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Hmm.

I don't care what you say. I still say I should have gone in.

Hey, back from shopping. How was it? Great. We only had one fight. It started

the moment we left, and it hasn't finished yet.

Now, what happened?

I took him to Bookman's. He told me I couldn't go in.

That Bookman's is a menswear store.

Menswear store.

No mothers allowed.

She probably want to go in the dressing room with me. Hey, man, she goes in with

me.

Is this the shirt? Wait till you see it.

Have you seen it? Through the window.

All right.

At first, I felt funny about charging it. But after I said I was your son,

said, no problem.

Well, they love me at Bookman's. I make the clothes look good.

Here it is. Uh -huh.

Dad, when I wear this on my date with Christine, ooh, she is gonna die.

Bookman's does it again.

How much is it? See the label?

Gordon Gartrell. This is the shirt. Gordon Gartrell is a big designer.

Check out these details.

Hidden buttons. Mm -hmm. Flap on the back. Yeah.

Two -tone pockets.

Work of art.

How much?

But the real thrill...

your hands clean?

Doctor's hands are always clean.

Then why are they always washing them?

How much?

How much?

How much?

Dad, if you want quality, you're gonna have to pay for it.

Oh, well, there must be a pair of pants in there, too.

$95.

Dad, the salesman said this will last a lifetime.

And just think, if I live to be 90, that's about a dollar a year.

Theo, I don't have a $95 shirt, and I have a job.

Don't you want something better for your son?

You want to trade your room for that shirt?

No. All right, then.

The shirt goes back.

But, Dad, I told Christine I was getting a Gordon Gartrell.

Tell Christine you lied.

Dad.

No 14 -year -old boy should have a $95 shirt unless he is on

stage with his four brothers.

I'll give you $30.

$30? All right, then.

Five!

Dad, for $30, I can't even get a Gordon Gartrell tie.

Well, what are you, a personal friend of his?

Now, you take $30 and get yourself a nice $30 shirt.

Could you make it $35?

I could make it nothing.

You guys are ruining my life.

I don't mind.

I can't believe that.

A 14 -year -old boy with a $95 shirt.

But, Cliff, it's not the shirt. It's the symbol.

I mean, you men are all alike. In every generation, you go through the same

thing. You think you need that to be somebody.

I never needed a $95 shirt. I put on a football uniform to impress the young

woman I was in love with. Well, that's a symbol.

I already liked you. I liked your little pointy head.

Well, I just noticed that when I got the jacket, which they only gave out to

people on the first team, that a certain person said, Can I borrow that jacket?

And then proceeded to wear it every day.

Cliff, there is a big difference between wearing a garment to try to impress

somebody and wearing a garment to say, Hey, girls, you best keep your hands off

my man.

Gordon Gartrell.

Dad's taking it back. Just because it cost $95.

Ooh, that's right. Those shirts are way overpriced.

Yeah, but I look so good in it.

Vinny, when I came in that dressing room, the whole store was looking at me.

You should see the way it shows off my upper body.

Yeah, but $95.

I don't care.

A girl like Christine deserves a man like me in a shirt like that.

I can make you one just like it. You? I took sewing.

Hey, I took English, but I got a D in it.

I'm telling you, it's not that hard. You buy the material, you follow the

pattern. You got yourself a shirt.

We're not just talking about any shirt.

We're talking about a Gordon Gartrell, the greatest shirt in the world. Oh,

makes it so great?

$95.

That makes it expensive. See, when you pay $95, you're not just paying for the

shirt. You're paying for Gordon Gartrell's summer house on the Riviera.

You're paying to feed his Arabian horses.

You're paying for Israel's rights.

Then when you buy a Gordon Gartrell, you're supporting an empire.

Gee, I'm surprised it's so cheap.

So what do you say? Are you going to gamble on your sister?

Denise, are you sure you can do this? Yes.

By Saturday?

Yes. And it'll look exactly like a Gordon Gartrell.

The Gordon Gartrells are $95.

I can make it for $25.

Well, here's $30. Can you make it $5 better? Hey.

Thanks, Denise.

You're welcome. Christine is going to die.

Why are you lying down?

Tired. What's the matter? You sick?

No. Oh, here we go again.

What? Why is it you can never admit when you're sick? Let me feel your forehead.

I'm not sick, dear.

I'm not sick. I'm just lying down.

You are grumpy. I'm not grumpy. You're always grumpy when you're sick. I'm not

sick. Then what are you? I'm lying down.

Hey, Dad.

About that. Hey, you're lying down.

Right. Are you sick?

What do you want?

Grumpy. Thick.

About the shirt? Yeah. It's okay if you take it back.

Thank you. Denise is making me one just like it. Denise is going to make you a

shirt? The one who lives in this house?

Not just any shirt. An exact replica of the Gordon Gartrell.

And for just $30. It's a miracle.

Denise? Denise?

Denise, would you come in here, please?

Hey, Daddy, are you... Lying down.

Denise, are you making Theo a shirt?

Look out, Gordon Gartrell.

Oh, Denise, honey, shirts are not that easy to make.

I have a flair for designing. Remember that party dress I made? Who made?

I made.

Who put the zipper in it?

Well, there's no zippers in shirts.

There's no sleeves on a party dress, either.

Why do you guys always bring up that old stuff? I think you show a little faith

in me.

Well, I didn't say you couldn't make the shirt. It's just that you have this

habit of starting things with all this excitement, and when the going gets

rough, you quit.

Like what?

