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Thank you.

Honey, we're supposed to leave for Sandra Nelvin's housewarming party in

hour. Mm -hmm. You gonna take a shower?

Don't worry. I will get ready. And if you're in that much of a hurry, Dabness

and Vanessa are coming. And you go ahead and I'll ride over with Dabness. And

who knows, he and I may stop by and fix a house or something.

we got for Sergeant Melvin?

Uh, a microwave oven.

Yes. How did I know?

Russell, that is such a generous housewarming gift. Well, when my first

grandchild moves into her first house, it's no time to pinch a penny.

What'd you get for them, Heathcliff?

It is not the size.

It is the thought that counts.

What did you think about?

I thought about... A dress label?

Yes.

These are a dress label. But once again, this is the thought behind it. Here, my

dear.

Read that. And I will tell you that this is pure poetry.

Olivia, why don't you go upstairs, honey?

You get some more rotten pepper from the microwave?

This is the most thoughtless gift I've ever seen.

Thoughtless. But every time Sandra and Alvin take one of these off and put it

onto the envelope when they're mailing in the check for the mortgage, they will

think about us. We co -signed the loan.

Just like your mother and I did for you, Heathcliff? Dad, when you co - signed

for us, the interest rate was minus 4%. Claire, yes,

you are welcome to sign your name on the card for the microwave.

Well, thank you. Go ahead.

I doesn't care.

By the way, have you heard from Davness and Vanessa?

Oh, yes. They're driving all the way up from Pennsylvania for Sandra and Elvin's

housewarming party.

Well, they may have another reason. That is if

Gladys Rogers is correct.

Oh, Lord.

Let's see, Gladys Rogers, that's your cousin's church -going friend who never

gets her story straight.

That's the one.

And what did Gladys Rogers allegedly overhear? The story is that Daphnis and

Vanessa have set a date for the wedding and they're driving up here to tell him.

I mean, where are you all?

Finally made the decision.

I'm glad it's settled.

I mean, if she really wants to get married at 19, at least she picked a

man. Dust off your tux.

Dust off my tool belt.

Hello.

Hey, Alvin, how you doing? We're getting ready to come over to your

housewarming, Jack. Just be ready.

Yeah, I'm wrapping your housewarming gift right now. Here she is.

Let's talk to you.

And don't do nothing I wouldn't do until I get there.

Hi, Elvin.

Yeah, what's up?

Oh, your furnace, that's terrible.

So, when can you get somebody there to fix it?

Not until tomorrow.

Well, why didn't he tell me that?

Honey, you know how you can be.

No, no, no, no, really, it's fine. I mean, it's just family, right?

So, bring the party over here.

Yeah, I'll just tell everybody we changed the venue.

Okay.

fix the furnace by himself.

Got a son -in -law.

of the Eddingway.

Ooh, I'm going to be an Owl Slay Earl gay.

Hi.

Yes, nice to see you. Nice to see you.

How you doing, sir? Oh, well, everything's just fine. Just fine, D .B.

Yeah, yeah.

Because I've been a little busy myself.

Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah. Living a lot of babies?

for you to give a little inspection, the old DB inspection. All right, I'd be

happy to. Done beautifully.

Thank you.

Grandpa, aren't you supposed to be at Thunder and Alvin? Oh, plans have been

changed. The party's here now.

Oh.

Mom, can I talk to you and Dad in the living room for a second? Oh, certainly.

Keep on apping, Ray.

Now, listen.

No peeking.

Well, we realized that when we became engaged, we kept it from you too long.

And we've learned from that.

And even though our personal relationship is private, we feel that

that affect the family, we want to be forthright, expedient, direct.

Okay. Get on with it.

Well, we've given this a lot of thought.

And given the fact that damn this here isn't getting any younger.

mutually decided to separate.

Yes, and I'm going to wear my tuxedo.

I'm putting on my tuxedo. I'm going to give you away.

No, no.

No tuxedo? Didn't you hear what she said? She said they're going to

They're breaking up.

That's right.

You're leaving us?

Well, don't worry, Dad. We've spent a lot of time talking this through.

And we've decided it's the best thing for us.

And... And that's it?

That's it.

Damn this.

You're leaving us?

Maybe we should keep this between the four of us for now. We don't want to

Sandra and Elvin's housewarming.

I'm moving on, then.

Does anyone want to help me do anything, Elvin?

Um, yeah. You could help us serve Mom and Dad for the first time.

That's right. That's right.

Mom and Dad, this is actually our housewarming, so you're actually our

Dad, don't put your feet up on the furniture.

Oh, I need some help with the lasagna.

Dadmas, could you spare your fiancé for one minute?

Sure. Take all the time you want.

Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no, ladies. Not yet.

We have to have a toast.

That's right. I'm sure we all have something to toast about.

Mom,

dad, family.

A house is different things to different people.

You got that right.

It's a job.

To a termite, it's a hearty meal.

By the way, Dad, remind me to talk to you about something later.

Home.

H is for the hugs that we'll always share.

O is for the oh, so many memories.

M is for the mortgage.

Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom. We haven't forgotten.

E is for... It's for the exterminator.

That I'm paying for. That E is for evaporation, because my drink's drying

I'd like to make another toast. You know, we never did get a chance to

welcome Damless Pricky into our family, and this may be the most appropriate

time. Dad, I... No, that's right. That's right. That was actually my...

E before I was cut off.

E is especially for Dabness and Vanessa who came all

the way from Pennsylvania to warm our home, and one day we will find ourselves

toasting them in their own home.

To another brother -in -law.

Vanessa, could we speak to you in the kitchen, please?

Sure.

Diamonds, is everything all right?

