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The Cosby Show was an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living i… more »



Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable:
Theo. Get Away. I figured it out now. I got it all figured out. See, for 23 years we've had children in this house. And for 23 years you and I have had constant battles with these people. And the question has always been WHAT were we fighting about. And now I know. It's about the house. They want the house. It is believable that this boy deliberately did not mail that envelope so that when he went down there were no room and he would have to come back HERE and live. It is believable that Denise does not want to go to college anymore because she wants to live HERE. It is believable that this young man and this woman living in a condemned place on purpose have this baby to make us feel sorry for them so they can come back HERE. Now the other two haven't started their game yet because legally they're supposed to stay here. Now you and I have been beaten everytime we've gone to battle. And I'm telling you now, darling. I'm old. And you're old, too, Clair. And I think that you and I should just get on up and get outta here. Get in the car and just go. Let 'em have the house, honey. And unlike General MacArthur, we shall not return.

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