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Well, we're moving on up. We're moving on up.

I ain't never seen snow going up.

Be right back.

Where are you going?

Down to the store. Well, I thought you closed up because of the snow.

Yeah, I did, but I got to get something out of this safe. I got a little

surprise for Weezy.

A surprise?

Yeah. Tomorrow is the anniversary of our first date. And you know, Weezy paid

for that date.

And she's been paying for it ever since.

And she gets mad at me every year because I always forget. But this year

going to be different because at midnight, I got a special surprise for

What you gonna do, turn into a handsome prince?

No, I'm gonna give her a diamond necklace.

Diamond necklace?

Yeah. Real diamond? That's right. You know what they always say.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Well, in my case, they ain't even acquainted.

Oh, it's terrible out there.

We even had to close the help center.

Oh, I'll be back in a minute. I gotta run down to the store.

You better wear a warmer coat.

Yeah, well, I would wear your mink, but the cops might pick me up.

George is barely above zero.

Ain't that a blip. The temperature matches my paycheck.

And your IQ.

Oh, hello, Mr. J.

Hi, Bentley.

Bye, Bentley.

You know, that's the first time I've seen your door slam from this side.

Can I help you, Mr. Bentley? Oh, yes.

You see, I'm having a problem with my budgie.

Pardon?

With my parakeet, Chester, I'm afraid he's catching a cold.

How can you tell? Has he been blowing his beak a lot?

Sorry.

I was wondering if I could warm him up over here. You see, the heat's not

working in my apartment.

Oh, no.

Yes, and I'm afraid that's why Chester's been acting so sluggish. He hasn't said

a word all day.

Oh. I didn't know your bird could talk.

Oh, yes, I've already trained him to say thank you and you're welcome.

Really?

Maybe you should come over here and train George.

Oh, hi, Tom. Helen, come in. Louise, guess what?

Your heat's out.

No, our... How did you know that?

Because my heat's out, too.

Oh, hi, Mr. Bentley.

Did anybody call maintenance?

Yes, I did. And you should have heard what she called them.

Ralph said there might be a whole line of apartments out. He's trying to get

someone to fix it now.

Oh, well, why don't you stay here until they fix it? Oh, thank you, Louise. We'd

love to.

Hello, Mrs. Jefferson, ma 'am. Hello, Ralph.

Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Willis. Mr. Bentley.

Ralph, have you talked to someone about the heating? Oh, yes, sir, Mr. Willis.

Yes, sir. And that's why I'm here.

It wasn't easy getting through to them, but I neglected all of my other duties

just to contact the heating company for you, Mr. Willis.

Bravo, Ralph.

Yes, sir, Mr. Bentley.

And once I got through to the company, it wasn't easy getting them to listen to

me. But I told them you were a very important man, sir, working for the U

and all, sir.

Thank you, Ralph.

Maybe I should be telling this to Mr. Jefferson.

Ralph, what about the heat?

Oh, yes, ma 'am.

I finally told them it was a matter of life and death, and they said they'd

treat it as an emergency rush job.

Oh, that's good. They're going to send one over the day after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow?

I tried, Mr. Willis. I'm sorry. I wish there was something else I could do.

I'd suggest a hotel, but it's impossible to get to one in all this snow. Ah,

it's not your fault, Ralph.

Thanks for your trouble.

Yes, sir.

Just doing my job, sir.

Oh.

An important job it is, sir.

Then you better go do it, Ralph.

Yes, ma 'am.

I'll get right back on it.

I must be losing my touch.

Well, I'm afraid we're in for a cold night.

Oh, don't worry. You can all stay here.

Here? Sure, why not?

Well, there's one reason.

Oh, George won't mind.

Won't mind what?

Well, Mr. Bentley and the Willis's don't have any heat, so I invited them to

stay here tonight.

Hey, where the hell is everybody going to sleep?

Well, Alan's in Vermont.

Why don't they go sleep with him up there?

He's so cute.

You two can use Alan's room, and Mr.

Bentley can sleep on the couch.

Oh, why don't we have a pajama party?

Splendid idea, and we can hold it here in my room.

I got a better idea. You can hold it in your apartment.

Oh, come on, George.

A pajama party sounds like fun, doesn't it? No.

Well, I have a whole chicken in the refrigerator.

I'll bring it down.

Helen, you don't have to do that.

Right. You already brought down a big turkey.

A bottle of champagne I've been saving for a special occasion.

Great. Let's go, Helen. I'll help you bring some stuff down. Wheezy, I don't

think this is going to work.

Oh, come on, George. It'll be fun.

What's going on out here?

Bentley and the Willisons ain't got no heat in their apartment, so Wheezy

invited them down here to spend a night with us.

Well, look on the bright side. Now you'll have an audience when you give

Jefferson her big surprise.

