Dad...
Olivia: Is She Coming?
Wait!
Clair: When Can I Come Down?
Um, Momentito, Oh, Impatient Flower.
Just Stay...
The Ceremonial Ribbon?
It's In The Place.
The Ceremonial Scissors?
Sharpened And Poised.
Ceremonial Orchestra?
(All Humming)
Ahem.
Oh, Uh, Lovely Flower Of This House
You May Come Down Now
I Say Unto You.
What Is All This About?
Good Morning, Mrs. Huxtable.
I Am Your Escort For The Morning
Theodorus, Duke Of Brooklyn.
Oh, Royal Duke, Whither Goest We?
Well, That Is For Me-Eth To Know-Eth
And You-Eth To Find Out.
Look, Mom. Just Go With It, Okay?
Cliff: Here We Go.
(All Humming"Pomp And Circumstance")
♪ Putt-Ta-Ta-Putt ♪
Right This Way, Please.
♪ Putt-Ta-Ta-Putt ♪
♪ Putt ♪
♪ Putt-Ta-Ta-Putt ♪
(Humming Louder)
♪ Putt-Ta-Ta-Putt ♪
♪ Putt ♪
♪ Putt-Ta-Ta-Putt. ♪
(Imitating Drum Roll)
Behold.
Clair Huxtable, Do You Remember
Sometime Last Summer When I Looked At You And I Said
"I Am Going To Build A Room For You."
Clair Huxtable, You See This Before...
Please Come Back, Dear.
You See Before You
That This Is A Room
That You Will Be Able To Move Into
And No Longer Will You Be Able To Hear
"Will You Please Pick Me Up At The Mall?
"Will You Please Make My Dental Appointment?
"Will You Please Get The Bubble Gum
Out Of My Hair?"
No, This Is It.
The Clair Hanks Huxtable Memorial Room
And You Don't Have To Be Dead To Enjoy It.
This Is Very Sweet, But The Room Is Not Done Yet.
Ha-Ha! You Underestimate
Your Loyal Subjects.
Would You Do The Honor, Your Eminence?
But Of Course.
(Imitating Trumpet Fanfare)
All: Hip, Hip, Huzzah!
But It Wasn't Finished.
(Rapping:) ♪ Hip, Hip, Huzzah ♪
♪ Putty, Putty ♪
♪ Hip, Hip, Huzzah ♪
♪ Putty, Putty ♪
♪ Hip, Hip, Huzzah ♪
♪ Putty, Putty ♪
♪ Hip, Hip, Huzzah ♪
♪ Putty, Putty ♪
♪ Hip, Hip, Huzzah ♪
♪ Putty, Putty. ♪
How Did These Walls Get Painted?
Hoo-Hoo-Hoo!
As The Craftsman Would Say
Sleight Of Hand.
Or In French, Legerdemain.
This Rug Wasn't Due For Another Week.
Legerdemain.Legerdemain.
And These Flowers.
Legerdemain.
A Telephone?
Legerdemain,Mom.
All I Can Say Is This Is The Best Gift
Anyone Has Ever Given Me, And I Thank You One And All.
You're Welcome, Cousin Clair.
Don't Mention It.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
You People Are Walking Around
Acting Like You Had Something To Do With This.
You Had Nothing To Do With This.
You Didn't Plan It, Build It
And You Certainly Didn't Pay For It.
The Only Thing You Did Was Make This Room Necessary.
And For That, I Am Grateful.
You See, Cousin Cliff, We Did Help.
Excuse Me.
Look.
Inside.
Outside.
Inside.
Outside.
Right. Now, Come Inside.
There You Go.
Everybody, Outside.
Come On, Everyone.
But, Dad, This Was A Roomwarming Party.
We Came Here To Celebrate.
Where's The Sparkling Cider?
You People Are Going To Drink In The Living Room.
Take One Last Look At This Room
'Cause It's The Last Time You'll See It.
Thank You Very Much.
Boy, Pushy.
Thank You Very Much.
He Acts Like He Owns The Place.
Thank You Very, Very Much.
Acting Like I Own The Place.
Now, Before You Get Busy Touching Everything
Check This Out.
Here Is Your Special Private Room Packet.
Now, Listen Carefully.
In This Is The Number
For Your Private Phone.
Now Step This Way.
When You Want To Get Into This Room
You Are Going To Be Able To Set This.
This Is A Six-Letter Code.
You Set This, And Nobody Can Get In
Except The Person Who Knows The Code.
It's A Secret Code, You See.
You Have Six Letters.
For Instance, If You Want It To Be Back Off.
B-A-C-O-F-F.
Or...
Stay Away.
S-T-A-W-A-Y.
You See? So, That's Your Code.
Or... My Room.
My Room. Six Letters.
All Right.
Honey, Enjoy This, And Just...
Yes, Yes.
Yes. Ooh, Yes.
Here We Go.
Ooh. Ooh.
Ooh-Whee.
Ooh.
(Both Giggling And Laughing)
So, Now, If You Will...
Um, I'm Just Going To Go Check...
