The Cosby Show (1984–1992): Season 4, Episode 14 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - full transcript

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Theo.

Shh!

What are you doing?

I'm trying to move the glass
with the energy from my mind.

Vanessa, you broke
my concentration.

I'm sorry, Theo.
I couldn't help it.

You look like a mad scientist.

Vanessa, do you realize that you
can move objects with your mind?



In this book I read
about a guy from Iceland

who can break telephone poles
in half just by thinking about it.

Doesn't the phone
company get mad at him?

You laugh because
you're ignorant.

I laugh because
you're ridiculous.

Vanessa, you won't
be laughing for long.

You see this?

Your Psychic Potential?

That's right.

In here, it says that people only
use 10% of their potential brain power.

Now, if we learn to
tap into that other 90%,

we could have mental
power beyond belief.

There's a guy in here
from the Himalayas.

He can move giant boulders
just by looking at them.



Now, I'm new at this, so
I'm starting with a glass.

Theo, with your mind,
I'd start with a feather.

Go ahead, Vanessa,
make your jokes.

I don't care,

because if this thing works,
it's going to change everything.

I'll never have to study again.

Vanessa, I will know the
answer to every question

before the question
is even asked.

Ah, now the truth comes out.

You're using this to get
out of doing your homework.

Hey, I didn't tell you about
the guy from the Yukon.

He predicted every winner of
every Miss America pageant

for the past 40 years.

Wait a minute, Theo,
how come all these guys

who can do such incredible things
with their minds live in far off places

like the Himalayas or the Yukon?

I mean, why don't they come here
where they can make some money?

They could predict the numbers
in the lottery and be billionaires.

Or that guy with the boulders, he
could have his own moving company.

He wouldn't even
have to hire anybody.

Has anyone seen your father?

- Oh, he's in the living room.
- Thank you.

Wait a minute, Mom. You don't
have to push that door open.

Theo's going to
do it with his mind.

Cliff? Huh?

Did you get a letter
from Rudy's teacher?

No. Why?

Well, Mrs. Abbott called
and said a couple of days ago

she gave Rudy a
note to give to us.

She'd like to see
us Thursday at 4:00.

Is your schedule free?

Thurs... 4:00... Yeah, yeah.

I wonder why Rudy
didn't give us this note.

Rudy?

Yes?

Would you come out
here for a second, please?

What's up?

Did Mrs. Abbott give
you a note to give to us?

Uh-huh.

Well, why didn't you
give it to us, then?

Well, I was going to, but I thought
you were too busy to read it.

You thought we were too busy
to read a letter from your teacher?

Yes.

What did you do with the letter?

What did I do with the letter?

Where is it?

Up there in the big, green book.

It's up here?

What were you doing
with the big, green book?

I was reading it.

You were reading it?

Connolly's Guide
to the Esophagus?

How was it?

Good.

Rudy, this isn't even open.

If you haven't read it,
honey, why are you hiding it?

Because I know it's going
to say something bad.

How do you know that?

Because Mrs. Abbott hates me.

Now, why do you say that?

I was sitting in the
first seat in the front row

and she made me move
all the way to the back.

Well, why did she do that?

Mommy, I told you, she hates me.

- Do you want to know what else?
- What?

I made the best
picture in the class

and she stuck it at the
bottom of the bulletin board.

- She did?
- Yes.

- And you want to know what else?
- What else?

I wanted to play the
cymbals in music class,

but she took them away
from me and gave them to Kim.

Do you want to know why?

She hates you.

Right.

Well, Rudy, we saw Mrs.
Abbott on parent's night

and she had a lot of good
things to say about you.

Mom, she has to say that.

She's not allowed to
say, "I hate your kid."

Rudy, I think you should
go to your room for a while.

What for?

Because your teacher gave
you this letter to give to us

and you didn't do that,
so I think you should

go to your room
and think about it.

Yes, Mom.

But, Mommy, you
don't understand...

Upstairs.

Cliff, what are you doing?

We had four other
children before Rudy.

I want to check my books and see
how many appointments we missed.

Theo, I can't grade this with
you looking over my shoulder.

Okay, Vanessa.

But keep in mind chemistry
is not my best subject.

- This is unbelievable.
- What?

