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So, Ted, I Can Count On You And Your Musicians

To Be Here Saturday At 5:00, On Time.

Thank You.

All Right.

Got It All Together.

(Calypso Music Playing)

♪ Wild, Wild West. ♪

(Everyone Laughing)

Hey, Dad, Let Me Ask You A Question?

Have You And Mom Figured Out

What You're Going To Do For Your Anniversary?

We Certainly Have.

We Are Going To Spend The Time

With Each Other Going Back To The Old Days.

You See, A Long Time Ago

Mrs. Huxtable And I-- On Our Honeymoon--

Went To A Clean, But Shabby, Little Restaurant

Called The Callaloo Pot.

You Mean You're Taking Her Back To A Shabby, Little Restaurant?

The Callaloo Pot Closed A Long, Long Time Ago.

I'm Going To Bring The Callaloo Pot Here

Along With A Live Calypso Band.

How Are You Going To Do That?

I Called The Restaurant Association

And I Found The Name Of The Cook.

He Said He'd Be Happy

To Come To The House And Cook.

The Band Is Coming Over

And There You Have It.

I Got It.

You Provide The Food And Music

We'll Provide The Atmosphere.

You Can Do That

And I'll Tell You Exactly How--

By Clearing Out.

Dad, Listen, You Don't Understand.

Dad, We Can Redecorate The Dining Room

To Look Like The Callaloo Pot.

I Got The Beat.

I Grew Up With West Indians.

Please, Dad?

Come On, Please?

No! No...

Because The First Thing You Will Do

Is Start A Project

And Leave Something Hanging In The Middle.

Dad, Dad, Listen...

"Oh, Dad, Dad, Dad!"

No, You've Said That To Me.

I've Been Suckered Into This

Many, Many Times.

This Will Be Our Gift To You And Mom.

Yes, I've Seen And Heard These Gifts.

Dad, Not Only Will We Deliver To You

A Quality Callaloo Pot

We Will Do It Complete And On Time

Using Very Little Money.

Come On.

Okay, You Know What?

Look, Upstairs I Have A Picture

Of Your Mother And Me In That Restaurant.

I'll Let You Have The Picture.

You Try To Duplicate It.

We'll Make This A Perfect Anniversary Dinner.

You Got It.

All Right, Callaloo Pot.

This Is Not Just For Me

This Is For Your Mother.

You Got It .

Ahh-Ha!

My Anniversary Bride.

Happy Anniversary, Dear.

I'm Very Sorry, Sir

But I'm Already Married

To A Very Well-Established Shelf Of Law Books.

Go On Out And Keep Going

And Don't Come Back Here Until After Work.

Don't Dare Try To Circle The Block

And See What I'm Preparing For You.

You Are The Best

You Are The Sweetest

And The Cutest Too.

Now Give Me A Hint.

I've Been Hiding This

But I'm Covering These Walls

With Blow-Ups Of You

When You Were A Baby.

And Then For Entertainment

I'm Going To Tell Them Your Age.

Now That's Enough, Now.

Yes.

And Then...

That's Quite All Right.

You Asked.

Good-Bye.

I Know Everything I Need To Know.

(Coughing)

(Doorbell Ringing)

(Clearing Throat)

Mr. Atkins, How Are You, Sir?

Dr. Huxtable?

Yes.

Good To See You After 27 Years.

Yes.

Too Bad I Didn't Know You Then.

Well, I Know Your Cooking

And You Just Come Right On...

And This Is The Kitchen.

A Good Customer Is Like Spices--

They're Many And Varied

But Without Them

You're Out Of Business.

Well, Here It Is.

Ahhh!

What Do You Think?

What A Beautiful Place To Create.

Ah! The Sauces, The Aromas

The Succulent Juices That Will Flow From Here.

Yes, Indeed.

No Microwave?

Uh, No... No, We Don't Have One.

Desirable, But Not Crucial.

Now, Let Us Talk About The Menu

Then I Shall Go Shop.

First, I Want You To Fix For Me And My Wife...

Conch Fritters.

Ah, Yes. Conch--

The Most Delectable

But No Longer Fashionable Of Shellfish.

But If You Must

I Could Puree The Conch

With A Colorful Array Of Spring Vegetables

And Blacken Them In Cajun Spices.

I Don't Think So.

I'm Talking About Conch Fritters

That You Would Take And Roll The Conch In The Filler

And Then Dip Them Into The Grease

And Fritterize Them.

Please.

Now What Did You Have In Mind For The Second Course?

Callaloo Soup.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

We'll Need Some Dashin Bush

Okra, Coconut Water, A Pesto Sauce...

Pesto Sauce?

And A Dollop Of Raspberry Tofu Mousse.

Don't Write That Down.

I Think You And I Are Having A Communications Problem.

I Want The Food

That You Cooked At The Callaloo Pot

27 Years Ago.

You Mean 27 Years Ago

When You Had... Salt Fish And Ackee.

Hah! Now You're Talking!

Jerk Chicken And Mountain Goat.

I Don't Do That No More.

You Don't Do That No More?

No, Doctor.

That Is Like Asking Michelangelo

To Paint The Floor...

Christopher Columbus

To Drive The Staten Island Ferry.

Those People Are Dead!

I'm Asking You

To Give Me Simple Caribbean Food

That My Wife And I Enjoyed...

27 Years Ago.

There You Go.

Dr. Huxtable, You Can't Go Home Again.

I'm Already Home.

