I Knew It!
(Grunting And Groaning)
Yeah!
Olivia!
What Are You Doing?
Making Our Favorite Dinner--
Turkey Stuffed With French Fries.
When Did We Ever Have Turkey Stuffed With French Fries?
Never, But Can't You Just Taste It?
I Have An Idea.
Why Don't You Make Dinner On Your Play Stove, Okay?
Because I'm Not Making Play Dinner.
I'm Making Real Food.
Sweetie, You're Really Not Old Enough To Cook.
Yes, I Am.
I'm Almost Five.
That's Still Too Young.
When I Grow Up
I'm Going To Make Turkey Stuffed With French Fries
And I'm Going To Do Whatever I Want.
Nobody Gets To Do Whatever They Want.
The President Does.
You're Not The President, Okay?
Maybe Not Now, But When I Am, Watch Out.
(Radio Playing Dance Music)
All Right, Let's Get Serious Now, Okay?
Can A Representative Win An Election
Without The Popular Vote?
If A Candidate's Not Popular
Why Waste Everybody's Time Running?
Come On, Answer The Question.
Those Who Know
Know That Only The President Can.
Here's One Right Back At You.
Wait. This Is My Favorite Part.
♪ Kiss Me Tenderly ♪
♪ I Could Never Feel... ♪
No. We Got To Stay In The Study Mode
Or We're Never Going To Get Through This.
I'm Ready.
All Right.
Miss Tucker, Who Is The Speaker Of The House?
In This House, Dr. Huxtable.
Girl, I'm Serious.
You Didn't Say Which House.
All Right.
Thomas Foley.
You Didn't Think
I Knew That.
What State Is He From?
Washington State, And He's A...
Democrat. Democrat.
Go Ahead With Your Bad Self.
I May Be Bad
But Together We Are Academically Dangerous.
Hello, Harvard.
Wait A Minute.
Hold On.
I Told Princeton We'd Call Later.
Say, Harvard
Why Don't You Get In Line Behind Spelman.
Okay, What's Next?
The Three Branches Of Government
If That's In Your Body Of Knowledge.
It Is.
Legislative-- They Create The Laws.
Judicial-- They Interpret The Laws
And Executive...
They Ignore The Laws.
It's Getting A Little Quiet In Here.
♪ Your Love's Got A Hold On Me... ♪
Well, Girlfriend, I Can't Let You Dance Alone.
Ho.
Hey, Ho.
Ho. Ho. Ho. Ho.
What Are You Guys Doing?
Studying. Studying.
What? The Latest Dance Steps?
No. American History. Government.
Excuse Me.
We Out Of Potato Chips.
So, Pam, How Are You Doing In History, Anyway?
On My Last Test, I Got A Low "C."
Probably Because The Studying You're Doing
Is Harder On Your Legs Than On Your Brain.
Funny, Theo.
When Do You Study For A Test?
When I Have To... The Night Before.
It's Fresh
And I Don't Have It In My Brain Too Long.
I Used That Line Too
And I Also Got C's When I Studied With My Friends.
We Listened To Music, Played Around.
It Was Fun, But It Wasn't Fun Bringing Those Grades Home.
I Should Study Without The Music?
And Maybe Without Other People.
That's The Only Time We Get To Talk
And Learn The Latest Dance Steps.
Besides, When One Of Us Gets The Right Answer
We Congratulate Each Other.
You Could Do That Alone.
When I'm By Myself And I Get A Right Answer
I Give Myself A High Five.
If I'm Doing Really Well, I'll Start Dancing With Myself.
Go, Theo.
Don't You Feel Silly?
Not When I'm Pulling In A B+ Average.
Like I Could Get A B+ Average Studying Alone.
You Can.
If You Want, I Can Give You Some Study Tips.
Um, Charmaine
Theo Wants To Give Us Some Study Tips.
Ooh, Study Tips From A College Man.
I Feel Smarter Already.
Now For Starters, No Music, All Right?
No Food, No Talking.
I Do That At Home.
We Study Together To Have Fun.
When You Go Home, You Study Some More?
Yeah, Don't You?
No. I Thought You Got Those Grades
Because You Were Smart.
I'm Smart Enough To Know
That I Better Study Some More At Home.
