♪ Who's gonna help when the danger overwhelms ♪
♪ And the mysteries are piled high? ♪
♪ Who's gonna be around, never gonna let you down ♪
♪ When you're on a wild ride?
♪ Your friends are always by your side ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek, he's gonna save the day ♪
♪ It's Craig of the Creek
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
[ Chuckles ] Whoa, Leftover Day is huge this year!
Bobby brought candied apples!
What about the stuff from the Sewer Queen?
Did you try it?
Yeah, just did.
It's good, right?
What Thanksgiving leftovers did you guys bring?
I brought turkey. Not real turkey, though.
I had my dad make fake turkey this year for Mortimer's sake.
Well, I brought soup.
Oh, what kind? Vanilla.
Uh, what about you, Craig?
I brought something special
just for my two best friends.
Aww. Aww.
Well, what are you waiting for? Bust that bad boy open!
I will. I will.
But first, let me tell you the story behind this dish
of one boy and his Thanksgiving wish.
Narrator: [ Deep voice ] There we were
on our way to my grandparents' place.
The drive was long, but I was patient.
You know me.
Bernard, can't you drive any faster?
Going the speed limit, Craig.
Are you sure?
I think you need to slow down a bit.
I got it, Mom. Okay.
I'm just worried about my baby.
[ Sighs ] I'm not a baby.
I'm an adult. I can drive.
I was talking about the pie.
Your grandmother trusted me to make
the sweet-potato pie this year.
Watch the turn! And it has to be perfect.
Slow down!
It's the first time someone besides her has made it.
Brakes! And the bar is really high.
There's the exit!
Don't worry, honey.
I'm sure your sweet-potato pie will be just as good as my mom's
because if not,
this might be the last time we're all together in this van.
I'm about to put you out of this van.
We're here! We're here!
At last! [ Chuckles ]
Here comes my beautiful family.
Grandma!
Hey, baby.
Y'all are just in time.
We were fixing to eat soon.
Without you.
Earl, that's rude.
Oh, I'm talking to Gus.
Go on, now!
Go lick your paw in your own yard.
This ain't a part of our agreement.
Granddad! Hey, baby girl.
How you? All right.
Now, get inside and wash your hands.
Come on, Bernard!
Narrator: We gave my aunt and uncle our usual warm greetings
to let them know how much we'd missed them.
Hi! Hi! How's school?
Okay. Bye.
But we couldn't wait to get to the best part of dinner.
Oh, snap. What's up, cuz?
Bryson!
My brother from my dad's brother, Craig.
How the heck are you?I'm good. Glad you're here.
I'm here, too!
You're right, Jessica. You are here.
We're all here.
Now that we're together,
it's time to assemble the kids' table.
Ugh.
Craig: Kids' table forever!
Craig!
Bryson!
Jessica!
Bernard?
Bernard, what are you doing? You got to strike a pose.
It's empty.
There's an empty seat at the adult table.
Finally, I could have grown-up conversations
with like-minded adults
about things like finances and politics.
No more sitting in a plastic chair at a car table
with babies arguing over whose hands are stickier.
It's me!
♪♪
Finally, it's mine.
Surprise!
[ Screams ]
Jazz, baby, I can't believe you made it!
Let it in! Hey!
Oh, hey, Jazzy Jazz!
Everybody is here. It makes me feel so good.
Hey, Jazz.
Did she get the message what time we start eating or what?
Y'all see my baby? My baby is home!
She looks so good! I can't believe it.
I thought you were staying at that school for Thanksgiving,
coming here surprising me like that.
Well, I had a lot work to catch up on,
but then I thought,
"Something you can't catch up on is time with your family."
Oh, thank you for pulling out my seat, Bernard.
Time with your family?
Are you serious?
There was a party, but it got canceled.
Also, I need to do laundry.
Mind your business.
There's my college daughter
taking time away from her studies to see her family.
[ Chuckles ]
By the way, how many kids you got in college again?
None. My kids are too young for college.
"My kids are too young for college."
Always an excuse.
Oh, I'm sorry, Bernard. You know what?
I'm gonna get a bigger table,
and next year, you can sit over here with us.
Bernard: Okay.
♪♪
Looks like you're stuck with us for another year.
Yeah.
Then I'll never have to sit here again.
Hmm.
Ah!Quit being sneaky.
I want whatever is under that foil, Craig!
Not until I finish my story about Thanksgiving.
Now, where was I?
Oh, yeah. [ Clears throat ]
Narrator: We were just finishing up our food.
Anybody getting seconds? There's plenty left.
Personally, I'm saving room for that sweet-potato pie.
Oh, you're going to need that room, too.
Trust me. [ Laughs ]
This pie is going to be just as delicious as Mama Jo's --
Oh, oh, not that it's a competition.
I just -- You're going to enjoy the pie.
