I love the Cosby's. It's funny that I say that though because I don't really love the Cosby's; I love the Huxtables. This lovely made-up family of five children and two hard-working parents brings humor into my life whenever they show up on our TV. We just completed Season 2, and I was amazed at how many of the shows I had seen growing up, considering that the show started when I was born. And they are just as funny as ever! They just don't make TV shows like this anymore! What ever happened to good old clean comedy? All the sitcoms these days are filled with sex, lies, and a breakdown of the family. At least it seems that way.
Do I love The Cosby Show? Yes. Is it realistic? Probably not unless you have a dad like Bill Cosby. But I think the sibling interactions are pretty spot on, as well as the potential for marital bliss and strife portrayed by Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable. I do not believe, however, the lack of tiredness on this show. Both Cliff and Claire work full time jobs while trying to maintain a family of five busy children. Sure, they have enough money for whatever they need, which has the potential to save time. I just want to know how Claire comes home looking freshly powdered and gracefully smiling after an 8-hour day at a law firm with loads full of energy to make dinner and help the kids with their homework. Is it that there are no small children in the home who wake her up in the middle of the night for midnight feedings? When the show begins, the youngest is in Kindergarten I believe. And what of Cliff? He seems to only have a few all nighter baby deliveries, and seems to be puttering around the house from one thing to the next with few interruptions, as I don't imagine a real-life OBGYN is able to accomplish.
So enough about their cheery demeanors. More about Claire. I think she is a great role model for women in general, and she has amazing strengths and wonderful wit. She also wears the pants in the family. Take that any way you'd like. However; I feel that her expectations of her husband are sometimes too high. Does she really expect her husband to remember the name of the song that was playing on the radio the first time they went out? Or the color of her outfit when he proposed? I think these are things women focus too much while forgetting that most men are not into such details. Of course, she does this all in jest, but I feel that it hits an all true problem that many women face today. Our expectations are too high of our spouses.
We really need to focus on the things that matter... does your spouse/significant other remember the things about you now? I only remember what I was wearing when my husband proposed because of photographs of the occasion, not because I was paying attention to such things. (Heck, I was oblivious to almost everything that day) I surely don't recall what I was wearing the day he first kissed me or what song was playing on the radio during our first date. Like I said, in the Huxtable home, it was all in jest. And that is the best part about The Cosby Show, the fun, the humor, and the good times.
One more note, I am pretty sure that we will be the same with our kids about BYU-Idaho as the Huxtables are about Hillman.I just find this to be a very true thread in the show. Who knew you could create such an alliance with a fictional college?
What are your views of The Cosby Show?
Do you think there are any equally clean sitcoms out there today to enjoy?
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ReplyDeleteSo I like you when i met you but now we might have to be best friends! ;) Except that...I was watching Cosby show while in HS and you were learning how to sleep through night! Oi!
ReplyDeleteAfter Jason and I got married I rented Cosby show because his dad is a complete racist and wouldn't let him watch them....we decided to raise children from the Huxtibles. Neither one of us liked what our parents did and we needed some other guidence. I know, weird that it's from complete fiction, but we liked their cohesivness (I'm positive I spelled that wrong!) and the 'common sense' they used. I also liked how even though THEY weren't laughing at themselves, the laughter assisted US in laughing at ourselves.
The episode when their friend brings over a younger girlfriend and there's a discussion on what would happen if the other dies....FAVORITE! Ahhh, now I might have to rent some! OR....you come over with your rented and my girls will play/take care of your girls!!!! ;)