Daddy!
I Told You
To Knock First.
I Didn't Want To Wake You.
Are You Just Coming In
From A Date?
No.
What Time
Is It?
- - .
Well, I'm Supposed To Sleep
Until - - .
It's The First Day Of School.
First Day Of School...
All Right!
Let's Get A Move On!
I'm Already Dressed.
No-
Let's Put On Something
That's More Understated.
But I Wanted
To Wear This!
You Look Like A
Fortune Teller.
We'll Save
This Later
For When You Go
To The Prom.
Put On Something
In Your Room.
Take Off All
The Jewelry.
Bye-Bye.
Bye-Bye.
Clair!
Clair!
Clair.
Clair, Clair, It's The
First Day Of School!
It's The First Day Of School?!
First Day Of School!
We Get The House Back!
We Made It Through
The Summer
And Now All
We Have To Do
Is Get Them Out
Of The House!
We Can Get Them Out
In Ten Minutes!
We Can't Chase Them Out.
We Got To Give Them
Breakfast First!
We Fed Them All Summer,
Didn't We?
I Tell
You What:
No, No.
I Will Fix
Breakfast.
You Get Them
Dressed.
No! I Know Why You Want
To Change It Around.
Because You Know
How Difficult It Is
To Get A Child Up
On The First Day Of School.
I Got Them Up
On The Last Day
Of School.
All You Said Was,
"Last Day Of School"
And Children Next Door
Were Jumping Out The Windows!
Last Day Of School!
Denise?
Mm-Hmm?
Are You Up?
Mm-Hmm.
I'm Not Leaving
Until I Hear You Say
Something Clearly.
I'm Up!
You Lie!
Now, Consider This
Your First Warning.
Come On, Dad-
I'm Tired.
Denise?
Uh-Huh?
You're Not In That Room
With Somebody, Are You?
Vanessa?
I'm Up.
Prove It To Me!
Come In.
All Right!
Well, Now, Look At Who
Looks So Beautiful Here!
Thank You.
I've Been Up
Since : .
Somewhere Along
The School Year
You'll Make Up
For It.
Daddy?
Yes, Dear?
I'm Dressed.
Dad, Do You Know
For Every Class
In Junior High
You Have To Go To
A Different Room?
Don't Worry
About That
Because If
You Get Lost
You Can Just
Ask Somebody.
Daddy,
How's This?
Just Lovely-
Keep It Moving.
Dad?
Mm-Hmm?
I'm Nervous.
Well, First
Day Of Anything
People Are
Nervous.
Don't...
Don't Worry
About It.
Dad!
There You Go.
Denise?
Denise?
It's Your Father.
Hi, Daddy.
Who's In Here?
I Don't Know.
Nobody's In There.
Can You Remember
If You've Used It
Or If You're
Waiting To Use It?
I'm Waiting
To Use It.
You Better Wake Up
Because If You Make
A Mistake In There
You Could Drown.
Theo, My Boy!
And Now, Into A Room
Where Clothes Come To Die.
It's Alive!
It's Alive!
Master, The Monster's Alive!
Son, Come On!
We Got To Get Up Now.
First Day Of School!
And... Hit It!
All Right,
I'm Going To Count To Three
And If You're Not Up,
I'm Pulling The Covers Off.
One...
Two...
Three!
Ahhh... There He Is!
He's Getting Up!
He's Crawling Down!
He's Stopped!
He's Inching Forward,
Ladies And Gentlemen!
One Of The Better Crawlers
Of Our Time!
His Son Is Up!
Up!
Come On, Now.
You Got To
Get Up, Son.
Ten Minutes, Dad...
Are You Begging?
Five.
No, Son.
Four? Three?
Is This An Auction?
Son, You Have To Get Up!
Oh, Come On, Dad-
I'm Just Coming Off Vacation.
Vacation?!
I Think You Don't
Understand.
A Vacation, Son,
Is Something You Get
When You Have A Job.
I'm Not Saying You Didn't
Work Hard This Summer
Because You Did.
I've Never Seen Anyone
Work Harder At Begging.
Begging For Money
For Pizza.
Begging To Stay Up Late
To Chase Girls
Who Didn't Love You.
Son...
You Get A Chance
To Rest Now.
You're Going To...
Start School!
Learning! The Mind!
Aren't You Excited?
Yes.
Get Excited.
I'm Excited.
Say You're Excited!
Now, Get Excited!
I'm Excited!
Stand Up!
I'm Excited!
I'm Excited!
Good!
I'm Up!
Good Morning, Rudy.
You're Going To Be
A Pretty First Grader!
Thank You.
I Wrote My Name.
"Rudy Huxtable."
Did Anyone Help You?
No.
I Was Married For Years
Before I Could Spell "Huxtable."
What Do You Want
For Breakfast?
Cereal.
Cereal What?
Cereal...
And Bananas.
Cereal, Bananas, What?
Cereal, Bananas...
And Milk.
Cereal, Bananas, Milk...
What?
Cer...
In A Bowl.
Cereal, Bananas,
Milk In A Bowl...