Oh, Boy.
I'm Just Going To Go Check On The Children
So If You Will Give Me The Secret Code Number
For The Front Door
So I Have It For An Emergency.
Emergency?
Yeah.
Listen...
You Know...
Yes.
Oh, I See.
Well, You Know What?
I Have To Sit Here By Myself
And Think About That.
I Have To Sit Here Alone
And Figure Out
What My Secret Code Will Be.
Alone?
Thank You.
Alone.
You Need Some Help In Getting Up?
No, No, No.
Now, That Was Nice.
Yeah, We Worked It Up Right.
Yeah. Let's Have Some Cider.
No, No, No, No!
We Should Wait For Mom.
Mom, We're Waiting!
The Room Is Soundproof.
(Laughing)
Now, Let Me
Tell You Something.
Your Mother Is Enjoying The Room.
Understand?
She'll Come Out When She Wants To.
So, In The Meantime, Everybody Just...
Chill.
Well, She Better Come Out Soon.
We Have To Go Grocery Shopping.
You Know We're Out Of Cereal.
(Footsteps)
There She Is!
Hey, Hey, Hey.
Come Back Here.
This Is Not A Fox Hunt.
So You Stop Hounding Your Mother.
I Was Just Going To Go And Ask Her
Where The Cookie Cutters Were
Because I'm Going To Make Christmas Cookies.
Right, And You Don't Know Where The Cookie Cutters Are?
Have You Looked?
Ha-Ha!
Mom Knows Where They Are.
Why Should I Look For Them?
(Footsteps)
She's Going Down The Back Stairs.
I'm Telling All Of... Sit Down!
If Your Mother Wants To Come In Here
She Will Come In Here, Okay?
That's Fair Enough, Isn't It?
Where Are You Going?
I'm Going To Make Christmas Cookies.
Go Make Your Cookies, And Don't Send Her, Either.
Don't Try That Old Trick Of Sending The Young, Dumb One.
I'm Just Going To Make Out A Grocery List.
The Same Thing Goes For You, Cuz.
Well...
I Think...
I'll Go And Get The Christmas Lights And...
And Fix Them.
Get Them Ready To Decorate The House.
Any Volunteers?
I Would Really Love To Help You, But...
No, No, No. It's Not You Really Would, Huh?
I'm Giving You A Chance To Volunteer.
Yeah, And, And Dad, Let Me Just Explain.
The Only Reason I'm Not Volunteering Is Because...
My Blood Sugar's Low, Man.
It's Low?
It's Low.
You Need Something To Carry It Up?
There's Nothing In The Refrigerator.
Okay. Well, Let's Put It This Way.
We'll Work On These Christmas Lights
And Then I Will Rush You To The Hospital.
All Right?
Hello?
Hi, Daniel?
Hi. This Is Aunt Clair.
How Are You?
Is Your Mom Home?
Can I Speak To Her?
Thank You.
Sister Sara...
Hi, Girl.
Guess Where Your Big Sister Is At This Very Moment?
That's Right.
No, It Is Finished. Fin...
Listen. Listen To This.
Wasn't That Gorgeous?
Isn't That Beautiful?
No, I Said I'd Live In Here For A Little While
Before I Put The Furniture In.
There's Something Else I Want You To Listen To.
Hold On.
(Shouting:) French Doors.
Inside.
Outside.
Inside.
Outside.
Isn't That Great?
Wasn't That Lovely?
No, I've Not Lost My Mind.
But Listen, I Do Need Your Help.
Yeah. I Got These Pictures I Need To Hang, And...
He's Doing What?
Well, Sara, I'm Going To Let You Go, Dear
But I Just Want To Tell You That My Room Is Your Room.
If You Ever Need Refuge, My Room Is Your Room.
Where's Your Spontaneity, Dear?
Of Course It's A Long Haul From Denver
For Five Minutes Of Solitude, But It's Worth It.
I Love You Too. Bye.
Oh, It Took Me 28 Years To Get Here
But I'm Here.
Oh, Boy, Am I Here.
Theo Is...
Done.
That's That. Kick Back.
Okay.
I Finished Testing All The Lights.
Yeah, I Plugged Them In
And The Bulbs That Were Burned Out
I Unscrewed, And That's That.
Can I Ask You A Question?
Yeah.
You've Seen Me Put These Lights Together
Haven't You?
Yeah.
When You Were A Little Boy You Helped Me
And I Explained How To Do This?
Yeah.
Did You Ever Hear Me Say
"Just Plug Them In
"And The Lights That Are Out
You Unscrew Them, And Then That's It"?
Why Did You Think I Was Doing All That Other Work?
I Thought Maybe You Didn't Have Anything Better To Do.
Okay, Man, Never Mind.
I Just Thought Working With These Lights
Is Passing Down Family Tradition, But...
Let Me Ask You A Question
And, Please, Take No Offense
But Shouldn't You Be Passing This Tradition Down To Sondra?
I Mean, One, She Is Your Oldest Child
And Two, She Lives Here.
I Checked With Sondra.
