The Cosby Show

No, No, No. You Guys Come On Over.

You're Welcome.

Clair Has To Teach A Class At The Community Center Tonight

So Come On.

All Right, Dad.

Bye-Bye.

What?

My Father, That's What.

My Father Says To Me

He And Homer Dobson Are Coming Over Here

And They Want Me To Meet One Of Their Old Army Buddies.

Ha, Ha, Ha.

This Wouldn't Have Anything To Do With Pinochle.

Yes.

My Father Didn't Say Anything About Pinochle--

Did Not Mention Cards At All.

But I Know That He And Homer Are Bringing This Man Over

To Help Them Cheat Me.

Why Would They Do That?

Because I Beat Them The Last Time They Played Here.

I'll Bet You This Man Has Never Been In The Army.

He's Probably Some Pinochle Champion From Out Of State.

I'm Glad I Won't Be Here.

When You And Your Dad Play Pinochle, It's Pathetic.

Mom, Can I Ask You Something?

Before She Does, I Want To Say

I've Been Putting This Together For An Hour.

I Think I've Done Good Work.

However, Vanessa's Doubting Me.

Vanessa, That Is A Very Smart Outfit.

Do I Look Good?

You Look Stunning.

Thank You, Mom.

Okay, We Go With This One.

Hey, Wait, Wait.

What About Me?

I'm Sorry, Dad.

What Do You Think?

I Think You Look Bold, Yet Subtle.

I Think You Look Contemporary, Yet Aromatic.

Thank You, Dad.

Where Are You Going In That Thing?

She's Just Going To A Skating Party.

With Who?

With Her Friend.

Which Friend?

Just A Friend.

What Is The Friend's Name?

Tyrone.

Tyrone?

A Boy?

Unless It's Short For Tyronella.

Uh... No, Dad.

It's A Boy.

Aha!

What Time Is This Young Man

Coming Over To Pick You Up?

You Know, Sooner Or Later

He's Got To Come Here To Pick You Up.

And Then He'll Meet Me-- Mr. Charm.

Operator?

I Don't Think My Phone's Ringing.

Can You Call Me Back?

Thanks.

Yeah, I Guess It Is Working.

Thanks, Operator.

What's That All About?

I Was Expecting This Girl To Call

And The Phone Never Rang.

Why Don't You Call Her Up?

It's Past The Deadline.

Her Parents Won't Let A Call Come In?

No, Not That Kind Of Deadline.

I Asked Condola Burns Out Tonight.

She Said She Was 99% Sure She Would

And When She Was 100% Sure

She'd Call.

Cockroach Told Me To Use

The Deadline Delivery Method.

The Cockroach...

Deadline Delivery Method.

You Ask A Girl Out.

If She's Not Sure

You Tell Her She Has To Give You An Answer By A Certain Time

Or She Can Forget It.

You Might As Well Go To Bed Now.

Ha, Ha, Ha!

Cockroach Deadline Delivery.

Whoa.

Hey, Hello.

How Are You?

Look At You.

Cliff, How You Doing?

Hello, Sir.

Son, I'd Like You To Meet My Dear Friend

Sergeant Major Boswell Stokes, U.S. Army, Retired.

How Are You, Sir?

Nice To Meet You.

Pleased To Meet You.

So, You Were In The Navy?

Oh, Yes.

I'll Try Not To Hold That Against You.

Well, It's Good To See You Guys.

Thanks For Having Us.

Thank You For Coming Over.

I Haven't Seen You Since We Last Played Cards.

Yes.

I Missed You.

Same Here.

You Know, It's Quite A Coincidence.

This Morning I Was Talking To My Wife

About How People Don't Just Stop By And Visit Anymore

Like They Used To In The Old Days.

Well, That's Why We're Here.

Yes, Indeedy.

Well, Wonderful.

Of Course We Don't Have To Just Sit And Chat.

We Could Engage In Some Entertaining Activity

If We Want.

Does Anybody Have Any Ideas?

Yeah.

I Think We Could Put On Our Coats

And Take A Nice Walk By The River.

We Parked By The River.

We Already Took That Walk.

There Is Something We Haven't Done In A While.

What's That?

Cards.

It's True.

Cards.

Well, That Sounds Fine For Me

But I Don't Know If Sergeant Stokes Here...

Well, A Game Of Cards?

I Think That Would Be Nice.

What Particular...

Pinochle.

So?

That Looks Good.

I Don't Know.

You've Tried On Everything In Your Closet.

You've Even Tried On My Clothes.

Just Go With This.

But How Will It Look

When I Put The Skates On?

Put On Your Skates.

That's A Great Idea.

I Don't Believe This.

Oh, Vanessa, I Love Those Shoes.

You Know, They're Definitely You.

Lay Off, Theo.

I Want To Look Good.

It's Just A Skating Party.

You'll Spend Most Of Your Time Falling, Anyway.

But She'll Be Falling With Her Date

Which Is More Than You Can Say.

Everyone Gets Stood Up Once In A While.

Especially When They Use

The Cockroach Deadline Delivery Method.

We're Working A Few Bugs Out Of It.

Don't Worry, You'll Get A Date Someday.

Ahh.

Say, Homer.

Do You Remember An Old Singing Group

Called "The Diamonds"?

Yeah, I Remember "The Diamonds."

They Sang A Song I Liked.

Do You Remember The Name?

"The Diamonds" Sang A Lot Of Songs

But I Think You're Thinking Of, "I Ain't Got None."

Partner, They're Trying To Cheat Us.

I Don't Know What You Mean.

I Just Hear Two Gentlemen Discussing Their Love Of Music.

As A Matter Of Fact

A Little Later We Should Go To Some Clubs

And Listen To Music.

That's A Good Idea.

How Many Clubs Did You Have In Mind?

About Two.

Hello, May I Speak To Condola?

She's Out?

On A Date?!

Oh.

Will You Tell Her That Theo Huxtable Called

And That I'm Sorry

And That It Was All Cockroach's Idea?

Thanks. Bye.

Yes?

Hi, I'm Vanessa Huxtable.

I'm Here To Pick Up Tyrone Baxter.

You Sure About That?

Oh.

I Mean, I'm Tyrone Baxter

And I'm Here To Pick Up Vanessa Huxtable.

You Okay?

Yeah, I Think So.

I'm Theo, Vanessa's Brother.

Come In And Take Off Your Coat.

Thanks, I Appreciate It.

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