Harriet, aunt Vivian, and Clair Are the aunts and mothers that You would've loved to have in your Family period. The girls and young Women wouldn't even dare come to your house disrespectfully lol
Hol' up y'all, we talm bout The OG, Triple OG, OG Triple Triple Aunt Vivian😂💯🙌...(No disrespect to 2nd Mrs.Vivian) but she was whack. Jokes were hella dry and served NO TYPE of purpose as their mom nor Auntie Viv. Janet Hubert had the sassiest attitude and made it look fun to be a Aunt
To this day, she can still quote that at the same speed. I saw her do it in a recent interview where the host asked her about this episode, and they did a split screen of this with her, live. She's quite a woman!
@Aaralyn Williams It was something here on TH-cam. I have to take my pre-work nap since I work overnight. Maybe if I get a chance I can look for it again. But she was saying that line to the interviewer while they pulled up this original episode at the same time for comparison on the split screen. It was exact!
When a black woman starts at lemme tell you sumthin...KNOW the read is around the bend!!😂😂😂 A class act through it all. So glad this was the standard when I was growing up and not this Basketball bird bull!
AaaaaMEN Chile!!!! Coz I promise; I feel for these young folk who don’t have or didn’t “experience” THIS example! They don’t believe that they missed out on anything....And I guess they would think that, Right? So many things, so many things🤦🏾♀️
Claire: ..."and if you don't get it together and drop this macho attitude. You are never gonna have anybody bringing you anything, anywhere, anyplace, anytime EVER!! 😃 😅🤣😂
This is one of the most iconic black comedy shows that was ever created. It shows love power success in a black family with two parents and loving grandparents on both sides. Some people seem to think that there's no black families like this but there is a lot of black families like this. I still love watching the show It is so great. And let me tell you one thing Do not mess with Claire Huxtable Aunt Viv ,Aunt Helen, Harriet .... And let's not forget the mother s on Moesha, Everybody Hates Chris, 227,Whats Happening,Good Times.... And I always loved the girls' mothers on Living Single ... wonderful Roles . ❤️❤️❤️I miss those days in Tv.
@@medylemaproductions Very true! Sometimes, if not mostly, it’s the guy that feels like “less than a man” or has trouble attracting a woman, that develops a hatred of women.
They won't give an Emmy to a character representing an educated, married, successful black woman and man together💯 This is America, where if it ain't white, it ain't right🤣
Claire Huxtable--Power and Strong yet Feminine. Self-confident/Assertive yet Humble Educated/Credentialed/Confident yet a great Partner & Wife. Compassionate and Gorgeous yet held her own. A Perfect Example of not being Either/Or but Being Both/And.
Phylicia Rashad is the ultimate mom along with her sister Debbie Allen they are two powerhouses! Was blessed to see Mrs Phylicia Rashad in a play years ago in Atlanta called Blues For An Alabama.Sky. She was fantastic! She has poise, grace, education, style, class & beauty that I admire so much in my own mom. Claire Huxtable represents how a woman can be in excellence👸🏾
Sam Brooks i love phylicia rashad but i love bernadette (jj sister on good times) more she would read her to filth do you agree? Bernadette was more sassier!!!
I love the way she says, "Now, what would you like in your coffee?" Her expression and her tone are just like Denise's when Denise says something sarcastic.
Phylicia Rashād is one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. She also has such a wonderful speaking voice.
She’s still alive...
Just like her real life sister Debbie Allen
She is sooooo beautiful. So regal.
She’s attractive, but not in a beautiful way, more of a confident, know who I am way.
Perfect woman x
Harriet, aunt Vivian, and Clair
Are the aunts and mothers that
You would've loved to have in your
Family period. The girls and young
Women wouldn't even dare come to your house disrespectfully lol
Hol' up y'all, we talm bout The OG, Triple OG, OG Triple Triple Aunt Vivian😂💯🙌...(No disrespect to 2nd Mrs.Vivian) but she was whack. Jokes were hella dry and served NO TYPE of purpose as their mom nor Auntie Viv. Janet Hubert had the sassiest attitude and made it look fun to be a Aunt
Who is Harriet?
@@CC-si3cr the mother on family matters. She had a strong solid character too.
@@jaialdrich1331 that's the only aunt Vivian I know I stopped watching it after she left.
