The Cosby Show (TV Series)
Mr. Sandman (1990)
Bill Cosby: Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable
Quotes
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Vanessa Huxtable : What's wrong with looking for boys? Denise married a boy. Sondra married a boy. Mom married a boy, or what used to be a boy. Someday I hope to be married, too. But if I don't start meeting boys now, I could be living here for the rest of my life.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : ...Go to the mall.
[Vanessa kisses him on the head, and walks out the door]
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And look for boys!
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Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Well, would you tell me: what is so intellectual about wandering up and down the mall?
Vanessa Huxtable : The mall has absolutely nothing to do with intellect.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : ...Then why are you going to the mall?
Vanessa Huxtable : For relaxation, I go to the mall and look in the store windows.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And look for boys.
Vanessa Huxtable : No doubt about it. But I also go and meet my friends there.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And look for boys.
Vanessa Huxtable : No doubt about it. But there's a bookstore, and sometimes I go in there.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : And look for boys.
Vanessa Huxtable : No doubt about it, Dad.
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Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Why is it that all of you children, if you have a little time off, go to the mall?
Vanessa Huxtable : What else is there to do?
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : You could read a book.
Vanessa Huxtable : Dad, you're always telling me to read a book. Read what book?
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : What about Ionesco? Wrote a wonderful play, Rhinoceros.
Vanessa Huxtable : Dad, I read him in school. The teacher asked us to identify the symbolism in it. Not one kid had a clue. The biggest strain on a young person's intellect is discussing old books.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : [Taken aback] ... Euripides.
Vanessa Huxtable : Euripides, who wrote Medea, Electra, and The Trojan Women?
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Yes.
Vanessa Huxtable : I read him too. Even the teachers don't understand Euripides.