The Cosby Show

Ladies And Gentlemen

Lovers Of Magic

And Prestidigitation

I Present For Your Enjoyment That Mistress Of Illusion

That Madame Of Mystery

That Lady Of Legerdemain-- The Great Rudini!

Thank You, Ladies And Gentlemen.

And Thank You, My Loyal Assistant, Mommina.

Are You Ready To Perform Feats Of Magic, O Great Rudini?

Yes, I'm Ready.

I Hold In My Hand An Ordinary Drinking Glass.

Please

Hold Your Applause Until The End.

My Assistant Will Pour Milk Into The Glass.

Mommina, The Milk.

Ladies And Gentlemen, Isn't She Beautiful?

Are You Going To Drink The Milk, O Great Rudini?

No, I'm Going To Make It Disappear.

Impossible.

You Shall See, Doubtful One.

I Shall Now Say The Magic Words.

Abracadabra, Hocus Pocus, Make This Milk Go Out Of Focus.

Wait!

There Is More.

Really?

What Has Happened To The Milk, O Great Rudini?

The Milk Has Become A Beautiful Silk Scarf.

Fantastic! Fantastic!

How Did You Do That?

I Cannot Reveal My Secrets To Mere Mortals.

I'm Sorry.

The Mere Mortal Apologizes.

Would You Go Off To Your Magic Room?

Thank You And Good Night.

You Were A Terrific Audience.

Isn't She Something?

That's Not Bad.

How Did She Do That?

As The Magician's Assistant, I'm Sworn To Secrecy.

How Did She Do It?

I'm Serious.

I Promised Her I'd Never Tell.

Okay, I'll Find Out Somehow.

Hey, Dad. Hey, Mom.

Son, Before You Go Out, Let Me Know

Because You And I Have Some Detective Work To Do.

Sure.

Did I Get Any Phone Calls?

There's Some Messages For You

On That Pad.

Denny, Smitty And Lyle.

Theo, Wait.

Lyle Didn't Call For You.

What?

He Called For Vanessa.

Why Did He Call Vanessa?

He Asked Her To A Movie.

You Gave Vanessa Permission To Go Out With Lyle Thompson?

They're Going To An Early Show.

But You Don't Even Know The Guy.

He's Your Friend.

He's Been Here A Million Times.

Where's Vanessa?

In Her Room.

Okay, Thanks.

The Glass Has A False Bottom.

Nope.

She Didn't Have Tubes Running Up Her Arm?

Not Even Close.

You're Never Going To Get This.

Then Tell Me.

Oh, No.

I'm Going Down To The Magic Shop

And Then I'll Make You Disappear.

Then I'm Going To Make Her Disappear.

I'll Make Everybody Disappear

If I Don't Find Out How That Trick Works.

People Will Ask

"What Happened To His Family?"

"He Put Them In A Glass

And They Disappeared."

The Milk Has Become A Beautiful Silk Scarf.

Wow!

How Did You Do That?

I Cannot Reveal My Secrets.

Vanessa, I Need To Talk To You.

Who Dares Interrupt The Great Rudini?

This Will Only Take A Minute.

Okay.

I Hear You're Going On A Date With Lyle Thompson.

He Asked Me To Go To A Movie With Him.

I Don't Think It's A Good Idea.

Why Not?

A Lot Of Reasons.

Like What?

First, He's A Junior And You're A Freshman.

He's Two Years Older!

So What?

Dad Is Four Years Older Than Mom.

Yeah, But They're Old.

It Doesn't Matter To Them Anymore.

Age Doesn't Matter To Me, Either.

Women Live An Average Of Five Years Longer Than Men.

You're Involved With A Guy Who Will Die Way Before You.

What Am I Supposed To Do-- Date Someone Rudy's Age?

You Can Ask Out Bud.

I Didn't Want To Talk About This

But There Are Other Reasons You Shouldn't Go Out With Lyle.

He's Got Experience.

Experience In What?

If You Don't Know

That's Another Reason You Shouldn't Go Out With Him.

I Think Lyle's Nice, So I'm Going Out With Him.

Believe Me, You Should Not Go Out With Him.

I'm Only Saying This Because I Care.

You Never Seemed To Care About Me Before.

Okay, I Tried To Be Sensible.

I Tried To Be Understanding.

Now, I Have To Pull Rank.

As Your Older Brother, I Forbid You To See Lyle.

You Forbid Me?

I Didn't Know An Older Brother Could Do That.

Well, I Can.

Get Out Of Here.

Only Mom Or Dad Can Forbid Something.

But I'm Responsible For Things That Slide By Them.

If Mom And Dad Make A Mistake In Judgment, I Step In.

I'm Sorry, Theo.

I Am Going Out

With Lyle Thompson.

Okay, Vanessa.

But I'm Warning You.

You Could End Up A Shattered Woman Laying In A Gutter Saying

"I Should Have Listened To Theo, But Now It's Too Late."

Poof! He's Gone.

Thank You.

Man, I Just Love Dodge Ball.

They Should Put It In The Olympics.

Hey, Guys.

What's Up?

Lyle, Lover Boy.

How About A Report?

A Report?

Yeah.

How Was Your Date With Vanessa?

Give Us Details.

Hurry Up, Huxtable's In The Shower.

I Have Nothing To Tell.

Nothing Happened Between You And Vanessa?

No, I'm Not Saying That.

So, Something Did Happen?

Maybe.

You Know Something?

This Man Got Nowhere.

Yeah?

Yeah.

When Vanessa Went Out With Me, She Was A Freshman.

Now, She's Ready For Graduation.

Everyone: All Right.

Man, They Ought To Fix Those Showers.

Nothing Comes Out But Cold Water.

Lyle, You Better Get In There.

You Could Use A Cold Shower.

What's That Supposed To Mean?

Nothing, Lyle's Just Overheated.

What Did You Tell These Guys?

About What?

You Were Talking About Vanessa.

I Said I Had A Good Time.

Did He Ever.

Tell Them What Happened.

My Dad Drove You And Vanessa To The Theater

And When The Movie Ended, Drove You Straight Home.

Who Knows What Vanessa's Like In A Movie Theater

When Her Dad's Not Around.

Straighten These Guys Out.

Tell Them Nothing Happened.

What Goes On Between Me And Vanessa

Is Our Business.

He's Right.

You Have To Respect His Privacy.

I Don't Have To Tell You

About Any Date With Vanessa.

Oooh.

There's Not Going To Be Another Date With Vanessa.

Understand?

I'm Taking Her To The Library.

What For?

There's Nothing Left For Her To Study.

You Guys Are Slime.

You Need To Be Put Away.

I'm Sick And Tired

Of Seeing Your Faces.

Abracadabra, Hocus-Pocus, Make This Water Go Out Of Focus.

Well, Look At That.

It Seems That Your Father

Has Spilled Some Water.

I See That.

How Do You Suppose That Happened?

Maybe He Tried To Drink It