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Well, we're moving on up, moving on up, to the east side, moving on up, to a

deep...

typical romantic novel.

Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy meets car, and boy forgets girl.

Well, I read it, and I liked it. I just thought the gas station scene was a

little gratuitous.

Oh, my God.

All right, we... Hey, look, Florence, will you get this place straightened up,

please? It looks like a pigsty.

You know, Mr. Jefferson, one day you're gonna come in here and say something

nice. and I think I'm going to pass out.

Oh, I'll have to think of that sometime.

Anyway, Weed, look, I'm expecting a real important person, and I have to make a

good impression, okay?

Well, there's still time for you to leave.

Florence, I want this place spick and span.

But, George, the place is spotless.

Florence worked all day cleaning this place, and if it's good enough for us,

it's good enough for your guest.

Thank you, Mrs. Jefferson.

Well, my guess is Camille Hendricks.

Oh, Florence, clear up this place.

Van, now who in the world is Camille Hendricks?

She's a fashion designer who's famous on both sides of the Atlantic.

And in Europe, too.

I can't believe you've never heard of her.

Oh, well, excuse me.

But they don't sell her design.

In the bargain basement.

I'm sorry.

Miss Hendricks is practically a celebrity.

She goes to all the right places, knows all the right people.

What could she want with you?

She needs me. She must be coming out with a line of fat doll clothes.

No, but if she comes out with designer ski masks, I'll let you know.

Anyway, Weez, she's having this big fashion show tomorrow, and I got a

clean her whole line. And you know what the best part is?

You get paid in cash.

No, no, no, no. I get a chance to do something for somebody I really care

Oh, and who's that?

Okay, think.

Every Jefferson has done something great except one, right?

I am a cleaner, right?

Lionel is a great engineer.

You, you shop well.

Which brings us to Jenny.

Now, how can I say this tactfully?

Jenny is a loser.

And, George, you are... Now, how can I put this tactfully?

Tacky. Oh.

Come on, Weez. Now, you know how long Jenny's been trying to break into the

designing business, right?

Well, I figure if she could meet Camille Hendricks, it'll help her career.

Oh, George, that's great.

And you arranged all this? Well, not officially.

Uh -oh.

But see, I got Camille and Jenny coming in at the same time.

Miss Hendricks knows Jenny is coming?

No, not officially.

Uh -oh.

Look, Weezy, don't worry about it. I'm handling the whole thing.

Uh -oh.

See?

I thought I'd surprise Jenny, right?

So I called her at school and told her to come over here immediately.

And the best part is she's going to bring her portfolio with her.

Oh, George, that's sweet.

I just hope you know what you're doing. Oh, come on, Wizzy. Remember, that's the

same thing you said on our honeymoon, remember?

But we got away from that hotel with those hotel towels, right?

Jenny! Hi, how are you? Jenny!

Okay, now, Mr. Jefferson, I want you to know, I cut a very important class

tonight to get over here. Okay. So what is this big surprise you have for me?

Okay, Jenny, if you had one wish in the whole wide world, what would it be?

Uh... Well, I... You got it!

Camille Hendricks is coming over here tonight.

You don't have to thank me. The look on your face is thanks enough.

Camille Hendricks?

The fashion designer? She's coming over here? Yeah, ain't that great?

No! Is something wrong, Jenny? Wrong? Look, I'm not properly dressed. I don't

have the right sketches.

If I meet Camille Hendricks, I want everything to be perfect.

Perfect? Oh, I know you want me to do all the talking, right?

No.

I don't want anyone to do anything.

Look, Mr. Jefferson, thank you so very much for the thought, but this is just

not the professional way, you know, to handle this. But you're not a

professional! George!

Look, Weezy, I'm just trying to do something nice. And thank you very much,

I got to get out of here.

But, Jenny.

Oh, please let that be Avon coffee. That's her.

Just relax, just relax, relax. It's going to be fine.

Well, hello.

Just move it, move it, move it.

Move it right over there.

Take the cover off.

Watch the sequins.

Now wait for me downstairs.

Whoa.

What obedient help you have. Where'd you find him?

He's my husband.

Miss Hendricks, I'm Louise Jefferson, and it's a pleasure to meet you. Well,

it's lovely to meet you, too.

You know, I've worn your name on several parts of my body.

You know, as a matter of fact, you're my favorite designer, too. I like you even

better than that little alligator, and you know he's good.

