02x13 - The Thank You Note

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let me tell you about my family

that time again

let's take a look and see what

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that completes your homework assignment

so this is all do wins the end of the

school year that's tomorrow

mr. Anderson by the time I was 8 years

old I'd learned that there were three

constants in life homework doughnuts and

a sweater from Grandma every year on my

birthday oh isn't that a beauty

stunning you know your grandmother

needed that herself

the thing about grandma sweaters was you

couldn't just stick them in a dark place

and forget about them oh no grandma

sweaters were the gift that kept on

giving you sure thank you note your

grandma yeah sure where is it it's all

up here I just have to put it down on

paper Louie

your grandmother knitted that whole

sweater by hand I know can you read it

tomorrow I'm supposed to be over

toddlers now we're going bowling okay of

course everyone knows the law of the

thank-you note

the longer you put off writing them

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after the kickball game

we wait as sure as I get back from the

movies

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I'm writing the thank you know right now

I swear mom you alright mom Louie we

need to have a talk

it's about your grandmother

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let's see No - my daughter Ora I leave

my collection of family photographs

Keith gets the house Sammy gets the car

we get the pictures I mean nothing like

a picture to remember I'll go under and

to Andy Anderson I give the biggest

honor I have to give what's that hurt

wine collection I want you to deliver

the eulogy at my funeral I don't

understand you finished the thank-you

note right yeah but I didn't send it in

time no I'll never get to thank grandma

for the sweater why don't you just send

it to our new dress because she's not

alive anymore and that means she doesn't

have an address come on Louie you just

need to find out where grandma went and

send it to the new address hmm

you're smarter than you look time dad

you busy just trying to come up with

something nice to say about your

grandmother

this could take years I got a question

for you they call me the answer man ask

away

all right let's see grandma is with God

hey satisfied sure where's God what Wow

dad's everywhere so grandmas everywhere

exactly is she back at her house well is

she in our house is she outside done

nope

and she's not exactly everywhere is she

correct any more questions yeah where's

mom finally when I can answer your

mother's down at the church make

arrangements for grandma's funeral with

make this a beautiful ceremony mrs.

Anderson thank you

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how's everything okay what's in there

there that's where you go to talk to God

everyone knows that what you do to make

them so mad call me loser

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how can I help you my son well you can

start by not scaring me like that hey

are you the big guy oh I'm not that big

guy I work for the big guy and he's what

is your name Louie Louie Anderson my

grandmother died ah I'm sorry Louie why

it wasn't your fault I need to know

where she went

why she went ahead and finally we're

getting somewhere

what's the address she dress Dan dress

for heaven a post office box street

number you know I I don't think heaven

has an address they have to get their

mail don't they magazines newspapers I

mean how does anybody even find em and

without an address those are good

questions Louis yeah I'm gonna go and

find someone who can answer all your

questions I'll be right back

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father McCarthy a little help over here

if you please

hi Louie how's your mother doing I heard

the bad news I'm so sorry she's all

right hey your own dress stop mm-hmm

where you going mrs. Stillman Temple

Beth Israel down the street well what do

you do there

it's Friday night services we pray so

you're going there to talk to God right

yeah I guess I am

good hey you mind if I tag along

everyone's welcome weren't you call

someplace good thinking could be a

little more specific I can't and they

wouldn't want to be the world to

concentrate on Louie

he's Dishman just know that your

grandmother went to a place that you and

I we can't even begin to imagine it come

on Rab you know works without a zip

called this puppies not going anywhere

this place is that heaven some rabbi say

yes some rabbis say no well I need extra

stamps is it nearby could she see us

from there mmm some rabbi say yes some

rabbi say no what are you saying me hmm

I say that some rabbis say yes and some

rabbis say no man you're gonna say that

- my boy Louie you'll figure that out

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I'm sure you'll come up with something

mother must have had her reasons for

asking you to give her eulogy

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she wanted to torment me from beyond the

grave and there's a lot of material

think of the things mother liked to do

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was a good show she was the best so she

is in peridots with God or as we call

him ha

so you're saying I could send this in

care of Allah is it that one hour - we

believe she has gone to the celestial

kingdom yah she's gone to Valhalla is

that Europe

the whole religion revolves around dad

but now she's bad how does that work

it's called reincarnation or it's one

big site life followed by death followed

by rebirth and then life again so she's

not dead

she's just starting another life you see

Louie the soul never dies

well that's all fascinating but owning

up here Hodja one closer help me this

time she might not be this country she

might not have come back as a baby the

cycle of rebirth can place the soul in

living creatures you're telling me she

could be a bird a goldfish in someone's

bedroom any creature at all you're gonna

get some raspberry I will right after I

finish making dinner I thought you

already made tonight's dinner but I did

this morning and then I made all the

dinners for next week and the weekend

and this one's for a week from Tuesday

you sure you don't wanna lie down I'm

fine Gemma thank you very much to the

sweater whose greatest birthday gift

ever you guys getting any of this dear

grandma thank you very much for the

sweater you have no idea what I'm saying

do you

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and me I almost forgot to tell you I was

