Family Matters (1989–1998): Season 2, Episode 18 - Life of the Party - full transcript

At Maxine's rooftop party, Urkel shows everyone how to "Do the Urkel." But it may be his last hurrah; Willie Fuffner, his pride still stung from losing to the nerd during a boxing match several weeks earlier, offers Urkel a peace offering - a glass of punch. Only he doesn't tell him it's spiked with whiskey. A drunken Urkel staggers around the rooftop, which is good for a few yuks ... until he tumbles off the side of the roof and finds himself clinging to a clothesline for dear life. Rachel manages to save the day, and Willie and his buddy, the dim-witted Waldo Faldo, find themselves in jail.

CARL: Now, wait a
minute people. Family.

Hold up a second. One at
a time. Now, wait a minute.

We can't all talk
at one time, now.

[WHISTLES SOFTLY]

[ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[BLOWS AIR HORN]

Thank you.

Now, we have a week's vacation.

One at a time,
where should we go?

Let's go to New York
and take in some theater.

Forget New York, girl.



I wanna go lie on the beach.

You know, catch some rays...

catch some Z's, catch a man
around his knees. Ha-ha-ha.

- Let's go to Disney World.
- Good idea.

I think we should pay
our respects to Elvis.

- Let's boogie on down to Graceland.
- Come on.

Well, now, wait a
minute. Let's be realistic.

We only have a week's vacation
and I don't want to spend half of it...

cooped up in a car,
picking Cheetos off my lap.

Well, where do you want to go?

Lake Geneva.

- Like in Switzerland?
- No, like in Wisconsin.

I mean, we can
rent a nice cabin.

Do a little fishing,
a lot of relaxing.



- Hey, it's perfect.
- You mean it's cheaper.

Well, that too.

- So Lake Geneva it is, right?
Okay. RACHEL: Anyway...

Wait a minute.

[BLOWS AIR HORN]

Thank you.

Now, people, arguing is not the
way to settle things in this family, right?

ALL: Right.

So we're gonna
listen, be considerate...

and agree on a place that will
make everybody happy, right?

ALL: Right. CARL: Okay.

So Lake Geneva it is.

[ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

You're inviting Harvey
Garvey to your party?

Yeah, why not?

Well, for one thing,
he only has four teeth.

Yeah, but he doesn't eat much.

Hi, ladies. So how
goes the party planning?

LAURA & MAXINE: Great.
- Oh, good.

- Are you still having it up on your roof?
- Yeah.

How'd you talk your parents
into having the party up there?

They just got new carpet.

They begged me
to have it up there.

Maxine, sweetheart...

I'm glad you asked me to cater your party
but if you don't give me more money...

I'm gonna have to use generic
chips and water down the punch.

No problem.

Great.

I'll just take the profit from
this job and buy a stamp.

[BOOM CRASH OPERA'S
"ONION SKIN" PLAYING]

Cut it out Kick it out

Keep it in Cut
it out Kick it out

Oh, oh, onion skin

Walkin' around with
your heart caved in

When you start to roll

Your skin flies off
And the teardrops flow

Hey, you're late.
What took you so long?

I couldn't find anything
to wear, I look hideous.

You look fabulous.
I look hideous.

- Oh, no, you look fabulous.
- I love your hair.

Oh, I love your
hair. Mine is hideous.

- What's up, man? BOY
1: Hey, guys, what's up?

What's up, bro?

Wait a minute, you
invited Willie and Waldo?

No, they crashed.

Isn't that exciting? People
are actually crashing my party.

Max, get a grip.

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, Lord, there's Harvey Garvey.

Hi, Laura.

[BOTH SCOFF]

Keep it in, cut
it out Kick it out

Hi, guys. What's so funny?

- Uh, nothing.
- Nothing.

- Does anybody want to dance?
- Sure.

Hey, hey, hey, maybe later.

We're doing
something. Right guys?

What are we doing, Willie?

We're trying to decide
what we want to drink.

- You don't like punch?
- Sure.

Especially when it's spiked.

Here, have some rum.

No way. Waldo,
where'd you get those?

My dad's a stewardess.

Drinking is for losers.

Oh, really? Hey, Waldo,
say hello to Saint Laura.

That's Laura Winslow.

Hey, a party.

Why don't you take your bottles
and your behind out of here.

Hey, if I leave, I take the booze
and the boys with me. Right, guys?

- Yeah.
- Right, guys?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Laura, if you don't
want to drink, fine.

