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up a cold, but nothing's going to stop me from going to the prom.

Then I went to the tuxedo shop. I said to myself, money is no object.

I'm going to get something for the prom to make this thing go wild.

Hey, it looks like I'm going to have to go back and upgrade my tuxedo.

Hey, Smitty, come here, man.

Just a second, fellas. I'll be right with you.

How about I pick you up around 7 o 'clock?

Great. I'll be waiting.

When you see this, you are going to want to kiss me too, but don't. Get how

we're getting to the prom. Our very own limousine. Oh, man, how'd you score

that? My cousin happens to be the limo king of Forest Hills.

This is the top chariot of its line.

Quadraphonic stereo, a moonroof, a television, complimentary mixed nuts,

get the family discount.

How much?

Regularly $90 an hour for us $69 .99, tip included.

Hey, with our parents tipping in, we can just about make it.

Minnie, Justine, we're going to hate you for this. Why?

Because once she spends an evening in this limousine with us, the rest of her

life is downhill.

What's up, guys?

Oh, Gordo.

How are you getting to the prom? I hired a car.

Yeah, well, I guess you could say me hired a car, too. Check this out.

Not bad.

Not bad.

You see, when our car pulls up next to yours, your date is going to jump out of

your car and dive through our moonroof.

I wouldn't count on that, guys, because Darlene and I are going to the prom in

this. You see, you guys have got the standard limousine.

I've got the Olympiad Ultra Stretch.

It's nine feet longer, not to mention fully equipped with large screen TV,

CD stereo player, and a complimentary basket.

of tropical fruit.

See you guys later. Have fun.

Do we have any of those things?

Uh, no, but we can stop at the supermarket and get the fruit.

Gordon is gonna make us look bad.

And if our dates hear about this, we may end up going to the prom solo.

I don't think Roxanne's the type of girl to break a date over the size of a

limo.

Wait a minute. Yes, she is.

We got to come up with something to top Gordon.

How about this?

We take the limo over to Central Park and hire one of those horse -drawn

carriages to drop us off at the prom. No good.

Neil Dugan did it last year.

Disaster. His date ended up smelling like a horse the rest of the night.

Look, what are we going to do?

Wait a minute.

Of course, I got it. What, what? This is good. I know this is the first time

it's ever been done in the history of prom.

Don't leave us hanging, man.

We arrive at the prom in a helicopter.

A helicopter?

I love it. You're a genius. Yes, I know.

Let's do it. I'm there.

All right. All right.

Theo showed me a picture of the limousine he's taking to the prom. It

windows so you can't see who's in it.

I want everybody to see this.

Mom, did Dad take you to your prom in the limousine?

No, I didn't go to my prom.

Why not?

Well, your father was away at school. He had to take final exams, so he couldn't

come. Well, why didn't you take someone else? I mean, nobody should miss their

own prom.

I didn't want to take someone else.

Your father and I were in love.

So you mean on your prom night, you sat in your room all alone and cried your

head off?

No. I talked to your dad on the phone, and then I went to a movie with my

sister. Did you cry your head off at the movies?

No.

Really, compared to some girls I knew, I had it very good.

There was one girl named Sissy Logan, and I remember her father was very

He made her go to the prom with him.

And any time she danced with a boy, he stood next to them and he watched.

Compared to Sissy, I had it very good.

Rudy, Mom's holding back on us.

About being happy on her prom night. She was miserable.

She's just not telling us. How do you know?

Because that's what parents do. They hide their feelings inside to protect

children.

In reality, our mom has been unhappy about this for 30 years.

what you're talking about.

You never took her to her senior prom.

Oh, listen, I was taking final exams.

You could have come back if you really wanted to.

No, I couldn't have. These exams were very, very important.

I wouldn't have married you.

Claire!

Listen, your mother and I had an understanding.

and she has never showed me that this bothered her. She has been keeping it

inside for 30 years.

Dad, you did Mom wrong.

And we think it's time you did something about it.

You should take her to Theo's prom.

Nah, then Theo would be miserable for the rest of his life, too.

Are you guys serious about this?

Yeah. And your mother didn't put you up to this?

No.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Now, yes, we like to take the private helicopter to the east side heliport.

And then we like to swing south and circle the Statue of Liberty a couple of

times before we land.

And also, is there a parking space for our limousine?

Okay, drink, drink. Oh, one more thing.

Do you have complimentary mixed nuts?

Guys, the nuts are extra.

Go for it.

We'll take the nuts.

How much is all of this going to cost?

Sure, I'll hold.

He's figuring it out. I can't believe this is actually going to happen.

