The Cosby Show (1984–1992): Season 7, Episode 18 - The Return of the Clairettes - full transcript

Clair gets a visit from a high school friend and her husband.

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Come in.

Hi, Dad. Hey, honey!

I brought you your mail. Huh?

Oh. Okay.

Well, thank you.

Mmmwah!

Mmm...

Why?

Just thought I'd bring it down.

Why?



Can't a person do
something nice for a father?

I see you have The New
England Journal of Medicine.

Yes.

Guess a doctor has to keep up

with the latest
developments in medicine.

Yes.

The world is
changing all the time.

People have to change with it.

Oh, yes, they do.

My point is, Dad...
Right! Your point!

What is your point?

No.

Women mature a
lot faster these days

than they used to. So what?



I know you didn't let Sondra,
Denise, and Vanessa date

until they were
13... No, that's true.

But... I'm 12 and a half.

And a half. And a half.

You didn't make the whole.

I know.

This boy at school asked me

if I wanted to go to
the movies with him.

And I think I should
be allowed to go.

Technically, it's
not even a date.

Six people are going.

Three girls, and there
happen to be three boys.

We're going as a group.

So this is a group date.

No, it's a group outing.

Does this... Does
this mean you all

are never gonna go
indoors anywhere?

It's a group outing
to the movies.

Okay. Okay?

Okay. But now, I
mean... my okay.

What does that weigh?

You have to talk to Deputy Dawg.

Hey.

Hey.

What is this for?

I just finished making an hors
d'oeuvres platter for your guests.

Where's the dip?

Mom said no dip.

Your mother had you make...

Raw celery, carrots,
and there's no dip?

See the crease right here?

That's where the
stuff is supposed to go.

In here. You see?

All this is, is...

It's like an edible spoon.

Well, Dad, I'm with you, but...

That's what Mom
said they wanted.

No, no, I'm not against you.

Mom, what is that? Oh, no...

Looks like a hairy Frisbee.

This is how Mrs. Temple
and I used to wear our hair

in high school. Remember, Cliff?

This is the friend
of your mother's.

And whenever they get together,

both of them have these things

that they put on.

And it gives 'em a
reason to act silly.

Rudy, don't play with this food.

Honey, please.

It's awful thin. Who sliced it?

The man at the fish store.

Looks like he almost missed it.

What are we having? Dear?

We're having
steamed filet of sole.

What are you gonna
put on the fish?

I'm gonna put lemon juice on it.

Lemon juice on the fish.

And nothing on
these raw vegetables.

I think that you
need to take that fish.

Cook me a porterhouse steak.

Now wait. Wait. Wait.
Hear... hear me out.

Take the porterhouse.

Slice it. And then wrap

my fish around the porterhouse.

The fish will fight the steak.

And then I won't
have any cholesterol,

high, or triglyceride. Okay?

She's already here.

Now please... How do I look?

You look fine.

You gonna put that on? Come on.

Well, don't wear that near me.

Only because this friend is
coming? We're gonna hide this.

Hide it? Put it up
your... Right. Yeah.

Hello. Hello, Clair.

How are you? I'm fine.

And this is my husband, Herb.

Well, hello, Herb. Clair.

This is my husband, Cliff.

How are you? How you doin'?

Come in. Let me take your coats.

How you doin'? I'm fine.

You look wonderful. Give
me your coat. Thank you.

All right. Let me
have that coat.

Yeah.

Hit it!

♪ One two three... Ha! ♪

♪ Look at Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Three four five... Hey! ♪

♪ Look at him jive ♪

♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Wa-wa-wa-wa ♪

♪ Met my sweetie ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ His name is Mr. Lee ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ I met my sweetie ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ His name is Mr. Lee ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ He's the handsomest
sweetie ♪ ♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ That you ever did see ♪
Hit it, girl!

♪ My heart is achin' ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ For you, Mr. Lee ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ My heart is achin' ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ For you, Mr. Lee ♪
♪ Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ 'Cause I love you so ♪

♪ I'll never let you go ♪

♪ Ow! Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Oh! Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee ♪

♪ Wa-wa-wa-whoa ♪

Wow!

Oh, Clair, honey!

We have not lost it, girl.

I don't know.

I feel like I'm
about to lose it now.

Oh, honey.

We had more
breath in those days.

Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, girl...

You look great!
You look fabulous!

You haven't aged a day, girl.

Why should I?

Don't you go away
and stay that long again.

Oh, I promise. I promise.

Herb?

Cliff?

I've never met you,
but I missed you.

