03x06 - The March

[bunniefuu]

(♪ Humming ♪)

Ahh.

Are You Enjoying
Your Breakfast?

Yes.
Are You Enjoying Yours?

Are You Going To Drink
That Orange Juice?

Yes, I Am.

I'm Saving It For Last.

I Don't Have Any Orange Juice.

You Took It All.

I Know.

That Used To Happen To Me A Lot.

Now I Wake Up Very Early.

How Would You Like To Trade

A Delicious, Thirst Quenching
Slice Of Cantaloupe Melon

For That Little Shot Glass
Of Orange Juice?

Two Pieces.

But Then I Won't Have Any!

That's The Deal.

You Used To Be
Such A Warm Person.

You've Changed.

Take It Or Leave It.

Okay, On The Count Of Three--

One, Two, Three.

There You Go.

No Fair!

I'll Tell
You Now.

All Is Fair
In Love And Breakfast.

I'm Telling Mom.

♪ Tattletale,
Tattletale ♪

♪ Sitting On An
Ice Cream Rail ♪

Hello.

Hey.

It's Such A Beautiful Day Today.

A Beautiful Day?

Why? You're Not
Going To School?

I'm Going. Why?

I've Just Never Seen You
In A Mood Like This

Before Going To School.

Today Is Friday.

This Weekend I Have No Homework

Tests Or Papers Due.

It's Going To Be
The Perfect Weekend.

You Know What Will Make It
A Great Weekend?

We'll Get The Ladder

Go To The Roof,
And Clear Those Gutters.

I Need To Relax This Weekend.

I'm Under Lots Of Pressure.

Pressure?

Our Lives Are Different.

You're A Doctor.

When You Finish Work

You Have Nothing To Think About.

But I'm In High School.

I Always Have To Think About
What I'm Doing.

If I'm Not Studying
For A Subject

I've Got To Think About It.

How Do You Do It?

I Don't Know

But It's Weekends Like This
That Get Me Through.

Then I Guess You Better
Make The Most Of It.

Oh, Dad, I Will.

Tonight's The Pep Rally,
Tomorrow's The Game

And The Party At Maxine's.

Uh-Oh.

Your Grandparents Ararar
Coming Over For Dinner Tonight.

I'll Be There.

I Was Just Hoping I Could
Be Excused After Dinner.

Is It Okay?

Sure That's Okay.

I'm Happy You Could Fit Us

Into Your Perfect Weekend.

Thanks, Dad.

Who Took
My Orange Juice?

Who Took
My Orange Juice?

All's Fair
In Love And Breakfast.

Do You Know Who I Am?

I Am The Man Who Loves You--

Who Works

To Buy The Orange Juice For You.

Did You Really Want It?

I Faked You Out!

Hi, Dad.

Hey, How's School?

Great.
Is Mom Around?

She's In
The Kitchen.

I Need To Talk To Somebody.

Vanessa.

What Am I?
A Bag Of Oats?

No, But I Think
I Should Talk To Mom About This.

Okay, You Might
Know About This, Too.

How Were You Going
To Know That I Know

If You Don't Ask Me?

You See, It's Boys.

Boys?

Boys And Girls.

You've Come To The Right Person

Because I Used To Be A Boy
And Your Mother Was A Girl

And I Have Four Girls
And One Boy.

What's Your Problem?

There's This Thing
Next Week At School

Called The "Turn-Around Dance."

Turn-Around Dance?!

They Had Turn-Around Dances
In My Day--

In The O-O-O-Old Times.

That's Where The Girls Have
To Ask The Boys To The Dance.

Right.

There Are Two Guys
I Want To Ask.

One Of Them I Don't Like,
But He'll Say Yes.

The One I Like
Will Probably Say No.

Is One Of Them Robert?

No, Dad.

Rob And I Broke Up
A Long Time Ago.

First, He Went Steady
With Stephanie Johnson

Then With Beth Peterson

And Now It's Amy Gordon.

Sounds Like Roberto
Is Wandering Around The World

For The Rest Of His Life
Searching For You.

Dad, The Guy I Want
To Go Out With Is David Butler.

Ahh.

I See.

Why Do You Like Him?

He's Cute.

He's Probably Got
A Great Personality...

I Hope.

