04x26 - Buddy's Daddy

[bunniefuu]

♪ ♪

♪ The new boy
in the neighborhood ♪

♪ lives downstairs
and it's understood ♪

♪ he's there just to take
good care of me ♪

♪ like he's one
of the family ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our days and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ and I see, I want
Charles in charge of me ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our days and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ and I see, I want ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪♪

[rock music plays ♪]

[whistle]

Okay, everybody!

Study period's over!

Let's party!

Hey.
Hey!

[shouts]
Hey!

[whistle blows]

That's it, everybody out.
The party's over.

Everybody out!

Oh!

What's the matter, Charles?

Is the building on fire?

No, Buddy.
I have some studying to do.

We just had a five minute
study period.
You missed it!

Why did I agree
to stay in this room?

Why didn't I learn
from experience?

Why am I here?

Hey, it's not my fault that
the Powells have termites.

And it's not my fault that
your room needed
to be sealed off

to be fumigated,

and it's not my fault

that there's a party
going on in here

Okay, the last one is my fault.

But you got to admit,

I had a pretty good argument
going 'til then!

Buddy, I don't mean to be
ungrateful okay?

The thing is I-

I just need to have
a little bit of privacy
every once in a while.

Now, I'm moving back in
with the Powells
tomorrow morning.

All I ask before I leave...

All I ask, Buddy...

Please!
One night without a party.

One whole night?

Yes!

Okay, but you gotta promise
to move out by tomorrow.

Oh, with pleasure!

[knocking]

Buddy!

Daddy!

Whoa!
[laughs]

Just kiddin'.

- Buddy!
- Daddy!

Oh, what are you doing here?

Well I came here to visit
my only son.

Aren't you going to
introduce me to your friend?

Oh, yeah.
Daddy, this is Charles.

Charles!

Oh,
Buddy's told me all about you.

I want to thank you for being
so nice to my boy.

- Put her there pal!
- No!

[buzzing noise]
[laughter]

I can't believe he fell for
the old joy buzzer handshake!

Well, I guess I must have
let my guard down, you know,

nobody's done that to me
since I was born.

Daddy, did Mom come with you?

Mom?

Oh, no, no.
She's still back in California.

Ah, I see you're
still a clothes horse.

How long will you staying here?

Who knows?

Couple of days,
couple of weeks...

[in french accent]
A couple of months.

But, what about your business?

Oh, Buddy, I own nine successful
novelty stores.

There are no challenges
in my business anymore.

So, I just decided
to quit my job,
and come visit my son.

Well, yeah, b- but,
where will you be staying?

Well,
you got two beds in your room.

Ah...
No, Charles is staying with me.

Well, ah, temporarily.

How long is 'temporarily'?

- Just uh,
- A couple of days,
a couple of weeks,

couple of months?

No problem.
I'll check into a hotel
until Charles moves out.

Daddy, does Mom know you're
gonna be gone this long?

Mom?
Ah, uh, probably not but,

You know the old saying,
'out of sight, out of mind?'

I'm out of her sight,
and she's out of her mind!

[laughs]

Oh, Buddy's biggest fault,
is his tendency to be serious.

Yes, I've always said that.

Well,
I better go get a hotel room.

Okay.

I'll see you in the morning,
Son.

Pleasure meeting you Charles.

Thank you.
[yells]

[laughs]
Darned if he didn't
fall for it again!

- Bye boys!
- Take care.

Hey, Buddy.

How could you not
ask your father
to stay in your room?

Because I don't want him here,
Charles.

Don't you see?

There's something wrong.

Dad never goes anywhere
without my mom.

This can only mean one thing!

He's walked out on her.

Now, just stay with me
until he leaves town.

What?
No way, Buddy, no way.

You heard him, he might be here
for a couple of months.

It will just be
a couple of days,
Charles, please!

Stay with me until
I can convince my dad

to go back to my mom.

Look, there will be
no more parties, no more noise.

You'll have all the privacy
you want, I promise.

Couple more days?

No more parties?

Promise?

Buddy,
what is that head movement?

Yes?

That, fine, okay,
then I'll stay.

- Great,
this calls for a celebration!
- No, wait, don't blow,

[whistle blows]

[rock music plays ♪]

It's gonna be good,
having Charles back today.

Today?

Charles can't come back today.

Sure he can.

The exterminator said
it was all right.

Oh, sure, what does the
exterminator care.

He isn't planning to have
a party in Charles' room
tomorrow night.

Jamie, that's so selfish of you.

Have your party some place else.
I want Charles to move back in.

Well, so do I.

But, not as badly
as I want his room.