@@timothystewart1544 I definitely feel you. I loveeeeeee fresh prince of bel-air but boy, those seasons were weak as hell lol
Lord! Can she be anymore gorgeous? I remember this like it was on air yesterday :-)
Not sure if "Alpha female" is an official term.. but she would be the example! She is awesome in every way.
Me too! Watched this all the time as a family.
She still looks the same.
@@toptenguy1 she, Janet Hubert as Aunt Vivian and Jo Marie Payton as Harriette Winslow were our QUEENS
ALL HER LIFE GORGEOUS!!!
All Natural...
To this day, she can still quote that at the same speed. I saw her do it in a recent interview where the host asked her about this episode, and they did a split screen of this with her, live. She's quite a woman!
Yes she most CERTAINLY is! An Amazing Sista!
@Aaralyn Williams It was something here on TH-cam. I have to take my pre-work nap since I work overnight. Maybe if I get a chance I can look for it again. But she was saying that line to the interviewer while they pulled up this original episode at the same time for comparison on the split screen. It was exact!
I’d love to see that. I’m gonna search for it
@@lisaallen9578 Good! My reaction was "HOW can she REMEMBER that?!?! And so FAST!" It's amazing how actors can remember some lines decades later
the Original Queen of Reads
IDK..Julia Sugarbaker gave it good too! RIP
If Claire was in the music business instead of legal. She could of drop by as a guess on The Legends Panel on You Tube. And do her reads on there.😁
@@CC-si3cr Absolutely
ABSOLUMENT! And it never gets old!
3rd WARD TEXAS AT IT'S FINEST ! 🙌🏿
0:32 : Cliff's reaction is "Oh you poor fool, not even I can save you now..." LOL
😂😂😂
RIGHT!!!🤣🤣🤣
In original after Clair say that cliff looks at Alvin and say if I was you I wouldn’t drink LOL hilarious moment
😂😂
Cliff's character was a beta male on this show.
Regardless of what he did. This show is still and forever will be iconic!
AMEN!!!!!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Facts!
SAY IT AGAIN
Please say it louder for the people in the back!! Timeless 👏🏽👏🏽
couldn't agree more
She said she wasn't going to serve him... but boy did he get served.
When Auntie break you down like an improper fraction 😮😖😖😖
😂
😭😭😭
💀💀💀💀
☠️☠️🙄☠️
😂😂😂😂😂
When a black woman starts at lemme tell you sumthin...KNOW the read is around the bend!!😂😂😂
A class act through it all. So glad this was the standard when I was growing up and not this Basketball bird bull!
OMG Exactly! Some how the hand clapping, screaming and cussing just became "us" in a nutshell.
What the hell happened?
AaaaaMEN Chile!!!! Coz I promise; I feel for these young folk who don’t have or didn’t “experience” THIS example!
They don’t believe that they missed out on anything....And I guess they would think that, Right? So many things, so many things🤦🏾♀️
Yessss girl!
These are the shows that we miss. 🙂💕
I still start with let me tell you something for free...!!!
Claire Huxtable she was so in tune with that character.
Julia Sugarbaker, Aunt Viv, and Claire Huxtable...all GREAT tv mom's that did not take any mess!
Florida Evans
@@JasonWalkerJamaica Well, since you want to dig deep: Mabel Thomas (What's Happening).
@@CC-si3cr yaaaaas!
Omg, also Harriet Winslow. She didn’t take no crap but she loved all her kids. Even Urkel lol
Yeees! Marla Gibbs, “227” Had to look up J. Shugarbaker.....I know the actress but not in the role as a strong Mother figure?🤷🏾♀️
"Let me tell ya somethin, Melvin."
His name is Elvin
And I thought all along it was Alvin O_o
You know it was about to go down when she said that.
*tell _you_ something
Elvin Tibideaux
As soon as Bill started walking to sit down, he knew what was going to happen and decide to clear a path for that onslaught
Cliff: When she brings the coffee back, if I were you, I wouldn't drink it.
the INSANE IRONY of that character's comment about 20-30 years later... LOL
@@toptenguy1 😂😂😂😂
@@toptenguy1 🥴
I enjoy preparing meals for my husband
@@janellmeads1399 Nobody asked.
Can't nobody get you all the way together like Claire Huxtable.
