Economic classes needs to teach people the way Cliff taught Theo in this scene. This scene is priceless. Hard to believe that this was 1984. In spite of what has happened to Bill Cosby, I still love the Cosby Show. Still one of the greatest shows ever on television.
@@deanfarr3249 Cliff: "You planning on having a girlfriend." Theo:"Yes but she is living with her parents" Cliff: "You also plan on getting married, right? Theo: "Of course." Cliff: Reaches to grab the 200$ left Cliff: "Regular people, uh" Theo: glances away thinking to himself, fuck, im broke
In 4 minutes they were able to capture the essence of how life is for most "regular people" that aren't a politician, or celebrity. The show reached all nationalities, races etc etc in viewers.
I love the way Bill Cosby handled the situation. instead of doing what some parents do, yelling at your children about bad grades he sat down and gave his son a really good life lesson. very creative.
@@Capcoor I clicked on this thread to say something similar about Theo being only a 13 or 14 year old kid. Of course he wouldn't know about all the bills and essentials adults face. 😏
One of my favorite scenes on TV. Also the one where Theo wants to get the $90 shirt. 😂 I really hate how the Cosby scandal has tainted the show, can't even talk about this amazing show anymore without someone bringing it up and trying to ruin the love I have for this show.
Vince McMahon said that to his son Shane during one of their occasional dust ups, too. He didn't acknowledge Cosby by name, but the audience knew whom he was quoting.
This is the Bill Cosby that I still miss. Growing up in the 80s, next to James Avery (RIP), and John Amos, Mr. Cosby was the father that any kid would love to have. Despite the trouble he has endured, I still love this show.
I love the “Cosby Show,” but I just can’t look at Bill Cosby the same way I did before. I still have trouble trying to separate my love of his comedy from my feelings of disappointment related to his actions in real life.
i was little when this came out, and it was funny, and when i became an adult an experienced going broke all the time like that, this always stuck with me.
A sight gag that will echo thru the ages! Even when we were very young & shared a room my brother & I didn't have HALF that much clothing or pers items to throw about!
Sheesh I was like in 4th grade or sum and had to catch the school bus at like 7:25am and I was always able to squeeze in like half an episode of the Cosby Show at 7am 😂😂 good times, gooooood times
He did. I think Denise should have done the same thing, or at least not done as well. Because when she was in college she struggled big-time. But that’s because she wasn’t used to working. She breezed through high school.
@@nadiar.7788 he ended up getting an A in that math class after studying hard and that rap was mad creative even his parents enjoyed it. And apparently he wasn't that goofy he graduated high school, got a job in his feild during his junior year of NYU and graduated from there as well 💁🏾♂️
@@DavidSmith-rv2hw, he was terrific. I remember when his dad and mother got involved. And Cliff was like one of these days son, you will need me, and you will need money. Cliff and his dad had did the same thing.
@@davidlewis5189 Those might be part of the apartment rent, but I might be wrong. He did cover the essentials, more or less, and Theo thought he could get away with not going to college. Add in the girlfriend... Theo, you'd be lucky to break even.
400? Goddamnnnn how times have changed........I wonder what year that was........?! 400 these days dont ever get ya a broom closet especially in MANHATTAN
Then the way Cliff subtly points to Theo’s empty hand and says, “regular people”. Tell me about it! Life as a “regular person”, is a LOT OF BEING BROKE, at least when you’re young and starting out in life.
I was immediately reminded of this episode when my best friend was telling me tonight that one of her sons (who is only 17 and currently only works one day per week) wanted to get an apartment in a really bad part of town that costs $1000 per month plus utilities and would be moving in with his brand new 18-year-old girlfriend who he hasn't even known for a month and who also only works part-time. I sent her the link to this video to show him. 😂
I don't give a f**k about what they say about Cosby. He was one of the best comedians of all time, and not just because of the nature of his humor, but because he didn't take the all-too-easy route of peppering his jokes with swearing and vulgarity. Old-school stuff? Sure, but a sign of natural, absolute talent. Glad he's FREE! LL
I made 1200 dollars a month, today, an apartment cost you close to 600 a month, everything Bill said, minus the clothes, and add the insurance, and some utilities, it's barely enough to live on.
you make 4800 a month, 4 times what Bill mentioned. Idk many people who are able to make that amount. You'll be able to get through unless the people you want are high maintenance.
