Doesn't.
That's A Dumb Way To Ask A Question.
Why Couldn't They Have An Essay
And Say, "Write The Story Of Icarus."
I Would Have Cleaned Up On That.
Because This Is Not Burger King.
You Can't Have It Your Way.
This Professor Is Making An Exam And You Have To Answer That Way.
Your Problem Is You're Not Even Concentrating.
I Stared At The Question For Five Minutes.
Staring At Something For Five Minutes
Doesn't Mean You're Concentrating.
I Don't Know Why I'm Talking To You Guys About This.
You Don't Support Me.
Why? Because You Don't Understand Me.
My Professors Don't Understand Me.
I Don't Even Understand Myself.
All I Want To Know Is Why, When I Think I Know Everything
I Can't Answer Anything Right?
Maybe This Learning Counselor Could Help Me.
Maybe She Can't Understand Me, Either.
She'll Say Read More About Icarus.
Like I'll Get A Job Because I Know About Icarus.
Who Cares About Icarus?
What's He Done For Me?
But I Sure Relate To Him
Because His Father Didn't Support Him, Either.
His Father
Just Let His Wax Wings Melt In The Ocean
And Let Him Drown.
Theo, I've Looked Over Your Notebooks.
Could You Read Them?
That's One Of The Problems--
Your Notes Are Poorly Organized.
They Are?
And Your Writing Has A Lot Of Mechanical Errors
Although Your Ideas Are Good.
I Think You Should Be Tested For Dyslexia.
Dyslexia... What's That?
It's A Disorder Where People See Letters Backwards
But Theo Doesn't Do That.
That's Only One Form.
Dyslexia Is A Special Way Of Seeing Things.
I Call It A Different Kind Of Mind.
What Kind Of Mind?
In Theo's Case, First-Rate.
He Has The Brain Power
But Has A Glitch In Handling Information.
A Glitch?
A Problem In How He Processes Language.
Is There Anything We Can Do?
There Are Specialists Who Can Help Dyslexics.
All He Has To Do Is Work With A Program.
If My Son Does That, He Can Be Helped?
Yes.
All Right, Well... Dyslexia.
Now, Fix It.
Don't Jump To Conclusions Yet.
Theo, When You're Called Upon
Do You Have Difficulty Finding Words To Express Yourself?
Yeah, I Know What I Want To Say
But I Have A Hard Time Getting It Straight.
Look, He's Got It, Let's Fix It.
I'll Need To Do A Series Of Diagnostic Tests.
When Can I Take Them?
In The Morning.
I Hope You Flunk With Flying Colors.
Dad, I'll Do My Best To Let You Down.
There You Go.
Cliff...
Why Are You Standing At That Door?
Theo's Coming By
When He Gets The Test Results.
Your Standing There
Won't Make Him Come Any Sooner.
What Are You Doing?
I'm Checking The Weather.
You Have Become What You Have Mocked.
Oh, He's Coming.
He Is?
Yeah.
Maybe If We Had Quiche, Asparagus...
Hi.
I Got The Test Results.
And?
What Did She Say?
You Guys...
I'm Dyslexic.
Yes!
Yes, Yes, Yes.
( Screaming And Cheering )
What Is Everyone So Happy About?
Your Brother Is Dyslexic.
That's Not Funny.
I Finally Know What's Wrong
And I Can Do Something About It.
What's Mrs. Roscoe Doing?
She's Asking My Professors If I Can Tape Lectures
And Recommending Someone
To Help Organize My Notebook.
I've Met Students She's Helped Who Are Doing Much Better.
That's Wonderful.
And To Think, Theo
All Those Years You Were Doing Lousy
And Dad Called You Lazy.
I Know.
He Has Been Rough On Me.
You Must Feel Very Guilty, Dad.
When Theo Brought Home Bad Grades
You Wouldn't Let Him See His Friends
When All Along He Had A Learning Disability.
He'd Have To Sit Up There In His Room
Staring At A Book
Listening To His Friends Outside Laughing And Playing Ball.