Roxanne flipped when she heard about the chopper. Three weeks ago, the girl

wouldn't even talk to me. Today, she was waiting on my locker. You should have

seen Gordon's face when I told him about the helicopter.

The man might never recover. All right.

Yes, I'm here.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay, great.

Book it.

Gentlemen.

We have ourselves a helicopter.

How much?

Well, rental for the helicopter and pilot, $250.

Fuel is another $50, and there's a $20 surcharge per passenger.

I mean, that comes to more than $400.

How much are the nuts?

Will you forget about the nuts? It's $400. Why did you book it, fool?

I had to. I didn't want to look like a jerk. Look, there's no way we can pay

that. When I tell Roxanne there's no helicopter, she is going to plot.

Guys, we can't give up on this. There's got to be a way we can pull this off.

Hey, hey.

Hey, fellas.

Look at that. What?

There's an ad for helicopter lessons.

$89 an hour.

I'll take the lesson.

What about us?

You guys don't get it.

Listen, when I go off my lesson, I'll say I have five friends I want to take

into the city with me.

Are you sure that'll work?

Hey, we're going to be stepping out of limousines dressed in tuxedos. How can

they say no to us?

You're right.

We're in.

Wait, wait, wait. Can I say something here? Why should we just be satisfied

a helicopter and a limo? Let's think of something that would really put Gordon

away. Yeah, something the ladies would really like.

Roxanne told me she likes caviar.

Perfect. You know what would go good with a caviar? A nice imported salami.

Starlight Memory Senior Prom, 1958.

Mama loved that. Look what else we made.

What is that?

It's a big mirror ball that you hang in the middle of the dance floor.

That's wonderful.

It'll help with the romance.

Yeah, I need all the help I can get. Come on.

Let's go find a place to hide all this so Mom won't see it. Thank you. Thank

you. Thank you.

Dad!

to do it look you're beautiful what's that now put everything on that came in

the box right but i don't know what to do with these oh look look look give me

give me these these are garters for you for your socks well actually see in the

old days this was before uh there was uh they put rubber in the socks you put

them on and after you took about three steps the socks started to go for

themselves so they wind up all down around your ankles and And, you know,

your pants are up like this and people see all the ash.

So you don't need these now, see, because you have them.

Yeah, but they came in a box. I'm going to put it on.

Well, listen, man, go for it.

This is a pretty exciting night for you, isn't it?

It's probably going to be one I'm going to write about.

And you get a chance to stay out as late as you want.

Yeah, but it's okay. I got a lot of sleep last night.

Now, just because you have permission to stay out as late as you want doesn't

mean that you have permission to do everything you want.

Dad, I won't be doing anything at my prom tonight that you won't be doing at

yours.

Don't forget, I'm married to my prom date.

Got you, Dad.

Hello. I'll get it, Daddy.

Hey, hey, everybody.

Hello.

Looking good, looking good.

Oh, not bad yourself, Huxtable.

What? Who are these lovely people?

You remember Jenny, right? And these are our dates, Sylvia, Roxanne, then

Justine. Many just the kind of house I want to have someday.

It's yours, Dr. Huxtable. How much do you want for the place? Money is no

object.

$3 .70.

I'll give you $3 .60.

I'll take it.

All right, everybody. I want to take a picture. Let's move to this side of the

room. All right. Ms. Huxtable, you may not know it, but you're taking a picture

of a group of people who may go down in history as the greatest prom goers of

all time.

Well, all right. Theo, you and your friend will move over closer here. I

try to make sure that this thing is in focus. What are you doing? I'm helping.

Can you wait one second?

Uh, let's go down right there.

And, uh, go a little further down. All right,

everybody, say, party till you drop.

Party till you drop.

All right.

One more, just a minute.

All right, I'm Mike, the limousine driver.

How are you? Fine.

I hope I'm not disturbing you, but I always like to meet with the parents of

children before the evening gets started. Oh, well, thank you very much.

parent myself...

I know what it's like to wait and worry. Yeah.

Here's the private phone number of my car.

You can look it over if you'd like. Oh, no, no, no. It won't be necessary. Have

a sit down. Yeah, sure.

Theo, do you think we have time to freshen up a bit before we go? Of

We have a bathroom just down the hall here. Thank you.

Uh,

Theo, while we're waiting, do you think I can get something to drink?

Come on, man. We have a whole case of ginger ale with a limo.

Yeah, I know that, but I think I want a drink now, and I think you two should

come with me.

Guys, we gotta talk. What's up?

Well, you know I went to get the caviar, right?

Yeah, right. Did you get it?

Yeah. Well, that's it.

That's it?

Where's the rest of it? This is it. This cost me $16. I had to throw an extra

dollar in there. No problem.