Girl, I sure hope so for your sake.
Remember the time I brought those paper plates
that were too thin?
They still making fun of me for that.
Oh, those were plates?
I thought they were circular tissues.
[ Laughter ]
What are they laughing at?
Bet it's something sophisticated and grown-up.
Together: Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat! Eat!
Yeah!
No hands! [ Laughs ]
Now, who's ready for a nice,
relaxing postmeal kids' table game?
Spatula ball! Spatula ball!
[ Both grunting ]
What are you two doing?
It's spatula ball. Want to play? We need a goalie.
[ Grunts ] What?
No. That's dumb. And where's Jessica?
Oh, she's playing hide-and-seek, but we're not playing.
I'm open! [ Grunts ]
[ Gasps ] Got it.
[ Grunts ]
You guys need to be more careful!
You almost broke this expensive mixer on your fat head.
[ Splat! ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Sweet potatoes.
Narrator: Except he didn't say, "Sweet potatoes."
Ooh. Ooh.
Ooh! What happened?
Bernard turned Mom's sweet-potato pie
into a squash-potato pie.
This isn't my fault!
This was because you guys were messing around!
Nah, it was definitely you because I didn't do nothing.
Yeah, don't blame us.
Take responsitility for your actions, Bernard.
[ Groans ]
Narrator: Bernard looked like he was about to explode.
Even I felt sorry for him,
and then he said something I'll never forget.
You're right!!
[ Sighs ]
It is my fault,
and I don't know what I'm going to do.
Dang, homey.
Listen.
I know you don't like it, but you're still a member
of the kids' table, and the kids' table is forever.
What does that have to do with anything?
Everything because we're going to help you out
by making a new pie.
Uh... We are?
Yeah, because we're the kids' table,
and the kids' table is forever!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you keep saying that.
Also, how are we going to make a pie?
Jessica can't even finish her food let alone makeany.
I ate all my mac and cheese!
Yeah, but not your greens... Ew.
...or turkey... Ew.
...or stuffing. Bleh.
Besides, one of the adults could walk in at any moment.
Don't worry. Your genius brother has a plan.
♪♪
Okay, so Bernard and I will work together
to make a replacement pie,
but we're going to need a distraction.
You see, after dinner, Dad and Uncle Darnell
always race to be the first ones to clear the table.
That's where you two come in.
Y'all go out there and clear the table before them.
Tight. Yes, sir.
Did you have to draw that?
It took like 15 minutes.
Um, I'm fixing your mistake, so I'm going to need you
to have more of a can-do attitude right now.
I'm so dead.
All right! Let's get baking.
Narrator: Now, I wasn't in the room, but I believe
Jasmine was in the middle of an in-depth discussion
about the dilemma of Thanksgiving.
So, yeah, like, politically, socially,
Thanksgiving is, of course canceled,
but, I mean, not really.
I got to eat.
Here, I'll take your plate, Granddad.
[ Chuckles ] Thank you, son.
Oh, uh, are we cleaning the table?
Uh, you know something?
Let -- Let me get on that since I always clear the table.
♪♪
Oh, you do.
Daddy, I thought youalways cleared the table.
Yeah, you right. I doalways clear the table.
Here, let me get that plate.
♪♪
Uh, nah, nah, nah, I don't know what she's talking about
because it's always been me.
You know what I mean?Nuh-uh!
Daddy, who always clears the table at Thanksgiving?
Why, my favorite son, of course.
[ Both laugh ]Both: I told you it was me!
What? I'm the favorite! What? I'm the favorite!
Stop copying me!Stop copying me!
Okay, I found a recipe, but it says
it's going to take 45 minutes to make a crust.
45 minutes? We don't have time for that!
Well, maybe we can just use the old crust.
We can't use this.
It's in pieces!
Ugh. I can't look at it.
It's not a problem. We can put it back together.
It'll be like that one time
we broke all of Grandma's good plates
doing our human-bowling competition.
Yeah, and then Grandma found out
because you guys superglued your fingers together.
Look, I'll figure it out.
Just get the ingredients. [ Sighs ]
There, Thanksgiving 1986.
That's me clearing the table.
That's not you.
Yes, it is! Come on, man.
That's Cousin Calvin, Cousin Calvin, you know,
the one who's always picking his nose.
Look. Look at the picture.
He got a booger on his finger right there.
Oh, yeah.
I can't believe we let him near the food.
All done!
Well, my son did it, so clearly, it runs in the family.
We're from the same family!
Narrator: The oven was on,
and your boys were firing on all cylinders.
And I was just putting the last piece of the puzzle --
I mean, pie crust -- together.
Craig: Boop. [ Laughs ] Yeah.
Done. What's next, Bernard?
I need nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, salt.
On it!
♪♪
A dash, a spoon, a pinch.
Don't forget some salt!
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
Huh, this might actually work.
