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Hey, son.

Hey, dad.

Air conditioner breakdown?

No. Are you hot?

What are you looking for, Dad?

What are you looking for?

Some food.

Ah.

So, you're the one.

What? Yeah, see, the power company called and thanked me for running up a

bill.

You know, son, doorbell rang the other day. I went to the door, and there were

two penguins there.

And they wanted to know when you were going to come and look in the

here.

I'm sorry, Dad.

But when I'm hungry, I have no idea what I want until I see it. Let me suggest

this.

I'll get your mother's camera. Come down here, take a picture of the

refrigerator with the door open, and then I'll develop it, put it up here.

You come down, and then you look at it.

and then you circle what you want, come up and get me, and I'll go into the

refrigerator and get it. Okay? Okay. No more penguins.

Hi, Dad.

I put Peter, my man.

Well, how are you doing?

And how's the wife?

Oh, good.

What's that?

It's a present.

For me?

No. For me.

It's mine.

What did I just say?

Mine, mine, mine.

I don't want you to touch it. I don't want you to play with it. I don't even

want you to see it. Understand?

How much further, Dad?

Son, all I can say is that you're looking at the top -of -the -line, state

-the -art, super -duper juicer.

What does it do?

I'm glad you asked, my dear.

Pardon me, sir.

the machine on.

Get me two glasses, please.

Place the glass under here and we take the vegetables, put them in there,

to that sound.

I love this sound.

Put some ice cream in it. No, you don't put ice cream in this.

You put vegetables in it.

And then you drink the juice.

Drink vegetables?

Yes. Give me another glass, will you please?

Oh, boy, look at how beautiful that looks. Here, Rudy, you're my first

No, thank you.

Peter!

Does that mean no?

Okay. Why don't you guys go outside and play?

Can we go upstairs and play?

Okay.

of the clothes closet.

Hey!

No getting into the clothes hamper. Bang!

And no rolling anything or anybody down the stairs.

Okay. Okay.

Hi. Oh, Claire, you're just in time.

For what?

For something you don't want.

What is this?

Dear.

which provide nutritious drinks for just pennies a day. And it's going to end up

with the rest of the stainless steel self -maintenance appliances in the

appliance graveyard underneath this counter.

Let's see.

The answer to Sunday breakfast?

Yes, I bought that.

Waffles, Claire. I'm going to make waffles every Sunday morning.

Until you had to clean it.

And this?

Crepes.

Well,

I just want you to know, dear, that there's two kinds of people in this

Those who blaze trails and those who trail behind the blazers.

And I happen to be a blazer. You see, by drinking this, I will make my body lean

and my mind clear. You know why? Because I think ahead.

I think ahead, too. Theo, I want you to prepare a space in the graveyard for

your father's newest appliance.

Take your hands off my machine.

Hey!

Hey!

Hold it down. I'm trying to read in there.

Vanessa? It's Mom.

Vanessa, I'm going to the post office, and I'll be back in about 20 minutes.

Could you keep an eye on Rudy and Peter for me? Sure.

Okay, Rudy, your father's downstairs in his office.

Vanessa's in charge until he comes upstairs, okay? Okay.

Okay.

Bye,

Peter. Bye, Vanessa.

Uh,

Rudy, remember, Vanessa's in charge.

Okay, you all heard her. I'm in charge, and I want quiet.

I'll get it. It's probably for me.

See, it's coming down here, and these are the watermarks.

And I'm just happy you could come out on a Saturday to look at it. My pleasure.

Yeah, it's definitely a water thing.

Well, what do you think caused it?

Water.

Oh, okay. Well, what do you think? Just a simple replaster it and then paint it?

Well, you can do it that way. It would be wrong, but you could do it. It would

be wrong. Well, what would be right? Well, that's hard to say.

What do you think caused it? No, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Could be you have a shingle missing. Uh -huh.

It could be that your pipes are leaking, your wood is rotten, and your whole

house is going to fall down.

Well, that's kind of a broad diagnosis.

Well, you can always get a second opinion. No, no. Dr.

Harrison said that you were the best. Dr. Harrison knows what he's talking

about.

Okay, so with all of that, what do you think it's going to cost me?