Well, you took two
multiple choice tests,

and on the first one where
you didn't look at the questions

and just guessed the
answers, you got a 60.

Pretty good, huh?

And on the one where you actually looked at
the questions and answered, you got a 32.

You see that, Vanessa?

I did twice as well without
even looking at the test.

All right! Psychic-Man, ha!

Theo, 60 is still
a failing grade.

Yes, but, Vanessa, this is only the first
time I've tried to use my psychic powers.

With a little practice

I bet I can get up to a C
without even opening a book.

Vanessa, I probably will
never have to go to class.

Somebody please get that.

I'll get it, Mom! No.

Let me see if I
can guess who it is.

Theo, get serious. I'm serious.

I think I can do it.

Vanessa, I thought you said
you were going to get that.

I am, Mom!

Theo, I have to answer that.

Okay. Shh, wait.

The caller is for you.

Who is it?

Don't rush me, don't rush me.

I see an image,
but it's kind of fuzzy.

Vanessa, please!

Theo, I can't wait any longer.

Okay, wait, the call is for you.

Uh... Who is it?

Uh, it's Janet. No, it's Morgan!

Yes, Morgan.

Well, now do you
see what happened?

They hung up.

What if that was a
pregnant woman?

I didn't see a pregnant woman.

Vanessa, it's for you.

It's Morgan.

Unbelievable!

I was right.

Morgan, wait until you
hear what just happened.

My brother knew it was you on
the phone before anyone answered.

I did it.

I think my brother is
psychic. I can't believe it!

I mean, up until now he
was just an ordinary nobody.

Okay, okay, Morgan, I'll
call you right back, okay?

Bye.

Theo, I need a favor.

There is this guy who I
really like named Billy Mitchell,

but I don't know if he likes me.

So tell me, does he?

That's a tough one.

Okay, wait a minute.

Here's a technique
I read in the book.

Come and sit down.

And visualize this
guy Billy in your mind.

Sit down, relax, don't say anything,
but just put a picture of him in your mind.

Okay, I see something.

Uh, a couple.

Standing in the rain.

Holding hands.

Is it Billy and me?

Yes. Ooh!

And you're standing
under a street light.

And he's holding his rain coat
over your head so you don't get wet.

Oh, this is great.

And then, by accident, his
hand touches your cheek.

Oh, this is so romantic.

Tell me more, tell me
more, tell me more.

Vanessa?

Yes?

I lost it.

Theo, you...

Oh, no, Theo, you can't lose it.

I'm... I'm sorry.

I'm drained.

Well, maybe if you had some
food you could get it back.

- Can I fix you a sandwich?
- Okay, ham and cheese.

But I'm not guaranteeing
anything, Vanessa.

Mom, Dad, Theo is psychic.

Good, we're proud of him.

Mom, Dad, where you going?

We got to go see your
teacher Mrs. Abbott.

But it's a nice day out.
Why don't we all go skating?

We can go skating
another day, dear.

But I don't feel good.

You have to stay home
and take care of me.

Your head feels just fine.

But my feet are hot.

Rudy, we're going.

Wait a minute.

Before you go, I
have to say something.

- What?
- I love you.

And we love you, too.

- One more thing.
- What's that?

When you get back home, I'm
going to cook you a big, juicy steak.

Mm, thank you.

- One more thing.
- No, no. No more things.

Now goodbye, dear.

Mom, Dad? Yeah?

Bye.

One more thing.

What?

So, Mrs. Abbott's not here.

Oh, she probably had some
school business to attend to.

Oh, look at these drawings.

My goodness.

Oh, look at Rudy's.

My child.

That's better than
the ones up here.

My kid's painting
on the bottom here?

Cliff, what are you doing?

Putting my kid's drawing
up where it should be.

Now, do you really think
you should be doing that?

Listen, that's my child,
it should be at the top,

and I'll tell Mrs.
Abbott about it, too.

Cliff, you'd better sit down and
behave yourself in this classroom.

I will.

Oh, hi, Clair. Hi, Cliff.

Hi, how are you? Great.

Great to see you
both. Nice to see you.

Oh, I'm sorry I'm late.

Mrs. Whitney called a
surprise teacher's meeting.

That's all right, we just got here a
couple of minutes ago ourselves.

So now, what is going
on with Miss Rudy?

First, just let me say that,
as always, Rudy is a delight.