I Never Really Talk To Him

But I Heard Him
Say Something In Class, Dad

And He Has The Best Voice!

It Cracks.

What Did He Say?

He Stood Up In Class
To Answer A Question

And He Said--

( Cracking Voice )
"The Suez Canal."

It Was So Adorable,
And It Was The Right Answer.

Cute And Smart.

And All My Friends Say
We Will Look So Good Together.

If Your Friends Say

That The Two Of You
Look Cute Together

Call This Boy.

But If He Says No,
I'll Feel Awful.

Suppose He Says Yes?

Let Me Put It This Way:

A Long, Long Time Ago--

And I'm Not Naming Any Names--

There Was This Cute Young Girl

And She Wanted
To Ask This Fellow

But She Was Like You.

She Was Kind Of
Afraid And Nervous.

And Then She Got Up
Enough Courage

And She Called The Boy

And The Boy Said Yes

And They Went To The Dance

And They Are Married Today.

Is This About You And Mom?

Yes, But Don't Tell Your Mother
I Said It.

Don't Tell Her.

But, Dad,
I'm Not Mom.

I Don't Think
I Can Do This.

You Can Always
Take Me To The Dance.

I'll Call David.

Hey.

Hello.

How's Everything?

Just Fine.

Need Any Help?

I'm Almost Finished.

You Know, It's So Funny
How Life Repeats Itself.

Well, I Was Sitting There
Talking To Vanessa

And She Is Nervous
About A Turn-Around Dance.

Oh.

So I Told Her
The Story

About How You Called Me

And Asked Me To Go

To The
Halloween Dance.

I What?

I Told Her How You Called
And Asked Me To Go To The Dance

And How You Were Nervous.

Cliff, Why Did You Lie
To Our Daughter?

I Didn't Lie.

No, I Didn't.

Let The Record Show...

Oh, Here We Go With
"Let The Record Show."

Get The Story Straight.

The Truth Of The Matter Is

You Called My House While
I Was At Cheerleading Practice

Because You Knew I Wasn't There.

You Had The Audacity
To Ask My Mother To Tell Me

To Take You
To The Dance.

You Said I Had To Hurry

Because There Were Many Girls
In Line

Waiting
To Ask You.

Get Out Of Here!

You Know It's True.

You Promised My Mother
If I Said Yes

You Would Have Me Home By :

And Mow Her Lawn
And Wash All The Windows.

And I Think You'd Better

Put The Top Back
On That Silver Polish.

My Mother Will Be Here
This Evening

To Verify The Facts.

Okay, Good.

Good, Good.

And Then After
She Does That

You'd Better Be Ready

To Do Some
Heavy Apologizing

And Begging
For Forgiveness.

We Shall See.

We Shall See What We Shall See

But Humiliation From Thee.

Hi.

Hey, How You Doing?

Wait A
Minute.

This Isn't The
Face Of Someone

Who's About To Start
A Perfect Weekend.

It's Not A Perfect Weekend.

I Got A "C" On My History Paper.

I Thought I'd Get A "B."

Mr. Pierce Said
I Can Redo The Paper

And Try For A Higher Grade.

You Get Another Chance.

Yeah, But It's Due On Monday.

If I Rewrite The Paper,
I'll Miss Everything--

The Pep Rally, The Game,
The Party At Maxine's.

It's Going To Be
The Greatest Party Of The Year.

Go Upstairs And Work
A Couple Of Hours On Your Paper

Come Down
And Have Dinner With Us

And Then Go Back Up

And Work On Your
Paper Some More.

Tomorrow You Go
To The Football Game

And Maxine's Party.

Okay?

Makes Sense.

I'll Try It.

I'll Get Started.

And Then

We'll Get The Ladder
And Go Up

On The Roof...

Just Kidding.

Just Kidding.

Cliff:
So The Pirate Said:

"Not In My Hat You Don't."

Cliff, Where Did
You Hear That?

I Made That Up.

I Thought That.

Claire, The Dinner
Was Delicious.

Thank You.

Everything Was Delightful,
Except For My Son's Jokes.

Hey, Listen.

You Can Go Home Now,
If You Want To.

I'm Pouring Tea.

Who Wants Some?

Grandpa And I
Will Have Some.

Can I Leave?

Yeah, Sure.
Go Ahead.

