08x14 - The Price Is Wrong

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Dad, You Were Mean
On That Sit-Up Board.

Well, Son,
It's Just A Matter

Of Getting To The Gym
Every Once In A While.

Yes, Yes,
I Understand That

But You See,
You're Retired.

I Don't Have
That Leisure Time

So I Can Do Body Sculpting.

Oh, Well, Son,
Maybe When You Retire

You'll Be Able To Do
As Many Sit-Ups As Me.

I Don't Know About That.

I Could Have Done More.

Oh, I Know.

A You Just Didn't.

You Smell Banana Muffins?

Yeah.

Never Touch Them.

Good Afternoon, Gentlemen.

Good Afternoon.

Uh, Charmaine,
Did You Move In Here?

Yes, Didn't They Tell You?

What?

No-- Psych.

Oh, All Right.

I'm Just Helping Pam
Bake For Her Guests.

Oh, Mrs. Whitaker.

Yes.

Mrs. Whitaker
Baby-Sat For Pam.

Pam Drives Her To
The Supermarket
Every Saturday.

That's Very Charitable.

And Manageable.

Well, At Least It Was
Until Last Week

When Mrs. Whitaker Invited

Her Good Friend
Mrs. Grens Along

And The Snowball Effect
Kicked In.

Now, This Week...

Really?

Mm-Hmm.

Hello.

Hi. That's My Good Friend
Dr. Huxtable.

All:
Hello.

Nice To See All Of You.

Yeah, Mrs. Whitaker
And Some.

Pam Used To Handle
These Excursions Herself.

Now There's Such A Volume
Of Participants

She Called In The Reserves--
My Lance And Myself.

Charmaine, Station Wagon's
All Cleaned Out.

Let's Go.

Oh, How You Doing,
Dr. Huxtable, Mr. Huxtable?

How Are You This Fine Day?

(Chuckling)

Better Than You Are, Lance.

I Don't Know How We'll Fit
All Those Women

And Their Groceries
Into Your Car.

You Ever Thought About Getting
A Mini-Van?

No, I Haven't

And I Apologize For Putting You
In A Midsize Car.

That's All Right.

We'll Make Do.

Oh, Hi, Everybody.

Charmaine, When Are
Those Muffins Coming?

The Ladies Are
Getting Testy.

Okay, But I'm Not Responsible
If They Burn Their Tongues.

I Set Aside Some Muffins
For You Two Gentlemen

Just In Case You
Don't Want To Socialize

In Your
Perspiration Gear.

Oh, Isn't This
A Sight?

Smells Like
Banana Muffins.

My Husband Richard--
May He Rest In Peace--

Made Banana Muffins.

He Put In Just A Little Nutmeg.

You Didn't Happen To Put In
A Little Nutmeg, Did You?

No, Mrs. Grens.

Well, That's All Right.

I Spent My Whole Life Adjusting.

I Suppose I Can Adjust
To A Little... Muffin.

I'll Tell You What.

I'll Make You Some
With Nutmeg Next Time.

Oh, That's So Nice.

So When Are We Going To See
The Rest Of This House?

Rosanna,
I'll Show You Around

As Soon As We Go
Over Our Coupons.

Now Let's Get Down
To Business.

What Supermarket
Are We Going To?

The Advantage Market,
Four Blocks From Here.

The Advantage Market?

Why?

Yes, It's The Same Old Lousy
Chain As In Our Neighborhood

With The Wilted Produce,
Dented Cans

And Over Inflated Prices.

It May Be The Same Chain

But This Is
A Better Supermarket.

They Have Fresh Produce

They Have No Dented Cans,
And Lots Of Variety.

Yeah, But Are They Going
To Overcharge Us For Everything

Like They Already Do
In Our Neighborhood?

No. In Fact,
You Pay Less Over Here.

I'll Testify To That.

Last Week,
At The Advantage Market Here

I Bought A Bag Of Sugar
And Paid . .

In Our Neighborhood, For
The Same Package, We Pay...

All:
. .

I'm Sick And Tired
Of It.

Well, You're
Not Alone.

Is That Whole Milk?

No, Ma'am,
I Think It's Skim.

Would You Like Whole Milk?

I Surely Would.

But It Doesn't Agree With Me.

Oh, I'm Very Sorry.

Pam:
Ladies, Ladies.

I Don't Mean To Rush

But If We're Going To The Market
And Back Before Dark

We Ought To Leave Soon.

So We Don't Get The House Tour?

I'll Show You Next Week.

Oh, I'll Bring Mrs. Lawry.

She'd Love It.

We Don't Have Any Room
For Mrs. Lawry.