What?
Cereal, Bananas,
Milk In A Bowl...
Please?
You Got It!
What Kind Of Sandwich
Do You Want In Your Lunch?
I Made It.
You Dressed Yourself
And Made Your Lunch.
Not Today.
When?
When You Bought The Lunchbox.
Rudy, That Was
Two Weeks Ago!
What Did
You Make?
Tuna Fish.
Well, How's
It Going?
Rudy Has Made Her Own Lunch.
Well, That's
Wonderful!
Tuna Fish.
Whoa!
Well, The Thing
Is Bubbling.
Did You Put
Seltzer In It?
She Made It
Two Weeks Ago.
Don't Move,
Dear.
Don't Move,
Jack!
We've Got To Get
Rid Of This Boy!
Oh, Man!
Whoo!
The Next Time You Make
A Tuna Fish Sandwich
You Eat It The Day
You Put It In Here
Or You Could
Get Very Sick.
Dad Will Make You A
Brand New Sandwich.
I'll Eat It Right Away.
You Can Wait Until Lunchtime.
Morning, Mom.
Good Morning!
She Was In Front Of
The Mirror Forever!
I Was Not!
I Think It's Boys.
It Is Not!
I Think That
Vanessa's Correct.
It Has Nothing At All
To Do With Boys.
She Wants To Look Good
For The Teachers.
And If Boys Happen To Notice,
I Can't Help It.
Breakfast Can
Start Now.
The Senior
Has Arrived.
A Whole Year Of This?
This Happens To Be
Very Important.
It's The First Time
In High School
Without My Braces On.
You Think Anyone'll Notice?
My Social Life Suffered
When Mom And Dad
Made Me Get Them.
We Made You?
Yeah.
If We Hadn't Gotten You Braces
Your Mother And I Would
Now Have A Bigger House.
And You Would Have Teeth
Growing Out Of Your Ears.
Morning.
How You
Doing?
Uh, Son?
Yeah, Dad.
Is That The Shirt
That We Bought?
Yeah.
Well, Didn't It
Have Sleeves
When We
Bought It?
They're Upstairs.
The Sleeves Didn't Want
To Come Down This Morning?
I Cut Them Off.
This Is How Everybody's
Wearing It This Year.
Son, When We Went
To The Store
You Said, "Dad, I Got
To Have This Shirt."
And I Looked
At The Price Of It.
And I Said,
"This Is Very Expensive."
And Then I Looked
At Those Brown Eyes Of Yours
And I Said,
"Well, My Son Wants It
And I'll Buy
It For Him."
Now, If Fashion Dictates
That You Cut Those Sleeves Off
That's Fine With Me.
But Somehow, Somewhere,
In This Lifetime
You're Going To
Wear Those Sleeves.
Good-Bye.
Bye,
Daddy.
Have A
Good Time.
Meee!
All Right!
Bye-Bye!
I'll Be Right
There, Rudy.
As Soon As I Drop Rudy Off
I'm Coming Right Back.
Why?
We're Going
To Have A First-Day-Of-School
Celebration.
We Can't Do That
Because I Have
A New Patient.
Mrs. Ogawa?
How Did You Know?
Because I Am Mrs. Ogawa.
I'm Coming!
Denise...
Yeah?
There's About Girls
In A ' Valiant
Honking The Horn.
I Know.
I'm Leaving.
Have A Good Time.
And?
And What?
You Always Say:
"Where Are You Going?
Don't Do Anything Stupid."
Well, You're A Senior
In High School.
And I Know That You Can
Handle Your Responsibilities
So There's No Need
To Say That.
This Is A Historic
Moment For Me.
And Me.
Why?
Because You Didn't
Ask For Money.
Actually, I Could
Use Five Bucks.
Ha, Ha, Ha.
So Where Are
You Going?
And Don't Do
Anything Stupid.
Okay.
Okay.
Dad, There's A Car
Full Of Girls Out There
Honking At Me.
Theo, They're
Honking For Me.
Oh.
So How Was School?
It Was A Nightmare.
I Know...
You Went To
School Today
And All The Kids Had Sleeves
On Their Sweatshirts.
No, Dad.
You See-
All Summer I've Been
Worried About Something
And Today
It Happened.
What?
I Got Miss Westlake
For Math.
You Didn't Want
Miss Westlake?
No!
She's The Worst Teacher
In The School.
What Makes Her So Bad?
She Calls On Kids Who
Don't Have Their Hands Up.
You Mean
To Tell Me
This Woman Thinks
She Can Call On Any Kid
Whether They Raise
Their Hand Or Not?
Yes!
And If The Bell Rings
She Makes The Class Stay
Till She's Finished.
You're Kidding!
You Mean
To Tell Me
That Class Is Over
And Because She
Hasn't Finished
You Have To Stay
And Listen To Her?
Yes!
Why Do They Keep Her Around?
I Bet She's Got Something
On The Principal.
Did She Give You
Any Homework?
Dad, It's Unbelievable.
She Gave Us A Ton.
This Could Cut Into
Your Leisure Time.
