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Here we are, face to face, a couple of silver spoons.

Hoping to find we're two of a kind.

Making it go, making it grow.

Together, we're going to find our way.

Together, taking the time each day.

To learn all about those things you just can't buy.

Two silver spoons together.

You and I.

We're gonna find our way.

You and I together.

We're gonna find our way.

place to shoot a video.

There's tables, chairs, aluminum palm trees.

I can't wait to meet Whitney Houston.

Where is she? Did I miss her? Am I early? Is she late?

Oh, really, Alfonso? Must you carry on so?

Yeah. How often do you get to meet the Whitney Houston?

I'm sorry. I just don't share your adolescent enthusiasm with showbiz folk.

Oh, yeah.

Whitney's one of the nicest people I know.

Yeah, and she has another adorable trait. Now that her career is taking

she's gonna need a business manager.

Then where is she?

We just got here, Dexter. On time. Listen, I've dealt with some of these

They're disorganized flakes, irresponsible renegades, and... Hi!

Incredible goddesses.

With me? Oh, give me a hug.

Yep, that's her, all right. You look terrific.

So do you. Marriage must agree with you.

I'd like to meet my husband, Edward.

Yeah, I agree with her.

And my stepson, Rick. Hi, how are you? And our dear friend, Dexter Stockham.

And his nephew, Alfonso. Hi, hi.

Dex?

Dex, you okay?

You must be the man who's going to help me with my money.

That's accountant talk for yes.

A dexter is one of accounting's grandmasters. Yeah, he does H &R Block's

Aren't you too busy to help showbiz folk like Whitney?

No, sorry.

Well, why don't you give Whitney your card?

No, no, not your car.

Your card. Business card.

Thank you.

Get dressed. My dad will be here any minute.

Morning. Hi, Rick. Listen, I can't decide. Which one of these do you like

better?

They look about the same to me.

Well, they're not. This is dark blue and this is midnight blue.

Oh, no wonder you can't decide.

What's the matter, Dexter? You seem nervous.

I'm not nervous. Who's nervous?

Why would I be nervous?

It's just that you're acting like you're nervous. Because you keep asking me if

I'm nervous.

Why are you wearing a tie anyway? It's Saturday.

Richard, proper business etiquette does not end on weekends.

Plus, Whitney Houston's stopping by and I wanted to dress appropriately for a

business meeting.

You sort of like her, don't you? Oh, Lord, yes.

A thousand times, yes.

I've never been smitten like this in my entire life.

I got it.

Fish, promise me you won't breathe a word of this to anyone, okay? Okay, your

secret's safe.

Morning, guys.

Hey, Dax, what's new? I love Whitney Houston.

Does Whitney know this?

Ah, she won't be interested in a man like me.

I've seen her on MTV.

You watch MTV?

You must be in love.

I saw her in this music award show with a bunch of trendy men.

Men with names like Sean and Chuck.

Hey, don't sell yourself short. You can do it. Go after her. You can be as

trendy as anyone named Sean or Chuck.

I don't think you've ever noticed, but I tend to be a little bit more

traditional, reserved.

Oh, come on.

Remember when I asked you if I could stay up after 12 and you went like this?

That was cool.

That midnight blue tie is pretty outrageous, dude.

It's dark blue.

There's lots of things you can do, Dex. Sure there is.

I'll bet under that stuffy Dexter there's a cool Dexter.

Way under.

Sure there is.

The first thing you got to do is lose the jacket. Yeah, and the vest, too.

idea. Yeah, we got to lose some of these accountant layers. That's all we got

to... Hello.

What's this now?

Look at this shirt.

I gave it to him for Christmas.

Keep that on. And you wear this jacket. Oh, no, no, no, I couldn't. Yes, you

could. Think of Whitney.

All right. Roll up the sleeves, Rick. Roll up the sleeves, yeah.

All right.

He still needs something.

I've got it.

Come on.

Not bad.

Look out.

Where?

It's just an expression.

Try to loosen up a little bit. Okay.

How's that?

That was great. It was so cool, you couldn't even see it.

Yeah, I think it's time for some noticeable clues. First, the walk. Now

me, follow me, do what I do. Ready?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Come on, you can do it. Come on, you just follow me, just do exactly what I

And I do it the same way I do. Uh -huh. Uh -huh.

