The Cosby Show (1984–1992): Season 5, Episode 13 - Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten - full transcript
Clair wants to replace the living room couch but Cliff is reluctant to let the old couch go. Also, Clair is invited on a television talk show. However, when she finds out she is only asked her thoughts as a black woman, she leaves the show.
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Okay, straight back.
Oh, careful not to
scratch the door.
Yeah. Watch your fingers.
Okay, okay.
Okay, why don't you
put it down right... there.
Right here? Sure thing.
There we go.
In with the new,
out with the old.
Let's go, Jerry.
Now, you know
where this is going?
Yeah, 1268 Hudson.
Right, the Tibideaux's. Yeah.
That's my sister and
brother-in-law's place.
They get the
couch and the chair.
Got you. Okay, let's go.
Oh, and my mom
wanted me to give you this.
Oh, thanks. Thanks, thanks.
Thanks a lot.
Uh, don't leave.
I also have a box of some
of Sondra's old things.
Uh, pardon me?
Wh-What's going on?
We brought you your new couch.
We're taking this old
couch to, uh, Tibideaux.
I don't know
anything about this.
Yeah, a new couch
ordered by Mrs. Huxtable.
You Mr. Huxtable?
Uh, Doctor.
All right, well, we'll
see you later, Doc.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, bring... bring
that back here.
Dad. Hey. Hi, hon.
Hey. Bring it back.
How you like the new couch?
Yeah, I'm fine, but
put that down here.
Is this staying
or is this going?
No, this is staying,
so just put it down...
- This is going.
- No, no...
Mom said the old couch goes.
Yeah? Well, you're going to go.
Here, put that
down there, please.
Look, she's only doing what
her mother told her to do.
I beg your pardon?
Thank you, thank you.
I'd better call Mom
and tell her about this.
Right. Call your mother.
Call her every day.
Call her all day long.
Call her.
Don't tell me that somebody's
going to move something
and I didn't give
any permission.
I am a half interest
owner in this place, also.
You understand what I'm saying?
This has been my sofa, man.
I've watched black and
white westerns from this sofa.
Gone to sleep, it
has cuddled me.
You understand what I'm saying?
This...I don't know.
I don't know this from anything.
This is going to stay, and if you
have any trouble with Mrs. Huxtable,
you just say, "Your husband
said for us to leave it," all right?
All right. This is for you.
Thank you.
And this is for you.
Thank you, you'll take this.
- Hey, you're a real sport, Doc.
- Thanks, Doc.
Thank you. Thanks a lot.
- Take care, fellas.
- You have a good day.
Take care of yourselves.
Don't worry, I'll fix the door.
All right, take care.
Thanks, Doc. Yes, indeed.
Take my sofa, Jack?
Couldn't reach Mom.
She's on her way home.
Well, fine. Let it be that.
I'm looking at this thing.
This... This may be all
right for some people.
It'll be fine for you and
Rudy to jump on, you know,
but I'm talking about life!
They tried to separate us.
It's here.
Oh, I love it!
It looks better than it did
on the showroom floor.
What is this?
Mom, I really tried,
but Dad overruled you.
Cliff, what are you doing?
You're supposed to have
a patient at 4:00, honey,
that's why I scheduled
the delivery for now.
Mm-hmm, and thank goodness
that my patient cancelled
or else I would
not have been here
to see my wife
stab me in the sofa.
We can discuss this later.
I have news for
the whole family.
Really? Theo? Rudy?
Come downstairs!
Vanessa, why don't you
have a seat on the new couch?
All right, the new couch came.
It's nice.
Hey, my son, sit with
me on the old sofa.
When are we getting
rid of this old thing?
This is a cold-blooded house.
Okay.
The news is...
I'm going to be on television.
All right, TV!
That's unbelievable!
Soul Train!
No.
What show?
Retrospective.
Never heard of it.
It's a political panel discussion
where intelligent people get together
and talk about history.