Thank you so much. Well, now, Mr. Jefferson.

I want you to understand that I am entrusting you and only you with the

my entire collection. Oh, thank you so much. You know, it's such a small world,

and we all wear clothes, you know? Which reminds me, my daughter -in -law Jenny

here is a designer.

Oh, by the way, isn't that nice?

Well, now, let me give you some instructions about these dresses.

I want everything prepped and freshened.

Oh, speaking of dresses, you should see the culottes that Jenny designs.

Jefferson, please.

Oh, excuse me, Miss Hendricks.

But this is beautiful. How much is this?

That's $5 ,000.

Too bad. It's not my color.

Listen, I'm just in a terrific rush. I mean, could we get on with this?

Oh, speaking of on, Jenny has designed some things that would look good on

anybody. Mr. Jefferson, let's just get to business, all right?

Excuse me, Ms. Hendricks. How much is this one?

That's $4 ,700.

Oh.

Pity. I wear nothing under $5 ,000.

Mr. Jefferson, please let me go, okay? Listen, I have another appointment in 15

minutes. I'm a very busy woman.

Is that your way of saying you need an assistant?

No. No, that's my way of saying that I'm a very busy woman.

Jenny, look. Can't you see she's begging you to be her assistant?

Mr. Jefferson, please.

Just show her your portfolio. Mr. Jefferson, this is humiliating. Don't be

modest. My goodness. Now, these are just some sketches that I did in school

today. Yeah, but they're great. Look, let her look at them. All right. All

right.

It's obvious that you're not going to do anything of my dresses unless I look at

your daughter -in -law's kitchen.

Well, if you insist.

Come on. They're beautiful. Here.

Oh, that's my favorite. Oh, beautiful.

Hmm. She said, hmm.

Mm -hmm. Mm -hmm.

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh. Well, what do you think? According to the schedule, that young

cutting class tonight.

I could die. I could just die.

All right, Mr. Jefferson, I've kept my end of the bargain. Now, can we get down

to business?

Excuse me, Miss Hendricks.

But I think this is one of the most beautiful evening gowns I've ever seen.

Oh, thank you. As a matter of fact, that's a personal favorite of mine, too.

Would you be interested in it?

For $5 ,000?

Oh, no.

No,

that's $9 ,000.

But it would look absolutely stunning on you. Oh, yes, it would, but... Oh,

dear, I just remembered. Of all the things that I could give up for Lent,

wouldn't you know this year it would be evening gowns?

Speaking of Lent, Jenny got an A in Lent.

Listen, I've just got to get out of here. Now, here are the complete

instructions. Yes. I want you to follow those to the letter and have everything

ready for me by 8 o 'clock tomorrow morning. Is that clear? Yes, yes, clear,

clear, clear. Good.

Speaking of clear, look, if you had looked at these sketches clearly, you'd

out you might be passing a goodbye.

Speaking of a goodbye, Mr. Jefferson.

Yes? Goodbye, Mr. Jefferson.

Well, you blew it.

Between you and Wheezy, the woman couldn't get a word in edgewise.

George, don't you think you were pushing a little hard?

Oh, come on, Wheezy.

Jenny could do just as good as this woman does. Look, $9 ,000 for this.

Jenny could have done this with one thimble tied behind her back.

Look, Mr. Jefferson, I hope that you realize what you've just done. You have

just ruined my career.

You ain't had no career.

Look, Jenny, Camille Hendricks is just one person.

She's probably just jealous of your sketches, that's all. You see, that's

was trying to tell you. These are not my sketches. This is just some work that I

was doing in class today.

And do you know what we were studying?

No. Cuffs.

Cuffs? Cuffs!

You just showed one of the world's greatest designers a book full of cuffs.

essay on 18th century button -down flies.

And the take -out menu from Harry's chicken hatch.

Maybe we can call and explain.

Then you can show her your real drawings.

Mrs. Jefferson, when you meet someone like Emile Hendricks, you want to show

something that's really going to impress her. You know what I mean? Something

that's going to knock her off her feet.

I can't come up with something like that off the top of my head.

Boy, this is the worst that you've ever done to me. I mean, you have made me a

laughing stock. Jenny, I was just trying to be honest. I hope that you are

satisfied.

Now,

what else could go wrong?

You had to ask.

What did you do to this?

What did I do?

