Claire has THE best lines out of everyone on the show 😂 “we planted roses, but we keep getting these WEEEEDS!” “Maybe you should go up to your room and cool off.” “Half dressed; flinging parts from one end to another” 😂😂😂😂
My favorite two lines, "We had planted roses, but we keep getting these WEEDS!" and "Sondra's in the wilderness, Denise is in the jungle, and she's (Vanessa's) in the locomotion YOU BETTUH TAKE THAT WAR PAINT OFF YO FACES!"
She used to always talk about the kids as if they were strangers lol. I remember that time she called them "you people" and "a bunch of useless children". This family was hilarious
They’re all over the country. It’s just that in the current cultural and economic reality, the pressures of being both a mother and a wage earner are virtually disregarded by the media and society in general. Most families are getting by with two income parents. Worse still is the harsh fact that far too many mothers, indeed fathers as well, who had careers before they had children now have jobs not in their chosen field, or if still in that field, much lower on the scale with little hope for steady advancement. This is especially true for mothers. The harsher reality is that the mother never had a career but rather an underpaid job which will not be waiting for her return, or if it is, the wages will not pay enough for child care. The single most undervalued job is the so called Stay At Home Mom. Our society condemns her and ignores her. And she can count on being told, “Well, you don’t work, so, you know...” until she’s automatically fired when her kids leave home. After that she hears, “Well, you never had a real job, so...” for the rest of her life. No SSI for mommy. Unless her husband, the love of her life, father of her young adult children, dies too soon. Thanks to the system, she’s left entirely on her own. On the positive side, countless fathers share equally in the household work on all levels. This is its own reward for the whole family in so many ways. The greatest reward is that both parents do play with their kids; they are friends with them. They communicate with them, do silly things things together, have fun as a unit as well as individually while guiding their kids towards self discipline at each stage of age group. Laughter and authority are not mutually exclusive. Fewer material isolating latest advertised must have junk purchases is more than compensated for with time spent helping in the garden, the kitchen, cleaning up, reading, storytelling, running around, going places, meeting other kids in playgrounds and parks, discovery, discourse. And dealing with normal childhood meltdowns and disobedience is handled at once fairly but firmly for the child’s age. Parenting is never easy under the best circumstances. It’s an exhausting constant mind bending ever changing improvisational challenge. But, oh, what a joy if you like kids. Broken bones will heal. Worry and frustration will become your unwanted companions. Anger will rear up in you. Mistakes and missteps will haunt you. Failures will wound you. And yet, above all else, love will strengthen you, soothe you, save you. In this era of social media, selfie obsessed, ranting tweets, mandatory hot sex scenes in movies and tv series, texting instead of talking, haters and trollers, political vs religion vs science fighting, a fearful shrinking middle class, unreality tv and all the rest of the mess with which we daily contend, we are losing sight of that single most precious gift of human nature. Our need to touch and to be touched. All mothers need to hold our babies. All mothers need to protect our children. All mothers came into this world from a mother. All women are mothers whether we choose to have children or not. All fathers need to hold and protect their children. All fathers came into this world from a mother who made love with a father. All men are fathers whether they choose to have children or not. And we are all children. We are children who need to be held and protected and wanted. We need to touch. Humans need human touch. Humans need love. We need to give love and we need to feel love. This is our very essence. Love. Peace
“I’m not your mother but I feel safe speaking for them!!” We need parents in 2018 like that! I remember my neighbors use to speak for my parents when i was younger.... love it
Yeah! I definitely feel the same way about them! You are right. They portrayed strong black women. They portrayed excellent role models back in the day. I'm not American but we were all impacted by such good TV characters ! 👍👍👍👍👍
As long as we have trashy shows such a P Valley, 16 and Pregnant, Desperate Housewives of wherever they decided to land, so forth and so on don't expect it!
Rashad, at her best, was BRILLIANT on this show -- definitely award-caliber work. Her sister, Debbie Allen, may be the dancer of the family, but Rashad is, without a doubt, the actress.
Oh, really? Yeah. Allen guest starred on one episode of The Cosby Show as a zealous and opinionated aerobics instructor to Claire when she was trying to lose a few pounds (maybe you've seen it). Rashad, was also billed as "Phylicia Ayers-Allen" on the credits for the first season or two until she married Ahmad Rashad.
