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Thank you.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

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 the 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 say 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 the 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 gonna 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

give to us.

She'd like to see us Thursday at 4. Is your schedule free?

Thursday at 4? Yeah, yeah. I wonder why Rudy didn't give us this note.

Rudy!

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.

It's up here?

What were you doing with the big green book?

I was reading it. You were reading it?

Connelly's Guide to the Esophagus?

How was it?

Good.

Hootie, 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 did 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 does 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.

She stuck it at the bottom of a 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 Paris tonight, 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

so I think you should go to your room and think about it.

Yes, Mom.

But, Mom, you don't understand.

Upstairs.

We had four other children before Rudy.

I 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.

See, a 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 seat without even opening a book.

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

Somebody please get that.

I'll get it, Mom.

Let me see if I can guess who it is.

Theo, get serious.

I'm serious. I think I can do it.

Vanessa, I bet you said you didn't get that.

I am, Mom. Theo, I have to answer that. Okay, shh.

The caller is for you.

Who is it?

Don't rush me. Don't rush me.

I see an image. It's kind of fuzzy.

Vanessa, please.

Theo, I can't wait any longer. Okay, what if the call is for you?

Who is it?

It's Janet. No, it's Morgan. Yeah, it's 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 a book.

Come sit down and visualize this guy Billy in your mind. Sit down, relax,

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?

Yeah. And you're standing under a streetlight.

And he's holding his raincoat 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.

Vanessa?

Yes?

I lost it.

Oh, no, Theo, you can't lose it. 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 are you going?

You gotta go see your teacher, Mrs. Abbott.

But tonight's there. 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.

Wait a minute.

Before you go, I have to take care of you. 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.

Hmm. Thank you.

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

Now, goodbye, dear.

So, Mrs.

Evans is 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 there.

Is that kid's thingy on the bottom here? What are you doing?

Put my kids...

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. I'll tell Mrs.

Abbott about it. You've got to behave yourself. I will.

Oh, hi, Cliff. Hi, Cliff.

How are you? Great. Nice to see you both. Nice to see you. Oh, I'm sorry I'm

late. This is 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. He's perspective,

energetic, and what an imagination.

Well, fine. So that's the end of the meeting. I will see you later.

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 instruments that they want. Well, Rudy was absent on

the day that the kids chose the instruments, so she had to take what was

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

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,

and we're going to switch instruments every two weeks. And what did she say

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, practice room?

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

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

Well,

maybe you'll 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? 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 receipt 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.

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.

She came in here and moved the thing, and I said, please don't touch people's

things around, and 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.

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 hoedown with the fiddle, see, because I can play the

hoedown, give you the lowdown and moedown downtown.

That's right. Hey, what do you want to do when you get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get in, get

in, get in, get in,

get in, get

What do you mean my finger's all right? I'm playing the fiddle, please.

Hey! 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're supposed to bring the thing home?

Because I wanted to play the cymbals. Well, you can't play the cymbals. Kim

the cymbals first. So this is the violin. You're supposed to play this

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

right? Go ahead.

Twinkle. Well, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

No, no. Listen, listen, listen.

Twinkle. Twinkle.

Come on. Come on. Here we go. Wait a minute.

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.

two, three.

Twinkle.

After dinner, I'm going to meet Minnie 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.

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

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

Oh, 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 psyche?

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.

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

with Billy shielding me with his raincoat.

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 raincoat.

He looked at me like I was...

You should have come to me for consultation.

That's right, Vanessa. The only charge is $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.

Get it!

Wow, Kenny, king of the blues. Come in.

Hi, Dr. Duxtable. How are you doing?

I'm glad you invited me.

Well, we had to invite you, man.

Shucks. Sit up here. We need that song flute, you know. Well, I do drive the

beat. Yes, you do. Come on, sit down.

Where's Rudy?

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

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. And Rudy's been playing that violin and

think she likes it.

That doesn't make any difference.

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

Rudy's got it bad for the symbol.

Hi, Kim.

Hi, Dr.

Huxtable. My parents wanted me to thank you.

Oh, thank me for what, dear? For having me.

Sit down. Hi, Kenny.

Leave me out of this.

Rudy, your friends are here.

Hi, Tim. Hi, Kenny.

Hi, Rudy.

Hi, Rudy.

Hi. I like your dress, Tim. 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 hope you get it, Dr. Exable. 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.

things, aren't you?

Yeah, I told you I'm good.

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

Showdowns at the hoedown.

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.

I'm ready to hear some music.

All right.

Come on, come on. We'll play for mom.

Sit down, hon.

Everybody, line up.

Here we are. Please, stand.

Lady!

We're going to rehearse our most difficult piece.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

May God have mercy on you.

for a studio audience.