Well, you don't think I'm going to tell her I did it, do you?

George, the worst that can happen is that you have to pay for the dress.

all. That's all?

$9 ,000?

It's a rip -off. One step on it rips apart.

Let me see it. Be careful.

Well, what do you think?

It's ripped.

Now, don't pay me no mind.

I'm just going to sit here and eat and watch you try to squirm your way out of

this one.

Hey, Wee, suppose I told Camille Hendricks that the dress was like that

brought it here. You think she'd believe it?

George, you don't have much choice but to call and tell her what happened.

You know, good food, exciting drama.

This is kind of like dinner theater.

George, you'll just have to call Miss Hendricks and tell her the truth. Oh,

on, I gotta do better than that.

Wait a minute, I think I got it.

Why don't I just call all of the other designers and tell them to rip their

gowns the same way and then make her think it's a trend?

Bravo!

You know, George, there is one person who might be able to help you. Well,

that?

Jenny.

Yeah, that's great, Weasley, except for one thing. Jenny hates me.

Oh, she doesn't hate you. Give her a call.

No, not until I've tried everything else, not until I've scraped the bottom

the barrel, not until I've hit rock bottom.

Well, what do you think?

It's ripped.

Oh.

Well, I said that, and you got mad at me.

But, Weasley, she goes to school for that.

Well, can you fix it or what?

You've got your nerve. You humiliated me beyond belief, and now you ask me for a

favor? Jenny, Jenny, Jenny.

How many times have I told you not to dwell in the past?

Well, why not?

You've made sure that I'll have no future.

Look, Jenny.

How long have you been trying to be a fashion designer?

Approximately one year. And how much success have you had?

Approximately...

None. Well, see, that's what I'm talking about. I think you're good.

All I'm trying to do is get somebody else to see your work so they can see

good you are.

You know, maybe I'm a little pushy, but it's just that I care. I can't help it.

Oh, Mr.

Jefferson, thank you.

Okay, now that that's over, we fix the damn dress.

Well, that's about the best you're going to get out of him. Oh, that's it. It's

enough for me.

Okay, now, I'm going to try and help, all right? Good, good, good, good, good.

Okay, now you're standing there waiting for a hug, huh?

Fix the dress, please. Okay, now, but it's just not going to be that easy.

Well, it tore easy enough.

Yeah, but Mr. Jefferson tore the fabric. You see, if he'd just torn the seam, I

could have sewn it back up. Oh, wow. Why couldn't I have torn the seam?

Oh, you didn't know, dear.

Okay, now, listen. Our biggest problem is going to be matching this fabric.

Hey, wait a minute. My mother just bought a dress made out of this

That's right.

Helen showed it to me this afternoon because she's wearing it to the opera

tonight. All right, let me try and catch them before they leave.

Oh, Wizzy, she's got to fix it. I want my name to be known in the fashion

industry. It will be, after ruining a $9 ,000 dress, every designer in town will

know your name.

Oh, too late. They've already left. What?

Oh, it's too bad, too, you know, because I probably could have made a new dress

out of mom.

Helen! Thank God you're here. Take off your clothes.

Well, dear, it's not hello, but it's better than get out.

That dress cost $1 ,500.

I only wore it 11 minutes.

Well, look at it this way. If you break it down, the dress only cost...

Um, $135 a minute.

Feel better now?

Not even close.

Refreshments! Oh, Dad, really?

Oh, now, come on, everybody. Let's turn those frowns upside down.

Um, put a designer sock in it.

You don't see the fun in this, do you, dear?

Well, not so far.

This is gonna be a long night.

Oh, but that's the beauty of it. Don't you see that? Here we are, a group of

family and friends working together through the night for a common cause.

It's a beautiful thing.

Oh, really? Now, Tom, we got too much to do. Well, you done yet?

Well, not yet, but at least I'm trying to build up morale.

You're a regular cheerleader, Willis.

I wish I could be up here with you, but I have to be downstairs with Ed watching

him slave over all those dresses.

Well, how do you hold up, Mr. Jefferson?

Dedication.

Louise, is he always that perky at midnight?

Yes, except when we're alone.

Ah, now, team, your energy is ebbing. Now, we know what we've got to do, and

know what we've got to do to do it. And we're going to do it, even if we have to

stay up all night.

Oh, come on, Helen.

Now, we're in the home stretch.