Indeed We Don't.

I Promised Miss Webster
And Mrs. Jimenez

That I Would Bring Them
Next Week.

Ms. Whitaker, May I Speak
To You For A Moment?

Go Ahead, Sugar.

I'm Right Here.

Okay.

Well, You've Seen The Size
Of The Huxtables' Station Wagon.

Right Now We Don't Have Room

For All Of You, Your Groceries,
And Lance And Charmaine.

I Know The Station Wagon.

Does It Still Have
The Luggage Rack?

Yes.

That Takes Care
Of Our Groceries.

And Lance And Charmaine--
Well, It's Such A Nice Day.

Mrs. Drummond:
Listen

I Think I Can Solve
This Problem.

Why, Do You Know Somebody
With A Mini-Van?

No, I Don't

But I Say We'll Go In Shifts

And Those Of Us Who Were
Promised A Tour Of The House

Will Look Now And Shop Later.

That's A Good Idea.

Pam, You And Lance
Take Paulene And Me

To The Supermarket First.

Yes, Ma'am.

And Charmaine,
You Will Stay Here

And Give The Tour
To These Three Ladies.

Yes, Ma'am.

Now, See?

That Wasn't So Hard,
And Everybody Is Happy.

Both:
Yes, Ma'am.

I'll See You In A Week.

I Love You, Too, Man.

All Right. Bye-Bye.

In A Week?
Yep.

His Interviews With
The Tartan Company

Are Finished

But He's Staying
In San Francisco

For The Rest
Of Winter Break.

What Happened To Theo's Plans
About Grad School

And Working
At The Community Center?

Oh, They're
Still There.

He's Just
Exploring.

In San Francisco.

Are You Two Prepared For Him
To Live , Miles Away?

I Am Prepared...

For Him To Get A Job.

And I Am Prepared For
Whatever Makes Him Happy.

Okay, But When
That First Teardrop Falls

I'll Be Here
For You And Mrs. Stoneface.

Clair:
Hello.

Hello.

Well, If It Isn't
The Grocery Carters.

We Put Dinner Aside
For You Three.

All:
Thanks.

Here's Your Keys,
Cousin Cliff.

Thank You.

How Was It
At The Supermarket?

They Gave Free Samples
At The Bakery And Deli.

All These Women
Scooting Back And Forth

Making Tiny Sandwiches.

While They Traded Recipes
With Fellow Shoppers

I Chased Down
The Meat Manager

To Bring Out
More Stewing Parts.

At Least You Weren't In Charge
Of Sorting Bulk Items.

Mrs. Grens Accused Me
Of Shortchanging Her On Napkins.

I Made Up For It
In White Potatoes.

You Had The Satisfaction
Of Knowing

You Helped Some Good People.

Yeah, We Understand That.

Yeah, I'm For That.

Me, Too, But This
Good Samaritan Thing

Is Definitely Dogging
My Weekends.

Well, It's Not Done
Being Dogged Yet.

We Still Have To Take
The Subway Home.

Unless-- Speaking
Of Good Deeds--

Dr. Huxtable Would Lend
His Mode Of Transportation

To Those Deserving Youths
Without Wheels.

I'd Be Happy To.

Oh-Ho!

Mm-Hmm.

Two Of My Favorite
Subway Tokens.

Dr. Huxtable,
These Are From .

Nobody Uses These Anymore.

I'll Give The Deserving Youths
A Ride Home After They Eat.

Oh, Thank You,
Mr. Huxtable.

Wait, Wait, Wait.

Lance, Give The Man
His Tokens.

Thank You Very Much.

You Can't Eat Until We Deal
With This Shopping Crisis.

Crisis?

When We Took The Ladies Back

At Least People Were Asking
To Go To The Market.

Look At These Phone Numbers.

I Thought I Was The Only One.

Me Too.

All This Wagon-Training Back
And Forth Makes No Sense.

Why Does Advantage Market
Charge More

In A Neighborhood

Where The People Can
Afford It The Least?

Because They Can.

They'll Say Rents, Insurance

And Security Costs Are Higher,
But They're Not.

Truth Is They Don't Have
Any Competition

So They Can Charge
Whatever They Want.

Isn't It Illegal?

No, 'Cause In Theory

You Can Take
Your Business Elsewhere.

Mm-Hmm. But The Reality Of It
Is That The People

Who Live In Those Neighborhoods
Really Cannot Afford

To Get Any Sort
Of Transportation

To Go To These
Other Markets

So They're Stuck.

Well, This Is Wrong.

A Tragedy.

A Travesty!

That's It?

I Think So.