Where Are
You Going?

I Have To Redo A History Paper.

I Got A "C" On It.

What's It About?

The March On Washington.

You Didn't Tell Me

You Were Writing About That.

Your Father And I Were There.

But I Did Research On It
And Everything.

You Could Have Done
Research With Us.

That's Right.

We Were There.

But I Went To The Library.

Theo, Go Get
That Paper.

I Want To Hear It.

Now?

I Want To Hear It.

So Do I.

My Pleasure.

I Want You To Hear
How Good It Is.

Can I Be Excused?

I Want To
Make That Call.

Yes.

Can I Come?

Needs A Little Privacy

For This Call.

That's Okay, Mom.

I Could Use The Support.

Just Don't Make
Any Kissing Noises

While I'm
Talking.

I Won't.

What's That About?

There's A
Turn-Around Dance

And Vanessa Has To Ask A Boy.

Since We're On The Subject
Of Turn-Around Dances--

Mother, Dear

I Would Like You To Settle
A Little Dispute

Between Your Daughter
And Myself.

What's That?

Do You Recall

The First Time
We Went Out Together?

Of Course, The Halloween Dance.

Yes.

You Tried To Bribe Me.

You Asked Me

To Talk Claire
Into Asking You To The Dance.

( Sigh )

Thank You, Mother.

He Promised To Wash My Windows
And Mow My Lawn.

You Always Were Desperate.

By The Way,
You Never Mowed My Lawn.

I Guess We'll See You On Sunday.

And Bring A Rake.

I Fed You Tonight,
And You Turn On Me Like This?

Okay, Here It Is.

Are You Ready?

Uh-Huh.

"The March"
By Theodore Huxtable.

"On August th,

"There Was A Civil Rights March
On Washington, D.C.

" , People Were There.

"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gave A Famous Speech--

" 'I Have A Dream.'

It Was An Important Day
For America."

What Do You Think?

That's It?

No, That's The First Paragraph.

What Do You Think?

Well, You Have
Your Facts Straight.

I Know.

Does This Sound
Like A "C" To You, Grandpa?

Maybe We Should Hear
The Rest Of It.

"There Were Many Celebrities
At The March--

"Sidney Poitier,
Charlton Heston

"Paul Newman,
Lena Horne

"Joan Baez

"Jackie Robinson

Harry Belafonte,
Burt Lancaster..."

Why Did You Hang Up?

I'm Not Ready Yet.

Want Me To Call?

I'll Do It.

I Just Have To Decide
What To Say.

I Know What To Say:

"You're Going To This Dance
With Me."

Rudy, That's Not How
You Do This.

I Do.

That's Not The Grown Up Way.

You're Not A Grownup.

I'm More Of A Grownup Than You.

No, You're Not.

You Go To Bed At : .

So? You Go To Bed At : .

You Can't Drive A Car.

You Can't Ride Your Bicycle
In The Street.

I Don't Want To.

Look, I Don't
Want To Fight.

I Have Enough Problems
Right Now.

I Have To Call David
Before It Gets Too Late.

Then Do It.

I Will.

Don't Be Afraid.

If He Says No

You Can Stay Here
And Play With Me.

Thanks.

( Anxious Sigh )

Hello, Is David There?

Oh, Hi, David.

His Voice Cracked!

Ask Him!

Okay. Shh!

This Is Vanessa Huxtable.

You Don't Know Me Very Well,
But I'm In Your Science Class.

Yeah, That's Where I Sit.

I Was Wondering About Something.

You Know About
The Turn-Around Dance

At School Next Week?

Yeah.

Um...

Would You Like To Go With Me?

He Said Yes!

Yay!

Shh.

I Think
It Will Be Fun, Too.

I'm Delighted.

( Kissing Sounds )

Shh.

"At The Conclusion
Of The Day

"The Leaders
Of The March

"Met With
President John F. Kennedy.

"And Thus Ended An Important Day
We Should All Remember.

The End."

Well... Interesting.

Yes, It Was.

Very.

You Didn't Like It.

Well, You Had
The Facts.

Where Did You Get
The Information?

At The Library.

From Which Book?

The Pocket Guide
To American History.

How Many Pages Did It Have
About The March?

One, With A Little Bit
On The Next Page.

It's A Condensed Version
Of Historical Events.

