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Okay. Ham?

Ham. Cheese?

Cheese.

Mustard?

radio and toothbrush so you can uh
listen to the golden oldies while you

your pearly white

You can brush through it.

Hello, Jill.

This day and age to read any good news
on the newspaper page. And love and

tradition of the grand design.

Some people say it's even harder to
find.

Well, then there must be some magic clue
inside these gentle walls.

Because all I see is a towel.

Come on, now.

Mom, Dad, I've got big news.

Get lost. I've got bigger news.

Eddie, nobody wants to hear about your
first chest hair, okay?

You're just mad because you have more
chest hairs than me.

I've got a good shot of getting a
scholarship to Harvard.

Oh, Laura, honey, that's great.

For the next two weeks, all I'm going to
do is study. No TV, no dates, no

friends, no fun whatsoever.

How's that any different from your
normal life?

Kevin.

All right, Edward.

Now, what's your big announcement?

Check this out.

Your son, Edward Winslow...

is being recruited by a major
university.

What? Yeah. Coach Westfield called me
into his office today.

A recruiter came all the way down here
just to meet me.

Really?

What school?

Illinois Occidental University.

Wow! IOU!

Yeah!

Congratulations,

Eddie. Thanks, Mom.

Very proud of you.

Hey, and that's just the beginning.

Hey, you'll be a starter your freshman
year.

And your junior year, you'll lead your
team to the Sweet 16.

And your senior year, you'll win the
NCAA championship.

Reputation? Well, I don't know. I mean,
they got books and stuff.

Harriet, it's fairly obvious.

If it didn't have scholastics, they
couldn't call it a college.

Hey, son, you know, when you become rich
and famous, you're gonna have to have

an agent.

Why? Well, hey, when you're making gobs
of money, you're supposed to have a guy

there to take a big chunk of it.

Well, can't you do that, Dad?

I love you, son.

Mr. McCabe.

What's the enrollment at Illinois
Occidental University?

That's a very perceptive question, Carl.

I have no idea.

But I do know we have one of the top
basketball programs in this country.

Eddie? Yes, sir?

We want you.

All right!

I take it basketball isn't the only
reason that students go to your school.

Of course not.

IOU offers a terrific educational
program. That is, if Eddie chooses to

advantage of it.

What do you mean, if, Heechin?

Okay. Our professors are very big fans
of the basketball program. What are they

going to do?

Flunk a power forward because he forgot
to read Silas Marner? Come on.

This sounds like a fine college, Dad.

Have you made up your mind, son?

I sure have.

I owe you. Here I come. All right. All
right. Yeah.

See you on the quadrant.

Laura, honey, didn't you hear me knock?

Oh, sorry, I guess I was concentrating
too hard. You should have knocked.

Laura, you know, you look a little,
well, you look a little horrible.

I think you're studying too hard.

You can't study too hard, Dad.

Well, where's Steve? I thought he was
helping you. He was, but he wimped out

after only 12 hours.

Gee, what a wuss.

Well, when is the last time you got some
rest?

I don't know.

What day is this?

Laura, I am really worried about you.

You must be exhausted.

No, I'm like that little bunny on TV.

I just keep going and going and going
and going.

Stop, stop, stop.

You're going to bed. Come on.

Come on. Dad, I can't. I have to go to
the library. Laura, no way. Sleep first.

Dad!

I forbid you to leave this house until
you get some rest.

Dad, you're exacerbating the problem
instead of ameliorating it.

I am not.

But just to be sure, I'm going
downstairs to check the dictionary.

until I get some sleep.

Why,

you should have told me. I nearly
violated a direct sweet guy order.

What my father doesn't know won't hurt
him. Now, I have to study. Are you

with me or not?

Negatory. I will not help you destroy
your house.

Well, I'm going.

And I want you to keep your mouth shut.

Nuh -uh. I'm squealing, baby. And
there's nothing on guys green or...

Thank you, sweetheart.

Well,

good.

What's the matter?

I see.

You're still a little punchy.

I must be a little punchy, too, because
for a second there, I thought you

sounded like Steve.

Listen, sweetheart, I know that you
think I'm being unreasonable, but you

your rest, and someday you'll thank me.

Uh -huh.

I love you, sweetheart.

Uh -huh.

Come on, give us a kiss.

Come on, give your old dad a kiss.

Close your eyes.

Night, honey.

Sweet dreams.

And get some chapstick.

Look out there.

Here I come.

Guys, can I see you for a sec?

Oh, Mom, the game isn't over yet. Oh,
no, yes it is. It's over because I'm

I want you to meet somebody.

My husband, Carl.

Hi. How you doing? And my son, Eddie.
Hey.

Nice to meet you, Eddie. You too.

Sam Massey.

Why does that name ring a bell?

They used to call me Sam the Slam.

Oh, yes.

I saw you on TV once.

You made a three -point shot at the
buzzer to beat Georgetown.

Yeah, I got lucky.

