01x16 - Jitterbug Break

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No Matter How Long
You Stare At Them

They Won't Go Away.

Rudy!

I Hate Brussels Sprouts.

You Haven't Even
Tasted Them.

I Don't Like
How They Look.

Are You Going Dancing
With Me Tonight?

Yes.

Dressed Like That?

Are You Going Dressed Like That?

Hey, I'm Almost Dressed.

All I Need Is A Shirt And Tie.

You're The One Who Needs
Urban Renewal.

Don't Worry, I'll Be Ready.

Look, Ralph And Marie
Are Coming Here Tonight.

I Will Be Ready.

Okay, Because Tonight
I'm Going Dancing With My Wife.

You Really Think You're
Smooth, Don't You?

Hey, I Was Born
Way Before Whipped Cream.

They Invented
The Spotlight For Me.

Cliff, I Don't Mean
To Hurt Your Feelings

But, Honey, You Cannot Dance.

Cliff, This Is You, Okay?

This Is NotMy Idea
Of Great Dancing.

That's How I Look?

Exactly.

Well, Why Is It That People
Stop, Stand Back And Watch?

Because You Are Also Doing This.

But I Am A Good Dancer.

Dancing With You Is Like
A Professional Wrestling Match.

It Is Grab, Snatch, Jerk, Fling
And Fly Across The Dance Floor.

I Better Get Dressed.

Don't Let Rudy Leave
Until She's Cleaned Her Plate.

I'm Not
Eating Them.

All Right.
Then Just Sit Here.

For How Long?

For How Long?

Until You Eat Them.

All I Can Say Is

I Remember A Little Girl
Who Wouldn't Eat Her Vegetables.

So Her Parents Said:

"You're Going To Sit There
Until You Eat Them."

And She Saw
Her Friends Growing Up.

People Were Going To College.

She Was Still Sitting There--

In The Same Clothes She Had On
When She Was Five Years Old.

Now Are You Going To Eat Them?

All Right,
Then Just Sit There.

And Don't
Try To Hide Them

Because If You Try To Hide Them,
I'm Coming Back To...

Check My Teeth.

Right.

Theo, Can I Please
Borrow $ ?

From Whom?

You.

I Work For My Money.

You Get An Allowance.

Getting An Allowance
From Dad Is Hard Work.

I'm Desperate.

I Want Tickets To The
"Walking Lemons" Concert.

They're Sold Out.

They Added Another Performance.

I'm Getting In Line Tonight
To Buy Tickets Tomorrow Morning.

Mom And Dad Will Not Let You

Sleep Outside
On The Sidewalk Overnight.

Well, I'll Get Them Together,
Present My Case

And When Dad Says No,
I'll Mention The Time

He Slept Outside Yankee Stadium
For World Series Tickets.

It Was Connie Mack Stadium
In Philadelphia.

Please Lend Me $ ?

Hey, If Dad Says Yes,
I'll Give You $ .

You Don't Have $ .

Do I Look Worried?

Dad Will Say Yes.

He'll Go For It,
You'll See.

Hi, Dad.

Hey, Denise.

Gosh, You Look Great.

Well, Thank You.

In Fact,
You've Never Looked Better.

What Do You Want?

I'll Wait For Mom.

It's That Big, Huh?

It's Not That Big.

It's Easier To Ask
You Two Together.

And You're Expecting Me
To Say No.

That's Not True.

Come Here, Denise.

Yes, You.

(Ring)

Stay Right There.

Huxtable Residence,
This Is Dr. Huxtable.

Hi, Mrs. Davis...

Really?

You Don't Feel Well.

No, It's All Right.
I Can Get Another Baby Sitter.

Don't Worry, You Get Yourself
Down And Drink Fluids

Because This Thing
Is Going Around.

I'll Get Another Baby Sitter.
Bye-Bye.

Don't Look At Me.

Okay.

Daddy...

Daddy,
I Have Plans.

I Can't
Baby-Sit Tonight.

Well...

Your Mother And I Have Plans.

It's Either You Or Us,
And I Know It Isn't Us.

How About Theo?

Do You Think Theo Could Do This?

He'd Be Terrific.

You Lie.

I Think He Would Be Really Good.

Will You Take The
Responsibility?

Yeah.