Right.

And No Mention Of
A. Phillip Randolph?

Right.

I Can Just Imagine

What They Wrote
About The Boston Tea Party.

"Some Men Jumped Up On A Boat

"And There Were
Celebrities

"And They Threw The Tea
In The Water

"And Sam Jones, John Havlicek
And Bill Russell

Have Been Winning
Championships Ever Since."

Theo, Maybe Your Teacher
Wanted Something Else.

What?

You Could Write
About The People--

Why They Got Involved,
What They Felt.

I'll Tell You What They Felt--
Hot.

Yes, It Was
Rather Warm That Day.

We Were Lucky.

We Were On
An Air-Conditioned Bus.

So Many Buses...

Hundreds And Hundreds Of Them.

And The Singing...

You Could Hear The Singing
Coming From Every Bus.

We Sang All The Way
Down There.

Not Everyone Was Singing.

Please Don't Start On Me.

We Had To Tell Your Father
To Keep Quiet.

He Had A Tendency
To Drag Out The Words

And Sing Off-Key.

What Really Happened Besides
The Heat And The Singing?

I'll Tell You

What You Should
Put In That Paper.

The Mood Of That Day--

Oh, Theo,
It Was So Friendly.

Yes, It Was.

People We Didn't
Know At All

Waving To Each Other
Like They Were Old Friends.

We Were Old Friends

By The Time
We Walked

From The Parking Lot
To The Great Lawn.

It Was A Couple Of Miles.

We Had To March To The March.

You Saw All Kinds
Of People--

All Colors,
From Every Part Of America.

They Carried Signs And Buttons
Saying Where They Were From.

I Traded Buttons With A Man
From Portland, Oregon.

He Wore That Button All Day--
"Kiss Me, I'm Irish."

Your Father Collected
Buttons All Day.

He Kept Putting On
New Buttons--

"Kiss Me, I'm Jewish."

"Kiss Me, I'm Polish."

"Kiss Me, I'm Japanese."

And I Still Have
Those Buttons Upstairs.

We Have A Drawer Full
Of Reminders.

It Must Have Been Great
Knowing You Were Making History.

No.
No.
No.

That Wasn't What It Was About.

We Were Just Expressing
The Way We Felt Then.

When We Stood Outside The Church
Waiting For The Bus

There Was Only About People.

I Thought, "What If We're
The Only Ones Who Show Up?"

We Were A Small Group.

Till We Got Down There.

There Were So Many People!

To Stand In Front
Of The Washington Monument

Surrounded By , People...

To Be Heard...

That's One Thing

You Can't Get In
The History Books.

That's The Thing
You Can't Capture--

The People.

And Then, When We
Went Back To The Buses...

People Held Hands
And Smiled.

There Was A Feeling
Of Joy And Pride.

The Newspapers Had Said
There Would Be Trouble

But It Was
A Lovely, Peaceful Day.

It Was Peaceful.

I Still Carry A Little
Of That Day With Me.

Dr. King Said--

And I Don't Think
I'll Ever Forget--

"In A Sense, We Have Come
To Our Nation's Capitol

"To Cash A Check.

"When The Architects
Of Our Republic

"Wrote The Magnificent Words

"Of The Constitution And
The Declaration Of Independence

"They Were Signing
A Promissory Note

To Which Every American
Was To Fall Heir."

This Is Great.

I Didn't Have To Go
To The Library After All.

All I Had To Do Was
Have Dinner With My Family.

Whoa, Wait A Sec.

Up In The Bottom Drawer
Of Your Mother's Dresser--

Pictures,
Old Newspaper Clippings.

Your Father's
"Kiss Me" Buttons, Too.

Thanks.

I'm Glad Theo
Had That Paper To Write.

It Brought Back
A Lot Of Memories.

It Certainly Did.

Russell, Do You Remember

Someone Way
In The Back Of The Bus

Starting To Sing:

♪ Mine Eyes Have Seen
The Glory ♪

♪ Of The Coming Of The Lord ♪

♪ He Is Trampling Out
The Vintage ♪

♪ Where The Grapes Of Wrath
Are Stored ♪

♪ He Hath Loosed
The Fateful Lightning ♪

♪ Of His Terrible Swift Sword ♪

♪ His Truth Is Marching On ♪