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records were, and there it was.

Oh, I haven't heard An Evening in Paradise in a Thousand Years.

Brings it all back, doesn't it? Oh, it sure does.

You and I danced to that record every time we heard it at the Bluebird Club.

That's right.

1962.

1960. No, no, no. Little Jimmy Scott recorded An Evening in Paradise

in 1960.

and two.

1960 and not.

You are questioning Mr.

Jazz?

You might be Mr. Jazz and all that, but right now you are Mr. Wrong and

Bewildered. 1960.

Would you care to make a wager?

Name it and claim it. For the record, Cliff Huxtable claimed that Evening in

Paradise was recorded by little Jimmy Scott in 1962.

Take the wager, sir. All right. The loser will serve the

entire dinner tonight and...

Let me go check the album.

Oh, wait a minute. I'll go check the album. No, I'm going to go check the

No, no, no. Let go. Let go. I'm going to check the album. No, no, no. No,

darling. Thank you. What are you doing here?

No, you come here. No, give me the... Stop. Hey.

Give me that.

Well, what do you care? We're having fun.

Denise, come here quickly.

I want you to take this album and look at the back. No, no, no. Don't give it

her because she will cheat.

She will not cheat. She's going to be the impartial judge.

What do I have to do? Well, your mother and I have a bet going. Okay, now tell

us when Evening in Paradise was recorded.

An Evening in Paradise. Evening in Paradise. There you go. It was recorded

Little Jimmy Scott. Little Jimmy Scott.

In New York City.

In New York City. April 7th. April 7th. 1960.

Two.

1960. Two.

Two. Two. No, that's a misprint or something here.

It's 1960.

It's my breakfast in bed.

No, you're not going to. Yes, and how lovely I will look in my shiny car.

Washed by Mr. Jazz.

What I meant was we danced in 1962,

see? Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Let the record show. Cliff Huxtable claimed Lou Jimmy Scott recorded An

in Paradise in 1962.

Was it signed by a notary public?

Cliff, I am a lawyer. This is perfectly legal. Well, they lied too, you know.

University, California, Berkeley.

Yes, I've been waiting for this one.

Dear Ms. Huxtable, I am pleased to inform you that you are... Oh, wow,

it's accepted.

Yes, I got an online admission. This is fabulous. I can't believe it. This is

the one. This is the one I've been waiting for. I got in. Wow. So you

go to Berkeley. I don't know.

This is a great school, but so are all the other ones that accepted me.

Denise, most of you... We need to hear from you by next week. Honey, you've got

to make a decision.

I know, I know, but I've narrowed it down to four schools.

NYU, Hillman, of course, yes, the University of North Dakota at

Bismarck, and University of Hawaii.

I just want to ask a question.

I'm sure that it's a lovely school, but why...

Uh, North Dakota?

Because I'm the only person I know who'll be going there.

And what about Berkeley?

Berkeley, that's right. Now I got five to pick from.

Honey, these schools have deadlines.

I know, but how can I decide? This is the most important decision I've ever

to make in my life.

You have been going round and round with this thing for the past two weeks now.

Make. A decision.

I know.

You're right. You're right. Okay. I've been very flaky about this. I admit.

All right. You know what's going to help me? It's a deadline. By tomorrow night.

So tomorrow morning.

Okay.

Tonight, after dinner, I'm going to give my decision.

That's it.

Thank you.

I feel a lot better now.

That's your child.

Sandra, help me. I can't stand this anymore. I just got accepted into

What should I do?

Denise, I am not going to pick your college for you. Part of being an adult

means making your own decisions.

Well, there's some little college to go to. From then on, I'll make all my own

decisions. No.

Oh, well, Denise, whatever college you pick, I think your going away to school

is exciting.

I may not go away. If I go to NYU, I'm staying right here.

But, Denise, going away to school will give you a sense of independence, make

you a well -rounded person.

You want my room, don't you?

Look, Denise, I don't think that you can make a logical decision in such a

heightened state of anxiety.

I think you need to give yourself more time.

I can't. I've been putting this off for two weeks. I just want to get it over

with. You know what I've heard?

When people are confused and they want to get a clear sense of things, they go

away.

Melissa, you're not helping anything.

Would you just go, please?

Fine, but let me leave you with one thought.

Sandra went away to college so you could have your own room. I would think that

you could do the same for your little sister.

Can you believe the way she's acting?

Yes, exactly the way you did.

Come on, come on. What year did Ella Fitzgerald record Cottontail? Double or

nothing? Forget it, Cliff.

No, no, no, no, no. Double or nothing? Cliff, I have already won the bet. Now,

why should I make another bet?

Why? Because you don't know that's why.

I don't know.

Well, I'll tell you what I do know. I know what I want for breakfast tomorrow

morning at 8 o 'clock when you show up at my door in your best tuxedo.