Many years ago as a kid I remember seeing this scene and relating so much with Theo. Here I am now 30 some years later and coming back to this moment and realizing I did, indeed, grow up to be "regular people." Sorry Heathcliff.
I had to this to my daughter smh I was ok u think I can making working at fast food place and all I can think of was this episode this show taught you lifelong lesson LOVE U BILL
that was the point of this whole episode. what Bill Cosby was trying to teach his son was that if he thought that he could get through life with a bad education he had another thing coming.
@@aminsadeghpour1549, well Theo started out terrible, but he got way better and by the time Season 3 or 4 came, his grades were a lot better. Denise should have done the same thing. Started out terrible or not done as well. Then in college she wouldn’t have stuggled so much. Theo graduated from NYU.
@@derekmathews1818 They replayed this scene in the final episode; Theo was frustrated with his father because Cliff wanted to invite more and more friends and relatives to Theo's graduation ceremony, and Theo couldn't get any more tickets. After the flashback, Claire explained to Theo why Cliff couldn't contain himself; he was just bursting with so much pride in his son. I loved that moment.
@@ramadjones I don't know what that means. I don't speak internet weirdo babble all I know is the great bill cosby was innocent and was done wrong by the system. Just typical white supremacy for you
Hey man! I remember you from the Bold and the Beautiful link! I guess we both have similar taste! They should show the Cliff and Theo scene in the economic class.
Life lessons at its finest still remember my mother showing me and my brother this episode teaching us this didn't get it at first but as we got older boy reality sure hit us in our faces lol but in seriousness glad my mother taught us that lesson
Cliff tells Theo that Theo will get $1,200 a month and then $350 will be deducted for taxes. About 30% is deducted from your paycheck for taxes. Cliff explains that the government comes for the regular people first. My girlfriend is an accountant and she says that's very true. Rich people have tax protection plans and poor people hardly have any money to take so the regular people are the ones the government goes after first.
Most "poor people" don't pay any taxes, period. In fact, they get money back from the government in the form of earned income tax credits. The one's really getting screwed are the middle class as both the Republicans and Democrats use them as patsies for their own self-interests.
cjhmarine0621 I have worked for extraordinarily wealthy people through the years. I can assure you that they really, really don’t. In proportion to salary the middle class pays the most
$2100 a month here. With the deductions I claimed, I only pay around $50 for federal and $40 for state. I got a bigger paycheck, and the government got a smaller interest free loan.
He did but he got better with that too. These early seasons his mom and dad were worried he was never going to make it college and he ended up graduating from NYU.
“Because you see the government comes for the regular people first” LOL
My all time favorite line in sitcom history!
That’s true.
Screw taxes
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I remember watching this as a kid that’s how I learned. Everything cost
Economic classes needs to teach people the way Cliff taught Theo in this scene. This scene is priceless. Hard to believe that this was 1984. In spite of what has happened to Bill Cosby, I still love the Cosby Show. Still one of the greatest shows ever on television.
same , man gets too many jello pudding pops and doesnt know how to act smh
@@schizophrenicdolphinz9822 lmao
This was actually shown in our econ class in high school it was great
Yep, people need to learn how to separate the art from the artist.
I actually was shown this scene in my economy class! XD
I cried laughing when he said do you plan on having a girlfriend and took the money lmao
Dennis Salamone Fo sure
I did too.
Cliff: "There is a problem. You haven't eaten yet!"
Theo: "I can get by on $1 McDonald's mcchickens"
@@deanfarr3249 Cliff: "You planning on having a girlfriend."
Theo:"Yes but she is living with her parents"
Cliff: "You also plan on getting married, right?
Theo: "Of course."
Cliff: Reaches to grab the 200$ left
Cliff: "Regular people, uh"
Theo: glances away thinking to himself, fuck, im broke
@Dats a paddlin kinky
The government comes for the regular people first
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Truer words were never spoken.
He ain't lying.
