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No matter how long you stare at them, they are not going to go away.

Rudy.

I hate Brussels sprouts.

You haven't even tasted them yet.

I don't like the way they look.

Are you going dancing with me tonight or what?

Yes. You going just like that?

Are you going dressed like that?

Hey, I'm telling you, I'm almost dressed. All I need is a shirt and a

You're the one who has to go through urban renewal.

Don't worry, I'll be ready.

Look, Ralph and Marie are coming here tonight.

I will be ready.

Okay, because tonight I'm going dancing with my wife.

cream.

They invented the spotlight for me.

Cliff, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but honey, you cannot dance.

Cliff, this is you, okay? Yeah. And this is not my idea of great dancing.

You ready?

Mm -hmm.

Yeah, that's what I look like. That's exactly what you look like. Well, why is

it that people stop?

Stand back and watch. Because you're also doing this.

But I am a good dancer. No, you cannot dance.

Dancing with you is like a professional wrestling match.

It is grab, snatch, jerk, fling. I'm flying across the dance floor.

No.

I've heard it again, Jeff. Mrs. Davis will be here at any moment. Cliff,

Let Rudy get up from that table until she's cleaned her plate.

I'm not eating them.

All right.

Then just sit here.

For how long?

For how long?

Until you eat them. All I can say is I remember a little girl, and she wouldn't

eat her vegetables, and the parents said, well, you're just going to sit

until you eat them.

And she saw her friends growing up.

People were going to college.

She was still sitting there in the same clothes she had on when she was five

years old.

Now, are you going to eat them?

No. All right, then just sit there, all right? And don't try to hide them,

because if you try to...

Ciao.

Mom's from Dad. It's hard work.

Theo, I'm desperate.

The Walking Lemons are having a concert, and I want to get tickets.

I thought they were sold out.

Well, they added another performance.

The tickets go on sale tomorrow morning, but people are getting online tonight.

Denise, Mom and Dad are not going to let you sleep outside on the sidewalk

overnight. Yeah, but I got a plan. I'm going to get them together, present my

kids, and when Dad says no, I'm just going to bring up that time he slept

outside Yankee Stadium to get World Series tickets.

It was Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

Dale, please, can I have the $15? Hey, if Dad says yes, I'll give you $500.

You don't have $500.

Do I look worried?

Hey, Dad is going to say yes. He's going to go for it. You'll see.

What do you want?

A strip, Mom.

It's that big, huh?

No, it's not that big. It's just easier to ask the two of you together.

And you're expecting me to say no?

That's not true.

Come here, Denise.

Me? Yes, dear.

Stay right there.

Huxtable residence, Dr.

Huxtable. Hi, Mr. Davis.

Really?

You don't... feel well at all huh no no it's all right i can get another

babysitter don't don't worry you get yourself down and force fluids because

thing's going around all right don't worry i'll get another babysitter bye

don't look at me okay

It's either you or us, and I know it isn't us.

How about Theo?

Theo? Your son?

Do you think that Theo could do this? I think he'd be terrific.

You lie.

I'm serious. I think he would be really good.

Are you willing to take the responsibility if he doesn't? Yeah.

gotta lose a house, a couple of kids?

Mrs. Davis.

Mrs. Davis?

Yes. Mrs. Davis cannot babysit tonight. Your sister has plans.

So you're next in line.

Me? Yes. Congratulations.

Dad. What?

I can't. Why?

It's a girl's job.

It's a girl's job?

Hey, nobody ever has Denise to shovel the sidewalk.

Good point.

So I'm off the hook. No.

But the next snowstorm, Denise is shoveling.

really think you're making a big mistake i'm irresponsible it

takes a big man to admit that he has a problem it

takes a big man to try to solve that problem and i'm offering you

that opportunity i guess i have to take it don't i

a big man would

If a bigger man was standing next to him.

Dad, I'll accept the challenge.

I'm proud of you.

How much does it pay?

Sit down, son.

Three, four generations ago, parents didn't talk much to their children.

Father would come in, look at his son sleeping around 4 o 'clock in the

shake the boy, and he'd say, Boy, go out and plow the field now.

And the boy would wipe his eye and say, Yes, Pa, go out and do it.

And occasionally, a boy would say,

How much do I get paid, Pa?

And as Pa would get to plow and run over himself.

Those days are gone now, son.

Because we've become more civilized, more sophisticated.

But still inside of me, no matter how sophisticated I am, every once in a

When I tell one of my children to do something and they ask me how much do

get paid, that thing sort of builds up again.

When I tell you to do something, you ask me how much you're going to get paid.

I think I'm going to buy a plow.

both together.

Yeah.

Oh, I gotta go. I'll be here in ten minutes.

Oh.

First responsibility, go in there and make Rudy eat the Brussels sprouts,

No problem.

All right. Then what should I do? By that time, your mother and I will be

from the dance.

Oh, Denise, please, dear.

Some time ago, you wanted to ask a question. What is it? Oh, I wanted to

and Mom.

Mom is upstairs getting dressed.

We're going out. Now, what is it?

