The Cosby Show (TV Series)

Jitterbug Break (1985)

Bill Cosby: Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable

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Quotes 

• [Denise has asked Cliff to sleep on 32nd St for tickets to a concert. Cliff is laughing] 

  Cliff : 32nd St. Where?

  Denise : On 32nd St... itself.

  Cliff : Why, have you volunteered to be a pothole?

• Cliff : You know, son, a long, long time ago, three to four generations ago, parents didn't talk much to their children. Father would come in, look at his son sleeping around 4 o'clock in the morning. He'd shake the boy and he'd say "Boy, go out and plough the field now". And the boy would wipe his eye and say "Yes, Pa". And occasionally, the son would say, "How much do I get paid, Pa?" And his pa would get the plough and run over his son. Those days are over, because we have become more civilized, more sophisticated, but it's still inside of me no matter how sophisticated I get. And it grows over time. Boy, when I say to one of my children to do something and they say "How much does it pay?", I think I'm going to buy a plough.

• Denise : Dad, I'd like permission to sleep away from home tonight.

  Cliff : Ok, are you going to sleep at a friend's house?

  Denise : No.

  Cliff : Are you going to sleep at a stranger's house?

• [Denise has unsuccessfully tried to get permission from Cliff to sleep on 32nd St] 

  Cliff : You're not going. I love you. You're not going.

  Denise : You said you would have an open mind.

  Cliff : 32nd St closed it up, dear.

• Cliff : Mrs. Davis cannot babysit tonight. Your sister has plans. So you're next in line.

  Theo : Me?

  Cliff : Yes, congratulations.

  Theo : Dad, I can't.

  Cliff : Why?

  Theo : It's a girl's job.

  Cliff : It's a girl's job?

  Theo : Hey, nobody ever asked Denise to shovel the sidewalk.

  Cliff : Good point.

  Theo : So I'm off the hook?

  Cliff : No, but the next snowstorm, Denise is shoveling.

• Clair Huxtable : You really think you're smooth, don't you?

  Cliff : Yeah, I was born way before whipped cream. They invented the spotlight... for me.

  Clair Huxtable : Cliff, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but honey, you cannot dance.

• Cliff : I'm almost dressed. All I need is a shirt and a tie. You're the one who has to go through urban renewal.