But shut up about it.
You're going to ruin my party.

Fine.

But I don't need to
drink to have a good time.

Come on, Laura, relax. So
some guys had a few drinks.

Big deal.

Well, maybe you're right.

Nothing terrible has happened.

Everybody, party!

We spoke too soon.

Greetings, hostesses
with the mostesses.

Wow, you guys have got
some real A-list people here.

Hey, Harv.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

Max, we've gotta
liven this place up.

- Nobody's dancing.
- I know.

Have no fear, the
Urk Man is here.

I'll have the neighbors
complaining in no time.

Howdy, duders.

Yo, look, it's Steve the Dweeb.

[LAUGHS]

Not bad, Fuffner.

I'll bet you were up all night
putting that sentence together.

You must be exhausted.

Why don't you sit
down, but not too hard.

You don't want to
crush your brain.

[LAUGHS]

Watch it, Urkel. The last guy who
talked to me like that was Harvey Garvey.

Oh, you two guys
put the "ic" in pathetic.

Now, come on, guys, there's
a bevy of beauties over there...

just waiting to be
swept off their Dr. Scholl.

So, what do you say,
funsters? Let's dance.

Well, okay, I'll break the ice.

Harv, crank up the music.

It's time to do "The Urkel."

[SINGING] Now if you wanna
do The Steve Urkel dance

All you have to do
is hitch up your pants

Bend your knees and
stick out your pelvis

I'm telling you, baby,
it's better than Elvis

ALL: Do it Do it

Everybody, do the Urkel dance

Now point your fingers up to the sky
And talk through your nose, way up high

Spin and dip and jump and cavort
And finish it off with a laugh and snort

[LAUGHING THEN SNORTING]

ALL: Do it Do it Everybody

What you gonna do, Willie?

I'm gonna get Urkel.

Why you gonna do that, Willie?

Because he humiliated me.

But you humiliate me every day.

That's different,
you're my friend.

Oh, yeah.

Do the Urkel Do the
Ur... Ur... Ur... Urkel

ALL: Do the Urkel

Do the Ur... Ur...
Ur... Urkel Do it Do it

Everybody, do the Urkel dance

[CROWD CHEERING]

Steve. Steve. Steve.

I've decided, you're
just too smart for me.

I've learned I shouldn't
mess with the Urk Man.

Well, this is a
pleasant turn of events.

To be quite honest, Fuffner, I had
written you off as being incorrigible.

What did he say?

He called you a gerbil.

Come on, buddy.

How about we make a
toast to our new friendship.

William, I am truly
moved by this gesture.

Word.

Mm, whoa.

What is this, mango?

Cheers!

[ALL LAUGHING]

Skoal!

[LAUGHS]

[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

Quick, name another
language, ha-ha-ha.

[PLANE WHIRRING]

Hey, look, a plane.

[IN FRENCH ACCENT]
The plane, boss! The plane!

[LAUGHING]

- Steve.
- [IN NORMAL VOICE] Laura.

Oh, you're a sore
for sight eyes.

Are you all right?

Swell. Punch.

I want more punch.
Can I have more punch?

Steve, calm down.

[CHUCKLES]

Ha, ha.

Why should I, Laura?

I'm the pife of the
larty. Ha-ha-ha.

Do the Urkel!

Waldo, what's with Steve?
He's acting weird, even for him.

Willie told me not to tell.

- Tell what?
- That he spiked Urkel's punch.

- What?
- I said he, tsk...

Hey, you can't trick me.

Come on, everybody,
let's do the Urkel.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[ALL JEERING]

[HUMMING]

[CAR HORN HONKS]

Oh. Ooh!

Hey, out of the way.

Steve? Steve, get
down from there.

Hey, you gotta get
up before you get do...

[STEVE SCREAMS]

[ALL GASP]

Help! Help!

Steve, are you okay?

I've fallen and I can't get up.

Help, help.

I've got to get to him,
somebody call 911.

[GROANS]

Help.

Help.

I'm slipping.

Steve, I'm here.

Rachel, hurry, I can't
hold on much longer.

Rachel, what are you doing?

Tightrope walking.

Do you know how to do that?

No.

[SCREAMS]

It's okay, Steve, I'm here.

I know, you're
standing on my fingers.

[MOUTHING] Sorry.

[GRUNTING]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BOTH SIGH]

Okay, where'd
you hide the booze?

I don't know what you're
talking about, officer.

He probably means the booze
that was in my coat, Willie.