It comes on 8:00 in
the morning, Rudy.
And it doesn't have
anybody on it who says...
Where are you going?
Intellectual men who
sit around and say...
"Well, I believe that
"the aforementioned
statement has very little to do
with the cohesiveness..."
Yeah, I know the show.
They have the same
three guys every week.
How'd you get on?
They want a new panelist.
They want to liven things up.
And if it works out, I
could be there every week.
Now look, all I'm
saying is just watch out
because you and I have
watched that program,
and you know how those
three get with each other.
They are some nasty little
men when they want to be.
Well, you forget who
you're talking to, honey.
I've gone up against some of
the nastiest attorneys in the city.
Now, I can hold my ground.
Ooh, go, Mom!
Come on, you guys, let's go
make dinner for our TV star.
This is the set. Uh-huh.
And there's the three wise men.
And they're probably engaged in
some deep philosophical discussion
at this very moment.
Phil, that is truly an
incomprehensible statement.
How could a man of your intelligence
reach such a ludicrous conclusion?
I'm sorry, but I
stand by my opinion.
I believe the Celtics are going to
beat the Knicks in the Garden tonight.
You're both
whistling in your hats.
The only important issue is
which team can whip the Pistons.
Mrs. Huxtable?
Hi, we're starting
in one minute.
Your seat is on the left.
Okay.
Dr. Huxtable, you can watch
the show from the Green Room.
There's coffee and donuts.
Ah, donuts!
All right.
Cliff? Huh?
Donuts, no donuts, right.
All right, dear, break a brain.
Please get somebody in
there quick to hide the donuts.
Will do. Thank you.
Gentlemen, we're ready to start.
This is our new
panelist, Clair Huxtable.
I'm Phil Kensington. Hello.
Mason Benedict.
Hello. Ian Tragette.
Hello. I feel like I know all of you
because I watch the show every week.
I'm glad to know someone
wakes up at 8:00 Sunday mornings.
You must be the one person who
keeps showing up in our ratings.
Ten seconds.
Quiet, please.
In five, four, three, two... ♪♪
Good morning and
welcome to Retrospective,
the weekly program that explores
historical events from an economic,
social, and
political perspective.
I am your host Ian Tragette.
This week we examine
the Great Depression,
the bleakest of times on
the American landscape.
Was it an aberration in
the natural fiscal cycle
or was it an
economic inevitability?
To examine this question
we are joined by
our regular panelists:
Mason Benedict,
noted author, essayist,
and consultant to the Institute
of National Conservatism;
Philip Kensington,
author, historian,
and founder of Americans
for Democratic Reform;
and for the first time in our show's
history we're introducing a new panelist,
Clair Huxtable, attorney and
partner in the corporate law firm
of Greentree,
Bradley, and Dexter.
Welcome.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I'm Hector.
How are you? Nice to meet...
I'm here to make sure that
you don't eat the donuts.
Gentlemen, and lady,
who would like to be the first
to journey into the abyss
of the Great Depression?
Well, you know, Ian, first of all,
your question was half-baked.
The Depression was not an
aberration or an inevitability;
it was just a self-corrective
event in the history of our economy.
That's it.
Mason, Mason, a simple
answer from a simple mind.
How can you refer to
something as "self-corrective"
when 24% of the labor force
was thrown out into the streets?
Children were on city sidewalks
selling apples for a nickel.
Well, Phil, I can see once again
you're going to sweep us through history
in a canoe of tears.
When will you liberals
face up to the fact
that Franklin Roosevelt
kept this Depression going...
Oh, oh. With
suffocating regulations
and socialist programs like the WPA,
the PWA, the CCC, and the NRA?
I think it was all
a lot of B.U.L.L.
Mrs. Huxtable...
I thought the presence of a lady
would encourage these gentlemen
to be more civil with one
another, but I guess not.
It's all right, I'm
the mother of five.
I'm quite accustomed
to uncivil behavior.
