Original subtitles

Okay, Here We Go.

Come On Up.

Ready?

Yeah!

All Right.

Ahhh!

Whoo!

Hey, Hey, What's Up?

What You Doing?

Hey!

Nelson, Give Me High Five, Big High Five.

All Right.

You Guys Got A Massive Cleanup Job Here?

Yeah, We Got To.

We Have A Very Serious Dinner Guest Coming.

Who?

Miriam Makeba.

Right. Get Out Of Here.

She's Coming Over Here

After She Speaks At A Luncheon Your Mother's Hosting.

Hey, Subway Rat.

Tell Me Something.

What Is It With Everybody?

Miriam Makeba's Coming Over Here.

I Move Out And I'm Out Of The Loop?

Nobody Told Me That I Was Suppose To Call You

Every Time We Had A Guest Here For Dinner.

But 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, Gee Whiz.

I Guess That Erases My 30 Years.

So Now Today You Come

And This Is It, This Is That, And You Want To Be In The Loop.

You Can't Be In The Loop.

I'm Just Lucky

That I Just Happened To Stop By Around Dinnertime.

Yeah, 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?

Don't I At Least Get To Meet Her?

If He Gets To Meet Her, I Get To.

Both: I Want To Meet Her!

I Want To Meet Her!

You Want To Meet Who?

That's What I Thought.

♪ Waelo ♪

♪ Ayasa ♪

♪ Waela La Lo Ee ♪

(Clicks Tongue)

♪ Waela La Solo La Lo La ♪

♪ Waela ♪

♪ A La So ♪

♪ Wee La Lo ♪

(Clicks Tongue)

♪ Waela La Bay See La ♪

♪ Za No Bree ♪

♪ Ah Bree ♪

♪ Waela La ♪

♪ Pizza ♪

♪ Ohh La. ♪

Hi, Dr. Huxtable.

Both: Hi, Dr. Huxtable!

Hello There, People.

What? You Get Mugged?

How You Feeling?

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!

All: Yeah!

All: Whoa!

Whoa!

Well, Well, Well.

It Wasn't That Bad.

Guys Get Over 30, That's It.

Dad, I'm Only 32.

Yeah, But You're Over 30, Understand?

Boy: Hey, Food.

Smells Like Pizza Too.

Is It The Kind On The French Bread?

I Love French Bread Pizza.

With The Little Pepperoni

On The Top?

Yeah. Yeah.

Sit Down.

(Horn Honks)

Ah, Sorry, The Car Just Came For You.

So Come On.

Good-Bye.

Martin: Good-Bye, Kids.

Good-Bye.

Good-Bye.

Mmm. That Sure Smells Good.

Yeah, Yeah.

Just A Second.

Just Close Your Eyes.

Take A Deep Breath.

Well, I Got To Go Get Packed.

Ahh!

Ooh!

Ah, Yeah, Over 30.

Well, Well, Well

Miss Everything.

You Just Had A Wonderful Week.

Your 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.

Yes, He Will.

May I Be Frank?

Yeah, Frank, Go Ahead.

I Don't Think The Navy's Good For My Daddy.

Why?

Because They Take Everybody Away

And Float Them On Water.

For What?

Your Father Is A Man

Who Protects The Waterways.

He Can Do That From Here.

How?

With Big, Big Binoculars And A Giant Microphone.

Hey, You Over There!

Stop Bothering That Water!

May I Be Frank?

Yeah, Sure.

I Think You Ought To Tell Your Father

And He Will Take It On Back And Tell The Admiral

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!

It Was Mine!

You'll Be On Television And Your Picture Will Be

On The Front Of All The Newspapers.

Yeah!

And You Will Be Rich!

(High-Pitched:) Yes!

So Now All You Have To Do Is Take The Idea

And Tell It To Your Father, And He Will Then Go Back

And Tell It To The Admiral And Then Get It Underway.

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.

Well, She Can Come Back Too.

There's Not Enough Room In This House!

Excuse Me.

Certainly.

(Clunking)

Daddy! Daddy!

This Telegram Just Came Here For You.

You're Kidding?

No, And It Sounds Serious.

Oh, It Must Be.

It's In Crayon.

And It Looks Like It's In Code.

I Think I Can Decode It.

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?

Oh, Lots Of It.

Oops! Wrong Telegram.

I Read It Upside Down.

Ahem!

This 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.

I Can Earn My Keep.

I Can Wash Portholes.

I Can Watch For Whales.

I Can Entertain The Troops

With Song, Dances, And Sea Gull Calls.

Arf! Arf!

Now, Olivia, You And I 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 Till 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 Dates Together, Okay?

Okay.

Yeah, That's My Big Girl.

There You Go.

Don't Go Off Too Far.

I'm Leaving Soon.

Okay.

You Won't Leave Without Saying Good-Bye, Right?

Right.

Good.

I Love You, Daddy.

Hi.

Miss Makeba, I Want You To Know

That We Welcome You To Our Home

And That I Have Admired Your Work For...

For Many, Many Years

And, Uh...

That's All I'm Going To Say.

That's Very Kind

And Please Call Me Miriam.

Oh, Thank You.

Yes, Yes.

Yes, Well, Miriam, Um...

I Just Want You To Know That, Um...

I've Really Admired Your Work.

It's, Um...

