03x08 - Vanessa's Rich

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "The Cosby Show". Aired: September 20, 1984 – April 30, 1992.*
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Series follows the Huxtable family, an African-American upper middle class family, living in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
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03x08 - Vanessa's Rich

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Rudy, How Many Times
Have I Told You?

You Can't
Move Sideways.

Why Not?

It's A Rule.

I Don't Like That Rule.

It Doesn't Matter What You Like.

You Asked Me To
Teach You Checkers.

You Have To Play By The Rules.

Okay.

Take Back Your Move

And Move Again.

Ha Ha!

No Fair!

Give Those Back!

That Was
A Legal Move.

You Can't Yell Every Time
I Jump Your Men.

Learn To Be A Good Loser.

What's That?

Are You Guys
Almost Finished?

Almost.

Hurry. I've Got
People Coming Over.

This Won't Take Long.

Your Move, Rudy.

Wait, Rudy. Rudy!

I Win!

You're Not Playing
By The Rules...

Come On.
Move Upstairs.
I Won!

Whoa,
Hey, Ho!

What Is
The Trouble?

Dad, Listen...
I Need...
I Won...

No, No.

( Gibberish )

One At A Time.

I Need
The Living Room.

Two Girls From The
Pep Squad Are Coming Over.

They Want Me To Help Them
Write New Cheers.

Then Use Your Room.

We Need Room To Practice.

These Are The Two Most
Popular Girls In The th Grade.

If I Get On The Pep Squad,
It Could Change My Life.

Would You Please
Take This Stuff Upstairs

So That Your Sister
Can Change Her Life?

Or We Could Not Play At All.

Theo, You Promised To Teach Me.

Dad, You Must Have Something
For Me To Do?

'Fraid Not, Old Boy.

Okay, Come On.
Get This Stuff Up.

Rudy,
I Was Winning!

Now We Have To Start Over.

I Guess That's Right.

Cliff:
Upstairs.

I Will Make
This Up To You.

Yes, I Know
You Will.

Well... Dad.

Well... Vanessa.

Aren't You Going Back
Down To Your Office?

And Miss The Opportunity

Of Meeting The Two Most
Popular Girls In The th Grade?

Please Don't Embarrass Me.

Don't Act Silly
Like You Usually Do.

I'll Try To Control Myself

But I Do Know Something
About Cheers

And I Could Help
With The Rhymes.

Two Bits,
Four Bits

Six Bits,
A Dollar

Clean My Shirt
And Don't Forget The Collar!

Hey, Now!

( Doorbell )

Dad, That's Them.

Go, Please?

I'll Just Let Them In.

Okay?

No Rhyming?

You Don't Have To Worry.
I'll Be In A Hurry.

Dad?!

I Told You I Could Rhyme.

I Do It All The Time.

How Do You Do?
Welcome To The Zoo.

Hi.

Hi.

My Dad Likes Jokes.

All Over Town,
Jokes Around.

Dad, This Is
Paula Young

And This Is
Cindy Stephens.

How Do You Do?
I'm Dr. Huxtaboo.

Nice To
Meet You.

I Hear That You Guys
Are On The Pep Squad.

Yes, We're
The Captains.

Well, Pardon Me.

I Have To Get My Hat,
I Won't Be Able To Chat

But If You Need Some Cheers,
Just See Me Down-Steers.

Bye, Dad.

Is He That Funny
All The Time?

I Tried To Get Rid Of Him.

Vanessa, This Is
A Beautiful House.

You Really Like It?

Yeah.

Thank You.

This Painting--
I Saw It In A Book.

My Mother Bought It
At An Auction.

Bet It Was Expensive.

Yeah, $ , .

$ , ?!

My Mom Really Wanted It.

It's Painted By Her Great-Uncle,
And My Parents Both Love Art.

Want To See The
Rest Of The House?

Yeah.
Love It.

I'll Show You All
The Upstairs Bedrooms

Except For My
Brother Theo's.

No One Outside The Family
Is Allowed To See It.

Cliff, What Are You Doing?

