04x08 - Looking Back pt. 1

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Uh-Huh.

Uh-Huh.

Sondra, Elvin Only Said That
Because He Was Upset.

What Did You Say To Him?

Sounds Like You Were Upset, Too.

Honey,
You Had A Fight.

Don't Worry About That.

Married Couples Have Fights.

If You Want To Talk About This,
We'll Be Here.

Yeah.

I Love You, Too.

Bye-Bye.

Sondra And Elvin Had A Fight?

Yeah.

The First Fight.

That Brings Back Memories.

You Make That Sound Like
Those Are Happy Memories.

No, It Was Silly.

At The Time,
We Were Pretty Shaken Up.

How's Sondra Taking It?

She's Pretty Shaken Up.

Elvin Went For A Walk
And He's Been Gone An Hour.

(Doorbell)

Cliff, This Is Elvin.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, Dad.

I Was Taking A Walk.

Beautiful Day.

A Day Like This

You Can Walk
Your Troubles Away--

Not That I Have Any.

Everything's Going Well?

Absolutely.

Life Is Great.

I Sang
All The Way Here.

Sondra Called.

We Had Such
A Terrible Fight!

It Was A Blowout.

Our Whole Relationship's Over--
Gone Forever.

Get Ahold Of Yourself.

Elvin, Everything
Will Be All Right.

It Was Over Such
A Stupid Thing, Too.

I've Been Working Every Night
At The Wilderness Store

And It Was My Turn
To Do The Dishes.

I Said To Sondra:

"Sondra, Could You
Please Do Them For Me?

I'm So Tired, Honey."

She Said, "I Work A Double Shift
At The Restaurant.

I'm Tired, Too."

I Said, "You're Probably Not
As Tired As I Am."

She Said, "Yes, I Am."
I Said, "No, You're Not."

Anyway, Dad, We Were Fighting
Over Who Was More Tired.

One Thing Led To Another,
And, Finally, She Said:

"I Should Have Listened
To My Parents.

"When We Were Dating

They Said I Should
Find Someone Else."

That Can't Be True, Can It?

Elvin, Wait A Minute.

Leave That Jacket Where It Is.

When You And Sondra
First Started Going Out

You Weren't Getting Along
That Well.

So We Suggested

That Maybe She Should Explore
Other Possibilities.

Since You And Elvin
Have Broken Up

Take This Opportunity
To Call Somebody Else.

There Is No One Else.

There Is Someone Else

Who's Intelligent
With A Good Sense Of Humor.

I Can't Think Of Anyone.

Don't Your Friends
Know About Somebody?

There Is This Guy
My Friends Say I Should Meet.

Call Him.

But, Daddy...

Call Him!

But He Goes To Oberlin In Ohio.

We'll Fly Him In.

He Is From New York.

Then He May Be Home
This Weekend, So Call Him.

No, I'll Have To
Think About This.

Call This Boy!

Get His Number
And Call Him

And Tell Him You're Sorry
You Waited So Long...

She Doesn't
Know Him...

I Don't Care.

Call Him!

Sondra, Call The Boy.

Please!

Of Course,
She Never Called Him.

She Did?

She Never Told Me About Him.

It Was Only One Date.

Cliff Invited Him To Dinner.

Dad!

The Boy
Looked Hungry.

It's A Lucky Thing You Were
On Your Way To Pick Up Sondra.

Dr. Huxtable, Thank You
For Having Me Over.

You Have
A Terrific Family.

Yeah. Darryl,
You're Failing.

Failing?

With Sondra.

You're Not Moving Fast Enough!

Excuse Me?

You're Supposed To Be
Talking To My Daughter.

Don't You Like Her?

From What I've Known Of Her
The Last Five Hours...

She's Wonderful.

Very Bright, Attractive...

Then Tell Her That!

Dr. Huxtable,
It Is A Little Awkward.

This Is Our First Date

And The Whole Family
Has Been Around Us.

It's Really Not My Style.

I'm More Of A Slow Mover.

You Don't Have Time!

Why Not?

Because He's Coming.

Who's Coming?

Elvin!

Who's Elvin?

Elvin Is The Fellow
That She Likes.

Oh.

Then Why Am I Here?

Because You're The Fellow
I Like.

Dad, How Could You
Do That To Me?

Different Time, Different Elvin.

That's Right.

When You First Started
Coming Over Here

I Had A Problem
With Your Personal Philosophies.

Like What?

Remember When I Offered You
Some Coffee?

Would You Like Coffee?

Coffee?

Yeah, Coffee.

You're Going
To Get It?

Yes. You're Surprised?

I Didn't Think
You Did That Kind Of Thing.

What Kind Of Thing?

You Know... Serve.

Serve Whom?