- Is Steve okay?
- Yeah, Aunt Rachel is taking him home.

See, officer? Everything's fine.

We were just
having a little fun.

Fun? Steve could
have been killed.

Hey, but he wasn't,
so chill out, okay?

[SCOFFS]

You just don't get it, do you?

You think it's cool to come to a
party with a mini-bar in your coat?

You think it's funny to spike somebody's
punch and watch them act like a fool?

Well, it's not cool, it's
not funny, it's dangerous.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

It's also against the law.

Where are we going, Willie?

Jail, I guess.

You're going to juvenile hall
until your parents pick you up.

- Uh, do we get a phone call?
- One call.

Can it be a 976 number?

Well, it's confirmed.

Six days and five
nights at Lake Geneva.

[CHUCKLES]

Carl will be happy.

Yeah, I can't wait to see his face
when we tell him the good news.

- Hi, sweetie, hi, Mom.
ESTELLE: Hi, honey.

Oh, Carl, we've decided
where to go on our vacation.

Oh, you have.

Have you?

You know, I come home from
a hard day of fighting crime...

and do I hear, "Hi, Carl,
could I get you some trail mix?"

No, I do not.

Well, I guess my vote
doesn't count around here.

But may I remind you
two that I bring home...

darn close to 50 percent
of this family's bacon.

And you eat darn
close to 90 percent.

Well, thank you for
those kind words, Mother.

But I am merely
trying to point out...

that whenever vacation
time rolls around...

my desires, my wishes
are never even considered.

- Carl...
- And why?

Because I don't
matter, do I, Harriette?

I don't matter.

Once, just once, can we
go where I'd like to go?

All I'm asking for is
one measly little week...

at one measly little lake.

- Carl, Carl?
- But that's too much to ask?

- What?
- Cork it.

We already made a reservation.

You already made a reservation.

Typical.

Well, let's see what hellhole
you're dragging me to this time.

Lake Geneva?

Yes.

We all decided that it would
be nice if for once we went...

where you wanted to go.

Well...

Gee, thanks, guys.

That's swell.

Especially since you've always been so
gracious about not getting your own way.

That's just the
kind of guy I am.

[CHUCKLING]

I think I'll just go in the kitchen
and make us all some trail mix.

Ooh, phone.

[LAUGHS]

[GROANING]

My whole body hurts.

Even my eyelashes hurt.

And I think my
tongue needs a shave.

Oh, buck up, Steve.

I am fixing you a sure
fire hangover remedy.

This will either
cure you or kill you.

Either way, I'll be better off.

[BLENDER WHIRRING]

[SCREAMING]

Sorry.

[SIGHS]

Steve, you have my sympathy.

I know how you feel.

Really? Well, tell
me about it, Carl.

- Well...
- Quietly.

[CLEARS THROAT]

The night I graduated
from the Police Academy...

me and my buddies
decided to tie one on.

Well, most of the
night is a blur...

but, uh, dawn found me riding a
cow down the Dan Ryan Expressway.

[LAUGHING THEN GROANS]

[SNORTS THEN GROANS]

I'll never snort
with a hangover.

I just blew my adenoids
at the back of my head.

As God is my witness, liquor
will never touch these lips again.

Well, good for you, Steve.

Here, chug this down.

Well, I don't know,
Carl, it smells rancid.

Well, that means it's ready.

Go ahead, down the hatch.

That's it.

Go ahead, yeah.

All right.

Now, what's the verdict?

Hey, not bad.

Rather tasty.

I think it did the trick.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh-oh.

Steve, what's wrong?

Well, I think it just
did another trick.

I better visit the
facilities, quickly.

Sorry, Laura, no time to talk.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

It's time to do the Urkel.

[SINGING] Now if you wanna
do The Steve Urkel dance

All you have to do
is hitch up your pants

Bend your knees and
stick out your pelvis

I'm telling you, baby,
it's better than Elvis

ALL: Do it Do it

Everybody, do the Urkel dance

Now point your fingers up to the sky
And talk through your nose, way up high

Spin and dip and jump and cavort
And finish it off with a laugh and snort

[LAUGHING THEN SNORTING]

ALL: Do it Do it

Everybody, do the
Urkel dance Do the Urkel

Do the Ur... Ur... Ur... Urkel

ALL: Do the Urkel

Do the Ur... Ur...
Ur... Urkel Do it Do it

Everybody, do the Urkel dance

[English - US -SDH]
Everybody, do the Urkel dance