Cosby Show Mysteries

Cliff's special roofie elixir

The later years of the show were more urban?

R1 for the win

[quote]Was it a black thing?

Paging Teacake...

They were urine samples. That controlling bitch Claire drug tested Vanessa, Theo and Denise weekly because she knew they were up to no good , and nothing exhilarated that cow more than verbally accosting her children for fuckups.

But those three figured a way around her-they paid Rudy $20 for each time she pissed in a jar for them.

Why does Theo's room have two beds in it? I guess you could say it was once shared by Sondra and Denise, but they really had that brown, rust colored style in a girls room? Where did Sondra and Elvin crash?

Also, for an upper middle-class family, they were awfully stingy with money. The episode where Claire was tearing the house apart for something like 17 cents was ridiculous. (Rudy wound up taking it) But the way they carried on, you would have thought Rudy had committed high end robbery.

Theo had a twin, r6, but he was banished from the house when that controlling bitch Claire found him performing “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” in front of a mirror in one of her dresses.

She dropped him in Harlem with $50 and a suitcase full of her old power suits. This lost Huxtable joined the House of LaBeija and can be seen demonstrating executive realness in Paris is Burning.

Yeah it always bothered me how cheap the dad was, and how they focused so many shows on money and material success.

Why they ain’t had no grape drank!?

Their dentist, Danny Kaye, recommended apple juice.

Can’t believe anyone watched that horrible show.

[quote] Can’t believe anyone watched that horrible show.

The Cosby Show was watched by almost everybody back then. You know what they say: If everybody else is weird, maybe it's actually only you who is weird.

[quote]The Cosby Show was watched by almost everybody back then.

It's true, it was a *phenomenally* popular show. It's hard to imagine today -- with so many other entertainment options available -- how much some network TV shows permeated popular culture.

I've said it here before, during my freshman year in college, e everybody in the dorm would jam into the TV room to watch Cosby. At home, my dad and little sister were watching it too, and so were my grandparents.

I think one appeal of the show was the chemistry between Cosby and Rashad, but also the writing of both their characters. They were both (super) successful in their careers and it didn't cause any friction. Cliff genuinely respected her, and Claire respected him. And the way they raised their children was actually quite admirable even today because they dared to raise the stakes and be demanding toward their kids. Those kids were not coddled.

Gynecological exams in the basement? Ewwwww…..

R15 Why? Where do YOU conduct them?

Your family didn't bottle and refrigerated their urine? I know mine did.

Controlling bitch Claire was more effective than that operatic asshole Ann Romano.

Claire raised college educated, “good” kids; Ann raised smack addicts and pole smokers.

The last 2 seasons definitely tried to be more urban.

Cousin Pam.

That hokey theme with the "fly" outfits and sidewalk chalk graphics.

Theo teaching inner city kids.

At least they didn't put a gold tooth on Dabnis Brickey!

Maybe the apple juice was supposed to be a stand-in for a 40oz Icehouse.

Dr. Huxtable to gyno patient: "Hop up in the DINGITY-DANG stirrups and have an apple juice. The GINGITY-GONG EXAMINATION will be over in no time!"

Lady patient 45 minutes later after she wakes up: "Why is my blouse on backwards?"

I never thought it weird that Cliff had an office in the basement. The doctor who lived next door to us growing up had the same.

Were everybody’s rooms supposed to be on the same floor? There are clearly three floors on the exterior - which is a building divided into apartments in reality.

R19 Its OE, fool.

The apple juice is just set decoration. The fridge isn't plugged in, and the toilets don't flush.

Okay R19 with the gold toothed Dabnis Brickey, I cannot breathe

I think I watched Cosby when I was in my 30s. I didn't know college kids were making time to watch it, it wouldn't have been the kind of show we would've watched in college (though we really didn't watch a lot of TV). A family show--that's a surprise. But it was extremely popular.