The Cosby Show, Season 1

The Cosby Show (1984-1992) was an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby. The show focused on a doctor and lawyer couple and their five children, known as the Huxtable family. more »

Cliff:
Theo![knocking]

Theo:
Yo!

Cliff:
[walks around disheveled room] Hard to get good help around here, isn't it? Uh, son, your mother asked me to come up here and kill you.

Theo:
Hey, I know.

Cliff:
You know what?

Theo:
What you're gonna say. And it's under control, so--

"'Both"':
No problem! [Bill sarcastically]

"'Cliff"':
Son, how do you expect to get into college with grades like this? Huh?

"'Theo"':
No problem. See, I'm not going to college.

Cliff:
Damn right![sarcastically]

Theo:
I am gonna get through high school. And then, get a job like regular people.

Cliff:
Regular people?

Theo:
Yeah, you know. Work at gas station,drive a bus, something like that.

Cliff':
So what you're saying is, your mother and I shouldn't care if you get D's because you don't need good grades to be: "regular people" ?

Theo:
Right!

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