Actually, this reminds me of my classmates in 5th grade. They entered the talent show, danced in the fashion of Vanessa and her friends, and what song did they dance to? Supersonic. When the show ended and we went back to our classroom, the teacher was not pleased and had a talk with the girls in front of the entire class. She wasn't as theatrical as Claire Huxtable (though looking back, she should've been), but she gave them a piece of her mind when it came to their performance.
I’m 51. It seems some still have respect for themselves and their elders. You wouldn’t even curse in front of your parents. Respecting yourself and your elders seems to be a thing of the past. We have become the land of🐒 see, 🐒do. It’s all about twerking and showing as much skin as possible. The women that make all the videos showing their ASSets would be the same ones being offended if men cat-called at em. How do you expect to be respected when you’re not presenting yourself respectfully. They leave nothing to the imagination.🙄
They are the ypical teenagers who want to grow up too fast and show the world they have what it takes even though they don't know really what that is...🤨🤔
+Andrew Wilson Lots of people smile when they're angry. My co-worker was smiling when we gave him a bunch of leftover cigarettes he didn't need, and he about a year later confessed he was actually pissed off when we did that. In hindsight, his smile did look fake... ;)
There was a woman JUST like Claire that used to live across from me and I can’t even begin to count the number of late nights we used to talk about why this generation is turning out the way it is and why we both loathe it
this is how you raise your kids. no hitting, no disrespect, no name calling. just straight up, THAT BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE!! It worked with me. my son is now 20, graduating from a prestigious university, landed an internship with the top accounting firm and most importantly, has always been respectful and carried himself with self respect. I whooped my son's ass with the belt when he was three. I didn't regret it but I swore to myself I'd never do it again to discipline him. I talked to him, treated him with respect, demanded the same in return. I made it clear what behavior was unacceptable and never gave him a pass. I'd get on his ass and call him out on his bullshit. now that he's a man, he thanks me for raising him the way I did. and trust me, I'm crazy lol. major trauma and fuck ups in life but that taught me how to raise him. I wanted better for him than what I had and who I was. he's seen that side of me and knows better than to cross me. he never gave me attitude. Once, when he was 10, he sucked his teeth at me. Let's just say he never did it again. I snatched him up by his collar and asked him if he really wanted to go there. his eyes popped open, he said no and to this day, he hasn't even talked back or given me attitude. I've been his greatest influence because he was my greatest priority. every day, I tell him a few times how much I love him and how proud of him I am. I uplift him. I didn't have that growing up. not my son. I was going to give him all the love, support and encouragement I never had. I've been his biggest cheerleader. I'm not here to break him down. the rest of the world will try to do that. I'm here to guide him, teach him and support him through everything. he's given me more than I've given him. he saved my life and gave it meaning. invest in your kids. fuck everybody else. they're a part of you. no matter the struggle. it's been hard but so worth it. (sorry for the novel. I was inspired lol)
Evette Rodriguez God has got to bless good mothers like you every second of the day. you don't know how refreshing it is to read a message like that nowadays because it's the absolute truth. Keep up the good work; because of you, a young lady will know a love like no other in your son. God bless you, your son, and your whole family. Stay anointed my sister.
Bravo Evette. Your son is 20. You have NO IDEA the dividends that your encouragement and support will pay:). At age 30 and 40 and 50 also. Your son is lucky. And the community is lucky too.
She only got a 1400 score on her college entrance test (the SATs), and Claire considered that score to be low. She was saying Vanessa should have been more concerned with her studies. As for the "I've got your locomotion down here", that's more of a slang colloquialism
"The only part of clothing that you will be allowed to stuff things into will be your pockets." LOL I love Mrs. Huxtable. "Sondra's in the jungle, Denise is in the wilderness, and she's on the locomotion?!" "Learning your ABCs, Miss 1400 on the SATs?! I've got your locomotion down here in the living room with a science book!"
I just love and adore Clair!! She is the best mother! She loved her kids and their friends dearly but also cared about them and was not afraid to correct them when necessary. Piss her off and you had hell to pay!! Phylicia Rashad should have won an Emmy for that performance! Cliff and Clair Huxtable are THE MOST caring, loving and responsible parents in the history of television. They let their children each be their own person but also had good rules and norms and expected them to adhere to them! The Cosby Show rocks!!