Must be why it took so long to catch Cosby
L.E.S. Sosideblock 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂✌️✌✌
Omg, this scene is classic! 🤣🤣🤣 It never gets old watching it 🤣💕
"Your mother asked me to come up here and kill you." LMFAO!🤣
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Cliff: "There is a problem. You haven't eaten yet!"
Theo: "I can get by on $1 McDonald's mcchickens"
@deanfarr3249 not in 2024. 😂
"There is a problem... you haven't eaten yet"😂😂😂😂
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Then there's utilities, insurance, even for a motorbike, gas, and more.
"You'll need an apartment because you are not going to live here." XD
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Cliff: "There is a problem. You haven't eaten yet!"
Theo: "I can get by on $1 McDonald's mcchickens"
And apparently neither will you, DAD!
Life lessons...beautiful
" There is a problem!! You havent eaten yet !" 😁😁😁
No car insurance. Also failed to mention in New York you can't ride a bike all year long.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 he can take the bus/taxi/train 🤦🏾♂️
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823, I’ve never been to New York and even I know that.
Or health insurance!
BK
“the government comes for the regular people first.”
Yep!
LOL!
Good thing cliff wasn’t regular
$400 a month in Manhattan…. Imagine that
@@CoachLeGrant It was the 80s! ;-)
More younger men and women need to hear this. Well needed lesson
Demarus Witherspoon Showing this to my daughter right now Hahaha
Yes this was perfect.
Absolutely.
This teaches more than any Highschool Class nowadays.
Yes it was!
I prefer people to hear from another person instead of a sexual predator
In 4 minutes they were able to capture the essence of how life is for most "regular people" that aren't a politician, or celebrity. The show reached all nationalities, races etc etc in viewers.
The real problem is how badly the system fails regular people by redistributing the wealth upward to those who do the least work.
I was just thinking,"Damn, I make WAY less than Theo's $250 quote after my job hours got cut! 😱 I make less than half of Theo's quote! 😱
And now influencers
@@dorreyeet1529RUclipsrs as well
Well no, because it’s better with college
I love the way Bill Cosby handled the situation.
instead of doing what some parents do, yelling at your children about bad grades he sat down and gave his son a really good life lesson. very creative.
Right. You can’t just tell a child what to do you‘ll have to convince them why to do it.
@@sam.lipchutz exactly. Giving one a reason instead of beating the reason into them are 2 different things
Yelling or cursing really doesnt solve anything.
I think this way the son got the message
But, near the end, Clifford did yell at his son. He yelled at his son, saying, "That was the dumbest idea I had ever heard in my life!!" LOL
Such a great line “the government comes for the regular people first “
One of my favorite episodes. Cliff has a great deal of patience. Theo had no clue about life.
Mine too.
Melanie Daniel At 14, who does?
It was based after a real conversation between Bill and his own son.
I agree
@@Capcoor I clicked on this thread to say something similar about Theo being only a 13 or 14 year old kid. Of course he wouldn't know about all the bills and essentials adults face. 😏
This is still one of the greatest scenes ever in the Cosby Show. And so dang accurate.
I learned more about how to manage a monthly budget from this one scene than my family ever taught me.
You need to watch Princess and Till Debt Do Us Part
"I'm not goin' to college."
"DAMN RIGHT!"😃
There is a problem, you haven't eaten yet! 🤣😂🤣😂
Greatest scene from greatest sitcom ever!!!
One of my favorite scenes on TV. Also the one where Theo wants to get the $90 shirt. 😂 I really hate how the Cosby scandal has tainted the show, can't even talk about this amazing show anymore without someone bringing it up and trying to ruin the love I have for this show.
Ok, but you brought it up. No need to worry about us bringing up the scandal here. We are here despite the scandal because we still like the show.
lol You just brought it up.
Pill Cosby ruined his own legacy... sad.
Mine too.
Yours is the first comment I saw where someone brought it up. So you contribute to it
30 years ago today, which was a Thursday in 1984...now I feel old!!! This lesson resonates now more than it ever did in 1984.
bobafettfan32 agreed! Kids today could definitely benefit from this scene!
@@robertcarldecker Seattle is more expensive
My fav scene ever!! Bill is so realistic and honest. More people need to do this!
