- [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.