(Horn Honking)
Be Right Out!
Denise, The Taxi's Here To Take Us To The Airport.
Mom, I Don't Know What To Pack.
You're Going To The Caribbean.
Put A Swimsuit In A Bag.
Well, Mrs. Huxtable Goes To Washington.
You're Going To Be Late.
I Don't Know Why I Always Wait Till The Last Minute To Pack.
I'm Going To Miss This Plane.
I Just Want You To Know That I Will Be Missing You
When You're In Washington.
I'll Leave A Number.
You Can Call Me If There's Any Problem.
It Won't Be Easy With Me In Washington
And Denise In The Caribbean.
You'll Be Alone With The Girls.
If There's A Problem
The Girls Are More Inclined To Come To Me.
They Come To Me Also.
It's Just That I Don't Go Around Bragging About It.
Of Course, You're Right.
You Know Rudy Has A Paper Due In School Tomorrow?
That's Right.
And The Subject Is?
English.
Wrong.
It's History.
Well, It's Written In English.
I Better Leave This In The Kitchen
Where The Girls Can See It.
Good-Bye, Winter.
Hello To Some Sunshine.
Dad, Here Is The Number Where Martin And I Will Be
In Case There's Trouble.
Why Is Everybody Giving Me A Number
In Case There's Any Trouble With Somebody?
There Won't Be Any Trouble.
You Haven't Spent A Lot Of Time Alone With Olivia.
Listen, Olivia, You Have To Tell Them.
When She And Martin Went To Rhode Island
You And I Had A Wonderful Time, Didn't We?
Yes, And We Talked About Where Babies Come From.
That Is Correct.
That Is My Job.
I Wanted To Do That.
We Talked About The Stork.
I Had To Tell You All About It.
You Knew Nothing.
(Phone Ringing)
Vanessa: I'll Get It.
Denise, Take Our Things To The Taxi.
I Want To Say Good-Bye To Vanessa.
No, Christine
It Won't Be Any Problem Coming To Your Party.
My Mom Is Going To Be In Washington
So She'll Never Find Out.
Let Me Get A Pencil
To Write Down Your Address.
Christine, Let Me Call You Back.
Bye.
Christine?
Yeah.
From Your Aerobics Class, The College Student?
Yeah.
So What's Going On
At Her Apartment?
She's Having A Few Friends Over.
You're Not Going To A Party
Where There Will Be Guys Five Years Older Than You.
Mom, Can I Help It If I'm So Mature That Older Men
Find Me Attractive?
You're Forcing Me To Socialize With People My Own Age.
It's Holding Back My Intellectual Development.
What I Am Holding Back Here Has Nothing To Do
With Intellect.
Don't Think Because I'm In Washington
You Can Do As You Please.
I Have Eyes And Ears Everywhere.
It's Like Living In A Prison.
Don't Worry About It.
One Day You'll Have Children.
You'll Have A Lifetime Sentence.
Bye, Sweetie.
You Shouldn't Sneak Up On Me When I'm On The Phone.
I'm Sorry, Vanessa.
But It Was So Much Fun.
Well, My Best Daughter Doing Homework.
Good.
Daddy?
Uh-Huh?
Everybody In School Hates Me.
I Need Someone To Talk To.
Do You Have Mom's Number In Washington?
Yes, But If There's Something You Want To Talk About
You Could Tell Me.
Well
Beth Told Me That Everyone In The Class Hated My Guts.
And The Only Person Who Liked Me Was The Teacher.
And The Only Reason She Liked Me
Was Because She's Paid To.
Everyone Thinks That I Called Beth A Goof Face And I Didn't.
Then You Tell Them That You Didn't Say It.
I Can't.
Morgan's The One Who Really Called Beth The Goof Face.
I Went To Morgan
And Said She Should Go To Beth And Tell Her The Truth.
Morgan Started To Cry
And Then Everyone Saw How Upset She Was And Started Hating Me.
I Think You Have To Go Back And Address Your Friends
And Say To Them
"I Am Your Friend, And I Tell The Truth.
"Now, Here Is The Truth And Don't Get Angry With Me
"Just Because Morgan Runs Off Crying
Because It Was Her Fault."
I'm Sure These People Will Say
"Okay, You're Absolutely Correct."
Bingo.
I'll Give It A Try.
Listen, It's Only Right.
Now I Have To Stay Up All Night
Writing This Paper On Valley Forge.
Valley Forge?
Yeah.
Now, Dad...
Dad Knows About Valley Forge.
Now, Let's See, Where Are You?
George Washington Is Made A Commander.
Yep, Now, Valley Forge, See...
Valley Forge...
George Washington And His...
Go Get The Dictionary.
We're Going To Get A Dictionary
And You're Going To Write A Paper.
Whoo!
George Washington.
Hey, Olivia, What's Up?
I'm Bored.
Want To Play With Me?
I Don't Have Time.
I Just Dropped Off Dad's Socks I Borrowed.
Want To See A Split?
I Saw You Do Splits, And It's Great.
I Really Have To Go.
Did You Hear Me Sing?
