The Cosby Show

Clair...

It's Past 7:00 A.M., Dear.

So?

You Have To Go To Work.

I Quit.

You're A Partner In A Law Firm.

Hit It!

I'll Be A Silent Partner.

Clair, Look Outside-- The Sunshine!

Look At This!

Ta-Dah!

The Birds Are Saying

"Clair, It's Your Day!

"Let's Make A Nest!

Let's Eat A Worm!"

Uh-Uh.

Tonight Would Be

A Perfect Night For A Bar-Bee-Cue!

Cliff, No.

Come On, You'd Love A Bar-Bee-Cue.

Every Time You Barbecue, You Become A Man Possessed.

Any Food In The House Goes On The Grill:

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Tossed Salad, Macaroni

Strawberry Shortcake.

Nothing Enhances The Flavor Of Strawberry Shortcake

Like The Smoke Going Through It From The Barbecue.

How Could You Barbecue On A Day Like Today?

It Is November And Freezing Outside.

It Doesn't Make Any Difference.

Professor Foster Is Coming From Hillman.

He Won't Want A Barbecue.

Are You Kidding?

He Loves It.

Denise Is Coming, And We'll Barbecue Outside...

I'll Make A Bargain With You.

You Can Cook Outside

But We Have To Eat Inside The House.

Okay.

Can We Eat On Paper Plates?

Yes.

With Plastic Knives And Forks?

You Got It.

All Right!

Bar-Bee-Cuuue!

Bar-Bee-Cuuue!

Hey!

This Is Something I Like To See--

Open Books, Open Minds

And A Closed Refrigerator.

Hey, Dad.

Hi, Dr. Huxtable.

Walter, Want To Stay For Dinner?

Sure. I'll Call Home.

A Young Man Should Call His Parents For Permission.

He's Not Asking Permission.

He's Finding Out What They're Having.

If Our Dinner Sounds Better

He'll Eat Here.

Uh, Walter...

Just Let Me Say Three Words:

Bar-Bee-Cue!

I'm Eating Here.

I Hope We're Still Hungry After Studying This.

What?

Shakespeare.

You Took That Last Year.

We Did, But He Reappeared.

History Class.

Shakespeare's Part Of History.

Dad, It's Not Fair.

Is He Literature Or History?

He Can't Be Both.

We're Studying Ancient Rome.

We Have To Read About Julius Caesar.

The Teacher Gave Us A Choice--

A Thick Book By Plutarch Or Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Which Is Much Thinner.

The Class Chose This.

They Didn't Know Shakespeare Is A Drag To Read.

Wait A Minute.

Julius Caesar Is Quite Interesting.

They Have Good Guys, Bad Guys...

And Isn't There A Car Chase?

I Wouldn't Know.

This Isn't Even Written In English.

Well, Brighten Up, Fellas

Because Tonight's Meal Will Take All Of Your Bad Thoughts Away.

What Are We Having?

I'm Going To Go Out.

I'm Going To Bar-Bee-Cue.

Then I'm Going To Make Something

That Goes Right Along With What You Guys Are Studying.

Caesar Salad.

Vanessa, Where's Mom?

She's In The Kitchen With Dr. Foster.

But Don't Bother Them.

They're Talking.

I Don't Know How To Spell "Forest".

I'll Tell You That. F-O-R-E-S-T.

Good. That's What I Have.

What Are You Writing?

A Fairy Tale.

Can I Read It?

No.

Why Not?

Whatever I Show You

You Say It Is Wrong.

Let Me Read It.

I'll Only Say Nice Things.

Okay...

But I Only Have Two Sentences

And They Took Forever.

Well, The First Sentences In A Story

Are The Most Important.

"The Beautiful Princess And The Dragon."

Good Title.

I'm Already Interested.

It Gets Better.

"Once Upon A Time

There Was A Beautiful Princess Named Rudy."

You're In It!

"She Lived In A Magic Forest

"Where There Was A Mean Dragon Named Va...

Vanessa?"

Are You Saying

You Think I'm A Dragon?

No.

Then Why Call It Vanessa?

I Couldn't Think Of Another Name.

Rudy, You're Not Making Me A Dragon.

I'll Write What I Want.

Show Me That

Before You Hand It In.

Maybe I Will...

Maybe I Won't.

Dr. Foster, I Have Married A Strange Bird.

What's He Doing?

It Is Thirty Degrees Out.

He's Standing Over The Barbecue Shivering

And Blowing In His Hands.

Let's Get Him Inside.

Are You Kidding?

Cliff Loves This Sort Of Thing.

The Wind Shifted And Blew The Smoke In His Face.

Arrrrgh!

Clair: How's It Going?

"How's It Going?"

It's Going Fine Is How It's Going.

It's A Perfect Night For A Barbecue.

You Look Up And See The Stars Twinkling.

Thirty Degrees, Huh?

I'm So Excited About The Barbecue

I Forgot How Cold It Was.

I'm Sure That Dr. Foster's Excited About It Also.

I'm Trembling With Anticipation.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, Sweetie.

Hi, Dr. Foster.

Hello, Denise. How Are You?

Fine.

I Haven't Seen You.

You Know What Hillman's Like-- Busy, Busy, Busy.

Denise, You Should Take Dr. Foster's Class.

She Did.

She Did? She Did?

Uh-Huh.

We Didn't Know That.

She Was In Class For Only One Day.

One Day?

One Day?

Uh-Huh.

Students Often Drop My Class

After They See The Work Schedule.

You Mean A Certain Person

Who Will Remain Nameless, But Is In This Room

Dropped Out Of Your Class?

After She Saw

The Work Schedule.

Uh-Huh. Uh-Huh.

Dr. Foster's Class Meets So Early

I Was Afraid I'd Oversleep And Miss It

Because Of All My Late-Night Studying.

Uh-Huh.

I Think I'll Get That.

Stay In The Heat

While You're In The Kitchen.

There's A Rumor Around Campus

That You're Thinking Of Retiring.

I'm Considering It.

I Promise

I'll Stay Long Enough

For You To Take My Class.

Hey!

Hey, Dad!

This Is Jonathan Lawrence.

My Son, Heathcliff.

Hello, Sir.

Nice To Meet You.

Russell, Here's Your Dollar.

What's That For?