Now... See That?
What Do You Think About That
And This Pattern For My New Study?
Lo And Behold!
That's Beautiful.
You See 25 Cubic Feet, My Dear.
We Got Water, Crushed Ice Or Whole Ice, If You Like.
This Is It.
This Is My Refrigerator.
And Now It's Time To Set This Bad Boy Up.
I Wouldn't Do That, Dear.
I Would Not Embarrass Myself In Front Of My Mother.
Dave Is Coming Tomorrow, And He'll Install This.
No, No...
And Besides, There's Plenty To Do
Before The Refrigerator Is Installed.
Like What?
You Could Fill Out The Warranty Card
And You Could Adjust Those Shelves
And You Could Set The Dial On The Lettuce Crisper.
Are You Trying To Make That Sound Exciting?
Okay.
And You Too.
You're Right There With Her
Miss "I Didn't Do Anything."
The Next Time
You Want Something Cold To Drink
Just Turn The Tap Water On
And When You Want It Ice-Cold
Press It To Your Heart.
No, No, No, No...
Come On, Mom.
Let's Get To The Design Center
And Exchange These Sample Books.
Son.
Dad, Look Here...
Save The Greetings.
I've Got Family Business, And It Isn't Pretty.
Carrie, Always A Pleasure.
Good Afternoon, Russell.
Thank You For The Mason Jars.
No Time To Talk Jams.
This Involves You Too.
Anna Got A Call
From Her Friend, Adele Rodgers
Who's Cousin, Gladys, Lives Outside Philadelphia
And Gladys Know A Woman Named Lavinia Brickey.
Lavinia Brickey's Son
Is Engaged To A Girl From Brooklyn.
Her Name
Is Vanessa Huxtable.
Vanessa's Engaged?
It's An Outrage.
Stop Lying, Cliff.
We Know.
You Knew?
Well, Who Is He?
But His Name Is Dragmus.
Dragmus Brickey.
Dabnis, Russell-- Dabnis Brickey.
Oh, That's So Much Better.
Now, According To Gladys
He's A 45-Year-Old Maintenance Man.
Dad, Dad, Calm Down.
He's Only 29 Years Old
And He Is The Head Of Maintenance
At Lincoln University.
Clair, Why Didn't You Tell Us?
We Were Hoping It Would All Blow Over.
What Other Secrets Have You Kept From Us?
Does Theo Have Children?
Have Either Of You Had Reconstructive Surgery?
Well, I Know I Haven't.
No, There's No Secrets.
How Could You Permit This To Happen?
She Is 18, Mother.
We Didn't Permit Anything.
Where Did It Start
To Slip Away From You?
Now, This Child Is Planning To Become Mrs. Drabby Brickey.
You Can Find Everything Out This Afternoon
When Vanessa And Dabnis Visit.
Then You Take These Sample Books Back To The Store Yourself.
I Am Going To Get A Little Sample Of Mr. Brickey.
(Electric Screwdriver Revving)
Whoa.
What's Happening?
Hey, Dad.
Hey, How You Feeling?
You Thought I Was Mom, Didn't You?
So What If You Were Your Mother?
Nobody's Scared Of Her.
Where Is Mom?
Mom's Returning Some Samples To The Store.
Well, Grandma And Grandpa Sure Are Looking Forward
To Meeting Dabnis.
Needless To Say
They Are Very, Very Disappointed In You.
What Did You Come Here For?
I'm Exchanging My Summer Clothes
For My Winter Things.
I Would Appreciate It
If You Would Take Your Clothes
And Put Them In The Place That's Called "Your Place."
I Deliberately Leave My Clothes Behind For You
As A Memento Of Our Relationship.
Thank You, Son.
Hey.
Just Finished Mopping Up The Floor.
It Was Just A Mess Over There.
Had To Mop All Around.
Now I Know You Never Touched That Refrigerator.
I Have Not Touched It.