I missed you... Cliff.

But I really, really missed you.

I missed you more.

Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Danielle.

What?

Maybe it's just a 24-hour bug.

Susan's sick, too?

Well, I don't care if
we catch what you got!

At least we'll get to
go on our first date.

Yeah, I know.

Guess I can't go, either.

Yeah. Bye.

Since when does
Dad let you date?

Wasn't really a date.

It was just a group outing.

But I lost my group.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Vanessa.

You have a date
tomorrow night, don't you?

Yeah.

Wanna double?

Rudy, I would not be caught dead

on a date with my little sister.

Well, don't think of
me as your little sister.

Think of me as a girlfriend.

Rudy, I'm in college now.

How is that gonna look?

Me, out on a double-date

with my 12-year-old girlfriend?

It will look like
you're a very caring,

giving person.

And you're so mature,

you do not feel
threatened by going out

with a younger couple.

Look, Rudy. If it
was another night,

and I didn't have a date,

I'd be more than
happy to chaperone you.

I'm sorry.

One of these days,
you're gonna ask me

for a real big favor.

Yeah, I know. And
you're not gonna do it.

Wrong! I am gonna do it!

And then you're gonna
spend the rest of your life

feeling guilty,
because you'll know

I'm a thoughtful,
wonderful person.

And all you are is
a big, rotten meanie!

Hmph.

Yeah.

See, that... that's
the kind of meal

that just leaves
you with a feeling...

You're not bloated. Huh?

No bloat here.

Nice and light. Yeah.

Like those little
peas, you know?

Mm-hm. What was on them?

Nothing.

That's why they were so good.

It was something tonight, Herb.

All right, that's
enough, you two.

Listen, the fish
was great. Really.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Why don't you stop lying?

You two are too much. You
need to behave yourselves.

He's been like this
since the beginning.

Yeah. Well...

The only thing that
really makes me behave

is the love that I have for her.

And the reason,
when people ask me,

why is is that you love
your wife so much?

I say, because
when we first met,

the woman came up
to me and asked me out.

See... Stop right there.

Huh? Stop. Right...

Stop what? No, because I
never asked you out, Cliff.

You asked me out.
Oh, dear. Dear. Stop it.

You did! Not in
front of company.

You asked me
out, and I said yes,

and we went to
Willow Grove Park.

Yes. Yes.

That part is true. Yes.

I took you to Willow
Grove Park. Yes.

And that's when I won

the giant... they had a bear.

You know, you knocked
these bottles down?

And I went up,
and got three balls,

and... and only used two of 'em.

And the man gave me
this big six-foot bear.

I gave it to Clair.

Yes, I remember that. Yeah.

But it wasn't a six-foot bear.

It was a six-inch duck.

Well, I remember the
first time I saw Kris.

It was in a night club in Paris.

She was sitting by
herself, see. Uh-huh.

No, excuse me. Excuse me.

I was not alone.

Believe me. She
was sittin' by herself.

Oh...

So I swooped.

And got her up to dance.

And we did the Electric Slide.

You remember?

Uh, excuse me, honey. Oh, oh.

You were not doing
the Electric Slide.

You were doing the Stroll.

In fact, every dance
he does is the Stroll.

Now I'm going to say
something to you, Herb,

because you happen
to be sitting in the home

of the gentleman who created

the Stroll. No.

Woody "Wood" Johnson

lived outside of the projects.

He lived in a one-family home,

which had been transformed

into a 14-family home.

But going up the steps...

So... so many people
lived there, they had

worn the steps, so
the steps were hanging

like this. So you had
to stay close to the wall.

You had to stay
close to the wall.

So in order to
keep from falling,

you had to...

Don't try...

And... and... and some
winos in the hallway

saw that. Yeah.

And they said, "Stroll on."

I guess you also

invented that single
15-watt red lightbulb

that we used to have
down in the basement,

that made everything look
like an emergency exit?

That got me into more trouble...

Hmm... That red bulb.

Because somehow,

girls look better
in that red light.

And, and then when
you get 'em upstairs,

it wasn't the same girl.

That's why I married Cliff.
'Cause he was the same,

in or out of the red light.

All right!

But Woody had those people
crammed in that basement like sardines.

Yes, indeed. Oh,
it was so hot and...

And Cliff, in the
middle of July,

trying to look cool
in a tweed suit.

Had to be cool to
wear a tweed suit, bro.

And there you were,
down in that basement,

just sweating
your little heart out.

Pouring all that
moisture upon my face.

Making my bangs go back.

Ooo! Girl!