In the show I've always felt it was Claire the Ultimate boss and the stricter one, she can be loving, charming but the moment you mess up you are dead 😂
Cliff was looking away like "This is NOT MY daughter coming down the steps looking like this! NO daughter of MINE is doing this!! Not in MY HOUSE you don't!!!" A classic scene!!
There are several episodes when Clair gets upset at Vanessa and raises her voice at her. For wearing makeup, here doing the locomotion, lying to them so she goes on a date with her boyfriend Jeremy, getting drunk, and of course, going to Baltimore, MD to see the wretched. But here, she not only gets mad at Vanessa, she gets upset at her friends Janet and Kara too. She tells them that even though she's not their mother, she knows she speaks for them, since they're are not appropriately dressed. She knows their mothers would've reacted the same way.
Today's kids need more parents like Claire Hustable. My mom (and dad) were like this too and we didn't get away with anything, but many decades later I can't thank them enough for being strong parents who handed out discipline and taught us responsibility, the importance of hard work and accountability. That is totally lacking among today's youth. Sad.
I always thought that Claire was overreaching when she envisioned Vanessa saying,"Hi, Mom, Babe, let's do lunch!" As if Vanessa would ever call Claire , her MOTHER, Babe like some sleazy Hollywood Producer! 🥴
I know this just a show but we still need parents like this today most parents nowadays let their kids get away with damn near everything it's not right at all
Yes. She was a true parent. Parents these days are too busy trying to be their children's friends instead of parents. That's what is wrong with the State of the World now.
Mothers like this still very much exist. Its just that real parents are too busy actually parenting to report their every move on social media etc. Please don't think these parents are extinct, the media just prefers to glorify the negative stereotypes
The mothers of today are trying hard to be young and stupid and making their daughters their best friend. My mother was that mom and she never let me believe I was at her level. End-result, I became a very productive man, retired at 55, married for 34 years and counting and have a beautiful daughter with two grandkids.
"Go covers yourselves immediately" would be hating on a young girl today (Cardi bs, Megan, and the nickis of the world🌎). They have no idea what this kind of Iove ❤ and stability from a parent feels like!
Sandra’s in the wilderness, Denise is in the jungle and Vanessa’s on the locomotion 🤣
that was priceless
Theo was smart to not doing something stupid that season.
@@JoeyLamontagnetheo took a break after being stupid seasons 1 through 4 😂
And Rudy's cooling off 😂🤣
And Theo was supposed to be the bad one.
Vanessa tried Claire’s patience that entire season. The boiling point was the Wretched.
Where she had BIG FUN!
These kids need to learn not to pissed off clair huxtable cuz she don't play 😏😂🤣
Now a days you get csb called for taking a cell phone away
Man..and then the Dabnis stuff smh lol Nessa was trippin 🤣
Wretched was 2 years later.
"And don't put those tissues back in the box" HILARIOUS TO ME!!! LOL
Claire has THE best lines out of everyone on the show 😂 “we planted roses, but we keep getting these WEEEEDS!” “Maybe you should go up to your room and cool off.” “Half dressed; flinging parts from one end to another” 😂😂😂😂
Claire's rants were always classic, especially when Vanessa was the culprit! 😂😂😂😂😂
My favorite two lines, "We had planted roses, but we keep getting these WEEDS!" and "Sondra's in the wilderness, Denise is in the jungle, and she's (Vanessa's) in the locomotion YOU BETTUH TAKE THAT WAR PAINT OFF YO FACES!"
indigothecat LMAO!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭
indigothecat 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂
indigothecat Mrs. Huxtable was a good woman.
She used to always talk about the kids as if they were strangers lol. I remember that time she called them "you people" and "a bunch of useless children". This family was hilarious
She is one of the most beautiful women that ever graced television.
I never appreciated when I was young how stunning Phylicia was (and still is)
She's a national treasure!
Period
G nozza...I agree, she's in her early 70's now & she's still beautiful!!!
Absolutely
Cliff's reaction during the entire performance! I love how Clair was doing an all out rant afterwards and Cliff couldn't get a word edgewise 😂😂😂
"We have planted roses, but we keep getting these weeds!" Lol! 😆
Where are the mothers like this now
JESSICA good question,. Great question...
Girl, I'm right here. Many of them are too busy trying to be friends with their children instead of their mom.