I'm Looking For The Remote
To The Tv Set.

Why Don't You Go Over
And Turn The Television On?

Because After I Turn It On

I Don't Want To Get Up
And Walk Back Over To It

To Change
Channels.

You Are Hopeless.

Aha-A-A!

I Found You, Little Buddy.

Where Have You Been?

( Car Tires Screeching )

Tv Chef:
Today, I Got A Recipe Of
Cooked Chicken All Kind Of Ways.

Many Kind Of Chickens,
Capons, Rooster...

Chicken In Dumpling

Chicken A La
Juice Down--

Which Should Be
All Juiced Down.

Chicken...
I Don't Know.

( g*nsh*t Ricocheting )

Tv Narrator:
I Hope It Will Be
Experimental For You.

There's Always Been
A Mystery About The Drum.

The Drum Is The Father
Of The Percussion Section.

Cliff?

Turn It Back
To The Cooking.

( Drum Roll )

Chef:
That One Cup
Of Wine.

That Two Cup
Of Wine.

White Wine.

Two Cup
Of White...

Narrator:
Next We Go To
The Bass Drum.

( Beating Bass Drum )

And From The Bass Drum,
We Go To The Tom-Tom.

( No Audio )

Aha!

It Won't Work For You.

I Want To See The Cooking.

No, You Can't See The Cooking.

He Needs New Batteries.

Come On.

I Just Put New Batteries In It.

It's Broken, It's Broken!
Cliff's Toy Is Broken!

Neh, Neh, Neh,
Neh, Neh, Nyeh!

And I'm Still Here!

Now You'll
Have To Get Up

And Turn That Channel
With Your Bare Hands.

No, I'm Not.

I'll Go Down To
Jake's Appliance Store

And Buy A Brand-New One.

You Are An Electronic
Gadget Junkie

And Jake's Appliance Store

Is Not A Good Place
For A Man Like You.

I Am Going To Go Down
To The Store And Buy A Remote

And That's It.

You Say That Now

But Once You
Get Down There

Those Gadgets Will Be
Sitting On The Shelves

And They're Going To Beckon,
"Cliff, Buy Me.

If You Take Me Home,
I'll Light Up Just For You."

I'm Going To Buy
A Simple Remote Control

And Maybe A Satellite Dish.

Hello, May I Speak
With Jake, Please?

Hi, Jake.

This Is Clair Huxtable.

Cliff's Wife.

He's On His Way Down
To Your Store Right Now.

Jake, Don't Get Excited.

No, No.

No Matter What He Asks For

Sell Him Only
A Simple, Basic Remote Control.

What's Taking
So Long?

I'm Thinking.

You Need My Help?

No, I Don't.

You Could Move There.

If I Did, You'd Double Jump Me.

Maybe I Would,
Maybe I Wouldn't.

King Me!
King Me!

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy.

You're Worse Than Dad
When You Win.

Come On, Move Again.

How Did You Get So Good?

I Have A Good Teacher.

Hey!

The Person
I Wanted To See.

I Don't Want To Play
Checkers With Rudy.

Please?

I Can't.

I Have To Write Cheers Tonight.

I'm On The Pep Squad.

I'll Write Your Cheers,
If You Play Rudy.

I Want To Play With You,
'Cause You're More Fun To Beat.

Vanessa:
Bye.

Have Fun.

Whose Move Is It?

Yours.

Clair:
Theo?

Yes?

Could You
Come Here?

Gladly.

Got To Go, Rudy.

You're Coming Back, Aren't You?

Yes.

♪ I'll Be Waiting. ♪

Yeah, Mom.

I Found This Note.

Isn't This
Your Handwriting?

Yeah.

What Does It Say?

I'm Sorry, Mom.
Rudy Was Pulling On My Arm.

"Jake Called. Emergency.
Everything's Okay."

What's Okay?

Dad Is.

Jake Said Dad Wanted
To Buy Everything He Saw

But Jake Wouldn't Let Him.

Good Old Jake.

Then Dad Started
Begging And Pleading.