There you go.

Uh -huh. Uh -huh.

This may be the first time in history a white man has ever told a black man how

to walk.

A little more struck. Yeah.

Yeah. You know, I'm starting to feel a little different here. I feel like I

to... Get up!

That's get down.

At least you had the get part right.

You know, dressing up like this, trying to act cool, it makes me think. What's

that? I must be really desperate.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, no, no. All right, now, we'll leave you here. You and Whitney can

discuss business.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Don't leave. Listen, you'll do fine, okay?

No, you'll knock her dead.

Remember, cool is a feeling. Good, it's a feeling. I feel like a ninny.

fellas? We were just leaving. For breakfast.

Love those flapjacks.

Dexter? For sure.

Dexter Duffin?

You can call me Dex.

Oh, my.

Dex, you look different.

Well, Monday through Friday is one thing, but on weekends, I like to get

Well, how many How many weekends you been doing this?

One.

Does this have anything to do with me?

Everything.

Do you think it's wise to mix business with pleasure?

Oh, business smithness.

I've got to get ready.

Just a few minutes more.

I'm going to get that old feeling when you walk

through my door.

Because tonight is the night that I'm feeling

all right.

We'll be holding each other.

It's gone!

Only for you.

Only for you. Only for you.

Only for you.

Take

five,

guys. Thanks, Mark.

Beautiful. Beautiful.

Can you believe it? We did it.

Miracles do happen.

Hi, guys. Hi. Oh,

my wardrobe is here. I'll be back in a second. Okay.

Isn't she marvelous?

Yeah. We thought we'd drop by and watch Whitney rehearse for a video.

You know, I owe you two major thanks.

You've helped give me the guts to open my mind, update my threads.

It was nothing. Yeah, we do it all the time.

As you probably know from the past week, you know, Whitney's become my main

squeeze.

And in a couple of weeks, she'll be going back to Los Angeles. Now, the old

would have watched her go, but the new deck is going to be making a scene out

there with her.

What are you talking about?

We are moving to L .A. next week, Fonzo.

You are?

It's going to be great.

Surf's up!

What you doing?

Fishing.

Great. My life is falling apart and you're making jokes.

I was just trying to cheer you up. I mean, who knew Dexter would go berserk?

Ever since he met Whitney, he hasn't told me once to go to my room and study.

And you're upset about that?

It's hard to believe, but I miss it.

At least he paid attention to me.

I don't want to go to California.

I wish you could stay here.

That's it. That's what I'll do.

Maybe we should ask my parents first.

Do we have to? It's a big house.

What do you want me to do, sneak you up food after dinner? I like my steak

medium.

Listen, I think you should talk to Dexter about this.

Why bother?

He'll be in L .A. three weeks and say, what have mine been?

Where'd that little dude go?

bench press.

Dax, I thought you were up to your neck in those new plant site negotiations.

Oh, I forgot to tell you. The deal fell through.

What? What are you talking about? We worked for months on those negotiations.

Eddie, Eddie, you gotta go with the flow.

You've already flowed to L .A.

Well, what happened with the deal?

Bad karma, man.

This from a man who just gave up suspenders. Who said I gave them up?

I've got to get back to the hotel. I must pack. Oh, no, no, no. I'll drive.

it's okay. You don't have to. It's only fair.

I drive you places. You drive me crazy.

I'll send you that song I'm writing.

I didn't know you wrote a song.

Yeah, it's called Love is a Mystery to Me.

You're not kidding.

See you, darling. Yeah, oh, so good to see you. Have a good flight. I will, I

will. Edward, it was nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, Whitney.

Okay. Next time, see me.

I'll be a strapping hunk.

Bye, Katie. Bye, hon. See you later.

You can let your breath out now.

It's hard to be upset at Dexter when he's so happy.

I know.

I guess Whitney's pretty happy, too, huh?

Upset is more like it.

That's not even close to happy.

You're dogging it.

I'm busy. Do you mind?

What's the matter?

Well, Dexter's decision to move to California caught her by surprise.

Well, I thought she liked him.

Oh, she does.

In New York.