That wasn't luck. It takes a lot more
than luck to score 38 points in one

Oh, 40 points. But who's counting?

You know, you were one of the best
college players in the game that season.

on, sit down.

Yeah, what happened to you?

Hey, that's okay.

Actually, that's the reason I'm here.

Your mother told me about your offer at
IOU and asked me to give you a few tips.

Great.

Hey, Harry, how do you know Sam the
Slam?

Well, I met him at the supermarket.

Sam's my favorite checker.

Thanks.

Checker? Yep.

Just promoted from bagger.

Oh.

Well, I guess I thought that somebody
with a college education would be doing

something a little different.

I never graduated.

Well, why not?

Well, that three -point shot against
Georgetown was the highlight of my

Turned out to be the last game I ever
played.

How come?

Following week.

I shattered my right knee.

Well, couldn't the doctors fix you up?

They tried.

I had four operations over the next two
years, but this baby was never the same.

Gee, Sam, that's tough.

Yeah.

One day I'm a big star.

The next, I'm Mr. Nobody.

My professors have been giving me a free
ride.

But when I got hurt, they expected me to
earn good grades.

And you know what?

I could barely read.

Did you flunk out?

Almost as fast as I used to drive the
lane.

I'm back in school now, but I sure lost
a lot of time.

You know, son, the thought of you
getting injured never entered my mind.

Oh, Dad.

Well, just because Sam got hurt doesn't
mean I will.

Well, that's true.

And I sincerely hope you don't.

In fact, let's even say you beat the
odds and make it into the pros.

Are you aware that the average NBA
career is only four years?

Four years?

I'd be retired by the time I was 26.

Yeah. And then what are you going to do
with the rest of your life?

We're not going to let you move back in.

Now, look.

Look, Eddie.

I owe you as a good school.

But all the compliments they're giving
you will disappear the second they don't

need you.

So you pick a major and work hard at it.

Think of basketball as the icing on the
cake.

Thanks, Sam.

I'll do that.

You must be hot stuff on the court.

Well, I have been known to defy the laws
of gravity.

You care to show me your moves,
spaceman?

Let's kick it.

I better study hard.

Wasn't it nice of Sam to take time to
talk to Eddie?

Oh, come on, Mrs. Winslow.

You know that he wasn't just talking to
Eddie.

He was talking to me, too, right?

Well, maybe a little.

I don't know. I guess I got caught up in
the excitement of my son's future that

I... Lost sight of his future.

Laura, are you okay?

No. What's wrong?

I snuck out of the house and went to the
library.

You disobeyed me?

Young lady, what do you have to say for
yourself?

You're putting too much pressure on
yourself. You're having an emotional

breakdown. Look, Laura, it's terrific to
have goals and work hard to achieve

them, but you need balance in your life.
You need to have fun, too.

Yeah, sweetheart.

I mean, once you get some rest, you'll
feel refreshed, and then you'll remember

everything that you studied. Yeah, and
then you'll take that test, and no

what your score is, we'll be proud of
you.

What if I don't get into Harvard? Won't
you guys be disappointed?

No way.

You've always done your best, and that's
all we can ask for.

I love you guys.

We love you, too.

I'll make you a sandwich before you go
to bed.

You know, Carl, it's funny.

Laura always studies too hard, and Eddie
doesn't study enough.

How can they be so different?

I don't know. I guess they're as
different as you and me.

Carl, look at him.

She's fast asleep.

My little princess.

You know, Carl, she's not so little
anymore.

She's grown up to be a young woman.

I bet she's gonna be very successful.

Yeah.

You know something, honey?

Eddie and Laura may be different.

But there is one thing that they do have
in common.

What's that?

They are both good kids.

That's true.

And that makes us successful.

Hey.

What's the matter? Wait a minute.

If Laura stuck out to the library...

Who kissed me?

What are you talking about?

Well, I was up in Laura's room, and
there was somebody underneath the covers

that sounded a lot like...

Behold, my sleeping beauty.

Why, here's my golden opportunity to
steal a kiss.

Don't even think about it.

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Yotei, Laura.

Hi, Waldo. Are you and Usher here?

Yep. I thought you had a job with the
ground crew at the airport.

I did, but they fired me when I directed
a jumbo jet into the luggage carousel.

Wait here.

Now remember, in the unlikely event of a
water landing, your seat cushion may be

used as a flotation device.

Thanks, Waldo.

No problem, Bob.

Wow.

This is fantastic.

Yeah, CNC Music Factory live.

No, I mean us.

You and me.

And no Steve Urkel.

You mean no Steve Urkel yet? He's
followed us on every date we've ever

Man, he just won't give up.

You know what we need? An Urkel -sized
roach motel.

Hey, what about introducing him to
another girl?

Get real, Ted. Who would be willing to
go out with Steve Urkel?

My cousin Myra might want to meet him.

Really?

What's wrong with him?

Nothing. She's just attracted to brainy
guys.

Sounds good, but there's still one
problem. Steve is obsessed with me.

Yeah,

but what do you mean, used to?