Huh? Yeah, they're all going to see them big diamonds you got her.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

They'll all see what a sweet, wonderful, generous person I am. Yeah, you'll fool

them all.

You know, Lee, I'm kind of glad the heat in our apartment went out.

I know what you mean, Alan. It's nice to spend an entire evening with good

friends. Yeah, I wish some of my good friends were here.

Just kidding, Willis. I know we're all going to have a good time.

It's just what every pajama party needs.

Popcorn. Oh, man. Great.

Wonderful. Thank you, Florence.

Say, how about a game of charades?

Wonderful. I'd love to play that. Oh, couldn't we play something else?

Yeah. Let's play pinnacle on the hockey.

You know,

remembered a marvelous game. It's such fun. I don't know why I ever stopped

playing it. It's called Nobody's Perfect.

Oh, a game especially for George.

How do you play it? Well, first we need something to serve as a blindfold.

Oh, well, how about this dust cloth? It's clean.

Of course it's clean. You ain't never used it.

All right, now who wants to go first?

Oh,

Splendid, Mr. Willis.

I'll just tie this on you here.

Now, once your eyes are covered, I'm going to say the word go, and everybody

to change feet very fast, you see?

Then, when I say the word stop, everyone freezes, and you have to point at

someone. Then you remove your blindfold, and whoever it is you're pointing at,

he or she has to tell you what they like most about you. Oh, that should be

easy. And what they like least about you. That should be even easier.

Can you see?

No. All right, let's go.

Take out

your blindfold.

Go ahead, Mrs. Willis. Tell your husband what it is you like most about him.

Let's see.

What do I like about Tom?

Oh, there's so many things.

But what I like most is that Tom is a man of conviction who stands up for what

he believes in.

Well,

thank you, Helen.

And now you must say what you like least about him. Oh, she'll have to think a

long time about that.

No, I won't.

What I like least about you is your lack of willpower.

Oh, what do you mean by that?

I mean your diet.

Tom goes on a diet in the morning, and by lunchtime, he's off.

Simply can't resist food.

Hey, I got a way to stop Tom from eating so much. How?

Serving Florence's cooking.

How do you know about my cooking? You don't stop talking long enough to taste

it.

All right, Mrs. Willis, it's your turn. Oh, Mr. Willis. Come on.

Here we are. Here it is.

Come on.

Louise, do you think I'm fat?

Well, no. Oh, thank you.

All right, now, are we ready? And let's go!

And stop!

Oh, good, you pointed at Mr.

J.

Can I try it again?

Go ahead, Mr. J. Tell Mrs. Willis what it is you like most about her. Well...

on, George. I'm sure you can say something nice.

Yeah, there's one thing I like about Helen, but I don't want her to get the

wrong idea.

Oh, I'm sure she'd love to hear it.

Well, of all the women I know as old as you... What?

What I meant was, for a woman your age, you look better than any woman I know.

Oh.

Gee, George, I can't believe you'd say something so sweet.

Why not? I'm a sweet guy.

Hey, Louise.

Oh, yes, you sure are.

George, can I talk to you in the kitchen for a minute?

But, Wheezy, I ain't told Helen what I don't like about her yet. Oh, George,

that can wait. Besides, you're too sweet to say anything bad.

Hey, don't go nowhere. I ain't got a lot to say to you yet.

George,

what did you mean by that?

By what?

By what you said to Helen.

That she looked better than any woman you know.

But, Wheezy, that's part of the game. I had to say something nice about her.

But what about me?

She didn't point to you.

I don't mean that.

Don't you think I look good anymore?

Of course you do.

Then why don't you ever say it?

Okay, you look better than any woman I know. Oh, you're just saying that.

Acting silly?

You're my wife.

You don't have to look good.

Oh, look, what I mean is, like, we just spend so much time together, I forget

how good you really look.

Well, I'll fix that.

Now, maybe if we don't spend any time together tonight, I'll look better to

in the morning.

Oh, but, Wheezy, wait!

Oh, I understand perfectly, Helen. You think I'm fat.

Tom, that's not what I said. Watch it, fatso.

Wheezy, come out here this minute!

Well, since I'm already too fat, I... I'm going into the kitchen to have a

of pie.

Oh, Tom, stop acting so childish.

Really, what is with you?

Some game, Mr. Benton.

Yes, now I remember why I stopped playing it.

on a big surprise.

You hear me?

Okay, look.

Have it your way, but I'm going to bed now.

By myself.

What you got to say about that?

George. Yes?

Mr.

Jefferson. Shut up. Mr.

Jefferson.

Well, if it ain't gonna be no big surprise, I'm going to bed, too. Good

Good night.

If you think I'm fat now, Helen, just wait till I finish this.

Tom, please.

I'll be as big as a house.

Mr. Benson.

Is he gone?

Who? George. Oh, yes, he went to bed.

