08x07 - The Iceman Bricketh

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Now... See That?

What Do You Think
About That

And This Pattern
For My New Study?

Lo And Behold!

That's Beautiful.

You See 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 -Year-Old
Maintenance Man.

Dad, Dad, Calm Down.

He's Only 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 , 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 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 -Year-Old
Brother?

Yes, Sir. I'm .

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
Years Old

And I Am .

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.

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.

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 .

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.