The Cosby Show (TV Series)
Cliff in Love (1985)
Phylicia Rashad: Clair Huxtable
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Quotes
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[while Elvin waits for Sondra, Clair offers coffee for him and Cliff; Elvin is surprised]
Elvin Tibideaux : I'm sorry, Mrs. Huxtable, I didn't think you did that kind of thing.
Clair Huxtable : What kind of thing?
Elvin Tibideaux : You know... serve.
Clair Huxtable : Serve whom?
Elvin Tibideaux : [indicating Cliff] Serve him.
Clair Huxtable : [with a tense smile] Oh, serve *him*. As in "serve your man"?
Elvin Tibideaux : Well, yeah.
Clair Huxtable : [now visibly indignant] Let me tell you something, Elvin. You see, I am not "serving" Dr. Huxtable, okay?
Elvin Tibideaux : Okay.
Clair Huxtable : That's the kind of thing that goes on in a restaurant. Now I am going to bring him a cup of coffee just like he brought me a cup of coffee this morning. And *that*, young man, is what marriage is made of: it is give-and-take fifty-fifty. And if you don't get it together, and drop these macho attitudes, you are never gonna have anybody bringing you anything anywhere any place any time EVER.
[pauses, then smiles graciously]
Clair Huxtable : Now, what would you like in your coffee?
Elvin Tibideaux : [shaken] Maybe I can get *you* some coffee.
Clair Huxtable : Elvin, that's alright. I don't mind getting it. But thanks for offering.
[Clair takes the tray to the kitchen; Elvin slowly sits down and looks at Cliff, scared]
Cliff : Elvin?
Elvin Tibideaux : Yes, sir?
Cliff : When she brings the coffee back, if I were you, I wouldn't drink it.
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Denise Huxtable : Mom, Dad, we have a problem.
Clair Huxtable : What's the matter?
Denise Huxtable : Sondra broke up with Elvin.
Clair Huxtable , Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Again?
Denise Huxtable : Again. See, I'm trying to sleep and Sondra's upstairs singing about crickets and dead flowers.
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Clair Huxtable : How are you doing?
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : Fine.
Clair Huxtable : Oh, that's great. You know, Sondra, the word around the house is that you and Elvin broke up.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Again.
Clair Huxtable : Do you want to talk about it?
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : Not really.
Clair Huxtable : But you might feel better if you do.
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : Well, I don't want to feel better.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Well, the rest of the family wants you to.
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Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Why do you keep going back to this boy?
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : Well, Dad, because he's wonderful. He's intelligent, he has a good sense of humor, and we have a great time together.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : When?
[Clair hits Cliff]
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : When we're not fighting.
Clair Huxtable : Well, when is that?
[Cliff hits Clair]
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux : When he's not out with the guys.
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Elvin Tibideaux : I've been very inconsiderate with Sondra, I admit.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Yes.
Elvin Tibideaux : That's why I came over.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Mm-hmm.
Elvin Tibideaux : I want to apologize to her.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Again.
Elvin Tibideaux : Again. And... And to tell her that things are going to be different.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Again.
Elvin Tibideaux : Yeah, again.
[Clair comes downstairs]
Clair Huxtable : Elvin.
Elvin Tibideaux : Hello, Mrs. Huxtable.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Hi.
Clair Huxtable : [notices Elvin's flowers] Oh.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Elvin brought flowers for Sondra, dear.
Clair Huxtable : Again.
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : Again.