05x13 - Cliff Babysits

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Okay, Straight Back.

Don't Scratch The Door.

Watch Your Fingers.

Okay.

Why Don't You Put It Down
Right There?

In With The New,
Out With The Old.

Let's Go, Jerry.

You Know Where This Goes?

Yeah, Hudson.

Right, The Tibideauxs--

My Sister And Brother-In-Law.

They Get The Couch
And The Chair.

Got You.

My Mom Wanted Me
To Give You This.

Thanks.

Don't Leave.

I Have A Box
Of Sondra's Things.

Uh... Pardon Me.

What's Going On?

We Brought Your New Couch.

We're Taking This To Tibideaux.

I Don't Know About This.

Yeah, New Couch Ordered By
Mrs. Huxtable.

You Mr. Huxtable?

Doctor.

We'll See You Later, Doc.

No, No.

Bring That Back.

Dad.

How Do You Like
The New Couch?

Fine, But Put That Down.

Is This Staying
Or Going?

This Is Staying,
So Put It Down.

This Goes.

No.

Mom Said It Goes.

Yeah, Well, You're Going.

Put That Down, Please.

She's Doing What
Her Mother Asked.

Pardon?

Thank You.

I Better Call Mom
And Tell Her About This.

Call Your Mother.

Call Her Every Day.

Call Her All Day Long.

Tell Me Somebody's
Moving Something

That I Didn't Give
Any Permission.

I Am A Half-Interest Owner

In This Place.

You Understand?

This Has Been My Sofa.

I've Watched
Black-And-White Westerns

From This Sofa.

It Has Cuddled Me.

You Understand?

This I Don't Know.

I Don't
Know This.

This Will Stay.

If You Have Trouble
With Mrs. Huxtable

Tell Her I Said To Leave It.

This Is For You.

Thank You.

And This Is For You.

You're A Real
Sport, Doc.

Thanks A Lot.

Take Care.

Have A Good Day.

Don't Worry.

I'll Fix The Door.

Take Care.

Yes, Indeed.

Take My Sofa, Jack.

Couldn't Reach Mom.

She's On Her Way Home.

Fine.

Let It Be That.

I'm Looking
At This Thing.

This May Be All Right
For Some People.

It Would Be Fine
For You And Rudy To Jump On.

But I'm Talking About Life!

They Tried To Separate Us.

It's Here!

I Love It!

It Looks Better Than It Did
On The Showroom Floor.

What Is This?

Mom, I Tried,
But Dad Overruled You.

You Had A Patient
At : .

That's Why I Scheduled
The Delivery For Now.

And Thank Goodness
My Patient Cancelled

Or Else I Would Not
Have Been Here

To See My Wife
s*ab Me In The Sofa.

We Can Discuss This Later.

I Have News For
The Whole Family.

Theo, Rudy,
Come Downstairs.

Vanessa, Have A Seat
On The New Couch.

The New Couch Came.

It's Nice.

My Son, Sit With Me
On The Old Sofa.

When Are We Getting Rid
Of This Old Thing?

This Is A Cold-Blooded House.

Okay.

The News Is
I'm Going To Be On Television.

Unbelievable!
All Right, Tv!

Soul Train!

No.

What Show?

Retrospective.

Never Heard Of It.

It's A Political
Panel Discussion.

Intelligent People Get Together
And Discuss History.

They Have The Same Three Guys
Every Week.

How Did You Get On?

They Want To Liven Things Up.

If It Works Out,
I Could Be A Regular.

All I'm Saying Is
Watch Out.

You And I
Have Watched That Program.

You Know How Those Three Get
With Each Other.

They Are Some Nasty Little Men.

You Forget
Who You're Talking To.

I've Gone Against
Some Of The Nastiest Attorneys

In This City.

I Can Hold My Ground.

Ooh, Go, Mom.

This Is The Set.

And There's
The Three Wise Men.

They're Probably Engaged In Some
Deep, Philosophical Discussion

At This Very Moment.

Phil, That Is Truly
An Incomprehensible Statement.

How Can You Reach
Such A Ludicrous Conclusion?

I'm Sorry,
But I Stand By My Opinion.

I Believe The Celtics
Will Beat The Knicks

In The Garden Tonight.

Mrs. Huxtable?

We're Starting
In One Minute.

Your Seat Is
On The Left.

Okay.

Dr. Huxtable, You Watch
From The Green Room.

There's Coffee
And Doughnuts.

Doughnuts!

Cliff?

No Doughnuts.

Break A Brain.

Gentlemen, We're Ready To Start.

This Is Our New Panelist,
Clair Huxtable.

I'm Phil Kensington.

Mason Benedict.

Ian Traugett.

I Feel Like
I Know All Of You.