Yeah, I Heard You Sing "Twist And Shout"
And It Was Cute.
I Can Do "Blue Suede Shoes."
I'd Love To Hear It, But I Have A Meeting.
See You Later.
Hey, Son.
Hey, Dad.
How You Doing?
Want To Hear Me Sing "Blue Suede Shoes"?
You Know What?
I Have Patients Downstairs.
I'm Sorry, I Can't Hear It Right Now.
Nobody Wants To Play With Me.
Why Don't You Take Her For A Little Walk?
I'm Going To The Cafe De Balzac.
Take Her To The Cafe De Balzac
With You For A While, Please.
She Looks Pitiful.
Okay, Olivia, Let's Go.
Uncle Theo's Taking You To The Village.
There You Go.
All Right!
Dad, I Brought Back Some Of The Socks I Borrowed.
Sorry I Couldn't Wash Them.
That's All Right.
We Expect That.
Thanks A Lot, Dad.
Thanks A Lot, What?
Now What Happened?
I Did What You Told Me.
I Said To The Girls, "We Should Forgive Each Other."
They Said I Was Pushy.
Now They Hate Me More.
I'm Sorry They Feel That Way.
Why Did You Tell Me To Do That?
I Thought You Were Dealing With Civilized People.
But, Daddy, They're My Friends.
It's No Fun Walking Around
All By Myself.
Why Did I Listen To You?
Mom Would Have Never Told Me To Do Anything Like That.
Ohhh, Boy, Oh, Boy, Oh, Boy.
Well, Okay, Let's Try To Get A Little Help Here.
May I Help You?
Terri, Your Coming Over Here Is Help Enough.
Your Leaving Would Be A Bigger Help.
Now, She's Funny.
Who's This Little Sweetheart?
Olivia.
Is This Your Daughter?
No, No.
She's My Step-Niece.
I'm Very Single.
I'm Impressed You Brought Her.
I Believe In Staying Close To My Family.
I Like To Pass On What I've Learned.
Especially To Someone As Young As Her
Because She Is Our Future.
May I Sit A Minute?
No, Here, Sit, Sit.
She Can Sing, Too.
She Can?
Yeah.
Olivia, "Blue Suede Shoes."
Hit It.
♪ One For The Money ♪
♪ Two For The Show ♪
♪ Three To Get Ready Now Go, Cat, Go ♪
♪ But Don't You Step On My Blue Suede Shoes ♪
♪ You Can Do What You Want ♪
♪ But Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes ♪
♪ You Can Knock Me Down ♪
♪ Step On My Face ♪
♪ Call My Name In Total Disgrace ♪
♪ But Don't You Step On My Blue Suede Shoes. ♪
Mrs. Mcgee?
Yes, Kenneth?
How Long Do I Have To Stay After School?
Cheer Up.
You've Got Less Than Two Minutes Left.
I'd Like To Ask You A Few Questions.
Do You Enjoy
The Subject Of History?
Yes.
Do You Find My Classes Interesting
And Maybe Even Stimulating?
Yes.
Are You Answering Affirmatively
Because I'm Asking The Questions?
Yes.
Has Anyone Ever Told You That Talking To You
Is Like Taking A Multiple Choice Test?
Yes.
You Try My Patience, Kenneth.
You Really Try My Patience.
Thank You.
Your Time's Up.
Go Home.
In The Future, Kenneth
I Want You To Take Every Assignment I Give You Seriously
And Do Your Best.
Success In Life
Depends On A Good Education.
Not Always.
I Beg Your Pardon?
That's Not What My Brother Says.
What Does He Say?
My Brother Says
"It's Not What You Know--
It's Who You Know."
I See.
Who Does Your Brother Know?
Nobody.
That's Why He Doesn't Have A Job.
Go Home, Kenneth.
I'll Do Better Next Time.
Next Time Is Now.
I Want You To Redo Your Paper.
I Want It First Thing In The Morning.
I Should Have Kept My Mouth Shut.
Hi, Dr. Huxtable.
Don't Run In The Hall, Kenneth.
Sorry About That, Dr. Huxtable.
How Nice To See You.
Thank You.
Come Right In.
Sit Down Anywhere.
Thank You.
Now Then...
You Telephoned, And You Wanted To Talk About Rudy?
I Wanted To Talk About Rudy
Because She Is Very Saddened By The Fact That She Says
That Her Friends Are Not Talking To Her--
That They Hate Her.
I Tried To Explain Life And People To Her
But It Just Seems To Have...
Things Have Just Gotten Worse.
Did You Talk To Mrs. Huxtable
Before You Gave Rudy All This Splendid Advice?
She's Out Of Town, Isn't She?
How Did You Know That?
When You Came To See Me About Vanessa
Mrs. Huxtable Was Out Of Town.
When You Came To See Me About Denise
Mrs. Huxtable Was Out Of Town.
So I Just Assumed
That When Your Wife Is Away
You Get A Bit Bamboozled By Those Daughters Of Yours.
Um... But...
But What About This Experience With... With Rudy?