I Know.
I'm Afraid I'll Have To Do
Something Drastic.
What?
I'm Going To See
If I Can Talk To
Miss Westlake.
What Will You Tell Her?
I'm Going To Ask
If She'll Adopt You.
Oh, Look Who's Here!
And How Was
Our First Day
In First Grade?
Fine.
How Was The Lunchbox?
Fine.
How Was Your Teacher?
She's Fine.
What's Her Name?
Don't Tell Me "Mrs. Fine."
Mrs. Parker.
Mm-Hmm.
Daddy?
Uh-Huh?
She Said You Had
To Fill This Out.
I Get The Homework?
What Is This?
It's In Case
Of An Emergency.
What's An Emergency?
In Case I Get Sick Or Hurt.
I See.
That's Right.
Daddy?
I Don't Want To Go Back.
You Don't?
Why?
I Hate It.
Oh, Come Here Now.
Tell Me,
Why Do You Hate It?
This Boy, James,
Called Me A Name.
Really?
What Did He Call You?
Rudy Huckleberry.
How Did He Say It?
Did He Say It Nice, Like
"Hello, Rudy Huckleberry"
Or Did He Say, "You Ain't
Nothing But A Rudy Huckleberry"?
He Said, "Rudy Huckleberry!
Rudy Huckleberry!"
There Are Some Kids
Who Like To Just Go Around
Making Up Names For People.
So He Looked You Over
And He Couldn't Find
Anything Wrong With You.
Now, Had You A Pair
Of Ears Like This
He Might Have Said,
"Hello, Trophy-Head."
He Couldn't Find Anything
Wrong With You.
All He Could Come Up With
Was "Rudy Huckleberry!"
That Happened To Me
All The Time.
Did They Make Fun
Of Your Nose?
No, That Didn't Happen
Until Much Later.
So...
Come On Now.
We're Going To Fill
This Card Out.
"Emergency...
Parent's Name... "
Doctor...
Mm-Hmm.
And Mrs...
Mm-Hmm.
Huckleberry.
Rudy!
Mom, Have You
Seen Rudy?
No.
Rudy!
Vanessa...
Why Are You Yelling?
Go Find The Child.
Okay.
Denise!
Mom, Have You Seen Denise?
She's In The Kitchen.
Denise!
Is It Necessary To Yell?
Why Don't You
Go Talk To Her?
Oh... Okay.
Sorry, Mom.
Theo!
You, With The Face,
Come Here.
What Is Your
Problem?
Nothing.
Why Are You
Yelling?
I'm Trying
To Find Theo.
He's In The Kitchen.
Don't You Scream!
Walk In
There Quietly
And Talk To Him.
Vanessa,
I Found Rudy!
Does She Have
My Hairbrush?!
I Told You Don't
Yell In This House!
The Next Person Who
Yells In This House
Is Going To Get It.
Clair?
Clair!
What Do You Want?
What Is The Matter?
Noise.
Cliff, This Is What's
Wrong With School.
These Kids Go To School
And They Hold It All In
Till They Come Home.
You Can't Have It!
Give It Back!
It's My Hairbrush!
It's Mine!
No!
Give It Back!
It's Just The Noise
Of Autumn, Dear.
Children In School All Day
So You Just Have To Learn
How To Speak Their Language.
Give It Back!
Dad, It's Mine!
You See?
You Just Talk Their Language.
Clair!
Yes!
How Are You?!
I'm Fine!
I'm Fine, Too!
Where Are You?!
I'm In The Living Room!
Me, Too!
You're Kidding!
Are You Hungry?!
Yes!
Let's Eat!
Yes!
I'll Follow You!
What Do You Want?!
I Don't
Know!
Hello, Son!
Your Sleeves
Are Missing!
Where Are You?!
I'm In The
Living Room.
I'm So Happy!
What's Wrong
With Them?
Not Another
Vanessa Call.
Vanessa's Residence.
No, She Cannot Come
To The Phone Now
Because It Is Now :
And She Cannot
Have Any Calls
Past Ten O'clock.
No, I Cannot
Take A Message.
I'm Her Father.
I'm A Doctor.
I Graduated From Medical School.
All Right?
Good-Bye.
This Is A Live Voice.
This Child Is Coming
Down With It.
What?
She's Got The Signs
Of Being A Teenager.
Sandra Went Through It First.
And Now Theo
And Denise.
I Don't Know
If This House
Can Take
Another Teenager.
The Problem Is That
We Had The Children
Too Close Together.
Yeah?
We Should Have Had
Them Years Apart.
The Last Thing
I Want To Do
When I Get
To Be
Is Change
Somebody's Diaper.
By That Time, Dear
They'll Be
Self-Cleaning.
Eh-Hm!
I'm Just Turning
The Light Out.
I'll Do It.
What Happened
To Mrs. Ogawa?
Oh, She Went Home.
02x01 - First Day of School
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Series follows the Huxtable family, an African-American upper middle class family, living in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Series follows the Huxtable family, an African-American upper middle class family, living in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, New York.