They’re all over the country. It’s just that in the current cultural and economic reality, the pressures of being both a mother and a wage earner are virtually disregarded by the media and society in general. Most families are getting by with two income parents. Worse still is the harsh fact that far too many mothers, indeed fathers as well, who had careers before they had children now have jobs not in their chosen field, or if still in that field, much lower on the scale with little hope for steady advancement. This is especially true for mothers. The harsher reality is that the mother never had a career but rather an underpaid job which will not be waiting for her return, or if it is, the wages will not pay enough for child care. The single most undervalued job is the so called Stay At Home Mom. Our society condemns her and ignores her. And she can count on being told, “Well, you don’t work, so, you know...” until she’s automatically fired when her kids leave home. After that she hears, “Well, you never had a real job, so...” for the rest of her life. No SSI for mommy. Unless her husband, the love of her life, father of her young adult children, dies too soon. Thanks to the system, she’s left entirely on her own.
On the positive side, countless fathers share equally in the household work on all levels. This is its own reward for the whole family in so many ways. The greatest reward is that both parents do play with their kids; they are friends with them. They communicate with them, do silly things things together, have fun as a unit as well as individually while guiding their kids towards self discipline at each stage of age group. Laughter and authority are not mutually exclusive. Fewer material isolating latest advertised must have junk purchases is more than compensated for with time spent helping in the garden, the kitchen, cleaning up, reading, storytelling, running around, going places, meeting other kids in playgrounds and parks, discovery, discourse. And dealing with normal childhood meltdowns and disobedience is handled at once fairly but firmly for the child’s age.
Parenting is never easy under the best circumstances. It’s an exhausting constant mind bending ever changing improvisational challenge. But, oh, what a joy if you like kids. Broken bones will heal. Worry and frustration will become your unwanted companions. Anger will rear up in you. Mistakes and missteps will haunt you. Failures will wound you. And yet, above all else, love will strengthen you, soothe you, save you.
In this era of social media, selfie obsessed, ranting tweets, mandatory hot sex scenes in movies and tv series, texting instead of talking, haters and trollers, political vs religion vs science fighting, a fearful shrinking middle class, unreality tv and all the rest of the mess with which we daily contend, we are losing sight of that single most precious gift of human nature. Our need to touch and to be touched. All mothers need to hold our babies. All mothers need to protect our children. All mothers came into this world from a mother. All women are mothers whether we choose to have children or not. All fathers need to hold and protect their children. All fathers came into this world from a mother who made love with a father. All men are fathers whether they choose to have children or not. And we are all children. We are children who need to be held and protected and wanted. We need to touch. Humans need human touch. Humans need love. We need to give love and we need to feel love. This is our very essence. Love. Peace
JESSICA right here. My daughter (17) was just telling a parent that I’d lay her straight out for acting like this. Glad she recognizes
Ahh🙋🏾♀️right here.
Lmao clair's face expression.😂😂😂
Rudy I thought they were hot
Clair- maybe you should go in your room and cool off. Lmao
weak#
lia smith OK
*Rudy’s voice* Awwwww mannnn (lol)
Kesandra Williamson 😂😂😂
Kesandra Williamson that part when she said that to Rudy is funny
Vanessa was always doing something. Her and Theo, lol.
Don't forget Denise. And remember when Rudy snuck out to go to a club a 13
Always lmao
Theo was mild compared to everyone else and luckily the show was (unfortunately) over before Rudy could do stunts like this!
Ya but theo learned his lessons right away vanessa not so much
Theo wasn’t that bad
“I’m not your mother but I feel safe speaking for them!!” We need parents in 2018 like that! I remember my neighbors use to speak for my parents when i was younger.... love it
The reaction on Claire's face is timeless! She's like no daughter of mine is gonna leave the house looking like this.
I would have been PISSED too if my Teenage Daughter were dressed in skimpy clothing and dancing suggestively! 🤬😡
Clair Huxtable, the OG Harriette Winslow, the OG Aunt Viv these are the mothers you didn’t want to mess with love them all
Let’s not forget Florida Evans, Mrs Thomas and Mary Jenkins
Yeah! I definitely feel the same way about them! You are right. They portrayed strong black women. They portrayed excellent role models back in the day. I'm not American but we were all impacted by such good TV characters ! 👍👍👍👍👍
We need more mothers like Clair.
Agreed. I've seen that where I grew up.
Chosen TinyT right. Clair is just like my aunt Rosie
I know that's right!
As long as we have trashy shows such a P Valley, 16 and Pregnant, Desperate Housewives of wherever they decided to land, so forth and so on don't expect it!
Pick a note
when Claire goes off, Cliff can’t ever get a word in 😂😂😩😩
Flinging parts from one end to the other 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Vanessa was the most realistic child of the huxtables. I loved it
Yes ma'am!!! Vanessa was their trouble child. She was the rebellious one. I loved it also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@yuwonder80 but she was also the smartest
@@RhiannaBarr The reason why she was the most rebellious one.
Middle child syndrome big time
Sondra was the imaginary child :v she never existed then all of a sudden she appeared
The lines is one thing but the delivery is what makes it gold.
Claire Huxtable omg genius
“Are my eyes deceiving me, or are you all swollen in places where you weren’t swollen before?” Dead 😂
1:17
😄😄😄😄
1:17
Thank you... because I definitely detect some growth!
And Claire takes off straight to Vanessa 😂😂😂😂
Clair went and snatched that false grownups pride right in front of friends...oooowee
Claire was classy and wholesome 💕
Rashad, at her best, was BRILLIANT on this show -- definitely award-caliber work. Her sister, Debbie Allen, may be the dancer of the family, but Rashad is, without a doubt, the actress.
Well said
Oh, really? Yeah. Allen guest starred on one episode of The Cosby Show as a zealous and opinionated aerobics instructor to Claire when she was trying to lose a few pounds (maybe you've seen it). Rashad, was also billed as "Phylicia Ayers-Allen" on the credits for the first season or two until she married Ahmad Rashad.
+Eliza M. Same!
Love Animals Fame!!
Love Animals Debbie is a great actress too so hush
Ain't no way in HELL I'd let my parents see me in an outfit like that, not when I was a teenager and not now and I'm 41!
avonee1976 omg same lol
Actually, this reminds me of my classmates in 5th grade. They entered the talent show, danced in the fashion of Vanessa and her friends, and what song did they dance to? Supersonic. When the show ended and we went back to our classroom, the teacher was not pleased and had a talk with the girls in front of the entire class. She wasn't as theatrical as Claire Huxtable (though looking back, she should've been), but she gave them a piece of her mind when it came to their performance.
Im the same way and Im 27. I have a baby and still hope they don't know how she got here Lmbo.
I’m 51. It seems some still have respect for themselves and their elders. You wouldn’t even curse in front of your parents. Respecting yourself and your elders seems to be a thing of the past. We have become the land of🐒 see, 🐒do. It’s all about twerking and showing as much skin as possible. The women that make all the videos showing their ASSets would be the same ones being offended if men cat-called at em. How do you expect to be respected when you’re not presenting yourself respectfully. They leave nothing to the imagination.🙄
@@Sugastack look a Sheena Easton and Appolonia 6. Even nasty girl, which was for the night show, was not as bad as today
And don’t put those tissues back in the box 😂😂😂😂😂
Paige Marshall Right, 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I came across this comment soon as he said it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's April 2020. We are in a Global tissue shortage. You better use that tissue.
"Miss 1400 on the SATs, I got your locomotion down here in the living room, with a science book!!!" That line still makes me laugh!
I JUST LOVE CLAIR!!!!!!!!!! THE BEST MOTHER IN TV HISTORY!!!
JENNIFER LEWIS IS THE MOVIE MOTHER!!!!!!
THE GRINCH
Except for Jennifer Lewis's role as Tina Turner's mother
☹😠😡
THE GRINCH ABSOLUTELY. She slays every role she plays. She's a true thespian and actress! I truly love Phylicia Rashad.
Angela Bassett too
Also the original Aunt Viv
THE GRINCH naw Jennifer Lewis is the best AUNT IN THE HISTORY
RUDY: "I thought they were hot!'
CLAIRE: "Maybe you should go up to your room and cool off."
Vashti Fowler "Oh man..."
"We have planted roses, but we keep getting these WEEDS!" that's a great way to describe her children in this show hahahaha
Cliff couldn’t get a word in. Claire was snapping. I’ll not have it! 🤣😂😂😂
Ik right lmao
😂
“Ms. 1400 on the SAT’s I got your local motion down here with a science book” 📚 they don’t make mothers like Mrs. Huxtable anymore
And here i am thinking 1400 was good lol
That's the line that took me ALL THE WAY OUT!!!!!!!😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂
@@ChrisSandford182 A 1400 is good the highest you can get on the SAT’s is 1600
Getting a 1000 on the SAT is the normal score for sure
Sad thing about this is that the outfits these days make them look like their wearing nuns gowns lol
They are called Habits.
