1.) Marriage And Children Don't Always Kill Lust
Far from the crabby married couple whose lust and romance have evaporated into stale companionship, Clair and Cliff Huxtable were the quintessential husband/wife team that managed to balance professional careers and five children with a grace that was annoyingly sexy. While nobody really wants to think about what happened behind closed doors (Clair and Cliff were kind of like our adopted TV parents: we just don't see them like that) you could tell the Mr. and Mrs. probably still got fairly steamy. Come to think of it, if you squint your eyes and comb through your classic TV files, many an episode ended in Clair and Cliff's bed, background music starting and Clair's naughty giggle as Cliff goes in for the kill.
2.) Fuzzy Family Structures Are A-Do
Perhaps you don't remember, but Sondra wasn't around during the pilot. Sondra wasn't around for almost half of the first season, either. Then one day, poof, enter Sondra. She didn't live at home, was a bit older and a little removed—almost as if she was a long-lost daughter from yesteryear welcomed into the tight-nit group of six. Right? Also, who can forget when Denise meets and falls in love with Martin, the military guy who already has a kid, Olivia? The Cosby's were a very "more is merrier"-type clan.
3.) Boys Do Funny Things To Impress Girls
Theo, the token Cosby boy, rode out puberty entertaining us in a multitude of episodes dedicated to scheming ladies. There was the time he got his ear pierced to impress a girl, and when it became horribly infected Cliff wants to get angry, but Grandpa reminds him of the time he burned off his hair while in the process of wooing a woman. Then there was the time Theo is so down and out about a girl that Cliff forms the Huxtable Man's Club, or when he wants to impress some chick with expensive clothing only to have Denise attempt a sloppy, homemade version. And how can we forget the complicated friendship of Rudy and Kenny? All it took (in the last season) was for Rudy to get a boyfriend and Kenny to go batty and pretend he was dating someone to make her jealous.
You know, upon further reflection, Clair Huxtable was pretty bad-ass. She was an attorney, spoke fluent Spanish, always looked fabulous, and never took sass from anyone. Remember all the times her kidlings lied and she turned the living room couch into a Johnnie Cochran-type court room? Grilling them on their lunch money, homework and why they skipped school? Or whenever Cliff tried to cheat on his diet and she'd traipse into the kitchen at just the right moment and grab the salami from his hand? Yeah, Clair gave everyone a run for their money. Especially Dr. Huxtable.
5.) Sometimes The Bumbling Awkward Guy Is Best
Elvin, Sondra's forever stuttering man-boy, wasn't Clair and Cliff's favorite in the beginning. He stuck his foot in his mouth, got under Clair's skin when he babbled something seemingly chauvinist and wasn't the strapping stallion they envisioned for their first child. But Sondra stuck with him, and look at what happened? He goes back to med school, they pop out twins and move happily ever after to Jersey.
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