08x22 - You Can't Stop the Music

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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08x22 - You Can't Stop the Music

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Mr. Parsons, That's Right.

This Broadcast Has A Potential
Audience Of Million People.

It's The First Cuban-American
Cultural Exchange In Years.

(Humming)

Yes. I'll See You
In An Hour.

Thank You. Good-Bye.

(Humming Salsa Music)

Come On, Let's Go,
Let's Go!

I'm Ready!

Calm Down, Calm Down.

You Too Calm Down.

I Am Going To Be
In The Same Place

With Mario And My Best Friend
In The World, Willie.

I Don't Want You
To Be Disappointed

But You Might Not Get
To Meet Willie Colon

And Mario Bauza.

I Don't Care
About The Meeting.

Just To Be In The Studio
With These Men.

(Hums Percussively)

Did You Do Your Job?

Did You Do
What You Were Supposed To Do?

Listen, I'm Telling You.

My Mind Is...

Did You Do It?!

Yes, I Did,
But My Mind Is Calm

But My Body Can't Stop!

Come On,
Stop It, Stop It

Stop It!

(Laughing)

I Can't Help It.

What Were You Saying?

Did You Do Your Job?

Of Course I Did.

Who Is The Baby-Sitter?

I Found Somebody Who Is
As Comfortable In Our Home

As They Would Be
In Their Own House.

Okay?

Okay.

(Humming)

(Broken Doorbell Rings)

I'm Going To Fix
The Doorbell.

You Know Why?

Because I'm A Man

Who's Dedicated To Completion.

(Humming Percussively)

♪ Meet With Willie... ♪

(Humming)

♪ And Don Mario... ♪

(Continues Humming)

Good Afternoon, Dr. Huxtable.

(Imitates Drumbeat)

Mrs. Huxtable.

Rudy's Spending The Night
With Danielle.

We're On Our Way Out.

Yes, I Heard.

Have A Good Time.

Kenny Is The Baby-Sitter?

Yes.
Correction.

I'm Your P.S.O.

P.S.O.?

Pediatric Security Officer.

Excuse Me.

Are Your Parents
Going To Be Home

In Case Of An Emergency?

Yes, Sir.

Here Is A List
Of All The Important Numbers

And This Is The Number
Where You Can Reach

Mrs. Huxtable Or Myself
At The Radio Station.

Okeydokey?

Olivia, We're Leaving.

Cliff:
Olivia!

Kenny Is Going To Be
Your Baby-Sitter.

Dr. Huxtable...

P.S.O., P.S.O.

I'm Sorry.

Olivia,
This Is Kenny.

He Is Going
To P.S.O. You

While...
You Are Here.

We've Got To G. G. G.

G. G. G.?
Get Out Of Here?

Go, Go, Go.

Go, Go, Go.

Good Night.
Good Night.

(Humming Salsa Music)

(Band Playing Salsa Music)

(Music Stops)

We're Late.

They're Just Rehearsing.

The Band Is Playing.

They've Started.

Did You Want To Get Here
With The Trucks?

Trucks Came?

Aw, Man.

(Playing Salsa Music)

♪ ♪

Ba-Da-Da-Da♪

Ba-Da-Da-Da♪

(Music Stops)

Take , But...

Band:
Don't Leave The Building.

You Heard It.

Willie Colon.

(Laughter)

Well, Uh...

Who Is This
Making My Wife Laugh?

This Is Mitch Lawson

General Manager
Of Continental American Radio.

How Are You?

Making
My Wife Laugh.

Cliff:
All Right.

Oh, Thank You.

Oh, Excuse Me.

I Have To Return
A Phone Call.

Okay.

Dr. Huxtable?

Yes, Sir.

You Look Like You're Itching
To Get Out There.

Oh, Man. Yeah.

You Play An Instrument?

Oh, Well, Not Well Enough

To Play With The Big Fellas.

What Do You Play?

A Little Of This,
Little Of That.

What Kind Of "This"?

Well, Uh, Mostly, You Know,
I'm In The Percussion Field.