An ALLTIME classic scene in the PILOT episode!!
He goes on to say "I brought you in this world, I'll take you out!" HAHA
Vince McMahon said that to his son Shane during one of their occasional dust ups, too. He didn't acknowledge Cosby by name, but the audience knew whom he was quoting.
"because you are not going to live here."
This is great! I loved to watch this on German television, as I was a child.
As you get older, you understand the lessons in the old shows. That laugh is special lol
This is the Bill Cosby that I still miss. Growing up in the 80s, next to James Avery (RIP), and John Amos, Mr. Cosby was the father that any kid would love to have. Despite the trouble he has endured, I still love this show.
Gotta put Reginald vel Johnson in there too
@@mallygeedkm AMEN TO THAT!!!!!
I love the “Cosby Show,” but I just can’t look at Bill Cosby the same way I did before. I still have trouble trying to separate my love of his comedy from my feelings of disappointment related to his actions in real life.
@@Rock-n-Rolla369Bill Cosby is innocent sir.
lol @ "the government comes for the regular people first"... funny but factual
Cosby Show was the best. Still watching in 2019. Dvd
One of the more classic scenes in a truly inspiring television series.
one of my favorite scenes!
"There is a problem, you haven't eaten yet!" I have a moment like this every time I budget and think I have all my ducks in a row.
This was my favorite scene when I was a kid. Watched the Cosby show every single night on Nick at night for years.
My favorite Cosby scene of all-time
Classic Scene From Mr. Cosby & Malcolm-Jamal Warner! MY ALL-Time Favorite Scene From Da 1st Episode!!!
You see I’m not going college Dam right I’m dead laughing 😂
this is exactly how my dad taught me about living alone such as paying rent, bills, mortgage and most importantly paying my taxes.
He should of asked you if you plan to have a girlfriend.
Dad: You plan on having a girlfriend? Takes 200 away
Son: Imma be gay! Takes 200 back
@@RichV20 that's a little offensive but funny
@@RichV20 lol then Dad: takes $400 away. "You'll need that furniture."
There you go LOL.
i was little when this came out, and it was funny, and when i became an adult an experienced going broke all the time like that, this always stuck with me.
the good old days
I know, right!
This is one of the best scenes in TV history.
A sight gag that will echo thru the ages! Even when we were very young & shared a room my brother & I didn't have HALF that much clothing or pers items to throw about!
Sheesh I was like in 4th grade or sum and had to catch the school bus at like 7:25am and I was always able to squeeze in like half an episode of the Cosby Show at 7am 😂😂 good times, gooooood times
I love how Theo started getting his act together right after this episode 👌🏾💯
He did. I think Denise should have done the same thing, or at least not done as well. Because when she was in college she struggled big-time. But that’s because she wasn’t used to working. She breezed through high school.
No he didn't. You forgot about the Shakespearean raps with Walter? Mrs Westlake's math class? He was still a doofus when he started college.
@@nadiar.7788 he ended up getting an A in that math class after studying hard and that rap was mad creative even his parents enjoyed it. And apparently he wasn't that goofy he graduated high school, got a job in his feild during his junior year of NYU and graduated from there as well 💁🏾♂️
@@nadiar.7788 He got an 89 on a big math test.
I love these scenes with Cliff and Theo. They are funny as hell together. Never fails to make me laugh.
theo getting ear pierced was great!
@@DavidSmith-rv2hw, he was terrific. I remember when his dad and mother got involved. And Cliff was like one of these days son, you will need me, and you will need money. Cliff and his dad had did the same thing.
same.
$250 a week? Siddown! (LOVE that, Cliff sees a perfect salespitch!)
One of the best scenes ever..this is real life being taught 😂😂❤❤❤
Probably the best tv show pilot ever this is my favorite Cosby episode didn’t even know this was the pilot till just now
Every person needs to hear this speech.
Classic Material! One of the Greatest scenes ever on Television!
Lol. Theo was always my favorite of the kids.
lol @ "the government comes for the regular people first".... ALL FACTS RIGHT THERE!!
The sad thing is there's so much that he didn't even account for that just makes you want to cry thinking about it.
Nothing about Lights, Water, Gas....