Okay, What Can I Lose--
A House, A Couple Of Kids?

(Knocking)

Come In.

Hey, Dad.

Hi, Son.

I Don't Know What It Is, Dad.

But I Can't Throw It Away
Until I Find Out.

What Did I Do?

Mrs. Davis.

Mrs. Davis?

Yes.

Mrs. Davis
Cannot Baby-Sit Tonight.

Your Sister Has Plans,
So You're Next In Line.

Yes, Congratulations.

Dad, I Can't.

Why?

It's A Girl's Job.

A Girl's Job?

Nobody Ever Asked Denise
To Shovel The Sidewalk.

Good Point.

I'm Off The Hook?

No, But The Next Snowstorm,
Denise Is Shoveling.

Dad, I Really Think
You're Making A Big Mistake.

I'm Irresponsible.

It Takes A Big Man
To Admit That He Has A Problem.

It Takes A Big Man
To Try To Solve That Problem.

And I'm Offering You

That Opportunity.

I Guess I Have To Take It,
Don't I?

A Big Man Would

If A Bigger Man
Was Standing Next To Him.

Dad, I'll Accept
The Challenge.

I'm Proud Of You.

How Much
Does It Pay?

Sit Down, Son.

You Know, Son,
A Long, Long Time Ago

Three Or Four
Generations Ago

Parents Didn't Talk Much
To Their Children.

The Father Would Come In,
Look At His Son Sleeping

Around : In The Morning.

He Would Shake The Boy And Say,
"Go Out And Plow The Field Now."

The Boy Would Wipe His Eyes
And Say, "Yes, Pa."

He Would Go Out And Do It.

And Occasionally

The Boy Said:

"How Much
Do I Get Paid?"

And His Pa Would Get The Plow
And Run Over His Son.

Those Days Are Gone Now, Son

Because We've Become More
Civilized, More Sophisticated.

But Still Inside Of Me,
No Matter How Sophisticated I Am

Every Once In A While

When I Tell One Of My Children
To Do Something

And They Ask Me
How Much They'll Get Paid

That Thing Sort Of
Builds Up Again.

When I Tell You To Do Something

And You Ask Me How Much
You're Going To Get Paid

I Think I'm Going To Buy A Plow.

Yes, Pa.

Well, No, Jeanette, I Haven't
Asked My Parents Yet.

Because I Have To
Get Them Together.

Yeah.

I've Got To Go.

I'll See You
In Ten Minutes.

Your First Responsibility:

Go In There And Make Rudy
Eat The Brussels Sprouts, Okay?

Sure. Then What
Should I Do?

By Then We'll Be Back
From The Dance.

Denise, Some Time Ago
You Wanted To Ask A Question.

I Wanted To Ask You And Mom.

Mom Is Upstairs Getting Dressed.

We're Going Out.

Now What Is It?

Promise You'll Be Open-Minded?

My Mind Is Open.

Even If It's Something Kids
Didn't Do In Your Generation?

Even If It's Not
Of My Generation.

Okay. I'd Like Permission
To Sleep Away From Home Tonight.

At A Friend's House?

Are You Sleeping
At A Stranger's House?

Where Are You Sleeping?

On nd Street.

On nd Street, Huh?

Where?

On nd Street Itself.

Have You Volunteered
To Be A Pothole?

No, Daddy, See

The "Walking Lemons"
Are Giving A Concert.

"Walking Lemons"?

Ticket Sales Start Tomorrow.

People Are Lining Up Tonight.

Everyone Will
Be There.

I Won't Do Anything Wrong.

I Know,
Because You're Not Going.

You Did Something
Just Like This Once.

Never.

What About
The World Series?

What About
The World Series?

The Time You Slept Outside
Connie Francis Stadium?

What?

It's Connie Mackstadium.

This Is The Same Thing.

It's Not The Same Thing.

My Father MadeMe Go.

I Would Have Listened
To It On The Radio.

Yeah, But You Were Glad
For The Experience, Right?

We Went To Connie Mack Stadium

Stood In Line Behind
Maybe About People.

And The Rain Started
To Pour Down.

I Put A Newspaper Over My Head.

Water Was Coming Down
In Drops This Big.

Look At My Forehead.

You Can See Where The Ink...

See Where The Ink
Has Pressed In?