I mean, ALL the way!😆✌🏾
Cliff puts hand over his eyes: oh god. Clair please don't kill him the carpet isn't scotchgaurded
🤣😂🤣
🤣😂💀
I love the line that comes after from Cliff: "Alvin. When she brings the coffee back. I wouldn't drink it..."
M Dolinski His name is Elvin.
@@courylanders4142 my apologies.
@@mdolinski4926 No problem.
@@courylanders4142
I always thought it was 'Alvin'.
Shows what I know... lol.
Elvin should've told Claire not to drink anything that Cliff/Bill gives her, she may black out like many of his victims.
Claire: ..."and if you don't get it together and drop this macho attitude. You are never gonna have anybody bringing you anything, anywhere, anyplace, anytime EVER!! 😃 😅🤣😂
I still fall out to this day with that read💯🤣🤦🏾♂️
He, he, there she is, the Queen herself, Claire Huxtable, she is a legend here in Afrika, every woman aspired to be her. Us men also revered her.
That’s SO great to hear! I wish her #example could be bottled up and FORCE-FED to many of my Sisters!
That’s why I loved Claire. She could drop that knowledge and lay down the law without yelling. She was pure class!
“...and drop these macho attitudes” 😩😂 “what would you like in your coffee?” ☺️☺️
As I remember it, he answered 'Maybe I should get you some coffee.'
He got smarter very quickly.
In real life, she pulls his card if he isn't macho enough...
@@mayjahkey Now what makes you think that?
Cliff: Ahhh you poor fool, you have chosen death
"Let me tell you something Alvin" and the look on her face....gets me every time
😊 for some reason see Nancy Wilson... when she was telling him off , it was like she was singing jazz like Nancy LoL
STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS EVER!!!! Bring it BACK!!!
This READ still goes hard in 2021🤣
Any time Clair started a sentence with "Let me tell you something...", you better strap in, because you are about to get schooled, lol!
She will read you for filth with so much class not using one curse word,gotta love it
Cliff acted how my man acts when I'm about to open the library to the public. 😂😂😂
Sis; did you say “Open the library to the Public!”😆😆😆😆🙌🏾 OKAAAAY!
what does that mean?
@@learntospellpeople it means she is about to READ someone or tear in to someone.
I'm gonna start saying this 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m stealing this lol
I love how she went from lady like to fierce then back to lady like in less than 2 minutes.
Even at age 10 when these first aired in 1985 I knew what Elvin was spouting was off-the-wall. Crazy that this attitude never dies.
When Cliff covered his face, he knew he was finna get it.
I felt this in my spirit 👏🏾
She is STILL fine! It's like she does t age man
I love the end where Dr. Huxtable says, "If I were you when she brings you that coffee. I wouldn't drink it."
Big love for the Allen sisters. Love them both.
This is one of the most iconic black comedy shows that was ever created. It shows love power success in a black family with two parents and loving grandparents on both sides. Some people seem to think that there's no black families like this but there is a lot of black families like this. I still love watching the show It is so great. And let me tell you one thing Do not mess with Claire Huxtable Aunt Viv ,Aunt Helen, Harriet .... And let's not forget the mother s on Moesha, Everybody Hates Chris, 227,Whats Happening,Good Times.... And I always loved the girls' mothers on Living Single ... wonderful Roles . ❤️❤️❤️I miss those days in Tv.
I remember this like it was yesterday, all time favorite
Claire Huxtable was the most savage tv mom eva....
Classiest woman ever
The Legends Panel- We are getting life over here! No coffee for us Claire, we are enjoying the tea you served us, o-kaayy.🥃😋
This is a timeless gem. It was flawless when it was new and truly stands the test of time.
2021.. still come back to see this! Oh and of course when her girl when to have " BIG FUN " with the Wretches!
My favorite episode 🤩
Elvin is the strangest choice for a chauvinist. He comes across as a sensitive, sweet guy and he marries Sandra who is very headstrong!
don't let any looks fool you
@@medylemaproductions Very true! Sometimes, if not mostly, it’s the guy that feels like “less than a man” or has trouble attracting a woman, that develops a hatred of women.
And yet she didn't get an emmy or golden globe for this character.
Doesn't that just seem ridiculous? Like how is that even possible 😕 🤷🏾♀️
See...
That’s not fair she didn’t get an Emmy.
She was really good.