They are the ypical teenagers who want to grow up too fast and show the world they have what it takes even though they don't know really what that is...🤨🤔
I try to make sure my nieice isn't exposed to mature content at 13.
Phylicia looked like she was about to laugh after she pulled the tissue out, lol!
Monet I. She tried to look ANGRY. :)
+Alex Jackson Vanessa's friend laughed tho lol
Monet I. Yeah they all almost broke there
How can you smile when you're angry?
+Andrew Wilson Lots of people smile when they're angry. My co-worker was smiling when we gave him a bunch of leftover cigarettes he didn't need, and he about a year later confessed he was actually pissed off when we did that. In hindsight, his smile did look fake... ;)
Don't put those tissues back in the box
Korsi Fenison debratimm pat mom yes 2pm 7pm love 3pm 5PM 8pm yes 0GMBC yes pat 6pn 7pm love yes pat mom yes 2pm 4pm 3pm 7pm love k0 8pm yes 3pm 6pn 1pm 7pm love k0
Korsi Fenison LMAO!!!
Korsi Fenison I love it when Clair goes off. And so is Cliff
Korsi Fenison Yes, because that's where he keeps his Quaaludes
Mark Mullins Bahahahaha
Yessss, Mrs. Huxtable, tell it!!!
Monica Dillard she wasn't having that at all
Monica Dillard I don't blame her
Imagine what she'd be saying to today's generation of dancing.
Monica Dillard. Monica Dillard.
Jayson Crady right these fools these days come out half naked and only know how to twerk that a
"We keep planting these roses but we keep getting these weeds." Great writing.
Still one of my favorite shows. I watch the reruns every Saturday. I always wanted a family like this 😍
Tamra Hodges you can have your own version of this family, or this show... Shape your own style, based on what you like about this show... 😃.
YAAAAAAAASSSSSS
THANK GOD FOR RUclips!!!!
RUclips allows the classics to live on.
Days where parents used to tell daughters to cover themselves, RESPECT!!
And the neighbors kids as well
Absolutely!
These days… moms take their daughters for their first sew in… at 12
@@Lep161DAMN! 🤦🏾♂️😔😔
When she yanked that tissue out of Vanessa’s top I collapsed laughing. 😂
So did she 😂😅😊😊😊 lmaoo
I feel like she is the most underrated television mother of all time.
I seriously doubt that. Harriet Winslow from family matters maybe
She always had the best soap box speeches! "Let the record show..." 😂
Lmbo! That's one of my favorite lines coming from Claire, and the record definitely showed too!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So many young girls in the black community need a mother like Claire these days.
The mothers of many of them are just like their fast, out of control daughters. Welcome to today's Black America, 2023 style.
False. Fools just watch a RUclips video and then make dumb claims about the black community. sad.
They need fathers even more.
There was a woman JUST like Claire that used to live across from me and I can’t even begin to count the number of late nights we used to talk about why this generation is turning out the way it is and why we both loathe it
Their reaction is priceless!
this is how you raise your kids. no hitting, no disrespect, no name calling. just straight up, THAT BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE!! It worked with me. my son is now 20, graduating from a prestigious university, landed an internship with the top accounting firm and most importantly, has always been respectful and carried himself with self respect. I whooped my son's ass with the belt when he was three. I didn't regret it but I swore to myself I'd never do it again to discipline him. I talked to him, treated him with respect, demanded the same in return. I made it clear what behavior was unacceptable and never gave him a pass. I'd get on his ass and call him out on his bullshit. now that he's a man, he thanks me for raising him the way I did. and trust me, I'm crazy lol. major trauma and fuck ups in life but that taught me how to raise him. I wanted better for him than what I had and who I was. he's seen that side of me and knows better than to cross me. he never gave me attitude. Once, when he was 10, he sucked his teeth at me. Let's just say he never did it again. I snatched him up by his collar and asked him if he really wanted to go there. his eyes popped open, he said no and to this day, he hasn't even talked back or given me attitude. I've been his greatest influence because he was my greatest priority. every day, I tell him a few times how much I love him and how proud of him I am. I uplift him. I didn't have that growing up. not my son. I was going to give him all the love, support and encouragement I never had. I've been his biggest cheerleader. I'm not here to break him down. the rest of the world will try to do that. I'm here to guide him, teach him and support him through everything. he's given me more than I've given him. he saved my life and gave it meaning. invest in your kids. fuck everybody else. they're a part of you. no matter the struggle. it's been hard but so worth it. (sorry for the novel. I was inspired lol)
Evette Rodriguez God has got to bless good mothers like you every second of the day. you don't know how refreshing it is to read a message like that nowadays because it's the absolute truth. Keep up the good work; because of you, a young lady will know a love like no other in your son. God bless you, your son, and your whole family. Stay anointed my sister.
Evette Rodriguez I wish you were my stepmum...
Bravo Evette. Your son is 20. You have NO IDEA the dividends that your encouragement and support will pay:). At age 30 and 40 and 50 also. Your son is lucky. And the community is lucky too.
Evette Rodriguez 👏👏👏👏👏 Alright now!!! That's how it supposed to be! Give love and teach respect and reap the benefits in the years to come. Love it!
Evette Rodriguez where was his father !
Claire don't play
Sondra is the wilderness, Denise is in the jungle, and Vanessa’s on the locomotion. Lmfaooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Auntie was over it hunny 😂😂
Claire was so classy and real as mother.
I can't believe Vanessa felt comfortable doing all that in front of her dad.
I’m 36 and I don’t even feel comfortable wearing a bikini around my father.
....😳 i wanna be like Claire when i get older....SO BAD 😣
You can.
Me, too!
Ms 1400 on your s.a.t.s I got your locomotion down here!
2714shaun ...with a science book!!!😂😂😂 tell her Clair!
2714shaun What does that mean?
itsjemmabond that was one of Clair's lines 😂
5threat Yes, I know. But I'm British, and I've never heard that here before.
She only got a 1400 score on her college entrance test (the SATs), and Claire considered that score to be low. She was saying Vanessa should have been more concerned with her studies. As for the "I've got your locomotion down here", that's more of a slang colloquialism
Don’t put those tissues back in the box!! Gets me every time! 😂
Yes ! Best line of the scene
Denise is in the jungle and Vanessa is on the locomotion...lol!
DON'T FORGET SANDRA IN THE WILDERNESS!!
wizarmatic At least Sandra was in college.
Dr. Huxable's facial expressions are hilarious 💀
will always and forever always love this show!
Jumping around like they just jumped off the hot seat🤣🤣🤣
Cliff at 1:59 ....... When he yells "and don't put those tissues back in the box!!!" And the face he makes afterwards.....Straight SAVAGE!!!
"The only part of clothing that you will be allowed to stuff things into will be your pockets." LOL I love Mrs. Huxtable. "Sondra's in the jungle, Denise is in the wilderness, and she's on the locomotion?!" "Learning your ABCs, Miss 1400 on the SATs?! I've got your locomotion down here in the living room with a science book!"
I just love and adore Clair!! She is the best mother! She loved her kids and their friends dearly but also cared about them and was not afraid to correct them when necessary. Piss her off and you had hell to pay!! Phylicia Rashad should have won an Emmy for that performance! Cliff and Clair Huxtable are THE MOST caring, loving and responsible parents in the history of television. They let their children each be their own person but also had good rules and norms and expected them to adhere to them! The Cosby Show rocks!!
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Ngghh
She got nominated for an Emmy but never won. I don’t care who Phylicia was up against, but she got robbed. She DEFINITELY an Emmy or 2!
Yesss indeed...i do it myself...to kids n their friends...annn they looove me...#my mama did the same thing tooo...#ah village...
In the show I've always felt it was Claire the Ultimate boss and the stricter one, she can be loving, charming but the moment you mess up you are dead 😂
Lawd Vanessa always tried Clair!
Cliff looked away quick LOL
turbo 6 he was like lord my daughter and her friends are thots lol
He should’ve did that in his real life.
Cliff was looking away like "This is NOT MY daughter coming down the steps looking like this! NO daughter of MINE is doing this!! Not in MY HOUSE you don't!!!" A classic scene!!
There are several episodes when Clair gets upset at Vanessa and raises her voice at her. For wearing makeup, here doing the locomotion, lying to them so she goes on a date with her boyfriend Jeremy, getting drunk, and of course, going to Baltimore, MD to see the wretched.