And I Have All Of Your Albums

And, Uh...

Down In My Basement

But I'm Not Going To Ask You To Sign Them.

Maybe I Should Take Your Coat

Before My Husband Takes This Down In The Basement Too

And Perhaps

You Would Like To Have A Seat?

Thank You, Clair.

You Said You Wouldn't Go To Any Trouble.

We Didn't Go To Any Trouble At All.

As A Matter Of Fact, This Is It.

There's No Food, Nothing.

Cliff, Stop.

This Is True.

Uh, Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Well, This Is...

This Is Everybody, Miriam.

Hello, Everybody.

Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

I'm Not Putting On Any Airs

But I Saw Your Video, And I Think You're Serious.

Why, Thank You.

You've Got It Going On.

I Mean It.

You're Slammin'.

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.

Uh...

Well, Excuse Us, Miss Makeba

But Apparently We Have Something Else To Do.

Clair: Oh, This Is

Our Son-In-Law Martin.

Martin, Miriam Makeba.

Oh, Yeah, I Know Who This Is.

Miss Makeba

I Saw You Perform When I Was In Conakry

When I Was Stationed In Africa.

Oh, Yes, Guinea Is To Me Home Away From Home.

Yeah, Can I Take A Picture Of You With My Daughter?

Martin, Martin, Martin!

Don't Be So Low.

Why Not?

Where's Your Daughter?

Oh, Well, She's Not Here?

She Wasn't Upstairs.

That's Funny.

She Left Me A Half Hour Ago.

Olivia!

Olivia!

I'll Go Upstairs And Get Her.

I Always Do.

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 Makeba?

Cliff, I Will Check In The Basement

And You Can Check In Your Office.

Excuse Me, Miriam.

Yes, Excuse Me, Please.

Excuse Me.

I Could Go Back To The Hotel.

(Door Hinges Squeaking)

(Door Slams)

Well, If 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 Good-Bye To Me

So If He Can't Find Me, He Can't Say Good-Bye To Me.

At Least You've Got Somebody To Say Good-Bye To You.

These People Just Left Me.

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.

Shh.

Shh!

(Whispering:) You Don't Want Anyone To Hear Us.

Okay.

Are You From Around Here?

No, I'm From The Continent Of Africa.

My Name Is

(Clicks Tongue:) Nun'xhausa.

Oh, I'm Sorry.

Do You Have A Cold?

That Is My Name In Xhosa.

(Clicks Tongue:) Nun'xhausa.

Oh, Very Interesting Name.

My Name Is Olivia.

In Xhosa, That Would Be

(Clicks Tongue:)'Olesua.

(Tries To Click)

Now When 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 Nelson.

Oh, Those Are Very Special Names.

In Xhosa, That Is Holisasa And Nomzamo.

Right.

And I Also Live With My Big Cousin, Pam.

So You Have Three Cousins.

What Fun.

Everybody Needs A Cousin To Get In Trouble With.

That's True.

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

And You Cannot Give Love From The Closet.

I Guess Not.

It's Getting Cold Out Here.

Oh, Yeah.

Hey. Hey. Hey.

There You Are.

Hi, Daddy.

I'm Sorry.

I Was Hiding.

I Didn't Want To Say Good-Bye.

Aw, Sweetheart.

I Didn't Want To Say Good-Bye Either.

Don't Worry.

While You're Gone

I'll Take Care 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 Makeba.

Thank You For Everything.

I'd 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.

(Clicking Tongue)

Okay, Here We Go.

Say Cheese.

Pam: Just One More.

Ahh!

Come On, Dad, Come On.

Dad, Dad. Come On, Cliff.

Naw, Naw, Naw, Naw, Naw, Naw...

Dad, Come On.

Come On. Come On.

Elvin: Bring Granddad Over Here.

Okay, Okay.

Look, Do Me A Favor.

Dad, Move.

Down In Front.

Come On, Man.

This Is My House!

Okay, One Big Huxtable Cheese.

All: Cheese.

Now, There You Are, Rudy.

Now You Are A Beautiful Xhosa 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 Dressing Up 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

Through The Drakensberg Mountains

And The Valley Of The Thousand Hills

To The Long, Sandy Coast

Where The Warmth Of The Sun

Says Good-Bye To Us Each Day.

You Speak With Such Eloquence

And Passion About The Beauty Of Africa

But 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.

♪Ngeke Ngiye Kwa Zulu Kwafel'ubaba♪

All: ♪Kgeke Ngiye Kwa ZuluKwafel'ubaba♪

♪Kgeke Ngiye Kwa Zulu Kwafel'ubaba♪

All: ♪Kgeke Ngiye Kwa ZuluKwafel'ubaba♪

Ms. Makeba: ♪Intomb'igeza NgovumaKukhal'insizwa♪

All: ♪Intomb'igeza NgovumaKukhal'insizwa♪

Ms. Makeba: ♪Intomb'igeza NgovumaKukhal'insizwa♪

All: ♪Intomb'igeza NgovumaKukhal'...♪

♪Angiqomi Kwa Zulu A Ngiqom'embahaceni♪

♪Angiqomi Kwa Zulu A Ngiqom'embahaceni♪

♪Angiqomi Kwa Zulu A Ngiqom'embahaceni♪

♪Angiqomi Kwa Zulu A Ngiqom'♪

Ha!