Well, I'm On My Way To My Home.

You Can Threaten The Stove

But You Can't Threaten Me.

Contract Is Broken.

I Hope You Don't Expect Me To Give You Any Money.

Well, Dr. Huxtable

I Feel The Breeze Of Compromise Blowing Us Together.

(Doorbell Ringing)

Good Afternoon, Dr. Huxtable.

You're The Musicians.

Yes, We Are.

Nice To Meet...

You Fellows Are Early.

Yes, We Had Many Subways

And We Want To Make Sure We Have Plenty Of Time.

You're Two Hours Early.

Well, That's Plenty Of Time.

You Want Us To Wait Outside?

No, Make Yourselves Comfortable.

Olivia, This Is Ted And The Trinidadians.

Hello.

I'll Be With You In A Minute.

How We Doing, Mr. Atkins?

I'm Doing Extremely Well

Considering The Creative Constraints.

Knowing You'll Pay Me In Cash Provides Additional Motivation.

I Just Hope That We're Singing The Same Caribbean Tune.

We Are.

We Are In Perfect Harmony, Doctor.

Are We, Mr. Atkins?

Tofu?

Yes-- Tofu.

I Use It As Garnish.

Off-White Goes With Everything.

You'll Never Taste It.

We Had An Agreement, Mr. Atkins.

And We Still Do, Sir.

In Fact, I Take It As A Personal Challenge

To Make All Food Blossom.

I Want You To Cook The Food

That Tastes Like The Food

My Wife And I Had At The Callaloo Pot...

27 Years Ago.

If You Can Remember The Year, Why Can't You

Remember The Recipe?

Please, Tofu-Less.

Tofu-Less.

(Playing Calypso Music)

Hold It, Hold It, Fellows.

Take Five, Will You?

I Always Wanted To Say That.

(Coughing)

You Said It Good, Dad.

That Sounds Great.

Happy Anniversary.

This Is From Sondra And Me.

Thank You, Son.

I Really Appreciate It.

You Don't Look Good.

Your Eyes Are Red And Puffy.

You Got Swollen Glands.

Look, More Importantly, Do Me A Favor.

What?

I've Got A Chef In The Kitchen.

He Cooked For Us 27 Years Ago.

You Know Caribbean Food.

I Grew Up On It.

Keep An Eye On This Man.

He Wants To Put Tofu In My Food

And I Don't Know In What Else

But He Keeps Talking About Things Blossoming.

You Want Me To Watch Him?

Yeah.

Don't Worry About It.

It Sounds Great, Guys.

(Playing Calypso Music)

Say, Fellows

Why Don't You Save That For The Evening?

No.

Well, I'm Not Paying You By The Hour.

Callaloo.

That Smells Fantastic.

What Did You Say Was In There?

I Didn't... But I Will.

Dashin Bush, Okra, Coconut Water, Mirabelles.

Sounds Great.

Mr. Atkins, Was That Tofu You Put In There?

Yes-- Tofu.

Tofu In Callaloo.

That's Interesting

'Cause I've Never Had That Myself

But, You Know, It Could Be Good.

It Could Be Quite Good, Actually.

(Garbage Disposal Grinding)

Anyway, Smells Great.

Is That A Kiwi?

Yes-- A Kiwi.

A Kiwi In The Callaloo?

Yes.

The Whole Thing?

With The Fur?

It's The Best Part.

Who Knows?

I Mean, That Could Work.

I Mean, Kiwi In Callaloo...

No, I've Never Had It

But Then Again, It's, You Know...

Limited Experience...

You Could Be Right.

(Garbage Disposal Grinding)

What Was That?

Oh, It's Garbage.

Elvin, You Don't Have To Pick.

There Will Be Ample To Sample When I'm Done.

Ah, The Callaloo Pot, Just As I Remember It--

So Full Of Atmosphere

So Empty Of Customers.

How Is Everything Going?

Dr. Huxtable...

My Callaloo.

Smells Like It.

Looks Like It.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo. Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

Callaloo.

All: ♪Callaloo-Jah! ♪

Fellows, Do Me A Favor.

Mrs. Huxtable Is Coming In About 15 To 20 Minutes.

I Want You To Take Everything Over To The Callaloo Pot Now.

Can You Do That?

Yes.

Okay...

(Three Huge Sneezes)

Wait For Me.

What I Will Do Is I Will Then Signal You

And Then You Will Start To Play.

Can You Do That?

Trinidadians: ♪So I'll Go Where Water Meets The Land ♪

♪ Till The Sun Sets In The Sand... ♪

One More Time.

♪ The Sun Sets In The Sand... ♪

Hello, Gentlemen.

I'm Mrs. Huxtable.

He Didn't Give Us The Signal.

What?

It's Not Our Fault.

He Never Gave Us

The Signal.

Cliff!

Cliff!

This Is The Last One.

You Booked This Gig.

This Is The Last One.

Cliff..!

Cliff?

Oh, Honey, Look At You.

Oh, Sweetheart, You're All Hot And Clammy.

I'm Sorry.

Don't Be Sorry.

I'm Sorry.

And The Children...

The Children Worked So Hard

To Fix Up The Dining Room For You.

It Looks Just Like The Callaloo Pot.

I'm Sorry, Honey.

Happy Anniversary.

Yes, To You Too.

My Skin Hurts.

Get Some Covers On You.

Thank You.

I Would Say Something Louder

But My Head Will Fall Apart.

(Playing Calypso Music)