- Hey, Hi.
- Oh, hey Charles, welcome home.

Your room's all ready.

Oh, I'm not moving back in
just yet Sarah.

I just came by
to change clothes.

Charles it's all right
for you to move back in.

The termites are gone.

Yeah, but there might still be
traces of poison gas.

You'd be wise to stay with Buddy
for a few more days.

You want my room, don't you?

No.

Gonna have a little party
down there, huh?

No.

Well I guess I could
have a party.

Tomorrow night.

If you don't move back in
before then.

Jamie, Grampa says he wants
Charles to move back in today.

He was very definite about it.

Well then I'm in trouble, 'cause
I told Buddy I'd stay with him
for a couple more days.

See his, uh...

He's having a problem
with his parents.

Good.

You know,

I never thought of Buddy
as having parents.

I always thought he just
sprouted in some dark,

wet corner, and kept growing.

Charles!
Charles!

My dad is on his way over
to meet the Powells.

You got to evacuate the house.

Charles, welcome home!
Lembeck, go home.

I don't have a home, Mr. Powell.

I come from a broken family.

Temporarily broken, Mr. Powell.
Buddy's father's in town.

Yeah,
so if any of you were planning

to leave the house today, now
would be a good time to do it.

[weird laugh]

It's too late.

He's here.

Hi, Daddy.

Hi pal.
Charles, good to see ya.

- I've already met Andy.
- Adam!

Whatever.

And you, sir,
must be Walter Powell!

I'm Clarence Lembeck.

Well, it's nice to meet you,
Clarence.

Same here, put 'er there, pal.

No!

No, what?

No, sir.

That's better.

Well, why don't we just sit down
over here, and have a nice chat.

He's quite a guy here, huh?

[fart noise]

Walter, I'm shocked!

You actually fell for the old
whoopee cushion gag!

[laughs, hard]

Oh-h*-h*-h*-h*-h*, gosh...

You know I'd love to
stick around here,

and have a few more laughs, but

Buddy's taking me
to the zoo today.

It was a real pleasure
meetin' you Walter.

[buzzing]
Ohhh!

[laughs]

Oh, boy,
I haven't had this much fun...

I can't remember since when!

Buddy, let's go!
It's zoo time.

It certainly is.

Hey, that's my kind of guy.
I hope he comes back again.

Oh, yeah, let me know in advance
next time, Charles.

And I'll call in
the exterminator.

[weird laugh]

Look, Buddy,

Mr. Powell is getting
on my case about moving
back into the house.

Have you talked to your father

about gettin' back
with your mom?

Well, no.
Not yet.

Buddy, you promised!

Come on, I want you
to talk to him as soon
as he gets here.

He's already here, Charles.

He's in the kitchen,
entertaining your mother.

I hate that dummy.

Buddy, that's your father!

I'm not talking about my father.

I'm talking about that dummy.

[in puppet voice]
This is a real nice
restaurant, Lillian.

You know, I have relatives
in the restaurant business.

Unfortunately, most of them
are toothpicks!

[laughs]

You gotta stop.

You're k*ll- You're k*lling me.

The dummy's name is Hokey.

I've always hated him.

When I was little, I couldn't
tell my problems to Daddy,

I had to tell them to Hokey.

So, tell this problem to Hokey.

You want me to talk to
a ventriloquist's dummy?

Oh, that's sick, Charles.

You think I'm crazy enough
to talk to wood?

Yes, I do.

I just don't know if wood
is sick enough to listen to you.

I never talk to Hokey in person.

I told all my problems to Handy,
and then Handy talked to Hokey.

Handy would talk to Hokey?

Yeah, I-I-

I had this gym sock with little
buttons on it for eyes,

and it was my hand puppet.

So I called him Handy.

Oh, I don't want to hear anymore
about this, Buddy.

- It was a nice puppet.
- Please, this is psychotic.

Now, listen to me.

You're a grown man!

If you father walked out
on your mother, you have
the right to know about it.

Now, go talk to him.

Oh, okay,
but if I get into trouble,

will you give me a little help?

What kind of help?

- Will you talk to him for me?
- No.

[buzz]
[scream]

both: [laugh]

Clarence, you're terrible!

It just gives them a little
electric shock.

It scares them,
but they get over it.

[in puppet voice]
Hi, Charles.

Hi, Buddy.

Hi, Hokey.

Ha, come on, sit down
and have some supper.
I'll get you menus.

Thanks Mom.
Mr. Lembeck, Buddy has something

that he would like to ask you.
Go ahead, Buddy.

Daddy, would you do me
a big favor?

Of course, Son.