@@davidlewis5189 Those might be part of the apartment rent, but I might be wrong. He did cover the essentials, more or less, and Theo thought he could get away with not going to college. Add in the girlfriend... Theo, you'd be lucky to break even.
As a kid in the UK the cosby show was on every sunday afternoon. Theo was always the funniest one imo.
Forgot to include utilities for the apartment. Damn I wish Manhattan apartments cost 400 a month lol
They probably did in the 80’s
The apt. me and my family used to live in midtown used to be $500, a month now, it's $3000
400? Goddamnnnn how times have changed........I wonder what year that was........?! 400 these days dont ever get ya a broom closet especially in MANHATTAN
That's what I was wondering. I'd live like a Queen if I could live in Manhattan for $400 a month 🤑
U also got to take into account gas wasn’t that expensive 30 plus yr ago luxury cars weren’t even 25K Trucks were under 10K
This is a good way you can teach kids about life
The Cosby Show should be a mandatory class for all new parents!
"Allllright... Now you have got to have an apartment because You Are Not Goin To Live Here."
Lmaooo GENIUS.
An apartment in Manhattan runs for at least $400 a month. Aaahhh the good 'ol days lol
JJ Daze That’s dirt cheap today 2019 and apartment will run about 1200 or more depending on the apartment .
That’s a good lesson for the teens “You planning on having a girlfriend ? “For sure”. (Money all gone) 😂😂😂
Then the way Cliff subtly points to Theo’s empty hand and says, “regular people”.
Tell me about it!
Life as a “regular person”, is a LOT OF BEING BROKE, at least when you’re young and starting out in life.
🎶 "I'll ride a motorbike." 🎶
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"You need a helmet."
brilliant writing
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My room looked like that as a teen into my early 20s! LOL! Great scene!
I was immediately reminded of this episode when my best friend was telling me tonight that one of her sons (who is only 17 and currently only works one day per week) wanted to get an apartment in a really bad part of town that costs $1000 per month plus utilities and would be moving in with his brand new 18-year-old girlfriend who he hasn't even known for a month and who also only works part-time. I sent her the link to this video to show him. 😂
I did an inflation calculator check today and 1,200 in 1984 is about 3,375.89 before taxes. And even that isn't much today.
One of my favourite scene ever!
An apartment in Manhattan will run you at least 400 dollars a month...
...can I go back to this timeline? :(
And that was probably a low-end one.
I don't give a f**k about what they say about Cosby. He was one of the best comedians of all time, and not just because of the nature of his humor, but because he didn't take the all-too-easy route of peppering his jokes with swearing and vulgarity. Old-school stuff? Sure, but a sign of natural, absolute talent. Glad he's FREE! LL
I made 1200 dollars a month, today, an apartment cost you close to 600 a month, everything Bill said, minus the clothes, and add the insurance, and some utilities, it's barely enough to live on.
you make 4800 a month, 4 times what Bill mentioned. Idk many people who are able to make that amount. You'll be able to get through unless the people you want are high maintenance.
I meant 1200 a month
where the hell are u finding an apartment for 600/month!???
Mandy Pereira the hood maybe
I make around $1600 after taxes, rent is $540 (don't ask me why it's so low), and I get along just fine.
"I'm not going to College"
"Damn right!"
This was my bedroom when I was a kid....I'm still disorganized as hell lmao
i've called my daughter "theo" several times
LOL!
Many years ago as a kid I remember seeing this scene and relating so much with Theo. Here I am now 30 some years later and coming back to this moment and realizing I did, indeed, grow up to be "regular people." Sorry Heathcliff.
I have to rewatch this scene a couple more times now that I'm officially out of highschool 😂
I wish apartments in Manhattan still cost 400$ a month. This scene was filmed 40 years ago and I can still remember the entire scene today.
T'ha, I remember when my room was a mess as a kid. I got tired of it and started cleaning it.
There is a problem you haven't eaten yet 💀💀💀
Looking at the scene has great to realize that Co actually graduated from NYU despite having dyslexia he became successful even with grades like this
I had to this to my daughter smh I was ok u think I can making working at fast food place and all I can think of was this episode this show taught you lifelong lesson LOVE U BILL
"There is a problem, you haven't eaten yet!"