I want crepes with baked apples, raisins, walnuts, slightly sprinkled

cinnamon, a linen napkin, which you will tuck up under my chin, a red rose

opened ever so slightly, and betwixt your pearly teeth, the morning news

You're serious?

Oh, yeah.

won, had I won, you know what I would have said to you?

I would have said to you, dear, I would like a bowl of cereal and a

slice of white bread.

You lie like a rug. If you had won that bet, you would have demanded French

toast made with home -baked bread and would have sent me to the park to tap a

tree for fresh maple fruit.

You think I'm like that? I know you're like that.

You're correct.

We got salt as a milk. All right.

Here are your keys, Mom. Thank you. Did Denise decide on a college while we were

gone? About a dozen times.

Well, if she doesn't, we're going away to college. Is it okay if I paint the

room before I move in? Vanessa, didn't Dad tell you? If Denise leaves, he's

turning her room into a den.

What? Vanessa, Theo's just joking.

Right. We're turning it into a bowling alley.

Come on, Dad. I don't think this is fair. She's been dragging this thing out

weeks. Vanessa, choosing a college isn't easy.

It would be for me.

Berkeley all the way.

Why Berkeley?

California, the coast.

Oh, I'm sorry. I lost my day.

Step in D -degree weather year -round.

You go to class in shorts, and you drive around campus with the top down.

They have convertible buses out there?

Denise is considering more than the weather in her decision.

Well, you know, I think her indecisiveness indicates an even more

struggle.

What is she talking about?

No, no, Dad. Come on, seriously.

Subconsciously, I think that Denise may not be ready for college. Maybe she

should take some time off after graduation.

And do what?

Well, you know, emotional exploration.

Well, she's not going to do it here, is she?

No, I think that she should travel and see what's out there. You know, I've

always felt that the greatest classroom in the world is life.

The university of life.

Yes, I understand that some of its graduates go on to move back in with

parents.

Well, since you're serving tonight, would you start by putting these hors d

'oeuvres in the living room?

I'll do it. No, you won't. Your father lost a bet.

He has to do it.

What's wrong with me? I've done this before. This is not such a big thing.

When you finish, please hurry back so you can place these glasses on the

table. You know, you're driving a little too fast.

Hey, Putt. Hi.

What's the matter? You don't look too happy.

I hate college.

Did somebody tell you you had to go right now?

Why do you hate it? College takes everybody away.

First it took away Sandra, and now it's going to take Denise away, right?

I don't want Denise to go away.

Yeah, I don't want Denise to go either.

As a matter of fact, it makes me very sad.

It does?

I feel sadder than you.

Nuh -uh.

See, you look sad.

But I feel sad and pitiful.

I feel pitiful -er.

Come here. Let's take a look.

Because I think I look sadder and pitiful -er than you.

Now, there we are.

We're looking sad and pitiful.

But I also look pathetic.

What do you think we should do?

Tell Denise she can't go.

That's a good idea. We'll tell her that she can't go. All right. Now, if we

tell her that she can't go, then Denise is going to feel very sad.

I don't want Denise to be sad.

Well, neither do I, but what are we going to do?

Because when we tell her she can go to college, then she's going to be gone,

we'll never see her again.

We will. No, we won't. She can come home for Thanksgiving.

Oh, yeah.

She can come home for Thanksgiving just like Sandra.

And we can call her on the phone maybe, huh?

Yeah. Guess what else? We could drive down to the school and stay at the

And order room service.

Well, now, wait a minute.

But I feel much better about this now, don't you?

Yes. Yeah.

Thank you so much for making me feel so much better. Your ideas were wonderful.

You're welcome. Yeah.

Can I have a Zerber?

And I'll give you one.

Sorry, Dad. I forgot.

I know I'm supposed to wait till the guests come.

Well, that's quite all right. I know how much you like it. Go ahead. Have two.

Really? Yeah.

Go ahead.

So, what are you doing tomorrow?

Sorry, Dad. I can't help wash the car.

Mom said I was not allowed to help at all.

Put them back.

Oh, sir, come on now. Yes, indeed.

And I've seen couples.

That's enough, Heathcliff. Now, hush, Russell.

Let the boy talk.

Please. As you were saying. Yes, I wanted to know if your husband told you

day how gorgeous you are and how wonderful you look, and if he hasn't,

Well, sometimes he forgets. Mm -hmm. But then I remind him. Good.

Tonight you're making the big decision.

I've already made it. Oh, you made a decision?

Yep. After lengthy soul -searching and hours of agonizing deliberation, I've

decided to follow in my father's footsteps.

Great! And join the Navy.

Just a little joke there.

I thought it was very funny. So did I.

Actually, I'm going to announce my decision after dinner tonight.

And I've narrowed it down to three scores.

Is one of them Hillman? Yes.

Good. Is the other one Hillman? No.

Oh, Denise, I've been married to this Hillman graduate for 49 years, and I

have to tell you how proud he is of his alma mater. Well, he's mentioned Hillman

a few times. And it is a very special place.

Now, your mother, father, grandfather all got a good education there, but you

where you want to go, or you're going to have to answer to me.

Okay. Well, you tell them, Mom. Now, that's all I have to say. Well, that was

enough. I'm going in the kitchen.

I'm going in the kitchen to help.

No, no, no. We have hors d 'oeuvres here. No, thanks.

I'm in the cooking mood, not in the eating mood.

Son, why don't you help your mother? Oh, no, Dad.

I'm in the eating mood.

Son?

Sir?

Well, Dad, you know, when you come here and you want... the children to do

something, you usually give them 50 cents or something.

Dad!

Thank you, Dad.

Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa.

So you're down to two schools.

Yeah, it's really been tough.

Oh, well, there's an old saying, Denise.

If you think you have a decision to make, then you don't have all the

information.

Now, what can I tell you about Hillman that you don't know?

Nothing. I think I know everything. I mean, Hillman has a beautiful campus,

it's got a great liberal arts department, and a lot of people from

to the top graduate schools in the country. That's all true. But Hillman

something that other schools don't.

Dr. Zachariah J.

Haynes. He's the president.

Yes, the students call him Zachy. And he's been at that school for 53 years.

He's going on 80, but he walks that campus every day.

Knows all the students by name.

And Zaki can look you right in the eye and see how you're doing. Dad told me

about him. Your father should know.

There was a time in Hillman when he was having major trouble with calculus.

Dad? He doesn't like to talk about it, but every so often when he's getting too

big for his pictures, I bring it up.

Now, Dr. Haynes, who was a professor at the time, took your father under his

wing. He started having him to his house for dinner and some tutoring.

And about a month later, I got a call from Mrs. Haynes. She said, Heathcliff

a lovely boy, and he's doing fine in math now, but he's still showing up here

for dinner every night. Could you tell him to stop?

Sounds like fear.

There are some similarities.

But the point is, Zachariah cares.

And that's the spirit of the entire school. Now that you have this

I hope you can make a decision.

I don't know, Grandpa. I mean, Hillman's so far away from home.

Well, I know.

But after you've been at Hillman a while, it is home.

Thank you, Grandpa.

Made up your mind?

No.

You want to hear about the cafeteria?

The dinner was lovely.

But you've been on your feet the entire time. Why don't you sit down?

No, I enjoy doing this, ma 'am.

He has to do it. He lost a bet to me.

Oh?

Well, in that case, I'll have some more coffee.

Dad, you know, I could use some more potatoes.

Why don't you just bring potatoes for everyone?

Why don't we say that the dinner is officially over and get on to Denise's

announcement? Okay, I'll take a break. But, Dad, save those potatoes.

Denise, I believe you have something to tell us.

Okay, the announcement that I'd like to make is tonight's dinner was delicious.

Denise, get serious. I am serious.

This meal made me realize that I never want to leave this kind of home cooking.

Oh, no, she picked NYU.

Hey, what I'm saying is, wherever I go, I'll be taking all of you with me.

And where are you taking us?

Okay.

The school I've decided to go to is... You know, there are a lot of good

out there.

Denise. And I've picked one of them.

This school had everything that I wanted.

And it also produced some very special people who went on to do great things.

Including having me.

I'm going to Hillman.

I love you!

I would like to propose a toast to my granddaughter, Denise Huxtable, who

will grace the halls of Hillman with her beauty and intelligence.

I took one look at you and said, this one's going to Hillman.

He said that about all of you.

Denise, I want you to know that we're very proud of you.

Thanks, Grandma.

Okay, I'd like to say a few words.

Are we going to need a dictionary?

No, Dad.

Okay.

Denise, congratulations on your decision.

I predict that you will be a leader and a very influential person at Hillman.

Pretty soon, everybody will be dressing weird and changing their hairstyles

every other day.

And I would like to say, even though it's not the coast, I approve.

Thank you. And while you're gone, I'll be happy to look after your car for you.

I'm taking my car with me.

But I'm really going to miss you.

But as your brother, I want you to know that I'm also very available to help you

interview any potential roommates.

Oh, Daddy!

It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.

That is correct.

Okay, Denise, I just want to say one thing.

Whenever you come home from school, you're perfectly welcome to use my new

For a small fee.

Thanks a lot.

My turn, my turn!

And what do you want to say?

I don't know.

Okay, well, just say what you feel.

Denise, I'm going to miss you, and I love you very much.

I'm going to miss you, and I love you, too.

You better bring me back home a T -shirt. I will. I promise.

Denise, your father and I have something here that we wrote for you.

You go first.

Go ahead.

The difference between you now and you then...

is that you then were priceless and helpless.

You now are still beyond price, but we are letting you go slowly, but

And we feel you slipping from our hands as we remember you there.

We pray for you now.

We are forever your mother.

And your father.

My son!

in front of a live studio audience.