I Watch The Show
Every Week.

Someone Wakes Up
At : Sunday Mornings.

You Must Be The One
Who Shows Up

In Our Ratings.

Ten Seconds.

Quiet, Please.

In Five, Four,
Three, Two...

( Theme Music )

Good Morning And Welcome
To Retrospective

The Weekly Program That Explores
Historical Events

From An Economic, Social
And Political Perspective.

I Am Your Host,
Ian Traugett.

This Week We Examine
The Great Depression

The Bleakest Of Times
On The American Landscape.

Was It An Aberration
In The Natural Fiscal Cycle

Or Was It An Economic
Inevitability?

To Examine This Question

We Are Joined By
Our Regular Panelists--

Mason Benedict,
Noted Author, Essayist

And Consultant To The Institute
Of National Conservatism

Phillip Kensington,
Author, Historian

And Founder Of
Americans For Democratic Reform

And For The First Time
In Our Show's History

We're Introducing
A New Panelist--

Clair Huxtable

Attorney And Partner
In The Corporate Law Firm

Of Greentree,
Bradley And Dexter.

Welcome.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Hector.

Nice To Meet You.

I'm Here To Make Sure
You Don't Eat The Doughnuts.

Gentlemen And Lady

Who Would Like To Be The First
To Journey Into The Abyss

Of The Great Depression?

Ian, First Of All

Your Question Was Half-Baked.

The Depression Was Not
An Aberration Or Inevitability.

It Was A Self-Corrective Event
In The History Of Our Economy.

A Simple Answer
From A Simple Mind.

How Can You Refer To Something
As Self-Corrective

When % Of The Labor Force
Was Thrown Into The Streets?

Children Were
On Sidewalks

Selling Apples
For A Nickel.

Once Again You're
Sweeping Us Through History

In A Canoe Of Tears.

When Will You Liberals
Face The Fact

Franklin Roosevelt
Kept This Depression Going

With Suffocating
Regulations

And Socialist Programs

Like The W.P.A., The P.W.A.,
The C.C.C. And The N.R.A.?

It Was A Lot Of B.U.L.L.

I Thought The Presence Of A Lady
Would Encourage These Gentlemen

To Be More Civil,
But I Guess Not.

It's All Right.

I'm The Mother Of Five.

I'm Quite Accustomed
To Uncivil Behavior.

You Mentioned The N.R.A.--

The National Recovery
Administration.

I Think We Can't Begin
To Discuss The Depression

Unless We Examine

The Ramifications Of The Supreme
Court Decision Of

Which Declared The N.R.A.
Unconstitutional.

She's Cooking, Isn't She?

Rice And Beans.

Nobody Has Addressed

What I Consider To Be
A Major Factor:

The Nation's Flawed
Banking Structure.

Banking Had Nothing
To Do With It.

You're Sending Up Smoke Screens.

It Was A Classic
Business Downturn--

An Exhaustion Of Labor And
Resources That Led To The Bust.

Actually, That's Not True.

Pardon Me?

In ,
There Were Enough Raw Materials

To Maintain The Current
Rate Of Production.

Do You Have A Source
To Back That Up?

The Great Crash
By John Kenneth Galbraith.

I Read That Book,
And You're Wrong.

I Don't Think I Am.

Ian, You Have The Book
In Your Office.

Yes.

Let's Get It.

You'll Be Sorry
If We Get The Book.

I Want The Book.

I See That It's Time
For A Commercial Break.

We'll Be Back In A Minute.

( Theme Music )

You Know What
These Are?

Keys.

Uh-Huh.

Can A Key On That Ring
Open The Door Where The Book Is?

Si.

My Wife Wants The Book.

I Know Where
The Room Is.

Let's Go.

You Lead The Way.

Andale.

We're Still
In A Commercial Break

For Another Minute.

Clair.

May I Call You Clair?

Of Course.

If We Had The Book

I'd Be Proven Correct.

There Weren't Enough
Raw Materials In

To Maintain Production.

There Were Enough Raw Materials.

It's In The Book.

There's No Time

To Get The Book.

Who Are You?

We Have It.

The Great Crash
By John Kenneth Galbraith.

Fine.

Now We Can
Straighten This Out.

Chapter Nine,
Gentlemen, Page .

Aha.

Okay, Here It Is.

"Raw Materials
In Were Ample

For The Current Rate
Of Production."

That Has Very Little Effect
On My Argument.

You Were Placing
Great Emphasis On That Point.

I Was Not.

You Weren't Listening.

Steve:
Here We Go.

In Five, Four,
Three, Two...

Welcome Back
To Retrospective.

As It Turns Out,
Mrs. Huxtable Is Correct.