Anyway, Mr. Benedict,
you mentioned the NRA,
the National Recovery
Administration.
I think we can't begin to
discuss the Depression
unless we examine the ramifications
of the Supreme Court decision of 1935
which declared the
NRA unconstitutional.
She's cooking, isn't she?
Rice and beans.
The implications of
that Supreme Court...
Let's... Let's not overestimate
the Supreme Court decision.
We have to focus on
the important issue here.
All right, I think that this
is an important issue...
The only reason that there
was a Depression in this country
was that five percent
of the population in 1929
held one-third
of all the wealth.
If it hadn't been for the
hysterics of the liberals,
it would have been
over in six months.
If I may interject here.
Don't you think that's being a little
bit overly optimistic, six months?
Now, nobody has addressed
what I consider to be a major factor:
the nation's flawed
banking structure.
Banking had
nothing to do with it.
You're all sending
up smoke screens.
It was a classic
business downturn,
an exhaustion of
labor and resources
that led to the bust!
Well, actually, that's not true.
Pardon me?
In 1929, there were more
than enough raw materials
to maintain the current
rate of production.
Do you have a
source to back that up?
As a matter of fact I do.
The Great Crash by
John Kenneth Galbraith.
Well, I read Mr. Galbraith's
book, and I'm afraid you're wrong.
I don't think I am.
Ian, you have a copy
of the Galbraith book
in your office, don't you?
Well, yes. Great!
Why don't we get
it and look it up?
You'll only be sorry
if we get the book.
I want the book.
I see that it's time for
a commercial break.
We'll be back in a minute.
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You know what these are?
Keys. Uh-huh.
Is a key on that ring able to open
the door to where the book is?
- Sí.
- Ah. My wife wants the book.
Ah, and I know
where the room is.
Oh, let's go. Let's go.
Come on, you lead
the way. Lead the way.
Follow me. Andale!
We're still on a commercial break.
We'll be rolling tape in one minute.
Clair?
- Uh, may I call you Clair?
- Of course.
If we had time to get the book,
I'm sure I would be proven correct.
There weren't enough raw materials
in 1929 to maintain production.
There were enough raw materials,
and that's in Galbraith's book.
Mrs. Huxtable, I think we've made it
clear there is no time to get the book.
Who are you?
Here we have it: The Great
Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith.
Fine, now we can
straighten this out.
Chapter nine,
gentlemen, page 173.
Huh. Ah, all right, here it is.
"Raw materials in 1929 were ample
for the current rate of production."
Well, that has very little
effect on my argument.
Really? It seemed to me you were
placing great emphasis on that point.
I was not; you
weren't listening.
Here we go, in five,
four, three, two...
Welcome back to Retrospective.
As it turns out, Mrs.
Huxtable is correct.
There was ample raw material
to maintain production in 1929.
It appears that our esteemed
colleague, Mr. Benedict, is fallible.
I've been aware of his
being fallible for 12 years.
- Well, let's get serious again.
- Yes, let's.
I'd like to go back to
what we were discussing
prior to the commercial break.
Oh...
Yes, that is the banking
structure of this nation in 1929.
Oh, come on now, we've
beaten that into the ground.
Yeah, I agree, there are
much bigger fish in the ocean.
I think we should
explore the relationship
of the stock market crash of
1929 to the Great Depression.
Mason?
Absolutely no
relationship whatsoever.
They're about as related as the
French Revolution is to French fries.
Philip?
My colleague's brain, I'm
afraid, has become French fried.
Mason? It's my turn.
Oh, did you want
to add something?
Yes, I would like to add
here that the Depression
was still ravaging the nation when
the stock market began to recover.
In my opinion, the Crash
was a precipitating event.
That is the most
ridiculous thing I ever heard.
Oh, now, I wouldn't call
her opinion ridiculous.
A bit naive, perhaps...
My opinion is neither
naive nor ridiculous,
and how the Sam Hill do you
expect to have a discussion
if all points of view are not
taken into consideration?