Ready to dry the next dish.
Is that what you're doing?
That's what the rack is for.
We're done, Jessi-cuz.
Aww.
Yo, here's five.
Craig-y Cuz, what's next?All right.
So next, Granddad usually tells a story
that makes all the adults sleepy,
so Grandma makes coffee.
But the coffee maker is in the kitchen.
We cannot let her come into the kitchen, you guys.
You got to distract her.
Let the amazing Jessica take care of that.
So I just drove off without paying for it!
[ Laughter ]
You know that's illegal, though, right?
Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]
Drive-throughs.
[ Laughs ] That's funny.
Uh, speaking of vegetables, did you know that
the tomatoes in the salad we ate were fresh from my garden?
It's true.Both: Is that right?
You see, y'all don't know nothing about this,
and normally, you use a Roma tomato,
but me [Laughs] I created my own cultivar,
uh, uh, if you will.
All: Is that right?
Buckle up for tomato talk, everybody.
[ Laughs ] I'll go grab some coffee.
It's time for a magic show!
With me, the amazing Jessica!
Oh! [ Laughs ]
That sounds adorable, sweet pea.
Oh, wow, girl, I didn't know she could do magic.
She can't. She -- She doesn't.
I don't know what she's doing.
Okay, all I need is razor, some scissors, and a $20 bill.
No. Okay.
Then I need a razor, some scissors, and a $10 bill.
Narrator: Things were looking good for the old Williams boys.
♪♪
And finally, for the magic trick
Grandma said I could do...
Drum roll! [ Imitates drum roll ]
Is this your card?
Um, no one ever picked a card, sweet pea.
But would you like it to be your card?
Uh-oh, she about to cry. She about to -- W-Wow!
Wow, baby!Jessica, I'm so proud of you!
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Oh, yeah. Whoo-hoo.
That's my little Harriet Tubman Houdini right there.
Very good, very, very good.
We didn't even need to pick a card.
The card wasn't even important.
You know what you doing.
She's good.
[ Chuckles ] She didn't even need to go to college for that.
Come on. Magic, smagic. Anybody can do magic. Look.
Give me a fish tank, $20 bill,
and a Mariah Carey Christmas album.
Narrator: Now, back in the kitchen, Bernard and I
were playing the fool's game of watching a pie boil,
which bends the fabric of time and space and takes an eternity.
♪♪
[ Gasps ] Is it done?
If it passes the toothpick test!
If it comes out clean, the pie is supreme.
Oh, I can't look.
How did we do?
Perfection.
Ahh. Ahh.
Now it just needs to cool.
I'll open the window to let a breeze in.
Now we can just chill.
[ Both sigh ]
I can't believe we pulled this off.
So next year, they'll be getting a bigger table.
Yeah.
Guess you'll never have to
hang out with the kids' table anymore.
Uh, well, hey, is there something else we need to do
with the pie? [ Sighs ]
I guess we just need to put whipped cream on it.
[ Gasps ]
Gus!
♪♪
How'd he get in here?
He must have come in through the open window!
Gus. No. Gus, no.
N-N-N-No, Gus.No, please. Don't do it.
No. Gus, no.
Don't do it! Don't do it!
You'll never sit at the adults' table, Bernard.
[ Meows ]
Ahh! Ahh!
Gus! Gus!
And he jumped right back out the window, the coward!
I can't believe that cat ruined your pie!
Yeah, and said, [Deep voice] "You'll never
sit at the adults' table, Bernard!"
Well, he didn't actually talk, but he said it with his eyes.
So anyways, there we were.
The pie was destroyed, and we were out of options.
Narrator: Bernard had ruined my mom's pie,
and the pie we had made to replace it was also ruined.
So now we're all caught up.
Bernard, I'm -- I'm sorry.
I just wanted to have one more adventure with you
as part of the kids' table.
I know usually, we're always fighting and stuff like that,
but I don't know.
I feel like at Thanksgiving,
we all get to hang out at the kids' table
and things are nice,
but I guess you're not a kid anymore.
You're right! I'm not a kid anymore!
Bernard, I just poured my heart and soul out to you.
No, Craig. Be quiet! I hear you, but look.
I have these!
♪♪
I understand.
It's true. I did understand.
♪♪
It's time to get serious.
Craig, we're driving down to Duck Mart
and buying a new pie.
Bryson, you and Jessica got to distract everyone
one more time.
But how are we going to keep the adults out of the kitchen?
Jessica is running out of magic tricks.
Okay, now all I need is a piece of paper and some gasoline.
Jojo: No.
And the few she's got left ain't good.
Bernard: Use this. A relic?
There's a playlist on there called '90s jams.
Play the third track.
The rest will follow.
♪♪
Seat belts.
♪♪
[ Engine starts ]
Whoa!
[ Tires screech ] Ah!
Give me a sitrep, Craig.