People should watch this if they are thinking of dropping out of school
I have a master's degree and know people with a lot less education doing better than I am.
that was the point of this whole episode.
what Bill Cosby was trying to teach his son was that if he thought that he could get through life with a bad education he had another thing coming.
Absouletely!
@@aminsadeghpour1549, well Theo started out terrible, but he got way better and by the time Season 3 or 4 came, his grades were a lot better. Denise should have done the same thing. Started out terrible or not done as well. Then in college she wouldn’t have stuggled so much. Theo graduated from NYU.
@@derekmathews1818 They replayed this scene in the final episode; Theo was frustrated with his father because Cliff wanted to invite more and more friends and relatives to Theo's graduation ceremony, and Theo couldn't get any more tickets. After the flashback, Claire explained to Theo why Cliff couldn't contain himself; he was just bursting with so much pride in his son. I loved that moment.
They canceled my guy out here. Cosby will always be a legend.
He canceled himself out here. And he will always be a legend... with an asterisk. I'll always love this show. But I don't have to like Cosby.
@@ramadjonesSo you like innocent people?
@@BrandonHaymon lol for some reason that made me think of "So you like dogs?"
@@ramadjones I don't know what that means. I don't speak internet weirdo babble all I know is the great bill cosby was innocent and was done wrong by the system. Just typical white supremacy for you
Say what you want bout cosby but goodness this scene was a mix of truth and pure comedy!
He’s forgetting insurance
1984 was SUCH A GOOD YEAR.
I always loved this skit.
Now you've got to have an apartment, because you're not going to live here.🤣🤣
Hey man! I remember you from the Bold and the Beautiful link! I guess we both have similar taste! They should show the Cliff and Theo scene in the economic class.
love this show..
One of the realest scenes ever!
There is a problem you havent eaten yet😂😂😂😂😂
“No problem, see...I’m not going to college.........damn right” 😂😂😂😂
Life lessons at its finest still remember my mother showing me and my brother this episode teaching us this didn't get it at first but as we got older boy reality sure hit us in our faces lol but in seriousness glad my mother taught us that lesson
$400 in Manhattan? Man those were the days
Now that’s what I call being a parent
Cliff tells Theo that Theo will get $1,200 a month and then $350 will be deducted for taxes. About 30% is deducted from your paycheck for taxes. Cliff explains that the government comes for the regular people first. My girlfriend is an accountant and she says that's very true. Rich people have tax protection plans and poor people hardly have any money to take so the regular people are the ones the government goes after first.
The rich do pay the highest tax burden in the end
Not to mention how the very rich influence legislation that reduces their taxes!
Most "poor people" don't pay any taxes, period. In fact, they get money back from the government in the form of earned income tax credits. The one's really getting screwed are the middle class as both the Republicans and Democrats use them as patsies for their own self-interests.
cjhmarine0621 I have worked for extraordinarily wealthy people through the years. I can assure you that they really, really don’t. In proportion to salary the middle class pays the most
$2100 a month here. With the deductions I claimed, I only pay around $50 for federal and $40 for state. I got a bigger paycheck, and the government got a smaller interest free loan.
$400 apartments in Manhattan or ANYWHERE don't exist anymore! 🤣🤣🤣
I remember this scene. I was 15 and laughed my ass off.
You see the government comes after the regular people, first.
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😂 u haven’t eaten yet…
Don't feel old... Theo is 50 years old TODAY
And he was like 13 or 14 then.Time sure flies
I'm 43, im not that far behind him.
They should had made of sequel series where theo has his own family and the first episode is him teaching his son what his father taught him here
His son has the most best dirty room 😂😂😂You still looking at the Cosby show 😂😂😂2019? 2020?🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
John S me too 2010?
“Most best”? You have the “mostest worstest” grammar. Also, fishing for likes on a RUclips video is pathetic
He did but he got better with that too. These early seasons his mom and dad were worried he was never going to make it college and he ended up graduating from NYU.
@@derekmathews1818 Malcolm Jamaal Warner was a funny guy. The Cosby show classic moments I liked him on the show Malcolm and Eddie.
@@newyorkstateofmindtwintowe1213, I did too.