I believe it's time for
a commercial break.
We just took a commercial break.
We're taking another one.
We'll be right back.
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Steve!
Ian, why did you
take a commercial?
Well, because I wanted to.
But you're not scheduled to.
Look, I felt things were getting out of
control and I wanted to put a stop to it.
Ian is right, we have
to have order here.
She was disrupting the flow.
I was trying to become
part of the conversation.
There she goes again!
Frankly, Steve, I don't think
this new panelist is working out.
Ian, you know the station management
is concerned about our low ratings.
We're trying to
broaden our viewership.
Fine, then let her speak
when we get to the black topics.
Excuse me? Black topics?
Is that what I'm here to do?
Talk about the black topics?
No, you're also here
to speak for women.
Oh, that's nice.
I am a woman who is black, but I'm
also a human being who is an attorney,
a mother of five, and somewhat
knowledgeable about history,
which is why I thought
I was invited here.
But when you look at me,
this is all you see in me:
a black woman?
Oh, no. Absolutely not.
We really, really have
to get back to the show.
Ian, are you calm
enough to continue?
I guess.
I'll give it the
old college try.
Quiet, please.
In five, four, three, two...
Well, we're back.
Mrs. Huxtable, I'm afraid
we only have 30 seconds left.
In that time, could you please tell us what
effect the Depression had on the blacks?
You want me to sum
that up in 30 seconds?
Well, it's closer to
20 seconds now.
How did the
Depression affect blacks?
Well...
we learned that misery
does not love company.
That's today's edition
of Retrospective.
I'm Ian Tragette, join
us again next week.
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Told you she could
handle herself.
Your wife, la mujer perfecta.
Thanks. Now, how long will it
be for her to come down here?
Now they will take
off her makeup.
Oh, okay.
Uh, do you want
some Cuban coffee?
Cuban coffee? Yes,
I think I will, please.
There you are.
Have a little... Oooh,
ooh, this is angry.
Strong coffee. Oh!
Coffee as good as
this... No, no, no, no.
No good. No donuts, please.
My wife doesn't want
me to have donuts, either.
Your wife won't let
you have any, either?
- No.
- Oh, okay.
Well, have some coffee.
Have some coffee.
Ah, boy.
Wai... hey-hey...
- What are you doing?
- This is a donut.
Yeah, I know that.
And this is a donut.
This is not a donut.
This is not a donut.
No, you can have it!
This is not a
donut! Not a donut.
All right.
Yes.
Eat your pastry in peace,
I'm just glad you're here.
Dear, you were
absolutely...perfecta.
Stupenda. Yes.
Thank you.
Señora, estuvo maravillosa.
- Ah, muchas gracias.
- De nada.
Honey, I don't want to deal with
makeup, I just want to get out of here.
Thank you.
Hello? One second.
Senora, para usted.
Ah, okay, thank you.
Hello?
Really?
Let me think
about that a minute.
It's the producers, darling.
They said it's the best
show they've ever had.
They want me to stay. Really?
Well, it's up to you, dear.
I thought about it.
The answer's no, thank you.
Getting up at 4:30 in the morning
to prove who I am to three men
who are basking in the nonexistent
rays of their own intelligence
is not my idea of a fun time.
That is not a donut.
It's almost 8:00.
Mom and Dad better hurry up
or they're going to miss her show.
You guys, come
into the living room.
I want you to see what
I did with the furniture.
I rearranged it so both
Mom and Dad will be happy.
Come on.
Wow, this is great!
Theo, Mom and Dad are
never going to go for this.
Ah, this looks perfect!
No. Aw, come on.
No. Please?
Dear, this is my
couch. This is my chair.
Cliff, let go.
Now, sweetheart, I know how
attached you are to these things,
but there comes a
time in every man's life
when he has to let go.
Yeah, and if he's
married, many times.
Whatever it is, darling, let go.
Come on, kids, let's
get our coats and go.
What about your show?
Aren't we going to watch it?