That's The New
Generation--

Full Of Truth

Quick To Cite
A Wrongful Situation.

Shouldn't We Be Doing
Something About All This?

Well, Yes.

Okay.

We're Going
To Take Action.

That's Right.

Those People Need Us.

Wait A Minute.

We Are Those People.

We Need Us.

Oh, Lance, You're Such
A Take-Charge Man.

Save The Passion
For The Protest, Baby.

Ooh, My First Protest.

This Is So Exciting.

Yes!
Pam Tucker, Civic Reformer.

First Neighborhood,
Then Country...

Let's Change The World.

Yeah.

How?

Let's Talk To Our Neighborhood
Advantage Manager.

Ms. Whitaker's Done That
Since I've Known Her.

Okay. We'll
Go Higher.

We'll Write Letters
To The Head Office

And Demand A Meeting.

These Women Have Written Letters
For Years.

Mrs. Ortiz Was A Runner-Up

On That Consumer Watchdog Show,
Have You No Shame?

What?

You Know.

Have You No Shame?

She Was Almost A Watchdog?
Get Out.

What Did They Tell Her
On Have You No Shame?

That She Had
No Air Time.

If Talking Sense
And Writing Letters Is Out

What Else Is There?

Action.

I Say We Plan
A Protest March.

A Protest March?

But Where Are We Going
To March?

To The Corporate Headquarters
In Stanford, Connecticut.

Look Out,
Advantage!

Whoa, Reformers.

We Can't Get These Five Shoppers
Across Town.

How We Going To Get These Babes
To Connecticut?

If Distance Is A Problem

Let's Picket The Advantage
Market In Our Neighborhood.

Yeah!

Effective Political Change
Starts At Home.

If We Picket
The Only Supermarket

In Our Neighborhood

We'll Starve Our Own People.

Think, Charmaine.

I Don't Hear You Thinking Over There.

Why Don't You Tell Us
Your Brilliant Ideas?

All Right, I Have A Solution.

Prices Are Too High, Right?

So We Go Into The Supermarkets

Dressed As Stock Boys
With Price g*ns

And Mark Everything

"Two For . ."

Steak: Two For . .

Ice Cream? Two For . .

That's A Very Creative Idea,
Lance.

Thank You,
Mrs. Huxtable.

And She's A Lawyer.

Of Course, It's Fraud

And Will Get You
Three To Five Years.

(Coughing)

(Laughing)

That Was Just A Trial Balloon.

Try This One Here Out.

We Patch Into The P.A. System

Then, During Peak Shopping Hours

I Come On The Mike And Go,
"Attention, Advantage Shoppers

"In The Next Two Minutes

"Everything In Aisle Five
Will Be Absolutely Free...

"And Remember

We At Advantage Invite You
To Take Advantage Of Us."

And You Will Be Taking Advantage
Of The Big House

For Inciting A Riot.

Ooh...
Ooh...

Well, What Is Up
With Our Justice System?

I Ask You.

The System Is There, Lance.

You Have To Work Within It.

Wait, Wait, Wait.

I Got It.
I Got It.

What?

Okay, Okay.

Our Problem:
High Prices, Poor Quality.

Our Goal:

To Have Poor People
Treated Like Everybody Else.

Our Solution:

We Get The Neighborhood Together

Hundreds Of People.

We Buy All The Dented Cans
From The Advantage Market

Bring Them
To This Advantage Market

And Demand A Refund.

We'll Line Up
At The Manager's Office

In Front Of The Store.

Creating A Bottleneck
Around The Checkout Counters.

Ooh, Shopper Lock.

I Like That.

Everybody Will See
How Crowded It Is

And They Won't Come In.

And Advantage Market
Will Lose Business.

We'll Hand Out Flyers.

The Whole Of New York
Will Be Outraged.

We Won't Go To Jail.

Will We, Mrs. Huxtable?

Not As Long As You Don't Create
Physical Or Verbal Disturbance.

Not Us Civic Reformers.

Mm-Mmm.

Troubleshooters.

World Changers.

Dishwashers.

Now, Let's Get Down
To Business.

Now, Our Flyer Said

That We Would Meet Everyone
In Front Of The Market

With Their Dented Cans.

Who's Going To Pass Out
The Price Comparison Sheets

To The Pedestrians?

I Wouldn't Want You Ladies
To Catch A Cold.

You Think
I Can't Take The Cold?

I Got Frostbite Standing
In The Frozen Food Section

Looking For A Deal On Peas.

(Doorbell Dings)

(Creaking)

(Doorbell Dongs)

Somebody Ought
To Fix That Thing.