Yeah, I Could Hear Them.
This Isn't The Time To Bring These Things Up.
I Don't Blame You.
You Must Feel Just As Bad.
Excuse Me?
Remember When Theo Got That "F"
And You Wouldn't Let Him Go To The Dance?
It Was Probably His Learning Disability
And His Date Was Wendy Gilmore.
Wendy Gilmore!
Mom, I Had A Big Crush On Her.
And At The Dance, She Met Tommy Burns
And Started Going Steady And Now They're Engaged.
It Took Me A Long Time To Get Over Wendy.
Mom, Dad...
It's As If You Took Your Son's Childhood Away.
So If My Grades Start To Slip
Don't Assume I'm Crazy About Boys.
I Might Just Have What Theo Has.
Since I Have To Tape Lectures
Can I Get A Cassette Tape Player?
We'll Go To Jake's And Get One.
I Have One In Mind.
Auto-Reverse, Four Speakers, Sound Booster And Equalizer.
I Bet Jake Has One.
No, This One's Inside The New Corvette Zr-1.
Is That Car On The Street Now?
Yeah.
Well, Let's Go.
We're Going To Buy One?
No, We're Going To Break In One
And Get The Radio Out.
Olivia Has Amazed Me Yet Again.
We Were Upstairs Watching Television
She Hears A Song Once
And Repeats It Note For Note.
She's Like Mozart.
Hey!
You Are In Time
To Hear Olivia Sing A Song.
What?
Let's Hit It.
♪ Shake It Up, Baby, Now ♪
♪ Shake It Up, Baby ♪
♪ Twist And Shout ♪
♪ Come On, Come On, Come On, Baby, Now ♪
♪ Come On, Baby ♪
♪ Let's Work It On Out ♪
♪ Work It On Out ♪
♪ Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah ♪
♪ Ah... ♪
♪ Ah!! ♪
♪ Shake It Up, Baby, Now! ♪
Thank You, You've Been A Fabulous Audience.
Let's Get Some Juice.
Do Our Numbers.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Let Me Tell You.
Playing Basketball With My Son.
He Tells Me This Story, Which I'll Let Him Finish.
Mom, I've Been Taking Classes For Dyslexia
For The Past Three Weeks.
I Got My Philosophy Exam Back And Got...
This Story's So Good, I Can't Wait To Hear It Again.
I Got A "B" Plus.
Yes! Yes!
Wonderful! I'm So Proud Of You.
Thank You.
This Is The Beginning.
I'll Keep Studying
And This Will Probably Be The Lowest Grade Ever.
He Should Finish Undergraduate School
In Two Years.
No Sense Holding Him Back.
He's Going To Medical School And Become Doctor What?
Huxtable, Junior.
Mrs. Roscoe Told You Not To Jump To Conclusions.
You've Got Him Out Of Undergraduate School.
And How Long To Finish Medical School?
That's Unfair.
You Can't Put
That Pressure On Theo.
If He Does Anything In Two Years
It's Law School, Right?
Maybe It Ought To Be
He Will Become A Doctor And A Lawyer.
You Guys, Come On.
Let Me Think.
I Have Time.
Believe Me.
Now All These Good Grades Have Made Me What?
Hungry.
There You Go.
Going Where?
To The Kitchen.
For Some Food.
Right, What?
Free Food.
Thank You.
Isn't That Great?
I Got So Happy About That Grade
I Decided To Play Some Full Court Basketball
And It's Starting To Stiffen Right Here.
Starting To Stiffen...
Oh, Let Me See.
Shake It Up, Baby.
Twist And Shout.
♪ Twist And Shout ♪
♪ Come On, Come On, Come On, Baby, Now ♪
♪ Let's Work It On Out ♪
♪ Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah ♪
31, 32, 33...
Oh, No.
34, 35, 36
37, 38, 39, 40...
Yes.
41, 42, 43, 44.
I Can Count To 1,000.
One, Two, Three...
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten...