The Cosby Show (TV Series)

Jitterbug Break (1985)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner: Theo Huxtable

Quotes 

• [Cliff picks up something strange from Theo's desk and stares at it] 

  Theo : I don't know what it is Dad, but I can't throw it away until I find out.

• [Denise asks Theo if she can borrow some money for a concert] 

  Theo : Hey, if Dad lets you go, I'll give you five hundred dollars.

  Denise : You don't have five hundred dollars!

  Theo : Do I look worried?

• Denise : [the family has been trying unsuccessfully to get Rudy to eat her brussel sprouts the entire episode]  Theo, could you help me move some furniture?

  Theo : What for?

  Denise : My friends and I wanna dance.

  Rudy Huxtable : Oh boy, can I watch?

  Denise : Only if you eat your brussel sprouts.

  [Rudy shoves her remaining three into her mouth] 

• Cliff : Mrs. Davis cannot babysit tonight. Your sister has plans. So you're next in line.

  Theo : Me?

  Cliff : Yes, congratulations.

  Theo : Dad, I can't.

  Cliff : Why?

  Theo : It's a girl's job.

  Cliff : It's a girl's job?

  Theo : Hey, nobody ever asked Denise to shovel the sidewalk.

  Cliff : Good point.

  Theo : So I'm off the hook?

  Cliff : No, but the next snowstorm, Denise is shoveling.