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Oye, por ahí viene Bill Cosby. Óyete.

Are you enjoying your breakfast?

Yes, are you enjoying yours?

Looks like you're not going to drink that orange juice.

Yes, I am. I'm saving it for last.

I don't have any orange juice. You took it all.

I know. That used to happen to me a lot when I was small.

But now I wake up very early.

How would you like to trade a delicious, thirst -quenching slice

of... cantaloupe melon or that little shot glass

of orange juice?

Two pieces.

But then I won't have any.

That's the deal.

You used to be such a warm person.

You've changed.

Take it or leave it.

Okay, on the count of three. One, two, three.

There you go.

and love, and breakfast.

I'm telling Mom.

Tattletail, Tattletail, sitting on ice cream rail.

Hello. Hey.

It's such a beautiful day today.

It's a beautiful day? Why? You're not going to go to school?

Yeah, I'm going to what? I've just never seen you in such a mood like this

before going to school.

Dad, today is Friday.

This weekend, I have no homework, no tests to study for, and no papers to

It's gonna be the perfect weekend.

You know what will make it a great weekend?

Tomorrow, you and I get the ladder out, we go up on the roof and clean out those

gutters. Dad, come on. I need to relax this weekend. I'm under a lot of

pressure. Pressure?

Yes, Dad.

My life is not like yours. You're a doctor.

When you finish work, you have nothing to think about. But I'm in high school,

Dad. I have to think about what I'm doing day and night.

If I'm not studying for a subject, I gotta think about it.

I don't know, but it's weekends like this that get me through.

Well, then I guess you better make the most of it.

Oh, Dad, I will.

Tonight's the big pep rally, tomorrow's the game, and the party at Maxine's.

You know, your grandparents, all of them are coming over for dinner tonight.

Well, I'll be there. I was just hoping I could be excused right after dinner. Is

it okay?

Yeah, sure, that's okay. I'm just happy you could fit us into your...

Perfect weekend.

Thank you, Dad.

Who took my orange juice?

Who took my orange juice?

All's fair in love and breakfast.

Do you know who I am?

I am the man who loves you, who worked to buy the

orange juice for you.

How's school? Great. Is Mom around?

Yeah, she's in the kitchen.

Great. I need to talk to somebody about something.

Uh, Vanessa?

Yeah? What am I, a bag of oats?

No, Dad, but I think I should talk to Mom about this.

Okay. Okay. You might know about this, too.

Well, how are you going to know that I know if you don't ask me?

You see, it's boys.

Boys. Well, boys and girls.

Boys and girls. Okay, well, you've come to the right person because I used to be

a boy.

And your mother was a girl, and I have four girls and one boy. So what's your

problem? See, Dad, there's this thing coming up next week at school called the

turnaround dance.

Turnaround dance? I know about a turnaround dance. I used to have that in

day. In the old time.

Yeah, that's where the girls have to ask the boys to the dance.

Right. Hello.

And there are two guys I want to ask.

Now, one of them, you know, I really don't like, but he'll say yes. And the

I do like will probably say no.

One of them, Robert?

No, Dad, Rob and I broke up a long time ago.

See, first he went steady with Stephanie Johnson, and then he went steady with

Beth Peterson, and now it's Amy Gordon.

Sounds like Roberto is wandering around the world for the rest of his life

searching for you.

Dad.

The guy I want to go out with is David Butler.

Oh, I see.

Now, why do you like him?

He's cute.

Oh, and he's probably got a great personality.

I hope.

Well, you see, I never really talked to him.

But I heard him say something in class, Dad, and he has the best voice.

It cracks.

What did he say?

stood up in class to answer a question, and he said, the Suez Canal.

This was so adorable, and it was the right answer.

Cute and smart.

And all my friends say we would look so good together.

If your friends say that the two of you look cute together, call this boy.

He says, no, I'm going to feel awful.

Suppose he says yes. Let me put it to you this way.

Along... long time ago and i'm not naming any names there was this cute

girl and she wanted to ask this fellow but she was like you she was just kind

afraid and and she was nervous and then she got up enough courage and she called

the boy and the boy said yes and they went to the dance and they are married

today

Dad, is this a story about you and Mom? Yes, but don't tell your mother that I'm

sorry.

Don't tell her.

But, Dad, you know, I'm not Mom.

I don't think I could do this.

Well, then you have a third choice. You can take me to the dance.

I'll call David.

Hey.

Hello. How's everything?

Just fine.

Need any help?

No, I'm just about finished.

You know, it's so funny how life repeats itself.

What? Well, I was in there talking to Vanessa, and she is

nervous about a turnaround, Dan.

Oh. So I told her the story about how you...

called me and asked me to go to the Halloween dance.

I what?