She's Not Ready.
And Denise Is In Asia.
And If Denise Were Here, She Wouldn't Be Ready.
Are You Ready?
No, Dad, I'm Not Ready.
I... I...
Okay, Fine... No.
I Don't Have Any Kids.
But I'll Tell You, When I Have Kids...
Right.
And It's Christmas Time
I Will Come Back And Pick Up That Tradition.
Well, You'll Do It In Somebody Else's House
Because You Won't Be Allowed In Here.
I'm Not Threatening You Or Anything.
I'm Just Talking To You Father To Son.
Please Don't Touch Me.
Father To Son, Man.
Look, I'm Just Trying To Build A Family Tradition
And If You Don't Want It, Then That's Fine With Me.
Thanks, Dad.
Man Only Gets One Son
And Look At What He Got.
Dr. Huxtable, There's A Big Problem In The Kitchen.
Come On, Girls!
These Are Not Right.
These Are Supposed To Be Flat Christmas Cookies.
But Look At Them.
They're Inflated.
And Why Are They Like This?
I Don't Know.
Mom Would Know.
But You're Not Letting Us Ask Her.
It Doesn't Matter How They Look.
It's How They Taste.
You Should Have Let Them Ask Mom.
We Didn't Have All The Right Ingredients
So We Had To Substitute.
We Could Have Avoided This Disaster
If We Had Access To The Proper Channels.
Are You Telling Me That This Is My Fault?
Yes, Sir. Yes.
These Cookies Are Puffy And Bad
Because I Said For You All...
Dad, They Aren't Puffy And Bad.
These Are Puffy And Disgusting.
I'm Confused
Because, Why Are You Eating Them?
I Told You Before My Blood Sugar Was Low.
Cliff: The Point Is
You Can't Say
That Because You Can't Get In Touch With Your Mother
These Cookies Are Puffy.
Who Buys The Ingredients To Put In The Cookies?
There's Where The Fault Is.
We're Talking About Purchaser's Power.
You Get It?
Yeah.
Got Any Money?
(Doorbell Ringing)
Dad, Get The Door.
Young Mr. Yang.
Dr. Huxtable, I Got A Delivery.
Did Anybody Call For Chinese Food?
Not Me. Not Me.
We'll Take It, Though.
I'm Afraid There's Some Mistake.
No, I Have Instructions.
It Says, "Head Straight For The Kitchen
"Turn Right Into The Dining Room
Take A Left, And Come Alone."
Yes, Sir.
This Time I Got It Right With The Proper Ingredients.
There You Are.
Why Is The Door Open?
We're Putting The Lights Up.
And You Guys Are Just In Time To Help.
Okay. Have A Cookie.
Have A Cookie.
No, No.
I'll Get Some Later.
It's Not That We Need Mom To Make Cookies
But It's More Fun With Her.
I Understand That.
You Have Someone To Share It With.
Kind Of Like Hanging Christmas Lights.
I Don't Understand Why She Wants To Be Alone.
Nobody I Know Wants To Be Alone.
The Funny Thing Is Cousin Clair's Got Her Own Room.
All She Has To Do Is Go To Her Bedroom.
The Only One To Bug Her There Is...
Let Me Tell You All Something About Privacy.
Privacy Is Being Able
To Have A Complete Thought And Follow It All The Way
Without Someone Coming In, "But-Dad, But-Dad, But-Dad."
To This Day, I Don't Know
How Smart I Actually Could Be
Because People
Keep Coming In And Jamming My Thoughts.
I Don't Know How Many Inventions
I Could Have Created
Had I Been Able To Have A Complete Thought.
That's What I'm Trying To Give To Your Mother.
You People Are Always Jamming And Jamming.
That's Why I Do These Christmas Lights.
Because As Soon As I Start Work On Them, People Disappear.
I Just Hope That My Wife Is In That Room
Just Being Within Herself.
("Twist And Shout" By The Isley Brothers)
♪ Shake It Up, Baby ♪
♪Shake It Up, Baby♪
♪ Twist And Shout ♪
♪Twist And Shout♪
♪ Shake It Up, Baby, Now ♪
♪Shake It Up, Baby♪
♪ Come On And Work It On Out ♪
♪Work It On Out♪
♪ You Know You Make Me ♪
♪ Shake It, Shake It Up ♪
♪Come On, Baby♪
♪ Shake It, Shake It, Babe ♪
♪Twist And Shout♪
I'm About To Plug The Lights In.
You Should Stand
Across The Street
So You See The Full Effect.
All Right, Across The Street.
Watch Your Step.
Look Both Ways When You Cross The Street.
Don't Let Her Run Away Like That.
Okay, Now Get Back Farther... Farther.
Theo: Whoa... All Right.
Pam: Cousin Cliff, You Did A Great Job.
Theo: Yes, We Did.
Olivia: I'm Impressed.
Rudy: Me Too.
Where's Dad?
Theo: Dad, Come Check This Out.
Olivia: It Looks Great.
Theo: Dad? Hey, Dad.
(Soft Music Playing)