All language subtitles for the_cosby_show_s01e20_back_to_the_track_jack

Three. One, two, three.

Okay, Rudy, your question is, who said,
I have not yet begun to fight?

Papa Smurf.

Rudy, you've answered every question,
Papa Smurf.

Is this wrong?

Of course it's wrong.

Papa Smurf never said, I have not yet
begun to fight.

Who did?

Clint Eastwood.

This game's too hard for me.

Possible resident.

Yeah, she is. Hold on for a second.

Vanessa, you have a phone call from a
boy.

A boy?

Has he got the right number?

It's probably just about some homework.

He doesn't have that homework sound.

Whoa.

I'll take you to the kitchen.

You guys hang up the second I get on.

Then listen. No.

Can I help you? Yeah, you're a little
combustible, all right.

Who? That's a name we used to call your
father way back in the old days. Your

father at home, I'm Ernie Scott.

Oh, yeah, hey.

He told us you were coming. Weren't you
Dad's old track coach at Hillman

College? Do I look like I could be your
father's old track coach?

Don't answer that.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I was his
assistant coach.

And I got all these stray hairs from
trying to drag your father to practice.

Okay, I'll go tell Daddy that you're
here. Thank you. You know, Dad has this

great picture of you when you're lifting
him up in the air after he won this big

race. I don't think I was lifting him up
in the air. I think I was just trying

to carry him back to the locker room
after he had collapsed on me. What

happened? Nothing, nothing. That's just
what he would usually do. After every

race, just collapse.

Stadium would be clearing out. He'd
still be lying there. Wait a minute. I

understand.

People would be walking by him and
nobody picked him up?

That's because he said, please, please.

don't touch me.

Well, they'd have to mold the grass
around them in the morning.

Vinnie!

You got the pepper? I got the pepper.

Hey, Cliff, our boy.

You got, oh, you got something else
here, too.

All right, come on, tell me what you've
been doing besides gaining weight.

The same belt size I had when I was in
college. Yeah, that's right.

You used to wear it a little different
place, though, didn't you?

You're looking at a man who changed my
entire life. Before I met this man, I

happy.

And then he made me run the 440.

Now, look here, Cliff. I've come by to
see you because, well, as you know, I go

to a lot of these Masters track meets.
What's that?

Track meets for people over 35 who still
want to compete.

Yeah, and at every one I go to, I see
all your old teammates.

There's Tommy Fields, there's Reggie
Struthers, Tucson Jackson.

Well, how are they doing? They're in
terrific condition. I mean, of course,

have to be, you know, when you're going
to compete at that level. I mean,

they're running against guys like Benny
Moore, like Whitfield, Sanford B,

Tailwind Turner.

Tailwind Turner. That's right.

He's still running? Yeah, that's right.

Who's Tailwind Turner?

The only man ever to beat your father.
Remember that?

Pin relays. Hillman College versus
Norton University. Battle of the two

Anchorman, Sanford B., Tailwind, Turner,
Heathcliff, Combustible, Huxtable.

Let me tell you something.

It came to the Anchorman, Tailwind, and
Dad.

I call myself Combustible because boom,
and I explode.

They had a 20 -yard lead.

Tailwind took off. I felt him.

I got the baton, and I took off. Now,
this is a pin relay. You got about 43

,000 people talking about war.

I got to hold back, you understand. I
can't listen to the crowd, so I'm

to myself.

I said, we use intelligence.

Stay loose, long, hard strides.

Pull out my fishing rod.

and put a hook dead in his back and
started to reel him in.

Started coming back to me. And I'm
staying smooth, bottom lip just

Came around the turn. Now I'm five yards
off of him, man. I said to myself,

combustible, bust him out.

And I'm up on his shoulder and I hear
the crowd say, whoa!

And I did a body check, and the body
said, go ahead.

The body said, go ahead. Said, if you
want him, go get him. And I said, look

out. And this man started to edge over.

In other words, he was pushing me.
Without touching me, he's pushing me.

me from lane two to lane six, almost up
in the stands. Now, wait a minute, wait

a minute. Turner said he never ran you
wide.

He's a liar.

It's been going on for 26 years.

Until finally, last week, it all came to
a head.

What do you mean, to a head?

I challenged him to a rematch. You did?
Yes, sir. Good, good, good.

Hillman versus Norton. Three weeks from
Saturday, it's going to take place at

the Masters meet at the Meadowlands.
Well, good. My family and I, we're going

get tickets and we're going to come out
and watch it.

out of shape. Dad, you're in good shape.
You jog a couple of times a week.

To jog is to go pit, pet, pit.

To run the 440 is to go fish, fish,
fish, fish.

How much did you weigh in college?

175. How much you weigh now?

175.

With your clothes off?

206.

And guess what?

What? Dad is running against Tailwind
Turner.

I never said I was running anything.

Tailwind Turner?

Yes. That tired little toad. Claire. Oh,
now, come on. If you know you wouldn't

have caught him that day, honey, you
should have seen your father.

He took off like a streak of lightning,
honey. He had on white shoes with red

shoelaces that I had bought him myself.

I was looking smooth, wasn't I, dear?
You were looking awesome.

Yes.

Only time I've ever...

This man run the last 100 yards of the
race without tying up. Coming around

curve. Smooth as whistle in the wind.
Little head turn.

He was overtaking me. He was getting
ready to pass him. And then this little

sneaky snake starts to edge over and
tries to push your father up to the top

the stand.

And he only beat me by half a step.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Turner has been
bragging for years.

that he'd beat you by a full ten yards.

No, he didn't say that. Yes, he did. No,
he didn't. He said he had already had

his sweatpants on and was eating himself
a hot dog by the time you staggered

across the medical aisle.

You know he wouldn't say that to my
face.

He said he would say that to your face.
He said the only problem is you probably

wouldn't recognize him because all
you've ever seen is the back of his

He said that?

That's what he said?

He said that, huh?

That's what he said.

Dad?

Yeah? Haven't we been doing this long
enough?

You cannot loosen up too long.

This is what you want to do.

Three 600s, four 300s. That's right.

Do me a favor. I want you to start out
with a 200.

You run a 200 like I showed you before.
Stay relaxed. Keep your elbows pumping,

lifting, running.

Stay loose. No problem. Over here. Here
we go.

Stay relaxed.

Don't get excited, right? That's it!

29 .8. That's okay.

That's great, isn't it? That's okay.

I'm going around twice.

I won't stop here. Twice.

Okay.

No,

you don't yell ready.

I'll let you know. When my arm drops,
then you hit the watch.

You're looking good.

You're looking good, Dad. Come on.
You're looking good. All right. Come on.

on, Dad.

Looking good, Dad. Come on. Looking
good. Looking good. Come on.

We didn't go.

Dad, what's the matter? You said you
were going to do two laps. You got a

lap to go. No, it's fine.

Fine, but look. I'm sorry. Look, you
said you were going to do three 600s and

four 300s. But we don't need to do those
today.

This is in case I wasn't in shape, and
I'm in shape now.

You want to see your time? No.

Let's go home.

Home?

How do you do? Please don't touch me.

You weren't out there very long.

I went out there.

I said I was going to run three 600s and
a couple of

400s. So I took off on a 400, which is
two laps around.

And the first lap, I stayed pretty
small.

But then I went behind the bleachers.

And the bear was waiting for me.

And the bear gave me a sofa and a
refrigerator and

wanted me to carry it for the rest of
the race.

I started hurting all over.

It started to get warm.

My lungs wanted oxygen.

I was trying to give them everything I
could take in.

And then my lungs got confused and
wanted to see what was happening.

And so they came out.

Oh, Cliff.

The first day is always the hardest. You
have to give yourself a chance.

Every person that Ernie has lined up is
in shape.

I'm not going out there and embarrass
myself.

Okay.

Claire. Yes?

Would you bring the shower down here?

Dr.

Huxtable here.

Is this Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable?

Yes, it is. Who's speaking?

This is Colonel Sanford B. Turner,
better known to you as Tailwind.

Yeah, Tailwind, how you doing?

on the coach of the track team here.

Oh, yeah?

Well, the rumor is that you and your old
cronies from Norton are looking for

some kind of rematch. That's right, and
I heard that you have a long, long way

to go to get the pepper.

Ha! Well, I got enough pepper to
sprinkle on your little head.

Carl, I'm the guy that gave you a full
-course cinder dinner some years ago.

Gave me a what?

You know, cinder dinner. You ate all the
cinders I kicked up in your face.

I guess what you're saying is, You want
to eat a little bit of something

yourself, huh?

I'll see you on the track, and if you
can't find your way there, I'll send a

for you.

Well, I think you better keep it,
because after the race, you'll need

to take you to the cemetery.

Elbows in.

Pump the arms.

Bring it around.

Here it comes.

All right.

Hit it.

Now keep your elbows in. Keep them in.
Keep them in. Keep them in. Come on,

that's it. Relax.

All right. No, no, no. Here, slap it in.
You got to slap it in. I'll hurt you.

No, no, don't. Just slap it in. Come on.

Dad?

Huh? Do I look... okay for Leon's
birthday party? Well, I mean, Leon is in

trouble.

Thank you.

I'm sorry I'm gonna miss your race. I'm
sorry I'm gonna miss Leon's birthday

party. Beautiful, Vanessa.

Thank you, Rudy.

Dad, could I talk to you for a minute?
Yeah, sure.

Privately. It's about boys.

Excuse me.

You could wave it to people who are
coming in later.

Dad, this is serious.

Okay. All right, now the slow record
comes on.

Baby, what?

Uh, Vanessa?

Hmm?

You don't mash your body.

You're not going to mash your body.

Now, step back 12 inches.

Thanks, Dad.

All right.

You got the pepper?

I got the pepper. All right.

Oh, good luck. Honey, we'll be right up
in the stands.

We'll be rooting for you, Daddy.

Okay, now, Ernie, I want you to make
sure that Cliff's red shoelaces are tied

tightly, that he's properly warmed, and
that he doesn't pull anything.

Do it to him, Dad.

Come on. I ask you, have you got the
pepper?

I've got the pepper. All right, come on.
We've got to go smoke now. Come on.

I hope he wins.

I hope he comes out of it alive.

great tonight.

Thank you. And I don't care what anybody
says, it was not a tie.

Beat that little weasel.

I think I beat him, too. And looked
good, didn't he? Did I look good? Oh,

were so cute in your little shorts and
muscles rippling.

Oh, my goodness, rippling.

Long, beautiful strides. Oh, yeah.

You know what else?

I really feel good. My stomach is
flattened out a little bit from those

workouts. It's really good for me.

Why don't you turn out the light?

I would,

but I'm so stiff I can't.

Because the show is taped in front of a
live studio audience.