There Was Ample
Raw Material

To Maintain Production
In .

It Appears Our Colleague,
Mr. Benedict, Is Fallible.

I've Been Aware
Of His Fallibility

For Years.

Let's Get
Serious Again.

I'd Like To Go Back
To Our Discussion.

Did You Want
To Add Something?

The Depression Was
Ravaging The Nation

When The Market
Began To Recover.

The Crash Was
A Precipitating Event.

That Is The Most
Ridiculous Thing I've...

I Wouldn't Call
Her Opinion Ridiculous.

A Bit Naive, Perhaps.

My Opinion Is Neither
Naive Nor Ridiculous.

How Can You Have A Discussion

If All Points Are Not
Taken Into Consideration?

It's Time
For A Commercial Break.

You Just Took A Break.

We're Taking
Another One.

We'll Be
Right Back.

Steve:
Clear.

Steve!

Ian, Why Did You Break?

I Wanted To.

It's Not Scheduled.

I Felt Things

Were Getting Out Of Control.

Ian's Right.

She Was Disrupting.

I Was Participating
In The Conversation.

I Don't Think This New Panelist
Is Working Out.

Ian, The Station Manager Is
Concerned About Our Low Ratings.

We're Trying
To Broaden Our Viewership.

Then Let Her Speak
On The Black Topics.

Excuse Me.

Black Topics?

Is That What I'm Here For?

You're Also Here
To Speak For Women.

I Am A Woman Who Is Black

But I'm Also Knowledgeable
About History

Which Is Why I Thought
I Was Invited

But When You Look At Me,
This Is All You See?

A Black Woman?

No, No, No.

We Have To Get Back
To The Show.

Ian, Are You Calm Enough
To Continue?

I Guess.

I'll Give It
The Old College Try.

Fine.

Quiet, Please.

In Five, Four,
Three, Two...

Well, We're Back.

Mrs. Huxtable

We Only Have Seconds Left.

Could You Tell Us

What Effect The Depression
Had On The Blacks?

You Want Me To Sum That Up
In Seconds?

It's Closer
To Seconds Now.

How Did The Depression
Affect Blacks?

Well, We Learned That Misery
Does Not Love Company.

That's Today's Edition
Of Retrospective.

I'm Ian Traugett.

Join Us Again Next Week.

( Theme Music )

Told You

She Could Handle Herself.

Your Wife, La Mujer Perfecta.

How Long Will It Be
For Her To Come Down Here?

They Will Take Off
Her Make-Up.

Do You Want
Some Cuban Coffee?

Yes, I Think I Will.

There You Are.

Whew, Whew.

This Is Angry.

Strong Coffee.

Uh, No, No.

No Good.

No Doughnuts.

My Wife Doesn't

Let Me Have Doughnuts.

Your Wife Won't Let You, Either?

Well, Have Some Coffee.

Have Some Coffee.

Oh, Boy.

Wait.

Wait.

What Are You Doing?

This Is A Doughnut.

Yeah, I Know

And This Is A Doughnut.

This Is Not A Doughnut.

This Is Not A Doughnut.

No.

You Can Have It.

Good.

This Is Not A Doughnut.

Cliff?

Eat Your Pastry.

I'm Just Glad
You're Here.

Dear, You Were
Absolutely Perfecta.

You Were Estupenda.

Estuve Maravillosa.

Muchas Gracias.

De Nada.

I Just Want
To Get Out Of Here.

( Ring )

Hello.

One Second.

Senora, Para Usted.

Okay, Thank You.

Hello.

Really?

Let Me Think About That
A Minute.

The Producers Say

It's The Best Show
They've Ever Had.

They Want Me
To Stay.

It's Up To You, Dear.

I've Thought About It.

The Answer's No, Thank You.

Getting Up
At : A.M.

To Prove Myself To Three Men

Who Are Basking
In The Nonexistent Rays

Of Their Own Intelligence
Is Not Fun.

That Is Not A Doughnut.

Mom And Dad
Better Hurry

Or They'll
Miss Their Show.

Guys, I Want You To See
What I Did With The Furniture.

I Rearranged It So Both
Mom And Dad Would Be Happy.

Wow.

This Is Great.

Theo, They'll Never
Go For This.

Ah, This Looks Perfect.

No.

Come On.

Please.

This Is My Couch.

This Is My Chair.

Cliff, Let Go.

I Know How Attached
You Are To These Things

But There Comes
A Time In Every Man's Life

When He Has To Let Go.

Yeah, And If He's Married,
Many Times.

Darling, Let It Go.

Come On, Kids.

Let's Get Our Coats.

What About
Your Show?

I'll Tell You About It
On The Way To Church.

You Coming?

Just Let Me Have
A Minute Here.