Ice skating. Guitar.

Skiing. Tennis.

Ballet. Yoga.

Pottery. It's just seven. Can't you guys think of any more?

We're just talking about how much it costs.

Look, I promised Theo a shirt, and I'm going to finish it without your help.

I brought you a snack.

Hey, thanks.

Where are the rest of them?

Small break, small snack.

That part of my shirt?

That's right.

Which part?

The sleeve.

Oh, yeah, of course.

Which sleeve?

Theo, I can't work like this.

Okay, but before I go, I gotta show you a picture. Not another shirt.

No, Christine.

Hey, she gave you a picture.

She let me take it. It's a little blurred.

I was in a moving car.

Don't we look great together?

Theo, would you relax?

I'm relaxed.

Theo, I can tell you're worried.

Me? Worried? About what?

That I don't know what I'm doing, that this won't look like a Gordon Gatrell,

and it won't be done by Saturday.

Yeah, but what else?

Theo, just relax, okay?

I've got the material. I'm following the pattern. Everything is under control.

Believe me? Yeah. You feel better? I do.

Get out.

I need a bus Saturday.

How's it going?

How's it going?

How's it going? Is that how parents know how's it going?

Daddy, I just don't think I can finish the shirt by tonight.

Making the shirt is not easy. And you're probably doing a lot better than you

think you are.

I don't know.

Well, honey, nobody said it has to be perfect. Just do the best you can, okay?

wrong turns out there. I'm going to need some more money for material.

How much?

Just ten dollars.

Ten dollars?

Ten dollars? Oh my goodness, ten dollars.

We always need ten dollars.

You're warm.

I'm not sick.

I'm not sick and I'm not grumpy.

Is this my shirt? That's right. Thanks. Hey.

Did he overdo it on the clone or did I smell too hard?

Come talk to me.

Me?

I'm a little nervous about the shirt.

I need company. Okay.

So what do we talk about?

Anything. Uh, Janie Miser got a new bike today. It's really great.

so much about you. Listen, take your coats off, have a seat, and I'll get

for you. Hi. Hi.

Hiya. Hey, nice shirt.

Thank you.

It's, uh, Gordon Gartrell.

A tie.

A tie.

Yeah. You were only six years old, and you still remember that, huh?

I'll get you a tie.

Yeah. Well, this was a different tie.

This was a different tie. This was about this wide.

And it was yellow.

And it had a palm tree, hand -painted, and a hula dancer.

And right across the middle of it...

was the word Miami, and it lit up.

And shortly after Father's Day, I was invited to speak at a medical

So I put on a gray herringbone suit, black wingtip shoes, lovely shirt.

Went to the closet, pick out a tie. You came in, age six, little nose running.

You reached over and you grabbed that tie.

And you held it up to me and you said, Dad, would you wear my tie, please?

Right then and there, I had a choice.

Wear the tie, make my son happy, or look like a human being.

I wore that tie.

And I got up to speak and people saw the tie and the Miami was lighting and they

started to laugh.

But the more they heard... and they understood that I knew what I was

about, the more they forgot about that tie.

Pretty soon, they only saw me.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yeah, Dad, I do.

Good!

If I ever have to speak at a medical convention, I'll wear this shirt.

Dad, tonight I have Christine, Dad. Christine!

If I wear this shirt, she'll never want to be seen with me again.

Dad, please, if I go to Bookman's right now, I can still get another one.

No. Ted, please, Dad, listen.

Dad, look, I'll wash dishes, Dad. I'll come to the basement. Look, look, I'll

sign papers.

Blank, man, you can fill in whatever you like.

Okay, well, I think you've learned your lesson.

Son, son, son.

Now listen to me.

Up on my dresser is a box.

In that box is a shirt.

Oh, Gordon Gossrell?

You bought another one?

I never took the one back that I had.

How do you know this wouldn't work out?

I've been living in this house for a long time.

It's his father. Listen, take my shirt off.

I've told you a hundred times not to wear my best shirt. Dad, it's okay.

It's okay, Dad.

It's okay.

Christine, this is my shirt.

Theo, I think maybe you got it on Inside Out.

No.

Christine, it's not a Gordon Gartrell, is it?

Why do you think I'm wearing it?

Hey, you better get going. Come on. Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad. Theo, wear a jacket.

And cover my itchy Yamarata.

Wait a minute. One last thing.

He's not going up to put on cologne, is he?

Hey, guess what?

What? They love the shirt.

They did?

Christine said...

Nice cologne.

Come on. No.

Come on.

Hey, you guys.

This is my sister, Denise.

She made this.

Hi. Hey, that's a great shirt. You think you can make one for me?

No. It's a designer original. You make one, then you burn the pattern.

Dad.

Thank you.

Bye, Mom.

Good night, son.

Hey, let's get this day started with Rush.

to become very, very famous.

Denise Huxtable, designer, started at age 16, did a shirt for her

brother, went on to fame and fortune.

One day, while she was doing a shirt in her home, a limousine pulled up, and a

man came up to her and said, will you make a flag for my country?

Sure, Daddy.

Here. Well, wait a minute now.

Flag's easy.

No zippers.

Well,

that's another family crisis we've survived.

Why don't you relax, Cliff? There won't be another one for at least five

seconds.

Claire? Yes?

I'm sick.

Here we go.

Will you take care of me?

Yes.

Will you put me in the bed?

Yes.

Take my temperature?

Yes. Will you make soup for me?

Yes. Will you buy me a pony? Yes.