Name it and it's yours.

Would you go back home to Mom?

No.

Okay, Charles, I tried.

I tried, now it's up to you.

Why is Buddy so darn serious?

Mr. Lembeck, uh,

I'm in the middle here.

You know,
Buddy's my best friend,

and he's very worried.

See, he's got this idea that,

that you uh, that you
walked out on your wife.

Me?

Walk out on Florence?

Oh, Charles.

Florence and I have been
in love with each other
since we were in high school.

I could never
walk out on Florence.

Well that's great!
Then-then tell Buddy that.

He's been frantic.

Mr. Lembeck, he would
just go to pieces
if you and his mom

ever broke up.

Well, that's why we can't
tell him.

I didn't walk out
on his mother, Charles.

She threw me out.

She wants a...

She wants a...

[in puppet voice]
A divorce.

♪ ♪

Mr. Lembeck, I don't really
understand the situation here.

If you and your wife
love each other,

why does she want
to divorce you?

Beats me.

We were married for 25 years
without a problem.

And, I finally quit my job

just so I could stay home
and entertain her.

I showed her all my best jokes.

I gave her all my best gags.

After two weeks,
she told me to get out

and never come back.

Sir, I'm sure if you told Buddy,
you know, he would understand.

Charles, I can't tell Buddy

his mother's divorcing me.

He'd go to pieces.

Hi.

Did you two have
a good little talk?

Yeah, I think Charles and I came
to a real understanding.

You did?

That's great.

When are you going back
to California?

[puppet voice]
Never!

Clarence isn't gonna go back.
He likes it here.

Sorry to keep you.

Well you can keep me
anytime, Lillian.

If you got the money,
I've got the time.

Oh, Clarence you little devil.

[laughs]
Here are the menus.

Here you go!

Give mine to Hokey.
I'm not hungry.

Oh.

Um, I'll be back in a minute.

Mr. Lembeck,
you have to tell Buddy
the truth.

You have to tell him that you
didn't walk out on your wife.

You have to tell him
that she threw you out.

Charles, I want to, but I can't.

You think this is easy for me?

This is breaking my heart!

[buzz]
[scream]

Whoa-h*!

[Mr. Powell]
Charles?

Are you finally ready
to move back in?

Well,
I'd like to sir, but I can't.

I'm not asking you, Charles.
I'm ordering you.

I'm your employer,
and I want you to move back in
today!

Oh, but Grampa, that's not fair!

Dear Charles is just trying to
help his poor, pathetic friend.

I think he should be allowed
to stay with Buddy

for at least another day.

Jamie, I know you want
to have your party,

but that won't solve
Buddy's problem.

Charles?

What is Buddy's problem?

Buddy doesn't have a problem.
It's his parents have a problem.

They're getting a divorce.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

In that case Charles,
why don't you, uh,

why don't you stay with Buddy
until he works this thing out.

Or until tomorrow morning,
whichever comes first.

Poor Buddy.
This is so tragic.

Yeah, it almost makes
my little party
seem less important

than it really is.

Did Buddy talk to his mother?

No, he doesn't want
to embarrass her.

- Did he talk to his father?
- He can't.

Well, did his father
talk to his mother?

They're not speaking
to each other.

What is this?
The Marcel Marceau family?

Charles, there must be at least
two of them

who can talk to each other.

You know somethin'?

You're right.

Hey Jamie, nice underwear.

What are you talking about?

Buddy's dad gave me a pair
of X-ray glasses.

I can see right through
your clothes.

Sure, Adam.
Get real.

No kidding, they really work!

Hey, Sarah.

Woo-woo!

Stop being silly, Adam.

There's no such thing
as X-ray glasses.

Can you really afford
to take that chance?

Excuse me, Charles, if you want
to move back in here now,

it's okay with me.
I'm checking out of my dorm.

Where you going?

I'm going back to California.

My dad won't go home
and take care of my mom,

so I'm quitting school,
and I'll take care of her
myself.

No, Buddy, wait a minute.
Buddy!

I-

All right look, I-I-I...
This has gone too far.

I have to stick my nose in
where it doesn't belong.

What else is new?

You know what else is new?

X-ray glasses.

Buddy, what are you doing?

I told you.
I'm going back home.

My mom is all by herself,
and she needs me.

But, I think you should
talk to your father.

Why?

He's the reason
she's all by herself.

It's not entirely his fault.

Well, who's fault is it, mine?

No, Buddy, your mom

asked your father to leave.

She's divorcing him!

No, Charles.

That's impossible.
They love each other.

Of course, they do!

And your father said
the marriage was going great!