(Humming Percussively)

(Chuckles)

(Humming Percussively)

I'll Tell You What.

How Would You Like To Meet
The Legendary Mario Bauza?

You're Kidding.

It Can Be Done.

Really?

Okay, But I Don't Want
To Get In The Way.

I've Only Known This Guy
A Couple Of Days

But We've Already Got
This Repartee Thing Going.

Mario, I've Got Somebody Here
I'd Like You To Meet.

This Is Dr. Cliff Huxtable

Mrs. Huxtable's Husband.

It's A Pleasure To Meet You.

Sir, I Love Your Work.

You Know Why?

Why?

Because I Love To Work.

Okay. This Is Quite
Some Day, Isn't It?

I'm Trying To Make History
Here Today.

Yes, And You
Probably Will.

Well, If You'll Excuse Me.

Where Are You Going?

You Ain't Done Nothing Wrong.

Repartee!

That's It, Man.

That's It.

Well... What Is That?

That's Some Drum.

That's A Bata Drum.

That's A Symbol From Africa
For Shango.

Shango Is The God Of Thunder.

Ah, And What About The One

He's Shaking There?

Well, It's Another
African Instrument.

They're Using It To
Chug-A-Ta-Chug-A-Ta...

All Right.

That's It.

I Know What This Is.

This Is The Cowbell.

You're Wrong.

That's The God Of Iron--

The God Of Truth.

God Of Iron, God Of Truth.

That's It.

All I Know Is

That I'd Like To Have
Five Of These

And Put Them
Around My Children's Neck.

You're Joking.

(Laughing)

Come On, Sit Down.

Well, You Know,
Mr. Bauza...

Sit Down And Rest.

You Done Yours,
Let Me Do Mine.

You're Going To Play?

Yes, I Got To Conduct
My Orchestra.

Bring My Vocals.

Oh, Vocals?

Yes, All
My Vocalists.

(Salsa Music)

Y, Yo Ganga♪

Y Yo Ganga♪

Que La Campana La
Sei Ya Ta Sona♪

Y, Yo Ganga♪

Y, Yo Ganga♪

Te Ya A Mire Y Llemar ♪

Ganga, Ganga♪

Whoa♪

Whoa...♪

(Phone Ringing)

Huxtable Residence.

Pediatric Security Officer
Kenny Speaking.

Oh. Hi, Stanley.

Did You Call For Rudy?

Rudy Is Not Available.

Why?

Rudy And I Are Spending
A Quiet Evening At Home.

Alone.

Rudy, Put Another Log
In The Fire.

Listen, Stanley,
Call As Many Times As You Want.

I'll Be Answering The Phone.

Right, Rude?

Good Night, Stan.

Have A Safe Evening.

: .

Incoming Call For Rudy.

No Message.

Well, Now, Wasn't That
A Scrumptious Dinner?

You Bet.

Uh-Uh-Uh,
Young Lady.

You Didn't Finish
Your Carrots.

You Want To Be
A Clean Plate Club Member?

Okay, I'll Clean My Plate.

Uh-Uh-Uh,
Young Lady.

Finish Your Carrots.

They Have Lots
Of Vitamins.

I'll Take A Chewable,
Then Everyone's Happy.

We're Not.

We'll Stay Here All Night.

But I'm Full.

The Old "I'm Full" Trick.

Yeah, I Pulled That One
In My Day.

Maybe You've Been
Tricking People

But I'm Really Full.

I Have Food Up To Here.

I'm Surprised I Can Talk.

Sorry. That Bird Won't Fly
In This House.

Now Eat!

(Phone Ringing)

Stan, Stan, Stan.

Give It Up, Man.

I Put Another Log
In The Fire, Dear.

Oh, Dr. Huxtable!

Oh, No, No,
There's No Fire Here, Sir.

Everything's Just Copacetic,
Sir.

Yeah. We're Just Having
A Little Dinner Theater.

How Are Things
At The Radio Station?

What Time Do We Go On?