We're going to
tape it, all right?
I'll tell you about it
on the way to church.
You coming?
Just let me have a minute here.
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Okay, straight back.
Oh, careful not to
scratch the door.
Yeah. Watch your fingers.
Okay, okay.
Okay, why don't you
put it down right... there.
Right here? Sure thing.
There we go.
In with the new,
out with the old.
Let's go, Jerry.
Now, you know
where this is going?
Yeah, 1268 Hudson.
Right, the Tibideaux's. Yeah.
That's my sister and
brother-in-law's place.
They get the
couch and the chair.
Got you. Okay, let's go.
Oh, and my mom
wanted me to give you this.
Oh, thanks. Thanks, thanks.
Thanks a lot.
Uh, don't leave.
I also have a box of some
of Sondra's old things.
Uh, pardon me?
Wh-What's going on?
We brought you your new couch.
We're taking this old
couch to, uh, Tibideaux.
I don't know
anything about this.
Yeah, a new couch
ordered by Mrs. Huxtable.
You Mr. Huxtable?
Uh, Doctor.
All right, well, we'll
see you later, Doc.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, bring... bring
that back here.
Dad. Hey. Hi, hon.
Hey. Bring it back.
How you like the new couch?
Yeah, I'm fine, but
put that down here.
Is this staying
or is this going?
No, this is staying,
so just put it down...
- This is going.
- No, no...
Mom said the old couch goes.
Yeah? Well, you're going to go.
Here, put that
down there, please.
Look, she's only doing what
her mother told her to do.
I beg your pardon?
Thank you, thank you.
I'd better call Mom
and tell her about this.
Right. Call your mother.
Call her every day.
Call her all day long.
Call her.
Don't tell me that somebody's
going to move something
and I didn't give
any permission.
I am a half interest
owner in this place, also.
You understand what I'm saying?
This has been my sofa, man.
I've watched black and
white westerns from this sofa.
Gone to sleep, it
has cuddled me.
You understand what I'm saying?
This...I don't know.
I don't know this from anything.
This is going to stay, and if you
have any trouble with Mrs. Huxtable,
you just say, "Your husband
said for us to leave it," all right?
All right. This is for you.
Thank you.
And this is for you.
Thank you, you'll take this.
- Hey, you're a real sport, Doc.
- Thanks, Doc.
Thank you. Thanks a lot.
- Take care, fellas.
- You have a good day.
Take care of yourselves.
Don't worry, I'll fix the door.
All right, take care.
Thanks, Doc. Yes, indeed.
Take my sofa, Jack?
Couldn't reach Mom.
She's on her way home.
Well, fine. Let it be that.
I'm looking at this thing.
This... This may be all
right for some people.
It'll be fine for you and
Rudy to jump on, you know,
but I'm talking about life!
They tried to separate us.
It's here.
Oh, I love it!
It looks better than it did
on the showroom floor.
What is this?
Mom, I really tried,
but Dad overruled you.
Cliff, what are you doing?
You're supposed to have
a patient at 4:00, honey,
that's why I scheduled
the delivery for now.
Mm-hmm, and thank goodness
that my patient cancelled
or else I would
not have been here
to see my wife
stab me in the sofa.
We can discuss this later.
I have news for
the whole family.
Really? Theo? Rudy?
Come downstairs!
Vanessa, why don't you
have a seat on the new couch?
All right, the new couch came.
It's nice.
Hey, my son, sit with
me on the old sofa.
When are we getting
rid of this old thing?
This is a cold-blooded house.
Okay.
The news is...
I'm going to be on television.
All right, TV!
That's unbelievable!
Soul Train!
No.
What show?
Retrospective.
Never heard of it.
It's a political panel discussion
where intelligent people get together
and talk about history.
It comes on 8:00 in
the morning, Rudy.
And it doesn't have
anybody on it who says...
Where are you going?
Intellectual men who
sit around and say...