Exactly
They won't give an Emmy to a character representing an educated, married, successful black woman and man together💯
This is America, where if it ain't white, it ain't right🤣
When Claire says, Let me tell you something, you better get out the aloe vera ointment, 'cause somebody's gonna get BURNED!
What she said: "let me tell you something Elvin."
What I heard: "listen here lil niglet."
This show was ahead of its time.
"Lemme tell you something Alvin"
(The world ended right here) 🤣
I was in my teens when this aired but even then I was thinking, "Run you fool! Run!"
One of my favorite clips! Remember it so well!
Suited-up & always at the ready, fitted with a Master's to Check & Correct with fire and a smile. THAT is Clair Hanks-Huxtable! You may be seated.
And the Doc sat down as he shouldve because HE KNEW it was about to go doooown lol 😂😂😂
She ate those lines... This never gets old 80’s baby
I LOVE HER!!! I love Clair Huxtable for this read!
Claire Huxtable--Power and Strong yet Feminine.
Self-confident/Assertive yet Humble
Educated/Credentialed/Confident yet a great Partner & Wife.
Compassionate and Gorgeous yet held her own.
A Perfect Example of not being Either/Or but Being Both/And.
This show had so many wonderful examples. It's a shame about the behind the scenes disgrace. I wish kids today had tv role models like Clair
She was so great in that role!😁
I think a lot of people missed this episode. Give and take people!
Men today don’t understand what Claire huxtable even meant- they don’t want to do 50 50 period. 😞
She was beyond gorgeous
Read him for FILTH with tact and class. Iconic!
Soft spoken, gorgeous, sharp as a tack!
Elvin really put his foot in his mouth....
I like how she sweetly said " Now what would you like in your coffee!" 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow she read him in a real classy way I love it!
I saw her on This is Us and she was amazing and still gorgeous...I hope she is a regular on This is Us
Lol I loved this! And the caption made me laugh so hard
i actually grew up with a Claire Huxtable in my family. She played NO games. 😆
My “Claire Huxtable” wasn’t havin it either! Although the “reads” were oftentimes a lot louder.😆😆
This is what made this show the best.
Such a clutch show
From the UK Friday nights 9pm on Ch4 in the 80's.
Great show in its day, as an 80's kid I never missed it.
The only reason to watch this show was the Mother, she brought a whole new dimension to a classy, sophisticated black woman.
When an ace is served and all you can do is watch the ball fly past you without moving!
Now, what would you like in your coffee?? #shereads
I would reply "Mercy and forgiveness" LOL
@@toptenguy1 good one😩😩😩
Alvin💬: Maybe I should bring you some coffee☕💃💔♨
she left him HAVE IT
Slov Suarez she was being nice
The best TV mom ever.
She was my hero growing up. Love her.
Hottest TV mom of all time! She read him without a second thought. He didn't see it coming. Crushed it every time. Killing him softly.
I remember this episode when it came on. I looked up to her to her so much. Such a lady. Sassy,....classy.....
Claire would absolutely SLAY whenever need be
Say what you want about Bill Cosby but the show was brilliant
Phylicia Rashad is the ultimate mom along with her sister Debbie Allen they are two powerhouses! Was blessed to see Mrs Phylicia Rashad in a play years ago in Atlanta called Blues For An Alabama.Sky. She was fantastic! She has poise, grace, education, style, class & beauty that I admire so much in my own mom. Claire Huxtable represents how a woman can be in excellence👸🏾
@ :43: Cliff: “RIP, Elvin.”
She told him!😂😂😂😂
Anytime a black woman starts with "Let me tell you something...." just walk away 😂
SLAYYY!!
😂😂😂 He just got served! Get him Mrs. Huxtable! 👏🏻
LOL at Cliff finding a seat
Sam Brooks i love phylicia rashad but i love bernadette (jj sister on good times) more she would read her to filth do you agree? Bernadette was more sassier!!!
I will remember that forever!! Best lines!!
Love her!! 😂😂
Never mess with a strong, confident woman 🤷♂️
She was the best part of that show
She was so pretty and classy
She is definitely one of the people I looked up to when I was a kid watching this show.
Claire was the queen of reads!
I love the way she says, "Now, what would you like in your coffee?" Her expression and her tone are just like Denise's when Denise says something sarcastic.
🥰one of my most favourite episodes 🥰
Still one of my favorite scenes
Bro I'm grown now and re watching this made me crush all over again. Beautiful livong portrait of a black woman.