No, Of Course Not.
The Only Thing I Did Was Fix These Shelves
And I Turned The Crisper To Seven
Because I Like My Carrots Crispy And Crunchy.
Cliff.
Vanessa Just Pulled Up.
On His Last Visit We Were Not Very Nice.
So Let's Be Cordial To Dabnis.
I Don't Have A Problem With Dabnis.
Patient With Vanessa.
Now, There's A Person I Have A Problem With...
Hello!
Nice To See You.
Good To See You, Sir.
Nice To See You.
My Favorite Daughter. Yes.
Mom, It's Really Looking Great In Here
And I Love This New Refrigerator.
Yeah, There's Some Excellent Craftsmanship In Here, Sir.
Well, I Do The Best I Can.
Dabnis Is A Bit
Of A Craftsman Himself.
He Made You A Mincemeat Pie.
I'm Sure
We'll All Enjoy This.
Dabnis, Make Yourself At Home.
Thank You, Sir.
Russell: Hello, Vanessa.
You Must Be Dabnis.
How Do You Do, Sir?
Fine, Thank You, Sir.
Right This Way.
Grandma.
Vanessa.
I Know Who You Are.
I Don't Know Who He Is.
Now, You Go Freshen Up.
I'm Mr. Huxtable, Father Of Cliff.
And I'm Mrs. Hanks, Mother Of Clair.
I'm Dabnis, Son Of Lavinia And Randall Brickey.
We Understand That Your Family Attends
The Cornerstone Baptist Church.
Yes, Sir.
Mm-Hmm. Mm-Hmm.
My Wife's Friend's Cousin Is A Member Of The Church.
Are You In The Choir?
No, But I Do Sing Along.
Mm-Hmm. Uh-Huh.
You Work At The College?
I've Been Head Of Maintenance For Four Years.
How Many Students At The College Have You Been Engaged To?
Before Vanessa?
Zero.
How Many Students Did You Court?
None.
You Didn't Court My Granddaughter?
No, Sir.
I Mean, Yes, Sir.
I Thought You Meant Before Vanessa.
I'm Still Courting Your Granddaughter.
I Am In Love...
Just Answer The Questions Please.
Yes, Ma'am.
Do You Make A Good Living In Maintenance?
I Do Fine.
What's Fine?
I Manage Ten People.
I Oversee Everything From Landscaping
To Building Maintenance.
I Own My Own Home.
I Feel Ready To Accept The Responsibility
Of A Wife.
So You Expect To Be The Breadwinner?
No, No, Now Nessa Can Earn Bread Too.
So You Expect My Granddaughter To Support You.
No, Sir.
We Will Support Each Other--
Financially And Emotionally.
Is It A Little Warm In Here To You?
I'm Comfortable.
Russell?
It's Pleasant.
Now Let Me Get The Numbers Straight.
You've Been Doing Maintenance For Four Years.
You Were In The Army For Six.
What Were You Doing Before That?
I Was In High School.
Oh, Come Now, Mr. Brickey.
We're All A Little Sensitive About Age
But According To Our Sources, You're 45 If You're A Day.
What?
Don't Be Ashamed.
Gladys Rodgers Didn't Mean To Disparage You.
Gladys Rodgers?
You Mean "Grapevine Gladys"?
You're Talking
About A Dear Friend Once Removed.
Now, Mr. Huxtable, I Don't Intend Any Disrespect
But In Our Church We Don't Print A Sunday Bulletin--
We Got Gladys Rodgers.
She's A Fine Woman, But She's Forever Getting Me
And My Older Brother, Dennis, Mixed Up.
You've Got A 45-Year-Old Brother?
Yes, Sir. I'm 29.
I'm The Baby Of Our Family.
Well, That Certainly Clears Up The Age Mystery.
I'm Glad
Because I Wouldn't Want You Misinformed About Anything.
Now, About Your Medical History--
Have You Ever Had The Measles
The Mumps, The Chicken Pox..?