He Was Offering To Pay
Regular Prices

For Stuff On Sale.

Hello.

Hey, Dad.

How Did Shopping Go?

I Got Exactly
What I Was Going To Get.

A Simple, Basic Remote Control?

No More,
No Less, My Dear.

You Didn't See Anything Else
That Interested You?

No, But You Know
Those Guys At Jake's.

They Try To Shove
All Kinds Of Things

And Push Stuff At You.

I Told Them:

"Get Those Gadgets
Out Of My Face."

How Do You Do It, Dad?

You Have To Have
An Inner Strength.

It Comes With Age And Maturity.

I'll Have To
Remember That.

You Weren't
Tempted At All?

No. I Said, "Give Me
The Simplest Remote You Have"

Put The Money Down--

Bam! Walked Out.

( Chuckling )

Jake Called.

Jake? Jake Who?

From The Appliance Store.

According To Him

There Was A Man In The Store
Who Looked Like You

Who Was Begging Salespeople
To Sell Him Anything.

Jake Said That?

Yeah, The Guy Was Offering

To Pay Regular Prices
For Things On Sale.

I Saw The Guy...

And He Was Wandering
Around The Store.

I Went Over And Talked To Him
'Cause I Felt Sorry For Him.

It Wasn't You?

No.
The Guy Looked Like Me.

In Fact, I Pulled
Him Aside

And Said:
"What Seems To Be The Problem?"

So He Started Telling Me

About How He Had
This Very Wicked Wife

Who Had Called Ahead
And Told Everybody In The Store

Not To Sell Him Anything.

So Then He Started To Cry.

And I Said,
"You Really Shouldn't Cry.

"You Should Go To Another Store

Where Your Wife Doesn't Know
Anything About It."

And You Know What?

He Did.

I Forgot Batteries.
They're Upstairs.

Excuse Me.

Wait. I Want To Know
What This Man Bought.

He Went Out And Bought
A Lot Of Stuff.

It's In The Trunk Of His Car.

Charged It All To
His Wife's Credit Card.

Hey, Vanessa.

Hi.

How Was School?

Not Good.

What Happened To You?

Nothing.
Where Are Mom And Dad?

They Went To The Store
With Rudy.

Were You Playing Football?

I Was In A Fight.

What?! Where?

At School.

Vanessa, Wait.

Tell Me About This.

Vanessa!

You Actually
Got Into A Fight?

Yes.

With Who?

These Two Girls.

Two?! Whoa!

Who Were They?

Two Girls S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
You Got Into A Fight

Your First Day On
The Pep Squad?

Yeah-- Right Before
The First Meeting.

That Must Be
A School Record.

It Wasn't My Fault.

They Called Me Names.

What Did They Say?

"Rich Girl."

Okay.

What Do You Mean, "Okay"?!

They Called Me "Rich Girl"
In Front Of Everybody.

You Fought
Over That?

Vanessa, That's Stupid.

No, It's Not.

I Would Love For Someone
To Call Me Rich--

Especially In Front
Of Maxine Kirkwood.

I'd Be Set For Life.

I've Got To Talk To Mom And Dad.

You're Telling Them
You Were In A Fight?

Sure. It's Their Fault.

They're The Ones
Who Made Us Rich.

Vanessa,
Did You Fall On Your Head?

( Knocking )

Vanessa,
Have You Seen...

Theo, Time For Checkers.

No, Rudy. I Think
We've Played Enough.

One More Game?

I'll Beat You Fast.

Okay, One Game.

Where Are Mom And Dad?

In The Kitchen.

I'm Going To
Talk To Them.

What Happened To Her?

She Fell On Her Head.

Thank You, Dearie.

You're Welcome.

Mom, Dad,
I Need To Talk To You.

What Happened?

I Had A Fight.

A Fight?!

Did You Win?

Vanessa, What Happened?

Two Girls At School
Were Picking On Me.

What Did They
Do To You?

They Called Me A "Rich Girl."

And?