Well, that's hard to think.

Well, can you give me an estimate?

Well, you got to figure time, materials, labor. I figure anywhere between $75

and $1 ,200.

And that's an estimate? I don't know what I'm going to find inside that wall.

I see.

Contract work is a lot like medicine. It's not an exact sign.

You know what I'm saying?

I hear what you're saying.

You know, when you think about it, our professions are a lot alike.

We both spend years in training. We both work with our hands. We both wear

beepers.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Yes, uh, Mr. Lucas, this is my wife, Mrs. Huxtable. Well, hello, Mrs.

Well, hello, how are you? Fine, fine. Have you found out what's causing our

leak? No, but I'm sure it wasn't your fault.

What's that?

How do you know?

I can tell.

Cliff, I'm going to the post office, and I'll let Vanessa in charge of Rudy and

Peter till you go upstairs.

All right, dear, I'll be up in a minute.

Nice to meet you. My pleasure.

Now, do you think you can do the job? How did you end up with a woman like

Just lucky, I guess. You got that right.

Darlene showed Robert the notes?

But it was supposed to be top secret.

You tell Darlene that is the last time I give her a note.

What should I tell you what to do?

You're in charge.

How does she block?

We already did that.

Do your coloring books.

We already did that.

Hold on, Courtney.

Look, there has got to be something you haven't done.

You haven't had a snack.

Great, I'll fix you a snack as soon as I'm off the phone. I'll only be one more

minute.

Okay, I'm back.

No, I never gave a note to Sherry.

It wasn't me.

Who did this?

My bet is Rudy.

Oh, you're probably right. Let's get it cleaned up. I don't think we should

touch it. Why not?

It wouldn't be good for Rudy.

What are you talking about?

If we clean this up now, Mom and Dad will never know this happened.

Rudy would think she could do this any time she wants.

She'll never learn responsibility.

I'm willing to tell this to Dad.

Believe me, Dad would want us to leave it alone.

Are you sure?

Trust me. Look, you're older, right? But I've been in more trouble.

I know what I'm talking about.

Okay.

No penguins.

I don't see any water stains anywhere else. Looks like it's just your office.

Okay. Now, when your crew is working, Will you be here?

Oh, I'll be here every day.

Now, how long will it take?

Well, that's hard to say.

Well, it could take three hours. It could take a month.

Okay. You know, on my way in, I saw you had a crack in your sidewalk.

Yeah, it was just a little one. Well, that's a little one now, but as soon as

the first cold winter day comes, it's going to open up. Now, you wouldn't want

your lovely wife to trip on it, would you?

Oh, I could take care of it for you. I bet you could.

Thank you for coming, Mr. Lucas.

Yeah, hey.

We're going to be working together.

Call me Sam.

I'll call you every day.

I do. All right. Bye -bye.

Wasn't us.

Don't worry, Dad. We didn't touch a thing.

You see, the way we figure it, this has Rudy written all over it.

Dad, I think I know what you're thinking.

I know what I'm thinking, but I'm real interested in knowing what you think I'm

thinking.

You're thinking we did this, right?

No.

I'm thinking that I don't believe I'm standing here watching you all have a

picnic in the middle of this.

but Theo said not to.

He did?

Why? I knew you wouldn't want us to.

Why?

For Rudy's sake.

Now, if she makes a mess, and then we clean it up, she'll never learn

responsibility.

Okay.

We didn't do it, dear.

And Theo told us not to clean it up.

I just came up here a few seconds ago.

How's that, Jeanette?

I was out playing ball.

You want us to clean it up?

No.

No, if Rudy made that mess, Rudy should clean it up.

I'm gonna make a great father.

Bobby is always like Robert. She just doesn't want to admit it.

Go on, Courtney.

Mom, Dad, you're both here.

Mm -hmm. Does this mean I can stop watching Moody and Peter now?

Oh, have you been watching them? Yeah.

Hello? Hi, Courtney.

This is Vanessa's father.

Uh, Vanessa will call you back. And please, don't call back here asking when

she's gonna call you. Okay?

All right, bye -bye.

Well, I was out in the hall when the phone rang. That's why I took it in

Where are Rudy and Peter?