Daddy, you promised you'll be open -minded.

My mind is open.

Even if it's something that kids do today but didn't in your generation?

Even if it's something that kids do today, it's not in my generation. Open

Okay, Daddy, I'd like permission to sleep away from home tonight.

Okay, are you going to sleep at a friend's house?

No. You're going to sleep at a stranger's house?

to sleep?

On 32nd Street?

Where?

On 32nd Street itself.

Have you volunteered to be a pothole?

No, Daddy, see, the Walking Lemons are giving a concert.

Walking Lemons?

The tickets go on sale tomorrow morning and people are beginning to get online

tonight. There are going to be millions...

I'm not going to do anything wrong.

I know, because you're not going.

When you were my age, you did something just like this.

Never. What about the World Series?

What about the World Series?

The time you slept outside Connie Francis Stadium.

What?

No.

It's Connie Max Stadium.

This is the same thing.

But it's not the same thing. Why not?

Because my father made me go. I wanted to listen to it on the radio.

Yeah, but you were glad that you had the experience, right? We went to Connie

Mack Stadium, stood in line behind maybe about 100 people, and the rain started

to pour down and put a newspaper over my head. Water was coming down and dropped

this big.

Look at my forehead. You can see where the ink...

where the ink is pressed in. And that's why on my forehead, can you still see

it?

That's why they call it headlines.

And animals lining up behind us two by two.

It's really means a lot to me. You're not going. I love you. You're not going.

You said you'd have an open mind.

32nd Street closed it up.

department. What if brothers break in?

Then Theo will unarm them.

What if they do karate?

Then Theo will die.

And you will take over.

Dad. Listen to me carefully. Your brother is capable of taking care of

any situation that arises.

Dad, I have a problem.

Who do you want to eat our Brussels sprouts?

What should I do?

Then you go in there and you eat one, show her that you're doing it, and then

she'll eat one.

But I hate brussel sprouts.

Well, then you have to outsmart her.

How? Okay, tell her that she's the big bad wolf and the brussel sprouts are the

three little pigs.

Dad, she's not going to fall for that one. You did.

I'll give it a try.

Now, Denise, your father talked to me and told me what it was you wanted to do

tonight. Now, believe me, I think he presented your case very fairly.

He included all the facts, gave a brief plea for the rights of teenagers. He

really made it kind of difficult for me to say no.

But you did.

Absolutely. Did you really think we were going to let you sleep out on the

street overnight?

Well, well, well, I thought I had a good chance until I brought up the World

Series.

That happens to me in court a lot, you know.

I come to what I think is the main issue, right? The jury sits there and

at me like... So?

Hey, did Grandpa really make Daddy stand out in the rain? Oh, yes, he did.

Yeah? Yeah, they used to do a lot of crazy things together.

Hey, Mom, we should do a lot more things together.

Great, all right.

What would you like to do?

Well... Would you sleep outside on the sidewalk with me?

Okay.

I'll take your dad, Ralph, Marie, and the good sheets.

Just do me one favor. What's that?

When friends come over, don't do that.

Do you have something to say about my dancing? It's embarrassing.

It's embarrassing?

Have you ever watched yourself dance?

Hey, you just don't appreciate how far dance has come.

How far dance has come. How far it's come? Where you take a piece of

box, throw it out on the sidewalk, spin on your head, your neck, your ears, and

your throat, and then people throw money?

You get people out there doing all that. You know, there was a comedian on

television. Lipsy Russell said, in his day, it was called having a fit.

Hello.

Oh, hold on, please.

It's for you.

Say you're sorry.

Sorry. No, not at all.

Hello. Hey, Pat, how you doing?

Yeah, I have a chart down in my office.

No.

I'll run down there and get it, and I'll read it off to you.

Okay? Fine.

No problem. Thank you.

Pardon me.

Hey,

what's up there?

How's it going?

How's it going?

Oh, not too good. My dad won't let me go tonight.

My mom won't let me go either. My parents almost killed me. Yeah, me too.

How are we supposed to get the ticket?

Well, everyone's giving their money to Lizard Bradshaw, and he's gonna go buy

them. Ah.

So what are we gonna do tonight?

Well, my parents are going out. We can hang out here if you want. Hey, that's a

good idea.

Listen,

we got some new steps to show you. Oh, great. Are they really fresh?

Absolutely. I want to spring them on my dad.

Do you have enough room here? Not really.

Do you think he'd mind if we, like, move the furniture?

No. In fact, I'll get my brother to help.

Great. Okay.

Number 10, you're King Kong.

And those are the three students.

No.

Theo, will you help me move the furniture?

How come?

Because my friends and I want to dance.

Oh, boy, can I watch?

Only if you eat your Brussels sprouts.

house up.

Hey, we weren't too bad, were we, Daddy?

Not bad, but you want to see some real dancing. Ralph and Marie, why don't you

show them your stuff? You want us to dance? Claire, what is going on?

Now, I don't know. I just got here myself.

No, no, I just want to show them how the old folks can do it. That's why I love

coming here. You never know what's going to happen.

You ready?

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