And That's Why,
On My Forehead--

Can You Still See It?

That's Why
They Call It "Headlines."

And Animals Were Lining Up
Behind Us Two By Two.

It Was Terrible.

This Really Means A Lot To Me.

You're Not Going.

I Love You.

You're Not Going.

What About Your Open Mind?

nd Street Closed It Up, Dear.

Vanessa:
Theo's Baby-Sitting?

That's Right.

Well, What If
The House Catches Fire?

Then Theo Will Call
The Fire Department.

Well, What If
Burglars Break In?

Then Theo Will Unarm Them.

Well, What If
They Know Karate?

Then Theo Will Die.

And You Will Take Over.

Dad...

I Have A Problem.

(Chuckling)

Rudy Won't Eat
Her Brussels Sprouts.

You Eat One, Show Her
That You're Doing It

Then She'll Eat One.

I Hate Brussels Sprouts.

Then You Have To Outsmart Her.

How?

Tell Her She's The Big Bad Wolf

And The Brussels Sprouts
Are The Three Little Pigs.

She Won't Fall For That.

You Did.

I'll Give It A Try.

( Be-Bop On The Stereo)

Daddy, Just Do Me One Favor?

When My Friends Come Over,
Don't Do That.

You Have Something Against
My Dancing?

It's Embarrassing.

Have You Ever Watched
Yourself Dance?

You Just Don't
Appreciate

How Far
Dance Has Come.

"How Far Dance Has Come."

How Far It's Come?

You Take Some Cardboard,
Throw It On The Sidewalk

Spin On Your Head,
Neck, Ears And Throat

And Then People Throw Money?

People Doing All That--

There Was A Comedian
On Television-- Nipsey Russell--

Said In His Day,
It Was Called Having A Fit.

(Ring)

Hello.

Oh, Hold On, Please.

It's For You.

Say You're Sorry.

Sorry.

No, Not In There.

Hello.

Hey, Pat, How You Doing?

Yeah, I Have Her Chart
In My Office.

No, I'll Run Down
And Get It

And Read It Off
To You, Okay?

Fine. No Problem.

Thank You.

Pardon Me.

Stop.

(Doorbell)

Hey. What's
Up There?

Hey,
How's It Going?

Dad Won't Let Me
Go Tonight.

I Can't Go, Either.

My Parents
Almost k*lled Me.

How Will We Get Tickets?

Everyone's Giving
Money To Lizard.

He's Buying Them.

Ahh.

What's Going On Tonight?

We Can Hang Out Here.

Hey,
Sounds Great.

We Got Some New Steps
To Show You.

Are They Really Fresh?

Absolutely.

I'll Show Dad.

Is There Enough Room Here?

Could We Move
The Furniture?

I'll Get My Brother To Help.

Great.

Okay. Pretend
You're King Kong

And Those Are
The Three Stooges.

Will You Help
Move The Furniture?

How Come?

My Friends Want To Dance.

Can I Watch?

Only If You Eat
Your Brussels Sprouts.

Are We Ready?

We're Ready.

Let's Do It.

(♪ Funk♪ On A Tape Player)

Denise:
Uh-Oh.
Get Back.

Do It!

(Doorbell)

How You Doing?

We Don't Have
To Go Out.

A Better Party's
Going On Here.

Cliff:
Ha, Ha,
Ha, Ha.

Yeah.

(Music Stops)

All Right.

Denise Invited Some Of
Her Young Friends Over

To Tear Our House Up.

We Weren't Bad,
Were We?

Not Bad, But You Want
To See Real Dancing--

Ralph And Marie

Why Don't You Show
Them Your Stuff?

You Want Us To Dance?

Clair,
What's Going On?

I Don't Know.

I Just Got Here.

I Just Want To Show Them

How The Old Folks
Can Do It.

I Love Coming Here.

You Never Know
What Will Happen.

May I Have
This Dance?

( Be-Bop On The Stereo)

I'll Show You Guys
Some New Stuff, Okay?

We're Going To
Double It Up Now.

Show Her
How To Do It.

I Got Something
To Show You.

Watch This:
The Old Stuff.

Keep Kicking, Honey.

One More
Time.

I Feel Like

I'm Back In
The Old Days.

Not Too Old.

You Think
You Can Learn This?

Let It Go!

Hey.