We'll give you small forks to make it look like there's more.

I got this prompting down to a science.

I don't expect any trouble with your kids, but there are a few bad eggs

you know what I mean? I know what you mean. Therefore, I have drawn up this

official document, which they must sign before they get into the limo.

You're kidding.

We, the undersigned, heretofore... Yeah, I'm attending a night course in pre

-law. Oh, good for you.

Agree to pay the aforementioned driver a... cleanup fee of $50?

Their bad eggs tend to throw up in the car.

At the discretion of the driver, circumstances may require a $10 lawn

fee? For $10, if they pass out in the car, I carry them up to their lawn and

drop them.

Thanks for the work, dear. No problem.

You ready to go?

All right, ladies and gentlemen, your chariot awaits.

See you later. Bye -bye. Bye -bye. All right, now. Good night. Have a good

Well, there's another child off to the prom.

Yeah, and I have something for you.

A little surprise for you.

Ha -ha.

Read that, please.

Crestview High, class of 58. That's right.

Presents the Starlight Memory Senior Prom.

There you go.

Date today, time tonight. Place the papaya ballroom of the hotel hospital.

you please.

It's my sweet 16 dress.

That's right.

Oh.

Oh, I can't get into this. Oh, yes, you can, too, because I gave the tailor the

measurements, and I did mine also wear a little broader.

I'm going to the prom. Please hit your room. I'll change in my office.

Well, hello.

Is this the papaya room of the Hotel Hoxtable?

Yes, it is.

Please do come in, Miss Hanks.

We are your chaperones.

teacher, Mrs. Derwood. And I am your English teacher, Mrs.

Hall. It's very nice to see you again.

Please do join us.

Oh, but you seem to have come without a date.

Well, I had one, but I can't seem to find it. Well, lucky for you, there's a

young man around here without a date.

Oh, young man!

Young man!

Claire, may I present Heathcliff Huxtable.

He's a junior at Hillman College. He plays football and runs track.

He also wants to be a doctor.

But I don't think he's going to make it.

Heathcliff, this is Claire Hicks. She's a senior and gets straight A's. We can

show off lovely children someday.

Hello, Heathcliff.

Hello, Claire.

Please.

Miss Hall.

I think it's time for the prom committee to retire upstairs.

No, it's not.

Prom just got started.

I think these youngsters would like to be alone.

But we're the chaperones. We have to make sure that they don't smooch.

Heathcliff. Huh? I noticed that you have a corsage for me.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, I do.

Aren't you going to pin it on?

I thought you'd never ask.

Oh, boy.

Thank you.

Okay. Are they fine?

Okay. Are you sure they're on their way here, Mike?

No, I'm not upset with you.

Okay, fine.

Nothing, ma 'am. Your son.

Is he all right?

Yes, he's all right. Your son rented a helicopter.

Then you'll get in the helicopter. The thing starts up. The thing blows all

their hair.

And the guy's in bed and he flies around and takes his lesson for a half hour.

Then you get back in the car. The girl's hair is all full of dirt and

everything.

Steele says, well, let's have some caviar. They don't have any crackers. He

says, you're supposed to have crackers with the caviar. Smitty says, look,

caviar is expensive and it should stand alone.

So they open up the thing. They have one, two little hits of the caviar.

Your son, not mine, throws up in the car.

My man Mike says, and that's $50 for a cleanup fee. They get to the school.

Everybody's coming out of the brown.

They get out. The girls haven't danced. They haven't done. And they're on their

way here now, and these girls are warm.

How's everything going?

Would you guys like to stay? We could have our own prom right here.

Theo, I sat at the hairdresser for four hours, and my parents spent a lot of

money on this dress.

We're going to Enrico's. But we don't have any money.

Oh, we know that.

My father gave me some.

My father gave me some, too.

Could you all just hold one second, all right?

Come here, hometown.

Let me talk to you one second. Please, just wait one second.

Mike told me, what happened? You know, I'm making out on my date better than

you.

Dad, this might go down as the worst prom in history. Yeah, well, okay. Let

fix this for you here.

Now, look.

Here's the keys to the car. I want you to take the car, take the young ladies

wherever they want to go. In the meantime, what I want you to do is take

If you can talk your way into taking them for something to eat, I mean,

up to whatever they want to do.

Thank dad. Thank dad. All right, hon.

Work hard now.

Fellas, fellas, we've got a new life here.

Got the keys to the good car.

Got a pocket full of money.

Let's go.

Police.

I have a lot of things.

that I want to say to you.

But I cannot say them in this house.

Thank you and good night, Dr. and Mrs. Hudson.

I've been here before.

Pardon me.

But we still have a problem that we are taking care of.

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