An-and then what he wanted to do
is he wanted to quit work,

to spend more time with her.

And I guess he drove her nuts.

Well then, he'll just have to
go back to work.

Then fine!
Tell him that.

I can't, Charles.

The truth is, he can't talk to
me, and I can't talk to him.

That's right, that's right.

That's why were going to get
two people who can't talk
to each other to sit down,

and do exactly as I say.

Mr. Lembeck!

Hello, Son.

Hello, Daddy.

Raise your right hand, Buddy.

Raise your right hand.

Charles, what are you doing?

That's Handy, your hand puppet.

No, it's not.
Handy had eyeballs.

Can you make them
a little bigger please?

Oh, please!

There, okay, now...

Why don't you guys take a break,

and we'll let Handy and Hokey

have a nice man-to-hand talk.

[puppet voice]
Hello, Handy.

[puppet voice]
Hello, Hokey.

What's wrong with Buddy?

Buddy wants his mother
and father to get back together.

Well, so does Clarence, but...

his wife won't let him
come home.

She says he's too childish.

I bet Buddy's mother
would let Clarence come home

if he started acting his age.

Clarence doesn't want
to grow old.

Buddy's mother doesn't want
Clarence to grow old.

She just wants him to grow up.

Oh!

You mean if Clarence
acted more grown-up,

maybe his wife would
take him back?

[normal voice]
Look, I think so.

Daddy, she loves you.

I-I know she'd let you come home
if you just go back to work.

Really?

Oh.

Oh, Buddy.
I'd love to go back to work.

Being the life of the party
is exhausting!

Yeah, you're telling me.

Hey, Daddy!
We're talking to each other.

We are?

Ha, ha!
We are!

- Yeah!
- By George, we are!

- Well, this is truly amazing.
- It's kind of fun isn't it?

[telephone rings]
Ah, don't move.

I'll get it.

Hello?

Oh, hello, Mrs. Lembeck.

No, this is Charles.
Uh, Buddy...

Uh,

Buddy's kind of busy right now.
He's, uh,

he's talking to his father.

Hold on a second, Mrs. Lembeck.

Look, Mrs. Lembeck,
Mr. Lembeck would like
to come home.

Oh, are you kidding me?
He's dying to get back to work.

Is he willing

to give up is whoopee cushion?

Well, he'd consider giving up
his whoopee cushion if

he could keep, uh,

his joy buzzer.

All right, sold, great.

You want him to k*ll the dummy?

No, no, he doesn't want
to k*ll the dummy.

You have to work with me
on this, Mrs. Lembeck.

I'll tell you what.

I'll- we'll k*ll the dummy,

if he can keep his, uh,

uh, uh,
the funny nose and glasses.

What, you want to get rid of the
nose and glasses, too?

No, no, no.
He's not ready for that,
Mrs. Lembeck.

I'll tell you what...
What if he just wears
the nose and glasses

on special occasions?

Okay, New Years Eve,

but not on your anniversary.

Okay, all right, great!

Great, we got a deal, okay.
Hold on, Mrs. Lembeck,

he want's to talk to you.

Hello?
Florence?

[chuckles]
Well, I love you, too.

Good.
Then I'll see you tomorrow.

Yeah, wear something sexy.

The arrow through the head
would be perfect.

[laughs]
Bye, pumpkin.

Ah, gee, Buddy...

Someone once said

people can work anything out

if they'll just
talk to each other.

I said that.

Well, Charles, this has been
quite an eventful trip.

I'm going through
a lot of changes.

Maybe I have started to grow up.

Put 'er there pal.

[buzzing]
Ah- ha- ha!

without a party going on.

Buddy we had a party last night.
All right?

I'm moving back in
with the Powells
tomorrow morning,

I have to study.
I have to study, okay?

Can you just sit down,
and be quiet for a little while?

Excuse me, Charles.

But I just came by to give
Lembeck a little pep talk.

Oh, no, Mr. Powell.
That won't be necessary.

What do you mean
it isn't necessary.

His parents are breaking up.

Look at the poor lad.
He's obviously in pain.

Lembeck!

You can't go on
grieving like this.
Rise above adversity!

Take it out of your mind.

Try having a little fun!

- But, Mr. Powell...
- No 'buts,' Charles!

Lembeck!

I'm ordering you
to have some fun!

Yes, sir!

[whistle blows]

[music plays]

♪ ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our days and our nights ♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪

♪ of our wrongs
and our rights ♪

♪ and I see ♪

♪ I want ♪

♪ I want Charles
in charge of me ♪

♪♪

♪ Charles in charge ♪♪

♪♪