"Well, I believe that
"the aforementioned
statement has very little to do
with the cohesiveness..."
Yeah, I know the show.
They have the same
three guys every week.
How'd you get on?
They want a new panelist.
They want to liven things up.
And if it works out, I
could be there every week.
Now look, all I'm
saying is just watch out
because you and I have
watched that program,
and you know how those
three get with each other.
They are some nasty little
men when they want to be.
Well, you forget who
you're talking to, honey.
I've gone up against some of
the nastiest attorneys in the city.
Now, I can hold my ground.
Ooh, go, Mom!
Come on, you guys, let's go
make dinner for our TV star.
This is the set. Uh-huh.
And there's the three wise men.
And they're probably engaged in
some deep philosophical discussion
at this very moment.
Phil, that is truly an
incomprehensible statement.
How could a man of your intelligence
reach such a ludicrous conclusion?
I'm sorry, but I
stand by my opinion.
I believe the Celtics are going to
beat the Knicks in the Garden tonight.
You're both
whistling in your hats.
The only important issue is
which team can whip the Pistons.
Mrs. Huxtable?
Hi, we're starting
in one minute.
Your seat is on the left.
Okay.
Dr. Huxtable, you can watch
the show from the Green Room.
There's coffee and donuts.
Ah, donuts!
All right.
Cliff? Huh?
Donuts, no donuts, right.
All right, dear, break a brain.
Please get somebody in
there quick to hide the donuts.
Will do. Thank you.
Gentlemen, we're ready to start.
This is our new
panelist, Clair Huxtable.
I'm Phil Kensington. Hello.
Mason Benedict.
Hello. Ian Tragette.
Hello. I feel like I know all of you
because I watch the show every week.
I'm glad to know someone
wakes up at 8:00 Sunday mornings.
You must be the one person who
keeps showing up in our ratings.
Ten seconds.
Quiet, please.
In five, four, three, two... ♪♪
Good morning and
welcome to Retrospective,
the weekly program that explores
historical events from an economic,
social, and
political perspective.
I am your host Ian Tragette.
This week we examine
the Great Depression,
the bleakest of times on
the American landscape.
Was it an aberration in
the natural fiscal cycle
or was it an
economic inevitability?
To examine this question
we are joined by
our regular panelists:
Mason Benedict,
noted author, essayist,
and consultant to the Institute
of National Conservatism;
Philip Kensington,
author, historian,
and founder of Americans
for Democratic Reform;
and for the first time in our show's
history we're introducing a new panelist,
Clair Huxtable, attorney and
partner in the corporate law firm
of Greentree,
Bradley, and Dexter.
Welcome.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I'm Hector.
How are you? Nice to meet...
I'm here to make sure that
you don't eat the donuts.
Gentlemen, and lady,
who would like to be the first
to journey into the abyss
of the Great Depression?
Well, you know, Ian, first of all,
your question was half-baked.
The Depression was not an
aberration or an inevitability;
it was just a self-corrective
event in the history of our economy.
That's it.
Mason, Mason, a simple
answer from a simple mind.
How can you refer to
something as "self-corrective"
when 24% of the labor force
was thrown out into the streets?
Children were on city sidewalks
selling apples for a nickel.
Well, Phil, I can see once again
you're going to sweep us through history
in a canoe of tears.
When will you liberals
face up to the fact
that Franklin Roosevelt
kept this Depression going...
Oh, oh. With
suffocating regulations
and socialist programs like the WPA,
the PWA, the CCC, and the NRA?
I think it was all
a lot of B.U.L.L.
Mrs. Huxtable...
I thought the presence of a lady
would encourage these gentlemen
to be more civil with one
another, but I guess not.
It's all right, I'm
the mother of five.
I'm quite accustomed
to uncivil behavior.
Anyway, Mr. Benedict,
you mentioned the NRA,
the National Recovery
Administration.
I think we can't begin to
discuss the Depression
unless we examine the ramifications
of the Supreme Court decision of 1935
which declared the
NRA unconstitutional.