Lance, You're
Out Of Breath.

And We're Out
Of Luck, Ladies.

I Just Ran
From Advantage Market.

Operation Dented Can
Is In Serious Trouble.

What Happened?

Somehow,
They Knew We Were Coming.

There Was A Truck Parked Nearby
With A Sign On It That Said

"Advantage Cares About Quality.

Redeem Your Dented Cans Here."

They're Cutting Our March Off
At The Pass.

How Could That Happen?

Somebody In This Room
Leaked The Information.

I Didn't Say Anything.

I Just Told Them

That Saturday
Was Their Day Of Reckoning.

And All I Said Was

"I Wonder Where All
Those Dented Cans Are Going."

I Just Said
I Was Taking My Business

To Brooklyn Heights,
But I Didn't Say When.

And What Did You Just Say, Mrs. Whitaker?

Lance, Stop Accusing
These Women.

Look, Here's Your Leak.

Flyers-- Copyright: Lance.

I Got A Plan.

Thank God.

Who's Got Pennies?

Everybody, Right?

Of Course.

We Save Them In Jars
In Our Home.

And Why Do We Save Them?

Because The Stores
Don't Want Them

But They're Going
To Take Ours

Oneat A Time.

Well, Let's Get Our Pennies.

Cousin Cliff,
We Need Your Car.

Let's Go.

Let's Go!

Dad, Thank You For Giving Me
A Lift From The Hospital.

The Baby Boom Is Back,
And I'm Exhausted.

You Might Have More Pep

If You Got Enough Sleep
And Exercise.

I Am Going To Go To Sleep,
Thank You.

I Don't Know.

There's A Shindig Going On
In The Living Room.

Oh, Lord.

I'm Going
Around The Back.

Don't Tell Them
You Saw Me.

(Rap Music Playing)

Hello, Ladies!

Grandpa Huxtable,
Have A Victory Carrot.

Well, Thank You.

Looks Like Quite
A Celebration.

Oh, Yes, It Is.

You Should Have Seen Us
Down In That Supermarket Today.

Tons Of People Came.

All Shapes, All Colors,
All Ages, All Sizes

People I Hadn't Seen
In Years.

Each With A Dented Can.

It Was Inspiring.

You Should Have Seen Them,
Russell

All Paying With Pennies.

Whitaker:
The Manager

Called The Police.

But We Were Breaking
No Laws.

So The Police
Just Left.

So Did Their Regular Customers.

Left Full Carts
In The Middle Of The Aisle.

Now, Was It Me

Or Was The Manager Crying?

That Wimp Started Welling Up

When His Regular Customers
Pulled Out Their Pennies.

Sounds Like A Victory To Me.

It Certainly Was.

Come And Help Me Prepare
The Victory Tea

For The Brooklyn Reformers.

(Cheering)

One Thing's For Sure,
Advantage Market

Will Never Forget This Day,
Or Us.

I Bet They Won't

Since We'll Be Back,
With The Press, Next Saturday.

Kids:
Next Saturday?!

Oh, Sure, Honey.

This Is Just
The Start Of It.

Where You All Been?

Yup.

Get Out
Your History Books.

There's Never Been A Change
That Wasn't Hard-Fought.

That's Right.

If I Was In Costa Rica
Right Now

And I Was Protesting

I Would Be Saying,
"Vaya! Vaya! Vaya!"

We All Say It!

(All Chanting:)
Vaya! Vaya! Vaya!

What Does That Mean?

It Means We'll Be Doing
A Penny Run At The Markets

From Now
Until They Make A Change.

Oh.
Oh.

Well, To Be Honest

I Mean,
We Were Just In This

To See That Justice
Was Served.

Yes, We Didn't Know
It Would Take All Our Weekends.

After All,
We're Just High School Seniors.

We Have To Study.

We Have To...
Do Chores.

And Don't Forget
About Our Social Scene.

You All Started Us Out
On This.

Now You Can Walk Away
With Your Heads Held High.

Yeah, We're Proud
Of You.

But We're Here
For The Long Haul.

We're Not Going Anywhere.

I Know I'm Not.

I'll Be In Charge Of Flyers.

And I'll Get A Phone Tree Going.

I Held Onto My Driver's License

And I Know The Church
Still Has A Van.

Hey, Hey, Hey.

I Mean, You're Acting
Like We're Nobodies Now.

Well, Puff Up, Dear

And Stop Acting
Like You're Nobody.

Well, That's Easy.

Vaya! Vaya!

(All Chanting:)
Vaya! Vaya! Vaya! Vaya!

Vaya! Vaya! Vaya! Vaya!...