When Paula And Cindy
Were Here Yesterday

I Showed Them The House.

Today At
The Pep Squad Meeting

They Told Linda And Donella
About The Nice Things We Have.

Linda And Donella Said

Anyone Who Would Pay $ ,
For A Painting Is A Show-Off.

How Did They Know The Price?

Paula And Cindy Asked.
I Told Them.

Why Did You Do That?

They Were Interested...

And They're On The Pep Squad
And I Like Them.

You Wanted Them
To Like You.

Yeah... But Paula And Cindy
Didn't Start The Fight.

Linda And Donella Were The Ones

Who Said I Think I'm Better
Than Everybody Else.

I Tried To Explain
Why We Bought The Painting.

Then They Said Nasty Things
Like "Stuck-Up Rich Girl."

I Told Them Not To Say That.

Suddenly, We're Rolling Around
On The Floor.

You Took Both Of Them On?

I Didn't Mean To.
It Just Happened.

All Right!

Mr. Morris Pulled Us Apart
And Made Us Apologize.

If Mr. Morris
Hadn't Stopped You

Do You Think You'd Have
Beaten Both Of Them?

Paula And Cindy Were The Ones
Who Got Me On The Pep Squad.

Now They Won't Want To
Talk To Me.

None Of This Would Have Happened

If We Weren't
So Rich.

Let Me Get Something
Straight, Okay?

Your Mother And I Are Rich.

You Have Nothing.

You Can Tell Your Friends
And Your Enemies That, Okay?

Your Father And I
Aren't Rich.

We're Not?

No, Rich Is When Your
Money Works For You

Not When You Work
For The Money.

We Work Hard
For The Money.

We're Proud Of What We Have

And We're Happy To
Share It With You.

I Think I'd Be Better Off

If We Didn't Have So Much Money.

You're Using The Word "We."

If You Don't Want The Money,
Tell Us That

And We Won't Give You Any.

Just Pay Us Back
The $ , You Owe Us

And We'll Be Even.

I Have To Go To School
With These Girls.

They'll Talk, And No One
Will Want To Be My Friend.

Would You Make Friends With
Someone Who Had More Than You?

Yeah.

How About Someone
With Less Than You?

Yes.

You're Not The One
With The Problem.

Friends Like You,
Not For What You Have

But For Who You Are.

Do You Understand?

I Guess So.

Vanessa, I Hate
To Tell You This

But Yes,
You Are Rich.

She Is?

Not Because Of Things

But Because You Have A Family
Who Loves You.

Thanks, Mom...

But When I Grow Up

I'm Not Going To Have
So Much Money.

That Way,
My Kids Won't Have Problems.

Vanessa?

Yeah?

These Poor Children

You're Going To Have

Please Don't Send Them
Over To This House Begging.

Okay, All Set.

Go Get Dad.

Tell Him No One Will
Play Checkers With You.

Can You Look Real Sad?

Yes.

Daddy, No One Will Play Checkers
With Me.

Perfect!

Got It.

Go Get Him.

Cliff:
Hey.

What Is
This Face?

Rudy:
Daddy, No One Will
Play Checkers With Me.

Cliff:
Oh... Peaches.

You Want Daddy
To Play With You?

Okay.
Daddy Will Play.

Don't Look
So Sad.

My Goodness.

The Board's
All Set Up.

You Playing?

Yeah.

Can I Watch?

Help Yourself.

You Get A Chance To
Watch An Expert At Work.

Go First.

Thank You.

(♪ Humming ♪)

(♪ Humming ♪)

You Did This, Didn't You?

Did What?

You Set Me Up.

Dad, All I Can Say
Is Good Luck.

It's Your Move.

I Know It's My Move.

(♪ Humming ♪)

Will You Look
At That?!

There's A Robin Red Breast.

That's Nice.

He's Standing On The Head
Of A Purple Alligator!

Yeah.

They're Getting Ready To Sing.

They Have On Tuxedos.

You're Not
Interested?

Nope.

Hi, Mommy.

Thought I Saw Her.

King Me! King Me!
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