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Thank you.

Okay, here we go.

Come on up.

Ready? Yeah.

All right.

Hey,

what's up? Hey. How you guys doing?

Hey. Give me a high five. Big high five. Hey, hey, hey. Big high five. All

right. So what, you guys got a massive cleanup job here or what? Yeah, we got

to. Have a very serious dinner guest coming tonight.

Who?

Miriam McCabe.

Yeah, right. Get out of here.

No, man, I'm serious.

She's coming over here after she speaks at a luncheon your mother's hosting.

Hey, Subway Rat.

Dad, tell me something. What is it with everybody around here?

Miriam McCabe was coming over here.

What, I moved out of the house and suddenly I'm out of the loop?

Nobody told me that I was supposed to call you every time we had a guest here

for dinner.

Dad, this is Mother Africa.

This is the woman who has the flyest music video out. This is the woman who I

discovered two years ago before anybody else knew about her.

Well, see this.

I guess that erases my 30 years.

So now today you come and this is it and this is that and you want to be in the

loop. Well, you can't be in the loop.

I'm just lucky that I just happened to stop by around dinner time.

Yeah. Yeah, well, that's another thing. See, you can't stay for dinner because

she's coming with your mother, and it's going to be a nice, quiet dinner here

with no fuss, no people. Okay?

But don't I at least get to meet her? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a

minute. If he gets to meet her, I get to meet her.

I want to meet her! I want to meet her!

You want to meet who?

That's what I thought.

Which means hello, y 'all.

See, now, this is exhibit A of what I've been talking about.

Now, how do you know this is the correct wear?

I went to the library, and I looked up an article on Ms. McCabe, and I know

this is the correct outfit from her region.

All right.

You went to the library?

Uh -huh. You didn't watch a video?

This is what I'm talking about.

You may say hello to her.

That's right. Thank you.

Want to get this home stick?

Pam Tucker fills the void.

Pam Tucker.

Not one of my children.

Not one of my in -laws either.

Pizza.

Awful. Yeah. But loads of fun.

Yeah. Lieutenant Kendall is funny. He tried to make us laugh by falling down.

And it worked.

Let's do the Lieutenant Kendall.

Yay!

Whoa!

Well, well, well. It wasn't that bad.

Guys get over 30, man. That's it.

Dad, I'm only 30.

Yeah, but you're over 30.

Understand?

Goodbye. That sure smells good. Yeah, yeah. Just a second. Just close your

Close your eyes. Take a deep breath.

Well,

I gotta go get packed.

miss everything. You just had a wonderful week.

Daddy came home and you went to the museums. You went sightseeing and ice

skating. Aren't you happy?

Yes, but it was too short.

Well, listen, that happens and then your dad will be coming back in about three

months.

Why? Because they take everybody away and float them on water. For what?

Your father is a man who protects the

waterways.

You ought to tell your father, and he will take it on back and tell the

And you know what?

It's such a wonderful idea, I'll bet you they'll give a big reward for that

idea. It was mine!

All right. It was mine!

I'll bet you they'll put you on television and your picture be on the

of all the newspapers.

Yeah!

Tell it to your father, and he will then go back and tell it to the admiral and

get it underway.

But he can call the Navy on the phone.

No, Denise is back there. He has to go back and get Denise, and you don't want

her to be disappointed.

She'll get over it.

That's my daughter.

house. Excuse me.

Certainly.

Daddy, daddy, this elegance came in for you. You're kidding.

No, and it sounds furious.

Oh, it must be. It's in.

It's like it's in code.

I think I can decode it. Okay.

Dear Lieutenant Kendall, we don't need you. The boat sank.

Thanks anyway, U .S. Navy.

You know what?

I better call and make sure this is for real, because if it's not, I could be in

big trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Oh, lots of it.

Oops, wrong telegram. I read it up.

one says, Dear Lieutenant Kendall, we fixed your boat.

We need your daughter, Olivia, on board for a secret mission.

Love, the President of the United States.

Come here, honey.

I'm sorry.

You can't go with me.

Yes, I can.

And Dr. and Mrs. Huxtable, we sat down and we talked about this.

Do you have your calendar so you can mark off the days until Denise and I get

back? It's not that many days.

I know. I have my calendar.

And I have mine.

We'll mark off the days together, okay?

Okay. Yeah, that's my big girl. There you go.

And don't go off too far. I'm leaving soon.

Okay. And you're not going to leave without saying goodbye to me, right?

Right. Good.

I love you, Daddy.

Thank you.

I want you to know that we welcome you to our home and that I have

admired your work for many, many years. And

that's all I'm going to say.

That's very kind. And please call me Marian.

Oh, thank you.

Yes, yes.

I just want you to know that I really admire your work.

And I have all of your albums down

in my basement, but I'm not going to...

Miriam, maybe I should take your coat before my husband takes this down in the

basement.

And perhaps you would like to have a seat.

