The Cosby Show

Hi, Cliff.

That Banner Looks Great.

Sondra And Elvin Will Love That.

They're On Their Way From The Airport.

I Got Sondra An Incredible Gift.

The Briefcase.

Not Just Any Briefcase.

This Is Patent Leather, With Her Initials In Gold.

It's Perfect For Law School.

When They See What I Got Elvin For Med. School

They Will Be Very Impressed.

What?

I'm Not Telling.

Not Even A Hint?

Okay.

It's Shiny And Cold And Rhymes With "Ethoscope."

You Got Him A Stethoscope.

How Did You Guess?

This Is State-Of-The-Art.

You Put This In Your Ears

Your Patient Does Not Have To Leave Home.

He'll Love It.

Yes, He Will.

I'm So Excited For Sondra And Elvin.

They're Newlyweds...

They Are Both Going To Good Graduate Schools...

It's The Most Exciting Time Of Their Lives.

And Do You Know Why?

Because They Have No Children.

Yes, But One Day They Might Get Lucky Like Us.

Our Daughter And Son-In-Law Are Following In Our Footsteps.

You Know What I Love?

The Very Fact That Our Four Remaining Children

Might Go To Law School And Marry Doctors

And Then If Each One Had Five Children

And They Went To Law School And Married Doctors

Then I Could Open Up A Clinic And Not Worry About Being Sued.

Hello.

Mom, Dad, We're Home!

Welcome Home!

Sondra: Thanks.

Hey...

How Does It Feel Being Married Eight Days?

Great.

How Was The Honeymoon?

Unbelievable.

Sensational.

Better Than I Imagined.

Elvin, Not In Front Of The Children.

I'm Sorry.

Did You Fight?

No.

We Fought Once.

We Fought Over Who Loved Whom More.

And Whom Won?

When You Love Each Other As We Do

It's Hard To Measure, Dr. Huxtable.

Elvin, We're Married.

Call Him "Dad."

May I?

No.

I'm Just Joking.

Welcome To The Family, Son.

He Called Me "Son."

Sondra, Look.

What's All This?

We're Welcoming You Home

And Giving You A Send-Off To Graduate School.

And So, Without Further Ado

I Have A Good-Luck Gift For Our Future Professionals.

You Shouldn't Have Done This, Dad.

Don't Be Silly.

I Wanted To.

Is It A Tie?

No, Rudy, The Box Is Too Big.

It's Probably A Stethoscope.

I Knew It.

It's Beautiful

But I Really Can't Accept This.

But You Have To.

Look At This.

Put Them In There.

Listen To This.

Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom

Ba-Boom!

The Reason I Can't...

I Know It's Expensive

But Look At It As An Investment In The Future.

There Won't Be Any Stethoscope In My Future.

I Am Not Buying An X-Ray Machine To Hang Around Your Neck.

The Reason Is I'm Not Going To Medical School.

Huh?

I Don't Want To Be A Doctor.

I Don't Understand.

You Should Have Given Him A Tie.

Elvin, Tell Them Why.

They'll Understand.

I've Always Had Doubts

About Going Into Medicine.

I Have A Problem

With Charging Sick People Money.

You Can Do Community Service Where You Don't Charge Patients.

There You Go.

I'm Also Not Sure

I Want To Spend Eight Years In Training.

Once You Get Out, It's Fat City.

Right, Dad?

Theo, Elvin Isn't Interested In Big Money.

He Wants To Do Something That Will Make Him Happy.

What Would That Be?

I'd Like To Open My Own Wilderness Store.

Wilderness Store?

Yes, You Know--

Selling Camping Equipment And Supplies.

You're Interested In Camping?

I Love The Outdoors.

Do You Know Anything About Wilderness Stores?

Not Yet, But We Met This Great Couple...

Wendy And Dave Miller.

They're Opening A Wilderness Store In Brooklyn This Winter.

In... In... Brook...

In Brooklyn?

I'll Train With Them.

Once I Know The Business, I'll Have A Franchise.

Isn't That Exciting?

No, I Think It Stinks.

But, Dad...

I'll Tell You Why It Stinks, Pal...

Cliff, We Need To Talk.

I Want To Tell Him Why It Stinks.

Let's Meet In The Kitchen First.

When We Come Back, Can I Tell Him Why?

Yes.

You Wait Right Here, Mister.

I Hope You're Not Angry, Dad.

Not At All, Sporty.

Just Calm Down.

When I Gave My Daughter To This Man

I Thought He Was Going To Be A Doctor.

Cliff, Stay Calm.

Look At The Inscription On This, Please.

"To Elvin, Straight From My Heart."

Cliff, This Is Really Very Sweet.

That's Right.

And He's Going To Pay Me Back For This.

Mr. Wilderness Will Have To Sell A Lot Of Sleeping Bags

And Campers And Trail Mix

In Order To Give Me The Money Back For This.

Try To Be Rational.

I'll Tell You How Rational I Can Be.

I Hope That He Goes Out Into The Wilderness

And Gets Poison Ivy

And I Have To Treat Him.

Then He Will Find Out How Much Sick People Get Charged.

Cliff, Listen To Me.

This Boy Is Our Son-In-Law.

He Has Married Our Daughter.

Please, Don't Remind Me.

Sondra And Elvin Have To Lead Their Own Lives.

Elvin's Not Interested In Going To Medical School Now

But That Could Change.

Give Him A Year To Try This.

If It Doesn't Work Out

He Could Always Reapply.

He's Going To Pay Me For This Stethoscope.

Theo...

What's Going On?

Let's Get Upstairs While The Getting Is Good.

Why?

They're Only Mad At Elvin.

Hi, Dad.

So You're Going To Open Up This, Uh... Wilderness Store

In Brooklyn Some Time In The Winter.

Do You Have A Job

Between Now And Then?

Yes, And I'm Proud To Say It's In The Medical Profession.

Really? Really?

I'll Be In Pharmaceuticals--

Bennex Industries.

That's A Big Company.

What Are You Doing For Them?

It's An Entry-Level Job.

Entry Level?

When The Pill Bottles

Come To The End Of The Assembly Line

I Make Sure The Safety Seals Are On The Caps.

I'm Inspector #36.

He's Got A Title, Honey.

He's Inspector #36.

That Sounds Like A Great Job To Me.

It Really Is.

So They'll Have Money

While Sondra Goes To Law School.

Mom?

Yes.

I'm Not Going To Law School.

What?

I've Decided Not To Go To Law School.

You "Decided" Not To Go To Law School?!

This Is Our Dream.