Excuse Me.
Pam.
It Opened The Way For More African-Americans
To Be Elected To Public Office.
What Other Impact
Did The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Have?
Go Ahead, Herman.
It Had An Economic Impact.
Yes. Very Good.
Thank You Very Much.
How?
Lance.
Lance, Hello.
Oh, My Hand Wasn't Up.
Why Don't You Give It A Try?
They Probably Had More Jobs Available?
All Right, Lance.
Thank You Very Much.
Why? Charmaine.
Because There Was A Fairer Distribution
Of Municipal Contracts.
(Bell Ringing)
I Have Your Tests.
I'll Get Mine Later.
I Don't Want To Spoil That Right Answer.
Lance, Stay Right Where You Are.
I Thought You Liked Me.
I Like You.
It's My Red Pen That Doesn't.
What Did You Get, Dude?
Mind Your Business.
You Don't See Me Looking Over Your Shoulder.
I Got An A-.
You Got A Minus, All Right
With A "D" In Front Of It.
Wonderful Improvement, Pam.
Thank You.
Stop The Ride And Let Me Off.
That's Three B's In A Row.
I Don't Know How Long I Can Keep This Up.
Just Keep Putting In That Extra Study Time.
I Know How She Did It.
She Looked At My Paper.
Whatever You Put Down, She Put Down The Opposite.
What Are You Going To Do With All These B's?
I Don't Know, But It Will Look Good On My Record.
You're Not Thinking About College.
My Girlfriend Here Is College Material.
How's She Going To Get To College?
Pam, You're Living In The Huxtable House
But You Don't Have Huxtable Money, Honey.
There Are Scholarships, Man.
You Play Football, Pam?
No, I Do Not Play Football.
Who Said I Was Going To College, Anyway?
She Didn't Say She Wasn't, Either.
They're Just Saying The First Dumb Thing
That Comes Into Their Heads.
I've Got To Go To Trigonometry.
Let Me Escort You
'Cause I Don't Like The Way Them Trig Guys
Been Looking At Your Hypotenuse.
Lance, You're So Jealous.
I Love It.
Lot Of People Are Smart Enough For College
But They're Not Going.
There You Go, Cinderella.
Before You Know It, Your Mom Will Be Home
And You'll Move Out Of That Huxtable Castle
Back Into That Two-Room Pumpkin.
Your Good Sense Gets Lost
Between Your Brain And Your Mouth.
That's Okay.
I Understand Why You're Lashing Out On Me.
You Know I'm Telling The Truth.
Why Are You Sitting Here
Staring At These Four Walls?
Come On, Let's Go Rent A Video.
I Can't Afford It.
What Are You Talking About?
It's On Special.
You Can't Afford $1.49?
Not If I Want To Go To College.
You Know A College That Costs $1.49?
I Do Not Understand What You Mean.
Why Do I Work To Get Good Grades For College?
I Can't Afford It Anyway.
You'll Find A Way.
You're A Survivor.
You're Resourceful.
You're Tough.
Me? Are You Kidding?
This Is Charmaine You're Talking To.
The Same Charmaine That Watched You Stand Up To Vonzella Hardy
When We Were Ten Years Old.
She Tried To Take Our Lunch Money For Her Cigarette Habit.
You Stood Up To Her With Me.
No, I Stood Up To Her Behind You.
Didn't You Hear My Knees Knocking?
I Wasn't Giving Up My Lunch Money.
I Happen To Like Lunch.
You Almost Had Vonzella For Lunch.
I Did What I Had To Do.
You're Always Doing What You Have To Do.
Like When Your Grandmother Got Sick
And Your Mother Had To Take Care Of Her--
You Were Thrown In With People You Hardly Knew.
I Would Have Sat So Still In This House With These People
They Would Have Thought I Was A Piece Of Furniture.
You Make Yourself At Home Anywhere.
If They Put You In A Lion's Den
You Would Have Them
In There Trying On Your Jewelry.
I Can Be Charming In Difficult Situations
But You're Good At The Important Stuff.
Like, Remember Those Skates?
What Skates?
Those New Skates We Wanted But Couldn't Afford?
I Gave Up, But You Didn't.