Just a few more minutes.

What's up, is it Louise?

Well, it's, uh... It's a quarter to eight.

Oh, my goodness.

I've been standing here for ten hours straight.

Leaning, Helen.

Yeah, well, Daddy sure did hang in there.

Oh.

Nobody does it like her.

Nobody does it like her.

Oh, nobody does it like Sarah Lee.

He must be mad at the colonel.

All right, that's it. It's finished.

Oh, good.

Okay,

okay. It's almost 8 o 'clock.

How are we doing?

Oh, Jenny, just finished.

Okay, Mr. Jefferson, that's it. What do you think?

Wow.

Well, once we get your mother out of it, I guess it'll look great.

Jenny, I must say, you did a great copy.

Uh, not exactly. I made a slight adjustment on it.

What? What kind of adjustment?

I cut the back panel on the bias. You cut it on the bias?

Why'd you cut it on the bias?

Why'd you let her cut it on the bias?

What is the bias?

Mr. Jefferson, it's just a different way of cutting the fabric. I thought that

it would hang better.

Oh, great.

When Camille sees it, the only thing that's going to be hanging is me.

Mr. Jefferson, the reason that I chose to do... There she is now. Quick, get

Helen out of here.

Not this way!

I'll take her, George. Come on, Helen.

Are we late for the opera?

Uh, no.

This is intermission. We're just going to the ladies' room. And when you get

there, take off your dress.

Again? Oh, we've got to get out of here.

Coming.

Why, Miss Hendricks, you're early.

No, no, I'm not. I'm right on time.

I hope everything went well. Well, oh, well. How else could it go? Right,

Well... See?

Oh, excuse the mess. The maid cleaned up everything but him.

I must say, Mr. Jefferson, you do very nice work.

Well, thank you. We have an old saying at Jefferson Cleaners. You bring it to

us, we clean it.

That's catchy.

Well, I'll just check over the rest of the dresses, and then I'll be on my way.

Oh, fine.

Oh, uh, Miss Hendricks, well, I just want to tell you, I truly admire your

collection. Oh.

Thank you so much, dear.

Wait a minute.

My favorite gown is missing.

What? Missing?

What do you mean?

Well, I mean it isn't here.

What gown is that?

The gown that isn't here.

Oh, oh, oh, you mean that gown.

Oh, I'm sorry. It's in my bedroom under my special press.

You have a special press in your bedroom?

Yes, you should see the one in the den.

Louise, darling, Miss Hendricks is here. She wants her dress. Have you finished

pressing it yet, dear?

Almost, George.

Oh, there it is.

Oh, beautiful. There it is. Oh, beautiful. Yep, still warm.

Thank you so much. Wow.

For a minute, I was afraid.

You know, there's something different about this.

Oh, my God.

Look, I'm sorry, please, Miss Hendricks. I tried my best.

I'll just... Oh, I love it.

I knew you would.

You love it? Absolutely.

But there's just one thing I don't understand.

I mean, you couldn't have done this unless you took the entire dress apart.

Yeah, that's right, Miss Hendricks.

Well, actually, that's practically a whole new dress.

Look, there was a little mishap with yours, and I had to start from scratch

this.

You did this overnight?

Yeah, that's right.

I mean, it's just incredible.

Well, uh, it wasn't like I didn't have help.

But it was almost like it.

You cut the back panel on the viad, huh?

Why didn't I think of that? The dress hangs so much better.

Yeah, we thought it would.

George.

Well, I might as well confess Jenny did the whole thing by herself.

Jenny, you've shown real ability.

And imagination.

She's a Jefferson.

Listen, I'm really sorry that I was too busy to look at your sketches yesterday,

but, you know, when I see what you've done here, there's just no doubt about

your talent.

Listen, could you be at my office at 9 o 'clock tomorrow morning?

Hey, I could be at your office now.

No, no, no. Tomorrow's all right. And bring the rest of your sketches. I want

talk to you about a job with our company.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, and by the way, would you like to come with me to my showing today?

Oh, I would be honored.

Oh, that's so nice. Well, now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go back to the

bedroom to check on the press.

Congratulations, Jenny. Oh, thank you.

Oh,

what about me? What do I get out of this?

What do you get?

Oh, I have an idea.

Hang this up on the rack, take it downstairs, and put it in the van. Oh,

What happened? Your husband get sick?

No, I fired him.