Whitney never intended for him to give up his whole life for her.

Well, don't you think she should tell him about this?

Well, she did.

Oh. Then why is he so happy?

Love is death.

If you're finished, you've completed the preschool and elderly infirm workout.

Dad, we need to talk about Dexter.

Yeah, there seems to be a lot of that going around.

Dexter. Yo, babe, what's going down?

We have to talk.

In English.

Well, lay down me, bro.

Don't you think you're acting a little impulsively?

Absolutely. And I used to think wearing a paisley tie was a walk in the wild

side. Well, it's your life, and I respect that, but I'm your friend, and

concerned about you making a major decision like this so quickly.

You're the one who for years you'd tell me, loosen up, Dex.

Well, yeah, but not all at once.

You don't have any experience in this. You're way past loose.

You're practically liquid.

Yeah. This is Dexter, unchained.

All I'm asking you to do is take a look at

things before you turn your life inside out.

You have no idea what's happening to me.

Well, sure I do.

I know about whirlwind romances. The minute I saw Rick's mom, I knew we were

meant for each other. That's exactly how I feel. So I dropped everything for

her. That's exactly what I'm doing.

And our marriage lasted seven days.

You did it wrong.

That won't happen with us.

Are you sure?

Well, Whitney's a little like I used to be, you know, into her career. But it

used to be my bag, but I'm betting I can turn around.

You're betting an awful lot.

Your business?

Your friends?

Your wardrobe?

Rick and Alfonso are outside.

They have something they want to ask you. No sweat.

Uncle Dexter, can I sleep over at Rick's? For sure.

For the rest of my life?

I just can't handle the movie again.

I know how he feels. I mean, I've been bounced around a lot.

It's no fun always being the new kid. Always having to prove yourself.

I finally found a place where I belong.

And a good friend.

I didn't even think about that.

That's because you were too busy thinking about suspenders and karma.

That's an unfair accusation. Is it?

Come here. What?

Take a look at yourself.

What do you see?

I'm trendy. I'm...

A yuppie. I'm an 80s me person. I'm everything you all encouraged me to be.

We thought it was a good idea at the time.

Yeah. We were wrong.

Take a look again.

Now, imagine yourself at a Harvard reunion.

Oh, my Lord.

What have I done with myself?

You fell in love.

You can plead temporary insanity.

I've never felt this way before in my entire life.

Love is pretty dangerous stuff.

Whitney's a terrific girl.

You've got great taste, right? I'm sorry, Alfonso. I didn't think of you in

equation. Did you just say equation?

Affirmative.

Affirmative?

He's back!

The fever's broken!

Ha!

Listen, I'm not ready to give up everything.

We're staying.

Ah, you are.

Where's my vest?

It's right here.

Come on.

Here you go.

All right, much better.

Look out.

Go to your room and study.

I can dig it.

Stop talking like that.

Welcome back, buddy.

Oh, Rick and I will get that. See you later. Okay. Bye -bye.

Oh, you sure get around.

We were just leaving. For breakfast.

It's five o 'clock.

It's a late breakfast.

Love those flapjacks.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm on my way to the airport.

Already?

Yeah. Look, about your moving to California, I... I'll see you in L .A.

on vacation.

But I don't think I'm going to be moving there.

It occurred to me we may be going too fast.

Well, if you think so.

Are you going to be all right?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

We'll keep seeing each other.

I'd like that.

Well, thanks for letting me down easy.

No, it's just that he went...

I thought I'd lost sight of who I really am.

And when you're around, all I see is you.

You make me crazy, woman.

Woo!

Thanks for the dinner, Dex. It was delicious.

My pleasure.

Listen, I appreciate the concern for me since Whitney returned to California.

Well, you've only been back on your wingtips a few days now.

I assure you I'm fine now.

I talked to Whitney today.

Oh?

Did she say anything about me?

Not much.

Just that it was the best seven days of her life.

Yeah. Quite an eventful week.

I love it when he talks like that.

Well... What do you say we buggy on home?

Right on, bro.

Bye.

Too bad.

Uncle Dexter, do you still think about moving to California?

Sometimes.

But I'm glad we stayed.

Me too.

Good night.

Night.

See you.