$.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: "/url/to/ajax",
            data: {"foo": bar},
            success: function(data) {
                   $("#my-table").html(data['html']);
                   // alert(data['script']);  // this works: I can see the script
                   eval(data['script']);
            },
            error: function() {
                   $("#my-table").html('');
            }
        });

$(".foobar1").tooltip({
content: "The <em>foo</em> to the <strong>bar</strong>.",
                tooltipClass: "tt-ref",
                show: null,
                close: function (event, ui) {
                    ui.tooltip.hover(
                        function () {
                            $(this).stop(true).fadeTo(400, 1);
                        },
                        function () {
                            $(this).fadeOut("400", function () {
                                $(this).remove();
                            })
                        });
                }
        });