I told her how you called me up and asked me to go to the dance and how you

nervous and everything, you know.

Cliff, why did you lie to our daughter?

I didn't lie. No, I didn't. You let the record show.

Oh, here we go with the let the record show.

Cliff, let's get this story straight. You see, the truth of the matter is you

called my house while I was at cheerleading practice because you knew I

there. And then you had the audacity to ask my mother to tell me to take you to

the dance.

And said I had to be quick about it because there were a lot of girls in

waiting to ask you.

Get out of here.

You know, it's true that you promised my mother if I said yes.

You would have me home by 9 .30 and mow her lawn and wash all the windows.

And I think you better put the top back on that silver polish.

Okay, Mr. Smartypants, okay. My mother will be here this evening to verify the

fact. Okay, good, good, good.

And then after she does that, then you better be ready to do some heavy

apologizing and begging for forgiveness.

We shall see. Uh -huh. We shall see what we shall see. What humiliation from

thee.

Hi. Hey, how you doing?

Now, wait a minute. This is not the face of someone who's about to start a

perfect weekend.

It's not a perfect weekend, Dad.

I got a history paper back today.

A C.

I couldn't believe it. I thought I would at least get a B.

Mr. Pierce said I can do the paper over again and try for a higher grade.

Well, at least you get another chance.

Yeah, but it's got to be on Monday.

If I rewrite the paper, I'm going to miss everything.

The pep rally, the game, the party at Maxine's.

It's going to be the greatest party of the year. Wait one second. You go

upstairs, you do a couple of hours' work on your paper.

Come down, you have dinner with us.

And then you go back up and you work on your papers some more.

So tomorrow you go to the football game and Maxine's party.

Okay? Makes sense to me.

It's worth a try.

All right. I'll get started. And then you and I get the ladder. We'll go up on

the roof.

Just kidding. Just kidding.

So the pirate said, not in my hat, you don't.

Why did you hear that? I made that up. I thought that.

Oh, Claire, the dinner was delicious.

Oh, thank you. Everything was delightful except for my son's jokes.

Hey, listen, you know, you can go home now if you want to.

Aunt Whitey, who wants some? Me. Oh, I'll have some and some for Granny.

Dad, can I leave now? Yeah, oh, yeah, sure, go ahead. Where are you going,

Well, I have to go upstairs and redo a history paper that's due on Monday. I

a C on it, and I should have gotten an A. Well, what did you write about? The

March on Washington.

Oh, you didn't tell me you were writing about that.

You know, your father and I were there. You should have come to us. I thought I

had it all covered. I did research and everything on it. Oh, you could have

research with us. There are a few people in this room who were there.

Oh, that's right.

I was there. All of us were. But I went to the library.

Phil, go up and get that paper. I want to hear it. Now?

Right now. I want to hear it. So do I. My pleasure. I want you to hear how good

it really is.

Okay. Mom, can I be excused now? I want to go make that phone call. Of course.

Can I come?

Rudy, I think Vanessa needs a little privacy for this call.

Oh, that's okay, Mom. I can use the support.

Just don't make any kissing noises while I'm talking.

Bye, Mom.

What's that about? Oh, there's a turnaround dance. Vanessa has to ask a

Since we are on the subject of turnaround dances, Mother Dear, I would

to settle a little dispute between your daughter and myself.

What's that?

Do you recall the first time we went out together?

Oh, of course. The Halloween dance.

Yes. That was the time you called me up and tried to bribe me.

You asked me to talk Claire into asking you to go to the dance. Oh, thank you,

Mother.

You promised to wash my windows and mow my lawn if I do it. Son, you always were

desperate.

Oh, the way he said, you never did mow my lawn.

Well, I guess we'll see you on Sunday.

And bring a rake.

You know, I fed you tonight, and you turn on me like this.

Okay, here it is.

Okay, you ready?

Mm -hmm.

The March by Theodore Huxtable. On August 28, 1963, there was a civil

march in Washington, D .C.

250 ,000 people were there. Many people gave speeches.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a famous speech, I Have a Dream.

It was an important day for America.

What do you think?

That's it? No, that's just the first paragraph. Oh, okay. What do you think

far? Well, you have your facts straight. I know. Can you believe Mr. Pierce gave

me a C? Does this sound like a C to you, Grandpa?

Maybe we should hear the rest of it. Okay.

There were many celebrities at the march.

Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Lena Horne, Joan Baez,

Jackie Robinson, Harry Belafonte, Burt Lancaster.

ready yet do you want me to call him no no no i'll do it i just have to figure

out what i'm gonna say i know what to say what david you're going to this

with me that is not how you do this that's how i do it but that's not the

-up way to do it

call Dave before it gets too late. Then do it. I will.

Don't be afraid.