Maybe I Should Go In There.
No, I Thing Dragnet Is Doing Just Fine.
And Besides
We Haven't Talked Since Your Last Visit
Two Months Ago.
I Know That Dabnis Has Been Making Raisins.
What Have You Been Doing?
You Know, Mom, I've Been Very Busy--
Papers, Studying, Picking My Major...
Being Engaged.
Well, That Too.
I've Been Swamped.
Yeah, But You Used To Call Us...
Collect.
A Lot.
It's Just That I've Been Trying
To Be More Responsible
And Less Frivolous With Your Money.
Besides, Our Last Visit
Wasn't The Most Relaxed One.
I Thought I'd Let Things Cool Off.
Well, If You Had Called Within The Past Two Months
You Would Have Found Out That Things Have Cooled Off.
What Do You Mean?
You Don't Object To My Marrying Dabnis?
What Are We Going To Do About It, Dear?
We Can't Throw You Down
And Wrestle That Ring Off Of Your Finger.
You're On Your Own.
Very Funny, Mom And Dad.
I Know What You Guys Are Really Thinking.
What Are We Thinking, Vanessa?
Come On, Here!
That Man Is 29 Years Old
And I Am 18.
I Have Never Had An Experience With Another Man.
You Guys Think I'm Going To Quit School
And Start Having Babies
Without Knowing What Married Life Is All About.
Well, I Know It's Not All Fun And Adventure
And I Know That Marriage Can Be A Flume Ride
Spiraling Down Into Death, Loneliness, And Old Age.
But I Also Know
The Dark Side Of Love
And I Am Willing To Face That Dark Side
As Long As Dabnis Is By My Side.
Are We Patient, Or What?
And Are You By My Side?
Yes, But It's Getting Mighty Dark In Here.
Honey, Are You All Right?
No! Let's Take Our Pie And Go.
What Happened?
You Know I Love You
And You Have An Interesting Family
But They're The Most Aggressive Bunch Of Church-Goers
I've Ever Seen.
I'm Sorry, All Right?
My Grandparents Aren't Normally Like That.
Nessa, I Don't Get It.
People Normally Like Me.
I Was Voted Most Congenial In My High School.
I Should Have Told Them.
No, No, No, No.
It's Not You, Okay?
It's Just Our Engagement.
It's Struck A Nerve With Everybody.
Yeah, I Guess So.
Calm Down And Have A Seat.
Now Listen To Me.
In A Little While
We'll Be On The Road, On Our Way Back.
Yeah. Okay.
I Should Be Able To Drive By Then.
I'm Taking That Sweatshirt Up To Rudy.
Do You Want To Come With Me?
No. I Just Want To Sit Here Quietly
And Just Get Myself Together.
What Did I Do With The Manual?
Oh, Thank You.
Thank You.
Now...
Let's See Here.
"Step One."
Step One...
Turn Off The Cold Water Valve.
Hmm?
The Cold Water Valve.
"Step One: Turn Off The Cold Water Valve."
All Righty.
No, Not Up There.
Under The Sink.
That's What I Was Going To Do.
Turn This Off, See, And Then Get Under The Sink
Like This, You See, And...
Off.
Ah. All Right.
Now, Let's See Here.
"Step Two..."
Loosen The Speedy Nut From The Speedy Valve.
The Speedy Nut!
On The Speedy... Valve.
Now Where Is The Picture?
The Speedy Is That Long Tube
Running From The Valve To The Sink.
Yeah.
See, We Used To Call This The Tubey.
I'm Finding Out
That All Families Have Their Little Quirks.
Let's See.
Turn The Light On...
Step One And A Half.
Dr. Huxtable.
If I Were You
I'd Use An Adjustable "C" Wrench.
That's What I'm Going To Do.
Here.
Whoa. Huh?
"C" Wrench.
Yes, Sir.
Use It All The Time.