Yeah, yeah. Thank you, Claire.

Thank you. You said you wouldn't go to any trouble now. Oh, no, no, no. We

didn't go to any trouble at all. As a matter of fact, this is it. There's no

food, nothing.

Stop. Stop.

This is true.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hi.

Well, this is everybody, Miriam.

Hello, everybody.

Hi. I'm not putting on any airs, but I saw your video, and I think you're

serious. Why, thank you. You got it going on. I mean it. You're slamming.

When I first came to America, I was cool.

Now I'm slamming?

Yeah, word up.

Where are Martin, Olivia, and the twins?

Are there more?

This house is bigger than it looks.

No, it isn't.

I think they're all upstairs.

Well, will somebody get them?

I'll go.

I always go.

And I'm sure that the rest of you have something to do.

Well, excuse us, Mr. Cable, but apparently...

We have something else to do.

Oh, this is our son -in -law, Martin Martin.

Mary McCabe. Oh, yeah, I know who this is.

Miss McCabe, I saw you perform when I was in Conakry, when I was stationed in

Africa. Oh, yeah.

Guinea is to me home away from home.

Miss McCabe.

Can I take a picture of you with my daughter? My wife would treasure it. Why

not?

Where's your daughter?

Oh, well, she's not here.

She wasn't upstairs.

Oh, that's funny. She left me a half hour ago. Olivia!

Olivia!

I'll go upstairs and get her.

Yeah, I'll check out back.

Well, um, I think I'll check in the basement.

Would you like to check the basement with me, Miss McKay?

I will check in the basement, and you can check in your office. Excuse me, ma

'am. Yes, excuse me, please.

Excuse me.

I could go back to the hotel.

I can't meet the whole family. I might as well go home.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know anyone was in here.

That's okay.

Looking for a little privacy, are you?

Well, if you must know, I'm hiding.

You are?

Yes, my daddy promised me that he wouldn't leave without saying goodbye to

So, if he can't find me, he can't say goodbye to me.

At least you've got somebody to say goodbye to you. These people just left

That's too bad.

Awfully stuffy in here. Is there another place to hide where there's fresh air?

Maybe we could hide outside.

Okay.

I'm from the continent of Africa.

My name is Nong House.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you have a cold?

No. That is my name in Xhosa, Nong House.

Oh, very interesting name.

My name is Olivia.

In Xhosa, that would be Oli.

Now,

when you... You visit the Xhosa people in South Africa.

They'll understand you. My daddy went to Africa.

Do you know him?

I met him here. He's very nice, and he's very worried about you.

Then he shouldn't go.

Why not?

Because I don't want to be by myself.

Then why do you live in a closet?

I don't live there. I live upstairs.

Alone? No, with my two little cousins, Winnie and Elfin.

Oh, those are very special names.

In Xhosa, that is Holy Sasa and Nomzamo.

Right.

And they asked to live with my big cousin Pam.

So you have three cousins. What fun.

Everybody needs a cousin to get in trouble with.

So you see, you're really not alone.

Yes, I am.

I only have one daddy, and he's leaving.

In my culture, we do not have a word for alone.

It simply does not exist.

Everyone in the community is family. That means everyone is responsible for

everyone else.

I like that.

That means you're also responsible for your family.

You cannot give love from the closet.

I guess not.

It's getting cold out here.

Hi,

Daddy.

I'm sorry.

I was hiding. I didn't want to say goodbye to you. Oh, sweetheart.

I didn't want to say goodbye either.

of all these people, I'll be responsible.

That's true.

Well, you just remember that I love you very, very much.

Thank you, Miss McKeever. Thank you for everything.

Thank you.

I better get moving.

Does that mean you're not going to take my picture?

Oh, oh, I almost forgot.

You did forget, but I never forget.

Okay, here we go.

Say cheese.

Just one more.

Hey.

Dad,

dad, dad. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Dad, dad, come on. Bring your granddad over here. Bring him over here.

Look, do me a favor.

Toxtable cheese.

Cheese!

Now there you are, Rudy.

Now you are a beautiful cloth of bride.

Does this fabric have a special meaning like the kente cloth of West Africa?

Oh, yes. In my country, South Africa, we wear this to celebrate our closeness to

the land.

You're jacking off for the ground?

In a way, yes. We honor the land because the land nurtures us like

the sparkling lakes of Tanzania flowing through Uganda, straight into

Malawi where the green of Mozambique flows into the Zambezi, to the

Mountains and the Valley of the Thousand Hills, to the long, sandy coast.

where the warmth of the sun says goodbye to us each day.

Wow. You speak with such eloquence and passion about the beauty of Africa.

We don't see that when we watch TV or read the newspapers.

That's because that's all you're shown.

My image of my homeland is one of childhood memory.

I look at a stream. I see myself, a native South African.

flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and then

disappear. And those hard obstacles will disappear only when people

work together.

Thank you.

Thank you.