But here, she not only gets mad at Vanessa, she gets upset at her friends Janet and Kara too. She tells them that even though she's not their mother, she knows she speaks for them, since they're are not appropriately dressed. She knows their mothers would've reacted the same way.
Today's kids need more parents like Claire Hustable. My mom (and dad) were like this too and we didn't get away with anything, but many decades later I can't thank them enough for being strong parents who handed out discipline and taught us responsibility, the importance of hard work and accountability. That is totally lacking among today's youth. Sad.
"Hi mom, babe. Let's do lunch"
"I'LL NOT HAVE IT!!!"
I always thought that Claire was overreaching when she envisioned Vanessa saying,"Hi, Mom, Babe, let's do lunch!" As if Vanessa would ever call Claire , her MOTHER, Babe like some sleazy Hollywood Producer! 🥴
@karicewillis lol that's how she landed that roll. She filled it so well
The look on Clair’s face was priceless 😭😭😭😭
"Sondra is in the wilderness, Denise is in the jungle, and she's on the lococomotion?" favorite line
Claire almost broke character at 1:31
@TeenMomTo baby.J almost smiled
Clair is one of the most beautiful women that I’ve ever seen 😍😍. She’s so elegant.
Girl in the middle wanted to laugh when Claire snatched the tissue out of Vanessa's top. 😂😂
And don’t put those tissues back in the box!! 😭😂😂😂😂😭
Well its April 2020 and we are in a World tissue shortage. She betta use that tissue.
"We been planting roses but we keep getting these weeds" LMAO
I know this just a show but we still need parents like this today most parents nowadays let their kids get away with damn near everything it's not right at all
Yes.
She was a true parent. Parents these days are too busy trying to be their children's friends instead of parents. That's what is wrong with the State of the World now.
The way Claire snatched the tissues out of Vanessa’s bra I died 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Back in 1989 when I saw this, that surprised the heck outta me.
Times have truly changed! Those outfits are regular everyday clothes in 2017
"Hi mom, babe. Let's do lunch!" LMAOOOO!
Mothers like this still very much exist. Its just that real parents are too busy actually parenting to report their every move on social media etc. Please don't think these parents are extinct, the media just prefers to glorify the negative stereotypes
CLIFF’S FACEEEE right before Claire turns the radio off is EVERYTHING 😂😂😂😂
Vanessa was just different from the other kids. She was bold asf and tried it even when she couldn't. Savage😂 Claire is so cute when she's mad💖
Flinging parts from one end to the other 😂😂😂😂😂😂
one of my favorite episode🤣🤣🤣
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I wish there were more mothers like Claire who lay down the law like she does with their kids! Hooray, Mrs. Huxtable! 🤗
“Don’t put those tissues back in the box!” 😂😂😂😂😂
00:29 their faces lol!
We need more parents like that these days!!!!!
Cliff looking off into space at :40.
#DEAD
Mo To plus he was thoroughly disgusted. Lol
Oh yes, Classic Clair! My favorite, though, is "...you can take whatever is in that account and DISCOVER America."
00:07 had me dying 😂😂
"I'm not having it!" She was NOT PLAYING.
Claire the.best.tv.mom.ever
The mothers of today are trying hard to be young and stupid and making their daughters their best friend. My mother was that mom and she never let me believe I was at her level. End-result, I became a very productive man, retired at 55, married for 34 years and counting and have a beautiful daughter with two grandkids.
I remember this like yesterday....😂😂😂😂😂.
So do I. It was so hilarious, yet so true because I've lived it to some degree.
CLAIR REMINDS ME OF THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY LMAO CRAZY, SEXY AND FUNNY AND I AM TOO 😁
*"AND DON'T PUT THOSE TISSUES BACK IN THE BOX!"*
This reminds me of 'The Cover Girls', 'The Bangles' or the group 'Expose'
" And Don't Put Those Tissues Back In The Box Either!! " That Still Gets Me. L😂L!
We need MORE PARENTING like this, because now I really not sure what some of today's parents are doing!!!
"Flinging parts from one end to the other"🤣🤣🤣
Claire looks so pretty in this scene
I love RUclips. I remembered seeing this as a kid and specifically looked for it here at the age of 50 and found it.
"Go covers yourselves immediately" would be hating on a young girl today (Cardi bs, Megan, and the nickis of the world🌎).
They have no idea what this kind of Iove ❤ and stability from a parent feels like!