It's Kind Of...
I'm Having A Little Trouble With The Space.
Adjust Your Horizontal Torque
To Your Vertical Torque.
Accentuate Your Vertical.
There You Go.
Cliff: There You Go!
All Right.
Now You're Ready
To Install Yourself A Compression-T.
That's What It Is.
I'll Tell You What.
What's That, Sir?
Downstairs, In The Cellar
I Got A Suede Belt Just Like This One.
Suede.
I'll Go Down And Get That Belt And Bring It Up
You Put It On, We'll Tear This Thing Apart.
Yes, Sir.
Cliff: That's What We Going To Do.
All Right.
Hey, Theo.
Yo, Vanessa.
Hey, What's Up?
How You Doing?
Where's Dabnis?
He's Downstairs, Recuperating.
Mom And Dad Got To Him Again?
No, This Time They Sent For Reinforcements--
Grandma And Grandpa.
Well, You Got To Admit
This Whole Thing Is Kind Of Weird.
It's Not That Weird.
Come On.
You Leave Home When You're 17.
Some Guy Fixes Your Elevator.
Six Months Later You're Wearing His Ring.
It Sounds Kind Of Romantic To Me.
Maybe That's The Weird Part.
I Can't Picture You Being Married.
I Can't Even Picture You Kissing That Guy.
That Cracks Me Up.
Theo, For A Senior At N.Y.U.
You Are Sounding Awfully Immature.
I May Be Your Little Sister, But I Am Also A Woman Now
And As For Kissing, Dabnis Has No Complaints.
Please, Let's Not Go Down That Road.
That Is The Road I Am On Because I'm Getting Married.
Let Me Ask A Question.
Do You Really Love This Guy?
Yes, I Really Do.
Whatever Happens, I'm There For You.
Well, Thank You, Theo.
But Do Me A Favor.
Yeah?
At The Wedding Ceremony
Just Skip The Part About Kissing The Bride.
All Right! Ice!
(Gleeful Laughter)
To A Job Well Done.
All Right. Here, Here.
All Right.
To You All.
Take That Belt--
Yes, Sir?
I'm Going To Put The Initials D.B. On It.
Thank You, M.D.
This Belt Will Be Here Every Time You Come.
Before You Ride Off Into The Sunset
There Is Another Job.
Ohh...
Now You Have A Little Confidence In Me.
With D.B. By Your Side
I Have All The Confidence In You.
The Front Door Is Swelled Up.
I Think It Needs To Be Shaved.
How Are You On Hinges, D.B.?
You Got A Hammer And A Screwdriver?
Sweetheart...
Hey, Baby.
I Can't Talk Now.
I Got A Catch To Plane.
On The Level.
See You Later. Bye-Bye.
Your Pie Is Terrific.
Did I Miss Something?
What's The Matter?
That's A Very Decent Gentleman You Brought Home.
It's A Shame
You Didn't Bring Him Around Sooner.
This Whole House Would Be Fixed.
So Let Me Get This Straight.
You Guys Are Accepting Dabnis?
Now That You've Given Us The Chance.
Vanessa, If You Get Married
Let Us All Be A Part Of It.
I Will.
I Definitely Will.
Have You Set A Date, Vanessa?
Haven't Narrowed It Down Yet.
That's Something
You Two Will Have To Decide.
Dabnis Is Ready To Get Married Any Time
But With All The Commotion With The Engagement
I Had To Defer My Plans.
Well, Defer No More.
Well, Fine.
I Could Get Married In June.
Ooh, The Traditional Month.
Or May.
That's Right.
Why Not Move It Up?
Springtime.
Or I May Wait Until Next Fall.
Fall Weddings Are So Nice.
The Air Is So Crisp.
Or Maybe I'll Wait Until I Graduate.
Back To June--
From Cap And Gown To Wedding Gown.
You Know I Might Want To Go To Grad School First.
There's No Rush.