She's perceptive, energetic,
and what in imagination.

Well, fine. So that's
the end of the meeting.

Uh, we'll see you later. Cliff.

Miss Rudy and I are having
a problem in one area.

It's her behavior in music.

What's the matter?

Every year about this
time I teach the children

to play musical instruments
and I let them choose

the instrument that they want.

Well, Rudy was absent on the day
that the kids chose the instruments,

so she had to take
what was left, the violin.

She was not at all
thrilled about that.

She wanted the cymbals, but her
friend Kim had already chosen them.

Oh, yes, she did mention
that you took her cymbals away.

As soon as music class starts,

she runs over and grabs
the cymbals from Kim.

Now, I've explained to Rudy that
she won't be playing the violin forever.

We're going to switch
instruments every two weeks.

So what did she say
when you told her that?

Well, she looked me straight
in the eye and she said,

"I don't want to play the violin,
I want to play the cymbals."

No, the violin is
tough, you know.

Well, now, Cliff, I'm not asking
her to smoke on the thing.

I just want the band
to get to the point

where they can play
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

Well, why don't you let her take
the violin home and practice with it?

Cliff, I have been trying to get her
to take that violin home every day,

but she always has some crazy
excuse like, "I'm too tired to carry it."

Oh, no.

Well, maybe we have to
carry the violin home to Rudy.

I think that would be
great. I'll get it for you.

Thank you.

But now, there is another
issue that I would like to address.

Mm-hmm, yes?

And that is the fact
that you hate Rudy.

I hate Rudy? That's right.

Yes, you hate Rudy because she told us that
she was sitting in the front of the class

and you made her
move to the back.

Did she perhaps mention that
the little girl I gave her seat to

was hearing impaired and
really needed to sit closer to me?

Because I explained
all this to Rudy.

- No, she didn't mention that.
- No.

Oh, there's one other thing I'd
like to tell you before you leave.

Now, just because Rudy's
drawing was at the bottom...

that doesn't
mean I didn't like it.

See, I hang them according
to alphabetical order.

See, I told you that.

That's the first
thing I told her.

She came in here
and moved the thing

and I said, "Please don't touch
people's things around here."

She put the thing at the top.

But you'll have to excuse
her, because she's like that.

Are you going to
make me play that?

No, I am not going
to make you play this

because Mrs. Abbott
gave this to me.

But you don't know
how to play the violin.

You don't know if I know
how to play the violin.

First of all, this is not
a violin, this is a fiddle.

- A fiddle?
- A fiddle.

And you play the ho
down with the fiddle, see?

'Cause I can play the ho
down, give you the low down

and mow down downtown.

Huh? That's right.

♪ Hey, what you want
to do when get in the... ♪

♪ Hit 'em hard... ♪
Dad!

Stop! Stop!

You don't know
what you're doing!

I do know what I'm doing.
Please take your hands off me.

I know what I'm doing.

I'm playing a ho down.

♪ Hey, whatcha wanna
get it and a-hit it... ♪

Dad, stop. Your
fingers aren't right.

What do you mean
my fingers aren't right?

I'm playing the fiddle, please.

- ♪ Hey... ♪
- Dad, let me show you how to do it.

What do you mean?
Now you want to show me?

Why didn't you say the same thing
when you were talking with Mrs. Abbott

and you were supposed
to bring this thing home?

'Cause I wanted
to play the cymbals.

Well, you can't play the
cymbals. Kim had the cymbals first.

So this is the violin.

You're supposed to play this now,
so you can't show me how to do it.

But I'm going to show
you the right way.

What is the right way?

Well, first of all, this is
the proper way to hold it.

Yes. And what are
you going to play?

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

Whoa, wait a minute.
Let me sing it with you.

All right? Go ahead.

♪ Twink... ♪

Wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait.

No, no, listen, listen, listen.

♪ Twink... ♪

♪ Twinkle... ♪

Come on, come on, come on.

Here we go. Wait a minute.

And... Father and daughter.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle ♪

♪ Little star ♪

Oh, look, wait.

First of all...

I think you're killing the star.

The poor little
star has no twinkle.

Now come on. Here
we go. Here we go.

One, two, three.

♪ Twinkle, twinkle ♪

♪ Little... ♪

Oh, Mom, after dinner I'm going
to meet Smitty at the mall, okay?