You Talked That Guy Into Holding A Pair For A Week
For 50 Cents Down.
You Said, "Them Skates Got My Name On Them."
Yeah, I Remember.
You Went To The Store
And Ran Errands For People.
You Delivered Coffee To The Barber Shop
And You Even Delivered Pizzas To The Pool Hall.
That's Right And The Next Week, I Was Skating.
You Are Pam Tucker, Super Student
Who Works, Goes To School, Get Good Grades
And Still Has Time For Charmaine.
Yeah.
Yeah, Yeah, You're Right.
I Can Do It.
Yeah, Thanks, Charmaine.
I'm Just Calling Them As I See Them.
And When I Go To College, I'll Study... What?
I Don't Know What I Want To Be.
Do You Know?
Yeah, I Intend To Be A Dental Technician...
Unless I Become A Flight Attendant First.
Then Again, Telephone Repairwomen Do Make Good Money.
Make A Choice.
Wait, There's More.
You Don't Know What You Want To Be.
So I Don't Have A Clue.
How Are We Supposed To Know?
You Have To Be Hit With Some Kind Of Inspiration.
Did It Hit You Yet?
Uh-Uh.
Whoo, What You Doing, Spodie Odie?
Making My Own Flag.
When I Grow Up, I'm Going To Be President.
President?
Yes. President Gets To Do Anything She Wants.
I See.
She Gets To Make Turkey Stuffed With French Fries
And Gets To Stay Up Real, Real Late Too.
How Late Does She Get To Stay Up?
About When The Dishwasher Goes Off.
That Happens To Be The Time I Fall Asleep Also.
And There's One Thing The President Does Too.
What?
She Tucks Everyone In
Who Voted For Her.
So If I Vote For You..?
If You Vote For Me...
Tuck, Tuck, Tuck.
You Have My Vote.
Deal.
All Right.
Now What Are We Drawing Here?
A Flag.
A Flag?
Yeah.
Where's My Paper?
This Is Your Paper.
You Just Get One Crayon, And This Is Our Flag.
No, Not Our Flag.
I Want To Do My Own Flag.
Okay, Then We'll Turn It Over.
There's Something Already On This Side.
You Do Your Flag There.
No, Come On, My Flag Will Be Smaller.
I Want A Big Flag.
I'm Going To Do A Flag Bigger Than Your Flag
Because I'll Be A Bigger Pres...
No, No!
Come On, Now.
Come On, You Can't Do...
These Are My Crayons.
Now... Hey, Come On.
Now This Will Be My Flag, And These...
I Don't Want Any Stars.
I Want...
I'm Going To...
Okay, Now, Read The Chapters On The New Deal
And Franklin Roosevelt's First Term In Office.
There May Be A Quiz On It.
Last Time You Said There Would Be A Quiz
There Wasn't
And I Wasted My Time Reading That Stuff.
Well, You're Just Going To Have To Waste Your Time Again.
You Want To Study For This One Together?
No, We Have A System.
We Study Alone.
Yeah, Let's Not Mess With Success.
Ah, There They Go-- The "B" Sisters.
In Case You Haven't Heard
Pam Got An A- On Her Last Biology Test.
Oh, Wow.
Now That's Money In The Bank.
But Anybody Want To Tell Me The Last Biologist
That Was Drafted Into The Nba?
I Never Heard Anybody Say
"Thank You, Biology, For My New Car."
I Got This "A" Because I Wanted To
Not For What It Could Get Me.
Excuse Me, Miss Einstein.
Don't Waste Your Breath On Them.
To Them, "A" Is Not A Grade
It's Just The First Letter In The Alphabet.
All: Ooooh!
Sounds Like My Baby Is Challenging You Guys.
Sounds Like She's Challenging You Too.
Is That Right?
If The Grade Fits.
Pam, Did You Notice
An Absence Of "Ooh" When I Said Something Very Clever?
Are You Saying I Can't Get An "A" Anytime I Want To?
I'm Saying You Couldn't Get An "A"
If You Made Up The Test Yourself.
All: Ooooh!
Miss Hobbs, Miss Hobbs, Isn't It True
That You Can Be Successful Without Going To College?
Sure You Can, Arthur.
See, There You Go.
