All language subtitles for The Cosby Show s03e02 Food for Thought

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tonight, right?

Right. Then we need to talk.

About what?

Well, Vanessa said that she's going to
move into Denise's room right away.

That's right, and you're going to have
your own room.

I don't want it.

Why not?

What if somebody comes in?

Like who?

The Wolfman.

Oh, no.

Come on, now. We talked about the
Wolfman, and he exists only in the

The people in the movie say that. Then
Wolfman eats them.

Oh, I see. So you want Vanessa in your
room just in case the Wolfman comes in.

Right. He'd eat her first. She's much
bigger.

Well, you know, if you think the
Wolfman's coming into your room, you

always come across the hall and see
Daddy and me. I may not have time.

Well, then I'll tell you what I'm going
to do. I'm going to get a plate of

cookies, and I'm going to put it next to
your bed. And if the Wolfman comes in,

he's going to see them. And while he's
eating them, you can get away.

Good idea. He likes chocolate, too.

You can't.

Mom. All right.

Hi, Mom.

Where have you been?

I found the perfect trunk for school.

Ta -da!

Look at this.

Denise!

I thought I gave you money for a new
trunk.

Yeah, but Mom, look at this. It is
beautiful. It's unique.

It has character.

And it has mold.

Mold? Mom, her clothes are going to
smell like somebody's basement.

It'll be very easy to get rid of the
mold, Theo.

Denise, this is getting heavy. When can
we put it down?

As soon as we get upstairs and hurry up
before Mom makes the ticket back. And

watch the steps. What's that?

My new trunk.

It doesn't look new.

Mom? Yes?

Rudy is acting very strange, and she's
being more of a pest than usual.

Now, I think it's because Denise is
leaving.

I think you're right. But I think she's
also afraid because you're moving into

Denise's room, and she'll be lonely.

Oh, she'll miss me.

Yes. Well, I can't blame her. I'm a
pretty good roommate.

I'd miss me, too.

Well, I'll let her be a pair.

Claire! Yes?

Hi. Hey.

How was the delivery?

Oh, listen, it never fails.

You get a woman who's 4 '3", you give
birth to a 12 -pound, 4 -ounce

baby.

So, how is Bob?

Well, his brother called and said we can
relax. Bob does not need the bypass

surgery. That's wonderful. The doctor
unclogged that artery with a little

balloon. Oh, the angioplasty. Yeah,
that's it. Well, anyway, he's up and

And in a couple of weeks, he'll be back
to work. Good for him.

You know, I was talking to his brother,
and he says that he thinks it had a lot

to do with the way Bob eats.

Yeah, I would believe that.

You know how you like those fried,
greasy foods?

Of course.

Oh, and the fat. The man practically
lived off of cream cheese.

Butter and eggs.

Mm -hmm. And you know what else he had a
lot of?

What's that?

Salt.

Uh, I just had a physical, and Dr.

Brooks gave me a clean bill of health,
okay? Maybe he did, but you're eating

same kind of foods that Bob eats, and
you're both the same age.

No, we are not the same age.

But Bob is 50.

I'm not 50.

Well, okay, so you're 49.

Dear, that is a different decade.

Cook, that is a year, one year.

Look, I have the metabolism of a young
man, and I can eat whatever I want to.

Why? Because my body can absorb it. And
you see me eat all of the time, and you

know for yourself I have never been full
in my life.

That's why you get up from the dining
room table, unbuckle your belt, go into

the living room and fall asleep on the
couch for one hour. Because I work hard.

Because you eat hard.

And then you wake up from your nap with
your mouth all dried out from all the

salt you put all over your food,
saying... Claire,

I need something to drink.

No.

Something with bubbles in it.

Why are you picking on me?

Because you're 49 years old. Look, we've
already established that, okay? Okay.

Okay. Okay, so it's now time for you to
take better care of yourself. Cliff, you

have a tendency to eat large amounts of
everything except fruits and vegetables,

which you don't eat enough of.

That's where you're wrong, because I eat
raw vegetables. You've seen me eat

them. How do you eat them?

Put them in my mouth and chew. What is
the matter with you?

Chris, you take a piece of celery, wrap
it in three slices of bologna, and dip

it in cream cheese.

I do that for the taste.

If you are a salt food, junk food
junkie, you could not stop eating this

food for one day, even if you tried. And
do you know why?

Because you are weak.

that I possess something that people
wish they had, and that is the Huxtable

Iron Will, which was given to me by my
great -grandfather, who

took a piece of swamp land and drained
it with his bare hands, built a

12 -room house with no tools out of
twigs, leaves, and rocks.

You know why?

Because somebody said he couldn't do it.

He didn't even want the house.

I see.

So you could just stop eating this kind
of food just like that.

Anytime I wanted to because I have an
iron will. I've been eating like this

since I was four.