Oh, Dr. Huxtable
Children Rudy's Age Behave Very Strangely At Times.
One Day, They're Best Friends
And Then The Next Day
They're Not Speaking To One Another
For No Apparent Reason.
Rudy May Be In Trouble Today
But I Will Bet You That In A Couple Of Weeks
She'll Be The Most Popular Girl In This Class.
So, If You'll Take My Advice
You'll Just Step Back
And Let It Pass.
Thank You.
Uh...
Could I Have Another Few Minutes Of Your Time, Dr. Huxtable?
You Probably Don't Know
But I Gave The Children A Paper To Write On Valley Forge.
And I Wanted To Read You A Few Of Them
And Then Talk To You About Rudy's.
Let Me See...
Oh, Yes...
Here's Kenneth's Paper.
You Know Kenny.
He's Difficult
But He's Got A Lot Of Potential.
"The Men From Valley Forge Fought In A War.
"Many Died.
"They Did Not Have Food And Supplies.
"I Would Write More, But I Don't Have To.
It's All In My History Book."
This Is Amy's Paper.
Amy Is A Hard Worker, A Bright Girl.
"George Washington And His Men
"Spent The Winter In Valley Forge.
"It Was In 1777.
"It Was Cold.
"They Had Very Little Supplies
"But They Were Brave.
"They Lasted Until Spring.
Now I'll Read You
A Few Lines Of Rudy's Paper.
Honestly, I Was Just Amazed.
She Has An Enormous Grasp Of History.
"George Washington And His Men Faced Hardship And Sacrifice
"In Pursuit Of A Dream...
A Dream Called America."
She Refers To
"The Harrowing Campaign Of 1777."
"...The Insurmountable Obstacles Threatening Ultimate Success.
And My Absolute Favorite--
"The Ubiquitous Melancholy...
That Descended On The Downtrodden Warriors."
It's Just Terrific.
It Gets Better Every Time
I Read It.
I Think Rudy Should Go Straight To College.
She's A Very Bright Girl.
There's One Problem.
You'd Have To Go With Her.
I Beg Your Pardon?
When Mrs. Huxtable Helps Rudy With A Paper
Her Eleven-Year-Old Capabilities Come Shining Through.
And When You Help Her With Her Paper
I Get "Ubiquitous Melancholy" And "Downtrodden Warriors."
When Is Mrs. Huxtable Coming Home?
Tomorrow.
Thank God.
Well, Thank You.
My Pleasure.
I'll Be Going Now.
Before You Go, Dr. Huxtable
I Want You To Go To The Blackboard
And Write 100 Times
"I Will Not Do My Child's Homework For Her."
That's... That Is Funny.
I'm Not Joking.
Start Writing.
I'm... I'm Not In Your Class.
You Walk Into This Room, You're Mine.
Start Writing.
Don't Write Big.
I'm On To That One.
Dr. Huxtable?
Yes, Ma'am?
Would You Walk Me To My Car?
It Might Be A Harrowing Experience.
Well, If We Don't Run Into Any Insurmountable Obstacles
I'm Sure That We'll Have Ultimate Success.
Dad...
I Usually Go To Mom When I Want To Talk
About Something Like This
But I Think
You'd Be Really Good For It.
I'm All Ears.
If You're Busy, I'll Call Mom.
Sit Down.
Dad, I'm Thinking Of Going
To This Party At My Friend Christine's House
Where I Know No One Will Be Doing Drugs Or Drinking.
I Hope So.
But The Kids At School Who Do Drugs And Alcohol
Will Call Me Anti-Social Because I Went To Christine's
Who Won't Allow Them
In Her House.
I Just Won't Go.
Thanks, Dad.
No, No, No.
Sit Down Here.
Are You Telling Me
That You Are Not Going To Go To A Party
Because You're Afraid Of What These Drunkies And Junkies
Are Going To Be Saying To You?
I'm Telling You
Go To That Party.
You're Saying You Want Me To Go To Christine's Party?
You Have Fun, And Stay An Extra Hour Later.
Now You Go Ahead, Hon.
Enjoy Yourself.
Thank You, Dad.
Thank You, Honey.
(Ringing)
We're Open All Night.
How Are You?
I'm Am Just Fine, Now That I Can Hear From You.
All The Children Are Just Fine.
In Fact
I Just Had A Little Discussion With Vanessa.
About What?
Well, You Know, She Wants To Go To A Party
And Because This Person Who's Throwing The Party
Doesn't Allow People Who Do Drugs And Alcohol There
She Claims That When She Gets Back To School
The Drunkies And The Druggies
Are Going To Be Making So Much Of A Fuss About It
She Doesn't Want To Go To This Party.
So I Said, "You Go."
Cliff, Who's Having This Party?
The Girl's Name? Christine.
Christine Is A College Student With An Apartment.
There Will Be Guys There
Who Are Four Or Five Years Older Than Vanessa.
I Told That Little Wench
That She's Not To Go.
She Has Hoodwinked You.
She Got You Good
This Time.
So, Dad
How Do I Look?
Hello?
Hello, Vanessa.