I Got Six Brothers And Sisters.
There Ain't No Way I'm Going To College.
But I Got A Part-Time Job Now.
When I Get Out Of School, I'll Be A Full-Time Driver.
In A Year, I'll Have My Own Truck.
When You Get Out Of School, I'll Have A Fleet.
And, Uh, If You're Nice To Me, Pam
I Might Let You Answer My Phones.
Where You Going To Keep A Fleet Of Trucks
In The Projects, Brother?
That's A Very Good Idea, Arthur
But Every Good Businessperson Needs A Plan.
I Told You My Plan.
Sit Down, Arthur.
That Was Not A Plan.
That Was An Aspiration.
What You Want To Do Requires Long-Term Financial Planning.
You Need To Learn More About Business Loans
And Accounting And Personnel.
You Have To Study Whether You Go To College Or Not.
There Are A Lot Of Opportunities
And They Don't All Require College.
You Don't Have To Sell Hamburgers Either.
No, You Don't.
You Can Sell Chicken Or Tacos Or Something.
Lance, Why Don't You Tell Everybody
What You Want To Do.
Uh, Sweetie...
You Keeping A Secret?
Lance Wants To Be An Architect.
He's Going To Design Our Dream House.
That's Wonderful, Lance
But To Be An Architect, You Have To Do Well
In Mathematics, Physics And Drawing.
Lance, My Man, From Your Grades
It Seems You Are Doing Very Little Mathematics
And I'm Not Saying You're Not Going To Pass Physics
But If You Are, You Should Be Taking It.
Well, See
I'm Just Starting To Gear Up On My Big Academic Push.
The Last Time I Saw You Draw Something
Was In The Seventh Grade
And I Believe It Was A Sherman Tank.
A Tank?
I Hope You Don't Think We'll Live In A Tank.
No, Baby, All Of My Ideas Are Up Here.
You Better Get Some Of Those Ideas Up There
Down On Some Paper.
Next Semester, I'll Take Physics.
I'll Draw That House I Said I Would Draw.
Y'all Wait Till Y'all See The Rotunda.
Rotunda.
Rotunda, Yeah.
Herman: Whatever That Is.
What Are You Doing?
Huh?
What Are You Doing?
(Groans)
I Thought You Said This Thing Was Self-Cleaning.
It Is, Darling.
And Yourself Is Cleaning It.
Ah!
Hi, Cousins.
How Are You Doing?
How Was School Today?
It Was Good.
Me And Some Of My Friends
Were Talking With Miss Hobbs About College.
She Said If We Wanted To Go
Options Were Available.
She's Right.
When I First Came Here
You People Didn't Look That Good To Me.
But You Welcomed Me, Made Me Feel At Home
Gave Me Curfew, Gave Me Some Powerful Connections.
You Still Didn't Look
All That Good To Me.
But Now That My Vision's Starting To Clear Up
You're Starting To Look Pretty Nice.
And Just In Case I Do Decide To Go To College
I'm Studying.
Oops.
She's Trying To Get Into College?
She Can't Even Get Out Of The Door.
Well, Dear, If She's Going To Go To College
How's She Going To Pay For It?
That's The Least Of Her Worries.
I Beg Your Pardon?
Don't Be Silly.
She'll Work.
She's Going To Work?
Work In The Post Office Like I Did.
Dear, You Worked In The Post Office
During The Christmas Holidays.
Where There's A Will, There's A Way.
You Know That.
How Is She Going To Pay For The College, Dear?
All She Needs Is The Will.
Somebody's Got To Make Up Their Mind That We're Going To Pay
For Her To Go To College.
Working In The Post Office, Hat Checking--
Those Are Fine, Little Incidental Things
But She Didn't Say Community College.
She Didn't Say She Wanted You To Pay For It Either.
But She Told Us She Was Studying Hard.
"I Didn't Like You In The Beginning
But I Like You Now," Like She's Doing Us A Favor.
I Don't Think I Like Her Now...
I'm Just Saying, Let's Make Up Our Minds.
Are We Going To Pay For This Or Not?
Don't Give Me That About The Post Office
'Cause You The Only One Look Cute In The Post Office.
Speaking Of Post Office, Why Don't We Play That?