The Cosby Show

Clair: Rudy.

Is Theo Home?

No.

Are We Late For Vanessa's Play?

We Better Not Be.

We May Have To Leave Without Him.

My Fine, Fellow Patrons Of The Arts

Are We Ready For A Rousing Evening Of Musical Theater?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

All Right!

Did You Tell Theo To Come Home

After That Meet?

I Told Him 6:00.

Maybe The Meet Ran Late.

I'll Write Him A Note.

We Have To Leave.

I Can't Wait To See Vanessa In The Play.

We'll Whistle At Her When She's Onstage.

No, You Can't Whistle.

Let Me Tell You Something

About When You Go To The Theater.

You Must Comport Yourself In The Proper Manner.

You Sit All Like This When You're At The Theater.

Yes.

Relax A Little.

That's It.

When We See Something We Like

We Don't Whistle.

We Don't Stamp Our Feet.

We Applaud Like This

And We Say, "Bravo."

Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.

And "Fantastic."

Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic.

Marvelous.

Marvelous. Marvelous. Marvelous.

I Say.

I Say. I Say. I Say.

Okay, I Finished The Note.

Hi.

Theo, Why Are You So Late?

We Had Trouble Getting Home.

What A Mess.

We're Leaving.

Let's Go.

Okay.

Cliff: Where Are You Going?

Your Mother Said We're Leaving.

Can't We Get Something To Eat?

The Coach Buys The Team Burgers After Every Meet.

Yeah, But We're Still Hungry. Starved.

You've Got Five Seconds.

Grab Something, And Then Let's Go.

And I'm Counting.

One.

How Can Those Boys Eat Hamburgers

And Still Be Hungry?

You Run 2h Miles

You Need Something To Supplement The Meal.

Come On, You Guys, Let's Go.

We're Going To Be Late!

Ladies And Gentlemen

Introducing The First Lady Of Musical Theater

The Inimitable, The Indestructible

The Unsinkable Dame Vanessa Huxtable.

Bravo! Bravo!

Good Show, I Say!

Oh, Vanessa

I Have Seen Many, Many Productions Of South Pacific

But This Was By Far My Favorite.

Thank You.

There's So Much Talent In Your Class.

Thanks, Mom.

Too Bad You Missed

The First Part Of My Song, Theo.

I'm Sorry I Made Us Late.

I Tried To Get Home On Time.

I Even Left Circus Burger Without Eating.

You Walked In In The Middle Of My Only Number

Just As I Was Saying, "Pourquoi, Pourquoi."

It Was In French.

Nobody Cared What You Were Saying, Anyway.

No, Wait.

We've Had A Wonderful Evening.

Don't Ruin It.

I'll Go Take My Makeup Off.

Come On, Rudy, I'll Tell You What It's Like

Being Adored By Hundreds Of People.

I'm Going To Get Something To Drink.

We Only Have Five Quarts Of Milk And Two Gallons Of Juice Left.

Right, Dad.

Oh...

My Head.

What?

Oh, My Head.

I Don't Mind Having To Listen To Some 14-Year-Old Sing And Dance

But When They Pick Up A Musical Instrument

It Tears Me Apart.

It Sounded Like

Somebody Sat On A Rocking Chair

And Caught 18 Cats By The Tail.

Cliff, Theo Said Something That's Got Me Puzzled.

Theo Was 15 Minutes Late Getting Home.

He Said He Ate At Circus Burger.

Now He Says

He Didn't Eat After The Track Meet.

Sometimes You Can't Remember If You Ate.

There's Something Going On Besides A Lack Of Oxygen.

I'm Going To Ask Him.

But My Head...

It Won't Go Anywhere.

I Don't Know About That.

It Might Go Upstairs.

Theo?

Don't Worry, Mom.

I'll Save Some For Breakfast.

Thank You.

Didn't You Say You Ate At Circus Burger?

I Said We Went There.

I Didn't Eat.

You Didn't Eat Anything?

The Coach Said To Get On The Bus Before We Got Our Burgers.

Why Would The Coach Make Everybody Get On The Bus

Before They Ate?

He Didn't Do It To Everybody.

How Many?

Two.

Hey, Theo, Come Here.

Come Here.

Yeah?

Only You And Cockroach?

Yeah, It Was Strange.

Cockroach And I Were Waiting For Our Burgers

When Suddenly Coach Comes In And Yells, "Everybody, That's It.

We're Leaving."

That's Not Proper Behavior For A Coach.

I Know, But It's A Difficult Time For Him Right Now.

It Is?

Some Of The Guys Said That He's Having Problems

With His Wife.

So I Guess It All Just Built Up

Until He Lost His Mind.

Do You Think We Should Call Somebody

Who Can Talk To Him?

No, I Wouldn't Do That.

Coach Is Still Doing A Great Job.

We're Loyal To Him.

We'll Wait Until He Gets Over His Emotional Problems.

I See.

Well, I'm Beat.

Good Night.

Mm-Hmm.

Cliff, There's Something Going On Here

And Theo Is Not Telling Us The Whole Story.

If You Don't Mind

As Far As I'm Concerned, The Boy Was 15 Minutes Late.

I Don't Know...

To A Father

He Was Just 15 Minutes Late.

But To A Mother, It's "Why Was He Late?"

Hey, Rudy.

You Got A Phone Call.

From Who?

Mr. Lukins.

Mr. Lukins?

Right. Your Principal.

Do Mom And Dad Know?

No.

Good.

You Must Be In Big Trouble.

Rudy, Cut That Out, Okay?

And Please Don't Tell Anybody About This.

Hello, Everybody.

Hi, Mom.

Were There Any Phone Calls?

One For You.

And One I Shouldn't Mention.

You Keep That One, But Who Called Me?

Aunt Sarah.

She'll Call You Back Later.

Okay, Thank You.

How Did I Do?

Good. Thanks.

I Hope Mom Doesn't Look At The Refrigerator.

Why?

That's Where I Left The Message For You

That Mr. Lukins Called.

Hi, Mom.

I Want Something To Drink.

I'll Get It.

No, I'll Get It.

Drink Your Water.

Hi, Son.

Hey, Dad.

How Was Track Practice?

Oh, Good. Excellent.

Coach Behave Himself?

Yeah, He Was Fine.

Theo, Did You Get The Message That Mr. Lukins Called You?

Who?