I know about those bangs!

No, you have to pull
out that Dixie Peach

and that Royal Crown!

I remember when they
came out with that new product

that said, "Your
hair will not revert."

Went further back
than it had ever been.

Honey, it went back
to the Biblical days.

But aside from all that,

Yeah... there's love.

Indeed. 27 years. Huh?

God bless you. Yes, indeed.

What was that song? Oh, no.

You know what was that song.

That song that used
to play in the basement,

with that red light on.
Ooo, yes. With that red light.

♪ My-y-y-y-y ♪
That song...

♪ Y-y-y prayer ♪

Slow time.

♪ Woo-woo-woo ♪

♪ Is the answer you give ♪

♪ Doo-doo doo doo ♪

♪ At the end of the day ♪

♪ With a dream so divine ♪

♪ My prayer ♪

♪ Is a rapture in blue ♪

♪ Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ♪

♪ With the world far away ♪

♪ And your lips close to mine ♪

Um... Good night, you all.

Look at Tommy Alden.

His hair was in the most
perfect pomp I ever saw.

Yeah, well, he's bald now.

Get out of here, girl!

As the American eagle. Ooo!

Now here's Noreen Anderson.

Uh-huh. Had the
cutest figure in the class.

I thought I had the
cutest figure in our class.

Yeah, well, you keep
that memory, girl.

Oops!

Rudy? What is this?

Honey, if you wear
that face tomorrow night,

you're not gonna have
very much fun on your date.

The date's off.

Susan and Danielle are sick.

My first date.

Gonna spend it at home.

Watching TV.

All by myself.

I'm sorry.

Oh, well.

If you were to take
Clifford's sweater off,

and it was the Fourth of July.

98 degrees?

Not yet.

You said to me, you
said that you were

a fancier of coffee.

Oh, yeah. I'd love
a cup of coffee.

No, no, no, no.

You don't want a cup of coffee.

On this side of the pie,

you want coffee... Ice cream.

Yes, they can be
pitiful, can't they?

Oh, and we're so perfect!

Thankfully.

Coffee ice cream. Oh, man. Yes.

Not yet.

How mad are you
that you are not 12?

Very.

Although I wouldn't mind

doing 16 or 17 again.

No, no. You don't
wanna do 16 again,

because that's when you
broke up with Spider Thompson.

No, see, I remember.

All you ever wanted to do
was marry Spider Thompson,

and have little spider babies.

I beg your pardon.

I think you have me
confused with someone else.

I doesn't think so.

If memory serves me correctly,

you came running
up to me one day,

saying, "My life is over! Oh!

"Spider doesn't love me anymore!

"He won't let me
wear his sweater!"

Old age clouds the memory.

I don't know how he put his
shorts on before I met him.

We're going to
put this on this side,

this over here.

Then we take these cookies,

and we crush 'em
all over the top,

because that is... Fiber.

♪ Do you remember ♪

♪ The names we had ♪

♪ For each other? ♪

♪ I was your pretty ♪

♪ You were my baby ♪

♪ How would we say ♪

♪ Good-bye? ♪

♪ Happy happy birthday baby ♪

♪ Oh I can't call you my baby ♪

♪ Seems like years ago we met ♪

♪ On the day I can't forget ♪

♪ 'Cause that's when we fell ♪

♪ In love ♪

♪ Wee hoo hoo hoo ♪

Yes, Kris. I enjoyed it, too.

And Herb is really lovely.

Yeah, we'll have
to do that again.

Oh, tonight?
Tonight, Cliff and I

are going on a double-date.

Mm-hm. With Rudy.

Yes. It's gonna be fun.

Okay, I'll talk to
you later. Bye!

Hey!

Are you guys ready?

We're ready. Dad, please.

Please don't embarrass me, okay?

You embarrassed Sondra, Denise,

Vanessa, and now Pam.

Please. Behave yourself.

Okay. Mom, make
sure Dad behaves.

Please! Okay?

How do I look, Mom?

You look great.

Dad, he's here, okay?

Please.

Hi, Scott. Hi, Rudy.

Um, Mom? Dad?

This is Scott Williams.

Hello, Mrs. and Miss...

Hello, Doc... Doctor...

Hel... hello, Mister...

Dad! See what you did?

Scott!

Hello, Scott.

Hello, Mrs. Huxtable.
How are you?

Come, Rudy. Let's
get our jackets to go.

You gonna drive, or should I?

Are you comin' with us?

I brought these for you, Rudy.

I don't think I'm gonna
have a problem with this one.

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