Good. We'll Tune In.

Over And Out, Sir.

Oh, No!

Olivia, What's Wrong?

All My Carrots
Fell On The Floor.

Now I Can't Eat Them.

Oh, Dear.

You're A Real Cutup

Aren't You, Young Lady.

Man:
Clear The Studio Please.

Five Seconds To Air.

Clair:
Cliff! Cliff!

Get Out Of There!

Man:
Buenas Noches, Good Evening And Welcome

To The Pan-American
Music Festival.

Let's Stop The Words
And Start The Music.

Salsa, Bolero, Cha-Cha-Cha!

Cuando Va La Media Vuelta♪

Ay, Jose, Ten Cuidado♪

No Dejes La Mano Suelta♪

Porque Un Paso Mal Marcado♪

Te Hace Perder♪

Cuidado, Papa♪

Ay, Jose, Asi No Es♪

Ay, Jose, A La Otra Vez♪

Ay, Jose, A La Otra Vez♪

♪ Darling, Como Yo Te Quiero♪

Pongame La Mano Aqui,Jose, Asi♪

Baja Lo Un Poquito Asi♪

♪ Dame Una Vueltesita Asi,
Papa, Asi ♪

♪ Asi, Asi, No Mas ♪

♪ Con Tu Graciela, Papi ♪

♪ I Want To Teach You Mambo,
Cha-Cha-Cha ♪

♪ Asi, Papito,
Aqui, Aqui, Aqui, Aqui, Aqui ♪

♪ Aqui, Aqui, Aqui, Aqui♪

♪Ay! ♪

♪ Si ♪

(Pianos, Horns, &Amp; Percussion)

♪ Azucar! Azucar! ♪

(Flute Playing)

Who's There?

Hey, Kenny, Chill, Man.

It's Just Me.

I Was Meditating.

Got To Stay Centered.

Oh, Sure. I Can See That.

You Got A Little Carrot
On The Center Of Your Forehead.

Thanks, Theo.

No Problem.

What Are You Doing Here?

I Had A Date
In The Neighborhood

And I Figured I'd Stop By.

Your Dad Called You, Didn't He?

Well, Kenny, I Understand
That Olivia Can Be A Handful.

But I Was Even Worse.

First I Blew My Whistle At Her,
Then I Yelled At Her.

I Was Drunk With Power.

Well, It Seems To Me
That You Were In Charge

And It Looks Like
Olivia Was Calling The sh*ts.

You're Telling Me?

She Had Me Doing The Cha-Cha.

I Just Don't Get It.

I Mean, You Work With Kids.

How Do You Keep Them In Line?

I Don't Blow My Whistle At Them
Or Yell

Although I Will Admit,
My First Day, I Tried That.

There I Was In Front
Of The Class

And I Was Yelling,
"Hey, Hey, Sit Down!

Chill Out. Knock It Off!"

By The End Of The Day,
They Had Me Saying

"I'm Going To Tell."

See...

I Realized

That The Only Way You Can
Lead People, Young And Old

Is By Earning Their Respect.

Yeah, That's Fine,
But How Do You Get Them

To Eat
Their Carrots?

You Totally Missed My Point.

If Dad Were
In This Position

He Would Tell The Story
Of The Foogrupa Family.

Is This A Long Story?

Well, If My Dad
Was Telling It, Yes

But You're Going To Get

The Condensed
Theo Version.

You See, Kenny

The Foogrupa Family
Was Very Large

And They Lived In All Parts
Of The Country.

There Was
Cousin Meatloaf Foogrupa

There Was Potato Foogrupa--

Uncle Spud, That Is.

There Was The Big Cheese
Of The Family

Cheddar Foogrupa

And The Little Cousins

Were Red-Headed Carrot-Top Kids.

Stay With Me
Because The Plot Thickens.

The Foogrupas, Right?

Yes, Yes.

Now...

The Foogrupas
Got Together

For A Reunion On A Big Plateau.

That's French For Plate.

The Carnival Was There

And They All Took Turns
Riding The Forklift

Into The Tunnel Of Yum.

