Brandon Cruz: Eddie Corbett

Quotes 

• [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.