She's cooking, isn't she?
Rice and beans.
The implications of
that Supreme Court...
Let's... Let's not overestimate
the Supreme Court decision.
We have to focus on
the important issue here.
All right, I think that this
is an important issue...
The only reason that there
was a Depression in this country
was that five percent
of the population in 1929
held one-third
of all the wealth.
If it hadn't been for the
hysterics of the liberals,
it would have been
over in six months.
If I may interject here.
Don't you think that's being a little
bit overly optimistic, six months?
Now, nobody has addressed
what I consider to be a major factor:
the nation's flawed
banking structure.
Banking had
nothing to do with it.
You're all sending
up smoke screens.
It was a classic
business downturn,
an exhaustion of
labor and resources
that led to the bust!
Well, actually, that's not true.
Pardon me?
In 1929, there were more
than enough raw materials
to maintain the current
rate of production.
Do you have a
source to back that up?
As a matter of fact I do.
The Great Crash by
John Kenneth Galbraith.
Well, I read Mr. Galbraith's
book, and I'm afraid you're wrong.
I don't think I am.
Ian, you have a copy
of the Galbraith book
in your office, don't you?
Well, yes. Great!
Why don't we get
it and look it up?
You'll only be sorry
if we get the book.
I want the book.
I see that it's time for
a commercial break.
We'll be back in a minute.
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You know what these are?
Keys. Uh-huh.
Is a key on that ring able to open
the door to where the book is?
- Sí.
- Ah. My wife wants the book.
Ah, and I know
where the room is.
Oh, let's go. Let's go.
Come on, you lead
the way. Lead the way.
Follow me. Andale!
We're still on a commercial break.
We'll be rolling tape in one minute.
Clair?
- Uh, may I call you Clair?
- Of course.
If we had time to get the book,
I'm sure I would be proven correct.
There weren't enough raw materials
in 1929 to maintain production.
There were enough raw materials,
and that's in Galbraith's book.
Mrs. Huxtable, I think we've made it
clear there is no time to get the book.
Who are you?
Here we have it: The Great
Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith.
Fine, now we can
straighten this out.
Chapter nine,
gentlemen, page 173.
Huh. Ah, all right, here it is.
"Raw materials in 1929 were ample
for the current rate of production."
Well, that has very little
effect on my argument.
Really? It seemed to me you were
placing great emphasis on that point.
I was not; you
weren't listening.
Here we go, in five,
four, three, two...
Welcome back to Retrospective.
As it turns out, Mrs.
Huxtable is correct.
There was ample raw material
to maintain production in 1929.
It appears that our esteemed
colleague, Mr. Benedict, is fallible.
I've been aware of his
being fallible for 12 years.
- Well, let's get serious again.
- Yes, let's.
I'd like to go back to
what we were discussing
prior to the commercial break.
Oh...
Yes, that is the banking
structure of this nation in 1929.
Oh, come on now, we've
beaten that into the ground.
Yeah, I agree, there are
much bigger fish in the ocean.
I think we should
explore the relationship
of the stock market crash of
1929 to the Great Depression.
Mason?
Absolutely no
relationship whatsoever.
They're about as related as the
French Revolution is to French fries.
Philip?
My colleague's brain, I'm
afraid, has become French fried.
Mason? It's my turn.
Oh, did you want
to add something?
Yes, I would like to add
here that the Depression
was still ravaging the nation when
the stock market began to recover.
In my opinion, the Crash
was a precipitating event.
That is the most
ridiculous thing I ever heard.
Oh, now, I wouldn't call
her opinion ridiculous.
A bit naive, perhaps...
My opinion is neither
naive nor ridiculous,
and how the Sam Hill do you
expect to have a discussion
if all points of view are not
taken into consideration?
I believe it's time for
a commercial break.
We just took a commercial break.
We're taking another one.
We'll be right back.
♪♪
Steve!
Ian, why did you
take a commercial?