- I'm not so sure about that, Theo.
- Why not?

I haven't seen you do
any homework all week.

I don't have to. I'm psychic.

Pardon?

Yeah, you see, I've developed my
mental powers to an unbelievable point.

In fact, I had a vision
of my entire future.

I'd love to hear about that.

Sure. Well, after I
graduate from high

school, I'm going to
open up my own business.

Theo's Psychic Outlet.

People are going to come
to me and I'm going to answer

all their questions
about life for them.

And I'm going to
charge $300 an hour.

Oh, really?

How did you come to that figure?

Is that the minimum
wage for psychics?

I have never been so
embarrassed in all my life,

and I will never be able
to leave this house again.

And, Theo, it is your fault.

What happened?

Theo visualized me and Billy Mitchell
standing under a street lamp in the rain,

with Billy shielding
me with his rain coat.

I waited for it to rain two
days. I couldn't wait any longer.

So I went up to Billy in the hall today
and I said, "Billy, a psychic told me

"that you and I were going to fall in love
and meet under a street lamp in the rain,

with you shielding
me with your rain coat."

He looked at me
like I was a nut.

You should have come
to me for consultation.

That's right, Vanessa. He
only charges $300 an hour.

All I know is that Billy Mitchell was
going to ask me out, and now he isn't.

My teenage years
are ruined forever.

I'll get it!

Wow, Kenny, king of the blues.

Come in. Hi, Dr. Huxtable.

How you doing?

I'm glad you invited me.

Well, we had to invite you, man.

Shucks.

We need that song
flute, you know.

Well, I do drive the beat.

Yes, you do. Come
on and sit down.

Where's Rudy?

Uh, she's upstairs putting
a little rosin on the bow.

You're the first one here.

- Who else is coming?
- Kim.

Wait a minute, who invited her?

Well, Mrs. Huxtable
and I thought that Rudy

might enjoy rehearsing
with a few of her friends.

- Big mistake.
- Why?

You shouldn't be putting those
two women in the same room.

Well, I know that there's been
a little friction between the two,

but that's all cleared
up now, you see?

You don't know women.

I don't? No.

My brother says two angry women
are like a roller coaster and a big meal.

You don't want to mix them.

Well, I'm sure that we'll
have a nice rehearsal here

and the women will get together
and everything will be fine.

Rudy's been playing that
violin and I think she likes it.

That doesn't make
any difference.

As soon as Rudy sees those cymbals,
she won't be able to control herself.

Rudy's got it bad
for the cymbals.

Hi, Kim. Hi, Dr. Huxtable.

My parents wanted
me to thank you.

Uh, thank me for what, dear?

For having me practice
my cymbals at your house.

Go ahead over
there and sit down.

Hi, Kenny.

Leave me out of this.

Rudy, your friends are here!

Hi, Kim. Hi, Kenny.

Hi, Rudy. Hi, Rudy.

Hi. I like your dress, Kim.

I like your dress, too.

You don't know women.

Well, before we all do
our little rehearsing here,

anyone want to wet their
whistle with a little orange juice?

I would. I'd like some, too.

I'll help you get
it, Dr. Huxtable.

Thank you.

Rudy, aren't you going
to try to get my cymbals?

No, I don't want them anymore.

- You don't?
- No, I like my violin now.

I'm glad. I really
like the cymbals.

I'm glad, too.

I have to go to the
bathroom before we start.

Right around the
corner, down the hall.

Oh, that kid can really play

those cymbals, can't she?

Oh, you were really playing
those things, weren't you?

Yeah, I told you I'm good.

Now, what was it we talked
about yesterday up in your room?

Show downs at the ho down.

And what else did we talk about?

Mrs. Abbott wants
me to play the violin.

Until when?

Until it's my turn to
play something else.

And if you never get to
play the cymbals, then...

It'll be her loss.

Rudy, were you
playing my cymbals?

Well, I was just
warming them up.

Thanks.

Okay, I'm ready to
hear some music.

All right, come on, come
on. We'll play for Mommy.

Sit down, hon.

Everybody, line up.

Here we go. Please, the stand.

Lady...

we're going to rehearse

our most difficult piece,

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".

May God have mercy on us.

One, two, three, four.

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