Yes, darling.

But now you are 49.

And your little arteries don't unclog
the way they used to.

And who should know better than me?

Could you not eat that sandwich?

Of course I could if I wanted to.

Don't eat it.

Do you think you're psyching me out?

Maybe that's really an old, old game.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I am
not going to eat this sandwich.

Not because you said so, but because I
think so.

I will not eat it.

Oh, good. I could throw this away. No,
no, no. Don't throw it away.

No, no, because Denise loves it. I'll
give it to Denise. She's going to

tonight. I promise you I'm not going to
eat it. I promise you as a husband and a

gentleman, my lips will not touch the
sandwich.

You're sure?

Okay. Because the lips that touch this
sandwich will never touch mine.

Well, you know, Denise, at every
college, they bring all the freshmen

big room where they tell you, now look
to your left and look to your right.

Those people won't be here when you
graduate.

But wait, won't some of them be looking
at me?

Yes.

So why should I bother even showing up?

Well, Denise, if you work really hard at
Hillman, you'll do fine.

We grew fungus like this in my biology
class.

Hi, everybody.

All right. Can I have some? Well, no,
no. This is for Denise. Oh. Before you

away to college. Thank you. All right,
I'll share.

All right.

Here.

Dad?

Well, I really shouldn't.

No, no, thank you. Dad, this is one of
your special sandwiches. We always share

these. Maybe just a goodbye bite.

Just have a goodbye bite to you and to
say goodbye.

I don't believe you. You don't believe
what? You are so pitiful.

I didn't do anything. You couldn't even
last five minutes. Oh.

Your father has promised me that he is
going to give up certain foods for one

day. Yeah, but... And the reason he's
doing it is because a friend of ours,

Ramsey, who is the same age as your
dad... No, no, we're not the same age.

I'm sorry, he's a year older than your
father, has developed a heart problem,

and we think it's because of the types
of foods that he eats. Foods that your

father has promised me he is going to
try to avoid for one day. Seems to me

he's going to need a little help.

I don't need help. I have... Will. Yes,
darling, the will is strong, but the

flesh is weak.

Well, I have an idea, Mom.

Oh, no, no, no.

Why don't we make a list of all the
foods that Dad shouldn't have, and then

any of us sees him eating anything from
that list, we should tell him to stop.

Why don't we make a list of how you can
get out of this house?

Sandra, I think that's a great idea.

No, wait a minute. Why is everyone
picking on me? They're the ones eating

sandwich. Because they're going to eat
one quarter of what you were going to

all of. And who knows what you're going
to put in your mouth next. Because

you've never been full.

Nice home.

have to wear those sunglasses in the
house? Yeah.

Mom.

Now do you have to wear them?

It just does not pay to look cool in
this house.

Mom? Yes?

You need to borrow some of your luggage.

What do you need?

All your suitcases.

Why? I thought you were putting
everything in your trunk.

No, no, I'm not taking that trunk. Theo,
open one of the drawers.

Found a skeleton of a dead frog in
there.

leaving that frog in my room, are you?
No, Theo took the skeleton over to

Cockroach's house.

Okay, honey, we'll find something for
you. Here, take this. Okay.

When do we eat?

Right now, and you can tell everyone
that dinner is ready.

Dinner's ready!

Oh, Julie, I could have done that
myself.

Oh, smells good.

Yes, bring on the grub. Better enjoy it,
Denise. You're not going to get food

like that in the dorm.

She's welcome home anytime.

Where's Theo?

He's over at cockroaches. He said he's
going to be late, so we can start with

that. Hey, chicken!

Mashed potatoes.

Okie dokie. That's not for us, Cliff.

We're having salad.

Salad, sure.

Love salad. So we have the salad, then
we'll have the chicken and the mashed

potatoes.

No, Cliff, the salad is the dinner.

Just for today.

Just for today?

Huh? All right. Nothing wrong with that.
Just for today.

Low salad.

That'd be nice.

Mom, stop and pick it.

Sorry,

Dad.

It's okay.

Stop. No salt.

That's on the list. I did it for us to
have it. Thank you, Rudy.

Anytime, Dad.

Dad, I'm really happy that you've
decided to try and change your eating

I hope you're going to stick to it.

Absolutely. Good, because men your age,
in their upper middle years, have to

monitor both their salt intake and their
cholesterol levels.

In fact, studies show that if you lower
your cholesterol intake by 25%, you

reduce the risk of having a heart attack
by 50%. Where'd you learn

that? From my nutrition class. We also
learned that men in dad's age group

should have a cholesterol level of
around 200 milligrams.

Yeah? What's yours, Dad?

One milligram.

Your father's cholesterol level is
normal.

Well, I think Dad should be allowed to
eat whatever he wants to.

You do?