Well, because I wanted to.
But you're not scheduled to.
Look, I felt things were getting out of
control and I wanted to put a stop to it.
Ian is right, we have
to have order here.
She was disrupting the flow.
I was trying to become
part of the conversation.
There she goes again!
Frankly, Steve, I don't think
this new panelist is working out.
Ian, you know the station management
is concerned about our low ratings.
We're trying to
broaden our viewership.
Fine, then let her speak
when we get to the black topics.
Excuse me? Black topics?
Is that what I'm here to do?
Talk about the black topics?
No, you're also here
to speak for women.
Oh, that's nice.
I am a woman who is black, but I'm
also a human being who is an attorney,
a mother of five, and somewhat
knowledgeable about history,
which is why I thought
I was invited here.
But when you look at me,
this is all you see in me:
a black woman?
Oh, no. Absolutely not.
We really, really have
to get back to the show.
Ian, are you calm
enough to continue?
I guess.
I'll give it the
old college try.
Quiet, please.
In five, four, three, two...
Well, we're back.
Mrs. Huxtable, I'm afraid
we only have 30 seconds left.
In that time, could you please tell us what
effect the Depression had on the blacks?
You want me to sum
that up in 30 seconds?
Well, it's closer to
20 seconds now.
How did the
Depression affect blacks?
Well...
we learned that misery
does not love company.
That's today's edition
of Retrospective.
I'm Ian Tragette, join
us again next week.
♪♪
Told you she could
handle herself.
Your wife, la mujer perfecta.
Thanks. Now, how long will it
be for her to come down here?
Now they will take
off her makeup.
Oh, okay.
Uh, do you want
some Cuban coffee?
Cuban coffee? Yes,
I think I will, please.
There you are.
Have a little... Oooh,
ooh, this is angry.
Strong coffee. Oh!
Coffee as good as
this... No, no, no, no.
No good. No donuts, please.
My wife doesn't want
me to have donuts, either.
Your wife won't let
you have any, either?
- No.
- Oh, okay.
Well, have some coffee.
Have some coffee.
Ah, boy.
Wai... hey-hey...
- What are you doing?
- This is a donut.
Yeah, I know that.
And this is a donut.
This is not a donut.
This is not a donut.
No, you can have it!
This is not a
donut! Not a donut.
All right.
Yes.
Eat your pastry in peace,
I'm just glad you're here.
Dear, you were
absolutely...perfecta.
Stupenda. Yes.
Thank you.
Señora, estuvo maravillosa.
- Ah, muchas gracias.
- De nada.
Honey, I don't want to deal with
makeup, I just want to get out of here.
Thank you.
Hello? One second.
Senora, para usted.
Ah, okay, thank you.
Hello?
Really?
Let me think
about that a minute.
It's the producers, darling.
They said it's the best
show they've ever had.
They want me to stay. Really?
Well, it's up to you, dear.
I thought about it.
The answer's no, thank you.
Getting up at 4:30 in the morning
to prove who I am to three men
who are basking in the nonexistent
rays of their own intelligence
is not my idea of a fun time.
That is not a donut.
It's almost 8:00.
Mom and Dad better hurry up
or they're going to miss her show.
You guys, come
into the living room.
I want you to see what
I did with the furniture.
I rearranged it so both
Mom and Dad will be happy.
Come on.
Wow, this is great!
Theo, Mom and Dad are
never going to go for this.
Ah, this looks perfect!
No. Aw, come on.
No. Please?
Dear, this is my
couch. This is my chair.
Cliff, let go.
Now, sweetheart, I know how
attached you are to these things,
but there comes a
time in every man's life
when he has to let go.
Yeah, and if he's
married, many times.
Whatever it is, darling, let go.
Come on, kids, let's
get our coats and go.
What about your show?
Aren't we going to watch it?
We're going to
tape it, all right?
I'll tell you about it
on the way to church.
You coming?
Just let me have a minute here.
♪♪
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