Good.

Helen, do you mind if I sleep with you in Alan's room?

I'd rather not sleep with George tonight.

Well... Oh, of course she doesn't mind.

She'd rather sleep with you than with me. I might roll over and squash her.

Tom, I give up.

Come on, Louise. Let's go to bed.

Well, I suppose I may as well turn in, too.

Oh, yeah.

That's a good idea.

Wait a minute, Bentley.

This means that one of us has to sleep with George.

Well, Mr. J has already assigned me to the sofa.

Now, Bentley, let's handle this like adults.

Oh, I know.

I'll play you paper, rocks, and scissors.

All right, and the winner gets the sofa.

Good. Are you ready? Yes.

One, two, three.

Paper covers rock.

Ow.

Want to try two out of three?

Sleep tight, Mr. Willis.

So you decide to sleep... me after all, huh?

Well, if you think I'm gonna roll over and give you a big kiss, forget it.

Well, that's a relief.

What the hell are you doing in here? Well, paper covers rock.

Say what?

Look, George, there isn't any place else for me to sleep.

Try sleeping in your own bed.

It's freezing up there. I turned blue.

Better blue than white.

I don't like this any more than you do.

Okay, okay, look, Willis, you gotta sleep here. Just lie down and go to

and shut up.

The sooner we get to sleep, the sooner this lousy day will be over.

Agreed.

What are you doing?

George, do you mind if I sleep on that side of the bed?

What's wrong with the side you're sleeping on?

Well, it's just that that side is my side. Wrong.

This side is my side.

who sleeps where. Now just lie down and go to sleep.

What are

you

trying to do?

I'm sorry, George, but I really can't sleep unless I'm on the right side of

bed. Okay, you gotta sleep on the right side. Why don't you just put some pillow

at the foot of the bed and turn your body around?

Hey, that's not a bad idea. Thanks, George.

You can't get to sleep unless everything is just right.

Hold it, Willis. You got my pill.

I almost

forgot.

What, ma 'am?

I forgot to do my exercises.

Exercise. Yes, I always do ten sit -ups every night before going to bed.

If you want to exercise, exercise on the floor.

Oh, it's too cold.

Oh,

look what I've had with you.

Now, this bed ain't big enough for both of us. George, this is a king -sized

bed. Right, and I'm the king, and you're giving me a royal pain.

Where are you going? To my throne.

Good night.

Good night.

You're welcome.

Good night.

Good night.

Just, just did it. Oh, good boy. Come on, I'll get you a birdie bonbon.

Thank you. Oh, you're welcome.

Oh, hi, Florence. What are you doing up? Giving something to eat. I couldn't

sleep. Me neither.

I think I could use a snack, too.

Yeah, I guess it's no fun sleeping without your husband on your

huh?

Anniversary? Yeah, of your first date with Mr. Jefferson.

Oh, that's not until next week.

Well, Mr. Jefferson thinks it's tomorrow. And at midnight, he wanted to

first one to say happy anniversary.

Oh, Florence, I'm glad you told me this.

Oh, sometimes George can be so sweet, even when he makes me mad.

I thought you were George.

Oh, look, Tom.

I changed my mind about sleeping with George tonight. Is that okay with you?

Okay? Oh, Louise, you're a lifesaver.

But what about Helen?

Do you think she'll want me to sleep with her? I think she'd love you to

with her. Oh, yeah. I guess you're right.

After all, there's so much of me to love.

Well, Willis, I see you've finally finished your exercises.

Now maybe we can get some sleep.

You know, at midnight it's going to be the anniversary of the first time I went

out with Weezy, and here I am spending it with you.

This is the first time I didn't forget it.

I even bought a brand new diamond necklace.

Diamonds?

It sounds like you're catching a cold.

I'll never forget that first date. We went to Corny Island.

We rode on the Tunnel of Love three times.

Wheezy wouldn't let me kiss her, though.

But the third time through the tunnel, she reached out and held my hand.

You know something?

Even today, when me and Wheezy hold hands, I always get that same feeling.

So do I, George.

George, you didn't really think I could sleep without you, did you?

Especially on our anniversary.

Who is it?

It's me.

Ralph here. He said to tell you that he's working again at Bentley's and at

Willis's. Well, that's good news.

Well, the bad news is that I ain't working in this apartment.

What are we going to do?

I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to spend the night at the

Willis's. And they said you invited, too.

Oh, well, tell Helen thanks, Florence.

But George just reminded me that this is the anniversary of our first date.

Anniversary? But you said... And I think we'd like to spend it alone.

Okay, I'll see you in the morning.

What are we going to do about the cold?

Oh, George.

I'm sure you can think of some way to keep us warm.

Right.

I'll get the electric blanket.

I was just kidding.

The Jeffersons was videotaped in front of a studio audience.