I say, if you're gonna go, go happy.

May I have some dressing, please?

It's on there.

I mean the kind of dressing you can see.

I can't see the dressing. But there's
dressing on there. There's lemon juice

a splash of olive oil.

No, I'm talking about dressing.

You know, something that's creamy and
cheesy and I can see it. See, I can't

splashes.

Don't worry about it. I've got something
better.

This is herbal seasoning.

This will bring out the natural flavor
in your food without salt or chemicals.

Hi. Sorry I'm late.

Cockroach's mom made that great
Caribbean dinner, and she would not let

until I had some.

Well, what did Cockroach's mom make?

Well, it's called pepito, and it's
delicious.

It's a sausage that's made from beef and
pork and ham and onions and boiled

eggs. It was unbelievable.

I'm going to go finish packing.

Oh, I'll give you a hand.

Who would like to help with the dishes?

Come here. I want to show you something.

Sure. Mom, I'll be right there. Okay.

What do you want to show me, Dad?

This.

It's empty.

Dad, you had a big ballot.

I want some food.

Sustenance.

Now. Well, what can I do about it?

I want you to go over to Cockroach's
house.

And I want you to ask his mother if she
will make a low serving for me

of the... The potato.

Potato.

Potato.

You mean with the ham and the pork and
the onions and the sauce.

Well, Dad, I'm not sure if I should do
this.

Oh, you should.

should.

But, Dad, isn't it dishonest? Yes.

Dad, Mom may not like me to do this.

You're getting a driver's license this
year, right?

Oh, yeah.

And you're going to need a car, and
Denise won't be here, right?

Right. Now, you bring the pulpator, and
you and I can discuss borrowing

Denise's car.

You got it, Del. No, no, no. I'm down in
my office.

Hurry. Okay.

Mr. Porpeta?

Si, papacita.

Did he see you come down here? Nope.
Came through the front door and got down

here as fast as possible.

Right.

Oh, sustenance. Thank you, man. Dad, we
don't have to talk about Denise's car.

We don't what?

Well, I asked her before about
borrowing, and he said no.

But I brought you the food anyway
because I've never seen you look so

The fun that's about to end right now.

Yes? Honey, Denise needs some help
getting her suitcases downstairs.

Well, I'll be up in a minute, dear.

Thank you.

Oh, and Claire, Walter's mother called
and asked if you are enjoying your

pulpeta.

Are you enjoying your pulpeta?

in there, too?

Kind of.

Well, son, when you're done running
around like a little rat taking people

you're not supposed to have, I'll need
your victims, too.

Thank you.

Dad, I think I am going to need that car
to get out of town.

I'll drive.

we were, there'd be less luggage.

Dad, when are we getting Denise's truck
out of my room? As soon as we get back

from the airport, okay?

Good, because when I think of what was
in it, ugh.

But even if you get it out, your room
may still be haunted by the frog's

Frog ghost?

No, Rudy, Dad, just kidding.

Okay, you guys get ready. I'll bring the
car around.

Wow, I didn't realize I packed so much.
Well, there's nothing left but our

furniture.

Actually, I could use this couch.

Sure, if you want to carry it.

Maybe when I come home next time. And
I'm planning to come home last.

You better.

I am. Virginia's only an hour away by
plane.

Denise, there's one thing. Before you
leave, your father's going to take you

aside to give you a little talk.

Just like he did with Sondra.

And he's going to say to you, I feel
like I'm forgetting to tell you

I feel like I'm forgetting to tell you
something. He's going to say that over

and over again.

Just listen to him.

And you understand what he means.

Okay.

I want you to know that I am very proud
of you.

I'm going to miss you.

Not because I love you.

But because I like you.

I like you, too.

Come on, you two. Dad says you're going
to be late.

All right, let's go. All right, I'll be
right back.

I was wondering if there was something I
forgot to tell Denise.

No, honey, you told her everything.

I did?

Mm -hmm. I want to thank you for today.

The diet.

I'm telling you, my blood flows through
my veins clear and pure.

And I feel healthier and hungry. I want
a snack.

I was nine.

I thought you might feel this way.

Have I got something for you.

Yes, man of iron.

Ta -da!

What is it?

Delicious rice cake.

35 calories, Cliff. Zero salt, zero fat,
zero cholesterol.

Zero taste.

The air in my mouth tastes better than
this.

This is not right, dear.

I want something I can savor, something
with some flavor.

All right, honey, okay. You can have
those foods that you like.

I can?

Sure you can, but you can't go
overboard.

No. Oh, tomorrow.

Por beta.

What are you doing out of bed?

I can't sleep.

Vanessa's not in my room.

Well, are you afraid?

No, I miss her breathing.

Want to come in here with us?

Daddy, you're eating in bed.

It's all right. It's not real food.

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