If he says no, you can stay here and play with me.

Thanks.

I'm in your science class?

Yeah, that's where I sit.

Um, I was wondering about something.

You know about the turnaround dance at school next week?

Yeah. Um, would you like to go with me?

Uh,

yes, I think it'll be fun, too. I'm delighted.

And at the conclusion of the day, The ten leaders of the march met with

President John F. Kennedy for 75 minutes, and thus ended an important day

should all remember.

The end.

Well, interesting.

Yes, it was.

Very.

You didn't like it? Well, son, you had the facts.

I know.

Where'd you get the information?

At the library.

How many books did you read?

One. It's called The Pocket Guide to American History.

How many pages did it have about the march?

One, but there was a little bit on the top of the next page.

So this is a condensed version of historical events. Right.

And not one mention about A. Philip Randolph.

Right. I could just imagine what they wrote about the Boston Tea Party.

Some men jumped up on the boat.

And there were some celebrities, and they threw the tea in the water.

And Sam Jones and John Havlicek and Bill Russell have been winning the

championship.

Theo, maybe your teacher wanted something else.

Like what?

Well, honey, you could have written more about the people, you know, why they

got involved and what they felt.

I can tell you what they felt.

Hot.

Yes, it was rather warm that day.

We were lucky.

We were on an air -conditioned bus, and all of them didn't have it. How many

buses? Just hundreds and hundreds of them. And the singing. Yes, the singing.

You could hear the singing coming from every bus. We sang all the way down

there. Not everyone was singing.

Please don't start on me.

You didn't tell your father to keep quiet.

He had a tendency to drag out the words and sing off key.

What really happened besides the heat and the singing?

Theo, I'll tell you what you should put in that paper.

The mood of that day. Oh, Theo, it was so friendly. Yes, it was.

People we didn't know at all, waving to each other like they were old friends.

We were old friends by the time we walked from the parking lot to the gate.

It was a couple of miles at least. We had to march to the march.

You saw all kinds of people, all colors.

From every part of America.

They carried signs and they wore buttons to let you know where they'd come from.

I traded buttons with a man from Portland, Oregon.

Walked around all day long with that button on. Kiss me, I'm Irish.

You can't stop there.

Your father went around collecting buttons all day long. Every time I

he had a new button. Kiss me, I'm Jewish.

Kiss me, I'm Polish. Kiss me, I'm Japanese.

And I still have those buttons up here.

Oh, we have a whole drawer full of reminders from that day.

It must have been great knowing you guys were going to be part of history.

Oh, no, no, no. That wasn't what it was about.

We were just expressing the way we felt then.

But when we stood in the church parking lot waiting to get on the bus, there was

only about 50 of us there.

I looked around and I thought, well, what if we're the only ones who show up?

We were a very small group of people. After we got down there, there was so

people. To stand in front of the Washington Monument surrounded by 250

people. To be heard.

Theo, your granddad and I met this one woman, Nadine. She was 71 years old and

she drove... I was talking.

I was just telling the boy about Nadine. But I was telling him about Nadine. I'm

sorry.

You go ahead.

No, you go ahead.

No, you. Oh, no.

Will somebody please tell the boy?

I'll tell it.

Nadine was 71 years old, and she drove all the way from North Dakota.

Grand Fork. She drove down with her granddaughter.

Lovely child.

During the march, Nadine was with us every step of the way. Every step.

She stood through all the speeches and never sat down once. We were amazed a

person her age could do all of that.

Russell, she was the same age then that you are now.

Oh, you're right.

No wonder she could do all that.

See, Theo, that's the one thing that you can't get in the history books. That's

the one thing you can't capture. The people.

I guess so.

And you should have seen what it was like when we went back to the bucket.

Right. People held hands and smiled. There was a feeling of...

Joy and pride and other newspapers said it was going to be trouble, but there

wasn't any. It was a lovely, peaceful day.

It was peaceful.

I'll still carry a little of that day with me.

Dr. King said, I don't think I'll ever forget.

In a sense, we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the

Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a

note to which every American was to fall heir.

This is great.

I didn't have to go to the library after all.

All I had to do was have dinner with my family. Hey.

Oh, wait, wait, wait.

Up in the bottom drawer of your mother's dresser, pictures, old newspaper

clippings. Your father's kiss -me buttons are in there, too.

Thanks.

I'm glad Theo had that paper to write. It brought back a lot of memories.

It certainly did.

And Russell.

Do you remember someone sitting way in the back of the bus starting to sing?

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming

of the Lord.

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of

wrath are stored.

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible...

swift sword.

His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah.

Glory, glory, hallelujah. August 28, 1963 was the day that

changed my family.

It was a day of joy and pride and most of all, hope.

His truth is marching on.

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