Serve Him.

Clair:
Oh, Serve Him!

As In "Serve Your Man"?

Yeah.

Let Me Tell You Something,
Elvin.

I Am Not Serving
Dr. Huxtable, Okay?

That Stuff Goes On
In A Restaurant.

I'll Bring Him Coffee

Just Like He Brought Me Coffee
This Morning

And That Is What Marriage
Is Made Of--

Give And Take, Fifty-Fifty.

And If You Don't Drop
These Macho Attitudes

You'll Never Have Anybody
Bringing You Anything Ever.

Now... What Would You Like
In Your Coffee?

Maybe I Could Get You
Some Coffee.

Sorry, Elvin,
But You Deserved It.

You're One Of The More
Normal Boyfriends We've Met.

Some Others Have Been Strange.

(Reggae Music On The Tv)

I See You're Watching
The All-Music Station.

You're Into Reggae, Huh?

Yeah.

(Reggae Music)

♪ I Say, Hey, Man ♪

♪ I Say, You Go Down ♪

♪ And I Say, Hey, Man ♪

♪ A-Brrrrrrr,
I Say, Hey, Man ♪

♪ Brrrrrr, Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ E-Dop-A-De-Pa ♪
♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪
♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man ♪

♪ Hey, Man! ♪

♪ And You Go Down ♪

♪ I Said You Go Down ♪

♪ I Said We Go Down ♪

♪ Reggae ♪

♪ Yea-H-H-H ♪

♪ I Say, You Say ♪

♪ You Say... ♪

I Don't Believe In Grades.

You, Too?

Usually, People Who Don't
Believe In Grades

Do So Because Of
The Grades They're Getting.

I Get All "A"S.

But What
Is An "A"?

What Does It Really Mean?

Yeah!

I've Been Reading Socrates,
And He Believed

That True Learning Comes
From Just Observing The World.

Where Can I Get
That Book?

You Don't Read, Son.

Maybe There's
A Movie About It.

Clair?

Yes.

Did You Tell Denise
She Could Go Out Tonight?

Yes, I Did.

Have You Seen The Boy?

Yes, I Have.

How Ugly Is He?

Hey!

Hey!

How You Doing?
How Are You?

Having Four Daughters
Keeps A Father Busy.

Especially If
You're Like Cliff.

He's Always Seen Himself
As His Daughters' Protector.

Face It, Cliff, You Are Rough.

I Am Not That Rough.

What Are You?

The Way I See It

I'm Like "Old Yeller."

You Know That Movie

Where The Dog
Protected The Home?

It's My Job To Protect The Home,
So I Have To Bark.

(Barking)

Boys Come By The House,
And I Bark.

Pretty Soon, Boys Come By
And They Say:

"Old Yeller Lives Up There."

Some Good Ones Come By
And Some Bad Ones Come By

But I Am Old Yeller.

That's My Job.

Cliff, You Know,
At The End Of That Movie

They Shot Old Yeller.

Leave Me Alone!

Rudy:
Hi, Elvin.

Hi.

Hey,
What's Up?

Your Parents
Have Been Telling Me

About Denise's
Boyfriends.

Yeah, They Were Weird.

Vanessa's The Weird One.

Vanessa!

Come Here.

Come Here.

Here,
Here, Here!

There Is There,
This Is Here.

Come Here.

Denise Took Over
The Bathroom.

There's Shampoo
In Rudy's Eyes.

She Won't Let Me
Rinse It Off.

Rudy Might Be
Blinded For Life.

If She Is, Can We Get A Dog?

You Shouldn't Call Anyone
In This House "Weird."

Okay, I'll Just Say
We're All Unusual.

Remember When I Said I Wanted
To Go Out Into The Real World?

They Decided To Show Me
About The Real World.

Hey, Dad.

Who?

Oh, I'm Sorry.

I Mean "Mr. Landlord."

My Name Is Harley--

Harley Weewax.

We Want To Welcome You
To The Real World Apartments.

Take A Look At This.

The Woodwork
Is All Hand-Done.

Hi, Millie.

Hi, Harley!

Millie?

Yes--

Millie Farquard.

She Runs
The Chuckwagon Restaurant.

Howdy!

Good One, Mom.

Who?

I'm Sorry.
I Mean Mrs. Farquard.

Look Forward
To Seein' You Soon.

Whoop!

Here Comes Mrs. Griswald.

Hi, Harley!

Who Is That?

Mrs. Griswald.

She Owns
This Building

But She Drinks Heavily.

That's Pretty Unusual.

Not For This House.

I Remember Rudy Mourning
The Loss Of Her Goldfish.

We're Here To Say Good-Bye

To A Cherished Friend--

Lamont...

Goldfish.

Daddy?