Oh, my, yeah.

I can't think of a more happy occasion.

New home, new beginning.

Here's to everybody finding their place in life.

Yeah, yeah.

Welcome to the family.

about the wedding, we just get more out of sync.

So one night we were taking a walk around campus, and we stopped at the

lawn where he first saw me.

You know that begonia bed he was riding around with his mower?

And that night, to my surprise, there just weren't any begonias.

Well, sweetheart, it's winter.

Mother,

I know that it's winter, but there wasn't even any dirt.

Dad... had cemented over the entire begonia bed.

Cement.

Cement.

Now, he said it was a drainage problem, and I'm sure that it probably was.

But I saw that slab of cement as a symbol, and it made me take a long, hard

at our relationship.

Yeah, cement will do that to you.

And you know what I saw in that cement?

Daphnis really, really wants to get married.

And you know what?

I'm just not ready.

You're very wise.

Thank you.

I hope you understand.

Well, the important thing is that you and Daphnis have reached an

a complete and final understanding.

Oh, definitely.

I've given Daphnis back his ring, and he's slowly but surely putting his life

back together.

Vanessa will.

Always be here for you.

Thank you, Mom.

Dad. Yes.

And you're going to be all right.

I'm going to be fine. And you can get on with your life.

Yes. And you'll be fine.

I'll be fine. Are you going to be fine, Dad? Oh, I'm going to be wonderful.

All right.

Go ahead.

I think I owe the family an explanation. Yes. Yes.

Oh, you're welcome.

I'm going to put her out and bring Dabness in here.

See, he makes more sense than she does. She's worried about a begonia bed.

So we will take up the cement and give her all the begonias. But I want Dabness

with me.

I'm not sick.

I know.

But whatever happened to the dark side?

of life and to repeat what was i know the dark side you think i don't know

that i know that love can be a flu ride through space spiraling down

to death destruction and old age i know the dark side but as long as deadness is

by my side i can face the dark side until

The brake, the hole, the edger, the shovel.

Come in.

Bringing you down some dinner, Doctor.

Oh, thank you. Thank you. Just a little inventory.

Oh, okay. Thank you.

If you want to be alone, I'd understand.

Oh, no, no, no, no. It's okay.

Pull the chair up, man. Pull the chair up, Devis.

Come on, come on, come on.

So, that's it.

Yeah. You know, I, um...

I

know the beginning, you know.

The begonia bag, you know.

I know the end.

The cement block.

Fill me in on the middle. I mean, what...

Well, sir, your daughter.

Yeah.

Vanessa. Oh, yes.

Vanessa's a good person, sir.

She's got a captivating beauty, a driven intelligence, a healthy curiosity, and

a wonderful vocabulary.

You're not Vanessa's campaign manager.

Tell me.

What?

Dr. Huxtable, your daughter Vanessa... There you go. Vanessa is tall.

She's well -received. She's immaculately groomed.

And she's got a tremendous vocabulary.

Yes, sir. Okay.

You're flying an airplane.

Yes, sir.

You've made two approaches.

And you keep pulling up.

I want you to land this plane now.

Bring it on in. Okay.

Vanessa is... Vanessa is everything I thought I wanted.

I'm running out of fuel, Dabness.

Vanessa is annoying.

Are you happy?

No, I'm not happy.

I'm not happy that my daughter is annoying.

Nobody's happy with that.

Dr. Huxtable, Vanessa just makes everything so complicated.

Yeah. I mean, take, for instance, our relationship.

Yeah. Instead of just coming right out and saying what's on her mind, she goes

all the way around Robin Hood's barn and analyzes everything. There you go. One

week she compared us to a forest. The next week we were sailboats. And you

here for the emotional map to the salad bar.

I was here for the salad bar.

But one thing was clear to me. Mm -hmm.

I realized three months ago this girl did not want to get married.

But she just couldn't admit that the engagement was a mistake.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I just made it easy for her.

I pushed her and pushed her to set a date so she couldn't stand it anymore.

broke up with me.

It didn't register while she was running you all over the place that something

was wrong and maybe you should push her?

Well, I thought maybe we could work it out. Yeah, so you're a little funny

yourself.

Obviously, you know, you're going to be missed around here. I

got a lot of things around here.

But I'm going to fix them. Of course, I'm going to do it myself.

But, sure, it would have been nice if you could have, you know, been here.

But, you know, now that you've broken up, it...

Just wouldn't be the same, would it? Well, maybe I could come around sometime

and help you fix some of this stuff.

Oh, you could, couldn't you?

But you're right.

It wouldn't be the same.

Yeah.

Wouldn't be the same.

Well, Alvin, judging from what you say, your furnace problem could simply be

that your nozzle is blocked.

You think so?

Gotta be, Matt.

The fixer takes about an hour.

All you have to do is prime your pump, clean your nozzle and your electrode,

scrape your filter, and start it up.

Um, excuse me. Are you saying that this sounds like about an hour's work,

and if that was done, then he could be back in a heated home in about an hour?

Yes, sir.

Elvin, what did you do with those stickers that I gave you? Right here,

Okay. Give me these stickers.

So, Andrew, you have the keys to your house?

Sure. Okay. That'll be just fine.

Give me the keys. Thank you.

Dad?

Yeah? I want you to do me a favor and give me about 45 minutes, and then

everything that you see with a sticker like this on it, you put it in the car.

and send it on out to me.

No, wait, I gotta go. No, you stay here.

You don't know how to fix anything.

You stay here and go out with my man, Daphnis.

See you, everybody.

All right.

Now, everybody, show slides.

Turn the lights out. Show slides.

That way they'll really be ready to come home.