We got a hard right turn coming up.
Looks like a full 90 degrees.
Got to play this just right.
Now! Hold on to your butt.
[ Both screaming ]
[ Screaming continues ]
Whew, that was close.
Don't get cocky!
We've got a four-way stop coming up.
Happy Turkey Day.
Thank you for that lovely magic show.
[ Chuckles ]
I thought it would be safe to give you a safety pin,
but, uh, we all learned something today.
How'd she break the skin? [ Chuckles ]
You see, all that muscle stretch your skin out too thin,
you know, baby, like those paper plates.
I'm right across the table.
Do you see me across the table?
I'm right here! I heard you!
Might be a good time for dessert.
Uh, Nicole, do you want to bring out
that amazing sweet-potato pie?
No!
Ooh, yes, the final taste test.
Now, will it be as good as Mama's?
We will see.
Yes, actually.
It'll be really good, a very good pie.
I'm not getting kicked out of this family.
Wait, but, Auntie Nicole, uh, you know this tune?
[ Rap music playing]
Ooh, I haven't heard this song in a while!
Boy, what you know about this song?!
Soundtrack to our college days!
♪ My girl, hey♪
20 years old and feeling fine!
Yes!
What you know about this here?
[ Laughs ] No, no, not around here.
Nicole: I see you! I see you! I see you!
Thank goodness for Duck Mart!
♪♪
[ Engine starts ]
[ Chuckles ] I think we're going to make it.
Craig: Uh-oh.
I don't know about that.
There's a whole bunch of traffic
all the way back to Grandma and Granddad's place.
Craig, open the glove compartment.
Huh? Quickly!
Push the button now!
W-When did this get here?
Just push it!
♪♪
♪ Hater, keep walking out
Nuh-uh.
Yuh-huh, and don't interrupt.
The front seat is beautiful.
Craig, I know I'm growing up and things are changing,
but I'll always be your brother
and you'll always be mine,
doesn't matter where we sit.
Bernard, I -- What the...?
♪♪
♪ Hanging out with my girlfriends♪
Oh, yeah! Oh, mm.
My back is not what it used to be,
but I'm-a give it a shot!
Y'all play too much!
All this dancing has me working up an appetite.
I guess I'll go get that pie.
[ Laughs ] Wait, Mom! No!
♪ Hanging out with my girlfriends♪
No, Mom, stop walking!
What is going on with you?
♪♪
Sorry, Craig-y.
I'll remind you when you're grounded.
Uh, it's a long story.
But we have a pie.
This better work.
Wow, Ms. Nicole!
Looking good.
Looking great.
Looking good. Looking great.
♪♪
Please, turkey gods, let this pie save Thanksgiving.
♪♪
It's good!
Tastes just like the ones I buy every year.
B-Buy?
Mama, you bought those pies?
You said they were homemade.
That's right -- homemade at Duck Mart.
Yes! Yeah! Yay, the pie is good!
The pie is good!
It worked. I'm saved!
We did it!
[ Indistinct conversation ]
No wonder she never used my sweet potatoes.
Now I know.
Uh, I don't think it's fair that she could just buy a pie,
but y'all still make fun of my plates.
You right, baby. Mm-hmm.
Y'all going to appreciate her plates.
This pie is good.
Mmm, back at the kids' table.
Back at the kids' table.
[ Cellphone chimes ]Are you an on-call doctor?
Because somebody keeps blowing up your phone.
I'm young.
Oh, party is back on.
I mean, I got to go study for a party.
I mean, got to party -- party the books.
Yep. Okay. Bye, everybody! Love you!
Bye!Bye, baby!
Did she say, "Party"?
Uh, Bernard, there's a seat open now
if you want it at the adults table.
♪♪
Yes. Yes.
Narrator: And just like that,
I watched my big brother walk away
just like a big brother walking away.
Bernard: Hey, Craig.
Kids' table forever.
Kids' table...
Forever.
Wow. Wow.
So did you bring us some of that pie that brotherly love bought?
Nah, my family devoured it in like five seconds,
so I brought this.
It's the rest of the pie bits that Gus knocked on the floor.
Uh, is there cat hair in it?Mm-mm-mm.
You allergic to cats?
Mm, no.
No, I eat cat hair all the time.
♪♪
Mmm. The cat hair adds a saltiness.
Narrator: And that's the story of the kids' table.
And how did my voice get so deep?
Well, that's a story for another half-hour special.
♪ Haters, keep walking out
♪ I'm hanging out with my girlfriends ♪
♪ Fools, keep talking out
♪ I'm hanging out with my girlfriends ♪
♪ We don't want drama, hey
♪ I'm not your mama, hey
♪ Keep calling me triflin'
♪ While I'm hanging out with my girlfriends ♪
♪♪
♪ Hanging out with my girlfriends ♪
♪♪
Just like I drew it.