Yes, Dear?

I Want To Watch Television.

Yeah...

But See, We're Having
A Funeral For Your Friend.

I Want To Watch Tv Now.

Me, Too.

Nobody Is Going To Watch Tv
Until The Funeral Is Over.

Is That Clear?

If She Doesn't Want A Funeral,
Maybe We Shouldn't Have It.

We Got Dressed Up For This!

We're Going
To Have It!

Right, Rudy?

Daddy?

You've Come Back
For The Funeral?

No, I Want Some Privacy.

You Want To Talk
To Lamont Alone?

No, I Want To Use The Bathroom.

I Don't Remember
Having A Funeral.

You Probably Don't Even
Remember Having A Goldfish.

I Bet You Don't Remember
Getting Your Ear Pierced.

Ah, Yes, I Do.

Hey, It Does
Look Better.

What's Up?

This!

Ahh! An Earring!

Shhh!

I Had It Done Friday.

It's Great!
It's Fantastic!

Know What It Says?

That I Can Make
My Own Decisions.

You Ear Looks Red.

If I Want An Earring
In My Ear, That's My Business.

Theo, It Looks Puffy!

When People See This

They'll Know They're
Dealing With A Man!

Son?

Yeah, Dad?

There's No Music Coming
Through The Headset.

You Still Bopping
To What's Left In Your Brain?

No.

Take The Headset Off.

Guys Sure Can Get Up,
Can't They?

Yeah!

You Were
Pathetic!

Leave Him
Alone.

He's Not The Only Male Here
Who Makes Mistakes.

Hi, Dear.

Cliff, Look At This.

See What Someone Did?

Look!

What?

Someone Has Broken The Handle
Off My Favorite Coffee Mug.

You're Kidding.

After They
Broke It

They Tried To Glue It
And Put It Away.

They Just Glued It

Then Put It Way Back
In The Cupboard?

Why Do You Say "Cupboard"?

I Just Guessed It Would Be
Way Back In The Cupboard.

Why Do You Say "Way Back"?

Will I Need A Lawyer?

I Think So.

You Broke My Mug!

See, I Tried To...

I See What You
Tried To Do

With This Old Glue
All Clumped Up In Here

Pieces Missing, Chipped,
Glue Inside Of The Cup!

I Did That On Purpose.

Why?

So You'd Blame
One Of The Children.

Cliff!

I Almost Went To The Children
And Accused Them.

And Then They Would Have
Denied Doing It.

I Wouldn't Have Believed Them.

That's Right.

Cliff!

No!

I'm Ashamed Of You,
Trying To Fool Mom.

You've Tried To Put One Over
On Us A Few Times.

Me?

Yes, You.

There's A Certain Designer Shirt
That Comes To Mind.

Dad, When I Wear This On My Date
With Christine... Ooh!

She's Going To Die!

Bookman's Does It Again!

How Much Is It?

See The Label?

"Gordon Gartrelle."

This Is The Shirt.

Gordon Gartrelle Is
A Big Designer.

How...

Much?

Dad, If You Want Quality,
You Have To Pay For It.

$ .

Oh, Well, There Must Be
A Pair Of Pants In There, Too.

Theo, I Don't Have A $ Shirt,
And I Have A Job.

Don't You Want Something
Better For Your Son?

Sure.

You Want To Trade Your Room
For That Shirt?

No.

All Right, Then.

The Shirt Goes Back.

But, I Told Christine I Was
Getting A "Gordon Gartrelle."

Tell Christine You Lied.

Dad!

No -Year-Old Boy Should Have
A $ Shirt

Unless He Is On Stage
With His Four Brothers.

Denise Promised Theo

She Could Make Him
An Identical Shirt For $ .

Did She?

She Came Close.

Come Talk To Me.

Me?

I'm A Little Nervous
About The Shirt.

I Need Company.

So What Do We Talk About?

Anything.

Uh...

Janie Mizer Got
Her New Bike.

It's Great.

That's Nice.

Theo:
Denise!

It's Over, Isn't It?

Yeah.

What Is This?

What Do You Mean?

Is This My Shirt?

Is This The Shirt
I Paid $ For?

Is This The Shirt
They're Supposed To Think

Is A "Gordon Gartrelle"?

You Don't Like It?

Ask Me The Question Again!

You Don't Like It?

Look At These Sleeves!

My Arms Are The Same Length.

Why Aren't My Sleeves?

This Collar's Crazy
And It's Too Big.

Tuck It In More.

It's Tucked Into My Socks!

This Has Been Very Helpful
Hearing About Your Family.

I Feel Like
I Understand Sondra Better.

Why Didn't You Tell Me
This Before We Married?

We Were Afraid You Wouldn't Show
For The Wedding.