Now, Suddenly

All The Foogrupas Were Gone
Except For The Carrot-Top Kids.

The Operator
Of The Forklift, See

He Didn't Want To Let Them
Into The Tunnel Of Yum.

Pretty Soon,
The Little Carrot-Top Kids

Started To Cry.

They Said, "Oh, Dear.

"We're Going To Be
Little Orphans.

"I Miss My Mommy And My Daddy,
And Uncle Spud Too.

"Is There Anyone Out There
That Could Help Us?

"Is There Any Little Boy
Or Little Girl

"That Can Lift Us
On Their Forklift

"And Put Us
Into The Tunnel Of Yum

So We Can Be With The Rest
Of Our Family?"

Don't Worry,
Little Carrot-Top Kids.

I'll Save You!

I'll Help You!

The Foogrupa Family
Will Never Separate.

(Humming)

♪ Carmelina, Oh ♪

♪ Where Is My Husband? ♪

♪ Carmelina ♪

♪ Carmelina ♪

♪ I Am Here With You,
Carmelina ♪

♪ Where Is My Husband? ♪

♪ There Is Our Son ♪

♪ With His Feet
On The Sofa. ♪

Hey, Chill, Chill.

Come On,

Chill, Chill, Chill.

Oh, Cool Hats.

No, Your Mother And I

Are A Pair Of Underwear.

What's Happening,
My Son?

How Did Everything Go?

Good.

Where Is Kenny?

I Sent Him Home.

He Had A Little Battle Fatigue.

He Had Trouble Getting Olivia
To Eat Her Carrots

So I Told Him
The Foogrupa Story, Dad.

Good One, Good One.

I Also Paid Him For You Too.

Yeah. Well, I'm Proud Of You.

I Was Assuming
You Were Going To Pay Me Back.

♪ Carmelina ♪

Five.

Five? Hey, Dad

I Said I Paid Him,
Not Stiffed Him.

♪ Carmelina ♪

And Five.

All Right.

And You Know,
I Was Here For The Last Hour.

And A Dollar.

Thank You, Dad.

One Second, Please.

The Carrot.

Thank You.

♪ Carmelina ♪

Oh, We Had A Ball.

I Guess That's My Cue
To Go Home.

See You Later, Mom.

Good-Bye, Sweetheart.

All Right, Son.

Be Good In School.

Well, Thank Goodness
It's Over And It Went Well.

I'm Happy For You.

You Did...

(Blowing)

You Did Well.

I Even Handled My Little Moment
Of Embarrassment Well.

What?

When You Decided

To Sit In With The Band.

Why Couldn't You Come
Into The Booth

When I Was Signalling You?

Was That The Signal
For Me To Come In?

I Thought You Were Waving Me
To Go Ahead

And Just Start Swinging
And Get Started.

That's What You Wanted Me To Do.

Well, Listen

Mario Bauza And I,
We Had A Special Thing Going

And You Know,
The Man Actually Said

He Might Want Me To Go
On The Road With Him, So...

♪ Carmelina ♪

The Man Asked You
To Go On The Road?

Well, Listen

You Have To Understand.

It Wasn't Direct

But Mario And I
Have A Certain Repartee.

And When You Think
About It

Look, My Father Is A Musician

So Some Of It
Had To Be Inherited.

Yes, But See, Honey

Your Father Is A Real Musician.

He Practiced His Trombone
Eight Hours A Day For Years.

You, On The Other Hand

Will Grab Anything
In Front Of Your Face

And Start Banging On It.

Well, That's True

But See, That's Because
You Don't Understand Percussion.

It's Getting Late.

(Humming Percussively)

And That's What Mario Wants.

I Gave Him
My Phone Number.

Then You Sit Here
By The Phone.

Mm-Hmm.

I'm Going Upstairs.

We Have A Phone
Upstairs.

Yeah, But You Sit Here.

I Don't Want To Be Here
By Myself.

(Humming Percussively)

(Humming Percussively)
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