They were out there a while ago, I guess, in my room.

You guess?

Well, I was watching them, but I had to take an important call.

Important? Yeah.

Courtney said Darlene showed a secret note to Robert. Then I found out that

Sherry said I gave her a note, but I didn't give Sherry a note. So I told

Courtney that someone must have forged my name.

Young lady, I think you need to get your priorities straight. You see, I left

you in charge, and that means that Rudy and Peter are more important than who

passed what note to whom.

Is Rudy in trouble?

Rudy's just one of the two people in trouble.

I'll get it. No!

Vanessa, go downstairs to the kitchen. There's a surprise waiting for you.

Hello, Dr. Huxley.

Yes.

How... And Peter's all right?

Okay, hold the phone one second.

It's Peter's mother.

She found Peter standing up in the clothes hamper.

And when she looked at him, he said, all I did was hold the bread.

to your clothes?

I don't know.

You know, Rudy, I was just downstairs in the kitchen. There's a big mess down

there. You know anything about it?

Well, somebody had to have made that mess.

Do you have any idea who it might be?

Theo?

No, I don't think it was Theo.

Vanessa?

No, I don't think it was Vanessa or Denise or Sondra, but I think you know

it was.

You know, Rudy, you could always tell me the truth about anything. It really

doesn't matter what it is.

Because I'll still love you.

Mommy?

Yes? I broke Daddy's juicer.

But that was real scary, wasn't it?

Yeah?

Appliances can be real hard to resist sometimes. You know, they're shiny.

They make terrific noises. You've got those buttons that light up.

That's why your father likes them.

But do you know that if you don't know what you're doing, machines can be

dangerous and you could get hurt?

I forgot.

You forgot.

Rudy, just because you're the baby of the family, that doesn't mean you're a

baby. When we tell you not to touch appliances, we think you should

I'll never go in the kitchen again.

I don't think that's the answer.

Because when I sit down to have my dinner, one of my most favorite things

looking at your face.

All right, you feel better now?

Yeah, you feel good enough to go downstairs and help clean up that mess?

Good. But before we go, there's one thing you've got to do. What?

You've got to tell your father what happened.

Maybe you can tell him.

No.

You.

Come on.

Dad, isn't Rudy going to help me?

Yes, you're doing the high work. She's going to come and do the low work.

I don't understand how this happened. I just left him alone for a minute.

Think what would have happened if you left him for a minute and a half.

Cliff!

Yeah? Stay right there.

There's someone who wants to say something to you.

Come on, William.

You want to say something to me?

Daddy? Yeah? I broke your juicer.

Is this the same juicer that I said don't touch?

Is this the same juicer I said mine, mine, mine?

Are you mad at me?

Yes, yes, yes.

Rudy Huxtable, I hereby find you guilty of operating a household appliance

without permission.

With the powers vested in me, I sentence you to cleaning up the low part of the

kitchen. Your sister is doing the high part.

Case closed.

Okay.

Not so fast, Dr. Huxtable.

I propose that my client, Rudy Huxtable, had an accomplice.

Well, the accomplice is in there cleaning the high part.

That is not the accomplice of whom I am speaking.

Oh, well, he's still in the clothes hamper.

That's not who I'm speaking of.

May I ask you a question, Dr. Huxtable? Who left the juicer plugged into the

electrical socket with the top off?

Perhaps I should remind you of the penalty for perjury in this state. Let

rephrase the question, Dr. Huxtable. Did you leave the juicer plugged into the

electrical socket with the top off?

See, I don't think that... Just answer the question for me.

Yes or no?

When I'm trying... Yes or no?

Yeah, but... Then you admit it. You are guilty. You are guilty of contributing

to the delinquency of a six -year -old.

I object.

Overruled.

Are you going to be the judge and the lawyer?

Because I am.

Well, then, I throw myself at the mercy of the court.

The court has no mercy on life.

You are hereby sentenced to five years' appliance probation, which means you may

not buy, look at, or touch anything.

You're trying to influence the judge.

That's 10 more years.

I find you in contempt of court. That's 15 more years.

Dr. Huxtable, what are you doing?

I'm going for life.