The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series)
Guess Who's Coming for Lunch (1969)
Brandon Cruz: Eddie Corbett
Quotes
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[Eddie's new friend, Max - who is black - spends the night at the Corbett house as part of Eddie's plan to fix up his father with Max's single mother]
Eddie Corbett : Good morning, Dad.
Max Kelly : Good morning, Uncle Tom.
[Eddie's Father doesn't quite know how to process this greeting, coming from an African-American boy]
Eddie Corbett : I told Max that maybe you couldn't be his father right away, but you could be his uncle, like Uncle Norman.
['Uncle Norman' is Tom's business associate and a close family friend]
Tom Corbett : Oh, sure.
Max Kelly : Thank you, Uncle Tom.