out in the garage today and I

reorganized all your tools for you sum

them all an alphabetical order yeah we

did have a pretty good sense to you

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not me I'm working the skate Shack

it's a real life gonna use your muscle

pushing my slim I'll miss you a lot

I'm gonna miss you too sweetheart

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now their age text coming up these words

without a what's going on it's Louie

he's going nuts grandma thanks for the

sweater are you grandma thanks for the

sweater

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brem oh thank you grandma grandma me a

wink or something come on Dewey why

don't we take a little walk even die

I can't what about grandma she'll be

okay I was so sorry to hear about your

mother mrs. Anderson how are you doing

we're all right

you look tired are you getting any sleep

he's lonely okay I think he's having a

hard time dealing with the loss of his

grandmother it's not easy for anyone

I know that I just think Louie might

need some special attention he seems to

have no idea whatsoever what death is

about had you talked to him I was hoping

we could talk to him together your

mother and I were just talking about you

and about your grandmother's do you

understand what happened to Grandma

sure you're dying but what does that

mean do you know well to most of the

world's religions death is the beginning

of some sort of afterlife

some call it paradise or an Eden and

there's even a few who call it clean one

day in those believe in reincarnation

that's the transmigration of souls the

Buddhists call it samsara beyond that it

gets a little fuzzy

interesting

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it's been busy where'd you learn all

that I asked around I'm still confused

though I know what every major religion

in the world says about death but I

still don't know how to get this letter

to cry mom I think I might be able to

help let's go

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what are we doing here grandma doesn't

live here anymore I know I want to show

you something see that she kept those

right next to her bed grandma loved all

her grandchildren very much but I know

she had a special place in her heart for

you then I let her down I never sent her

that thank-you note I didn't get to say

thanks what do you remember most about

grandma mm-hmm she always knew what I

was thinking I didn't have to say

anything if there's something bothering

me if I was happy she knew it just by

looking at my face she knew it that's

right grandma

always knew so don't you suppose

wherever she is grandma knows what

you're thinking right now you got a

figure she knows you're thinking thank

you for the gift and she knows you miss

her

there you go guys be free thank ya one

EMS run into my grandma there Louise

said hi what's going on aura morning

already

no it's just I've got some cooking to do

I need to make dinner honey have you

looked in the freezer if the polar ice

caps were to mount and flood the earth

for three years we still wouldn't miss a

meal I've got to do something I can't

sleep I think I'm just not tired oh I

think you're Andy I miss my mom

as requested Andy Anderson our

son-in-law will now say a few words hope

I do half as well when I check anyway

they were racking my brain trying to

figure out why my mother-in-law picked

me to deliver her eulogy was she trying

to punish me

maybe embarrass me probably annoy me

definitely what I finally realized is

Henrietta picked me because I wouldn't

sugarcoat things I whisper a bunch of

sweet nothings no Henrietta knew that

whatever else I do I'd tell the truth

Wow the truth is Henrietta or granny as

I like to call her a woman she was lots

of things Tom she was a tough as I've

seen cream wrapper I've been in combat

if we didn't read in World w*r one you

can bet your best pair of loafers there

wasn't a better sequel she was also kind

she was strong Dan she could laugh

usually she was laughing at me and let's

face it usually I have ever been

pama was part of my family and she still

if I see her in my wife and I see her

and every one of my kids and every time

I look at them I know I'll always love

them and I'll always remember dear

grandma thank you for the sweater was

the best birthday gift I ever got not

counting all the other ones you sent I

love you I miss you Louie

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she's right there and that's where

she'll always be mr. Anderson Austin

chambers here attorney for your

mother-in-law's estate what now well it

seems there's been a small mistake

apparently I forgot to read the last

page of the will it contains her final

request you gotta be kidding me

there's more according to the last page

of her will mrs. Sherman's final request

is that you pay all her legal bills

thanks for your time mr. Anderson you'll

be hearing from me

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sure I'll take care of your bills and

you just wait we'll meet again they

realize I'll be looking for you up there

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