@ggh546 I think it was in the 7th Season when Cliff was going to a jazz auction benefitting the UNCF. He was competing against his friend, Dr. Harmon, who came to the Huxtable residence on the morning of the auction. Said Cliff, "We just signed four checks to send kids to college. We happen to BE the United Negro College Fund."
He’s not wrong! College cost a fortune, so before you make a decision to go, it’s best to really think and reflect if it’s something you’re willing to commit to.
This is when Phylicia was pregnant and they placed a hole in the bed so she could sink in and hide her stomach. Notice the newspaper as well blocking her stomach.
It was the 80's. Everyone was expected to go to college right after high school. If you didn't have a 5-year post-high school graduation plan, people looked at you like there was something wrong with you.
I agree. That's how I did it. I went to a J.C. first, got an AA degree, then went to a 4 year and got my BA. Now if I can get the mentality to get my Masters Degree LMAO! I know it's only two years but uhhhhggg!
I remember I had this same talk with my parents my first semester in college but I made it and I graduated....because my parents would have killed me lmao!!!!
Same hahah....I have a retired officer whom keeps me on top of my schooling...hes a HUGE influence on and in my life ...a father figure really....I call him dad....I made the mistake of telling him I might quit school....lol ..NEVER again....the look he gave me...made me fear for my life...😂😂😂😂
I had a lot more trouble in college due to my physical and learning difficulties (and taking hard majors) but thanks to my parents and really good academic advisors I graduated with a bs in computer science 26 years later. I still say I would have graduated after max 6 years if mom and dad let me major in theatre
I didn't take a year off but I did go to a JC and it really helped me. Going to a JC helped because I got a chance to explore most if not all of the majors.
@@ClearYourMindTravel I took 2years off after high school(went on vacation, got a part time job)then went and enrolled in a 2year college, then transferred to a 4year university. I met and married my college sweetheart, so yeah it all worked out for me😊💞🙏because I wanted to go. College isn't for everyone and it should be your child's choice to go if they want and not forced by parents.
I love how Denise blames her issues cause she has to do laundry, the teachers suck, she has to clean her room, etc, etc, etc. It's typical. Real life and TV, people blame everyone, and everything BUT themselves.
Typical unmotivated college freshman. Sound like she would've been better off either going to a community college then transferring, OR taking a year off and decide what she really WANTS to do instead of just carrying along blindly through college b/c of what her parents might say.
It's a very teenagery thing to do. I'm a high school teacher and I have this conversation a lot. It's a life lesson that everyone has to learn at some point. It helps when there are parents willing to have the real talk with their kids and let them know what's what.
I started out my first semester in freshman year having trouble but I did manage to pull a 3.0 by the end of the term. It is tough the first semester, but it’s totally doable.
A few years later when Denise got married, her mother in law said to her "I hope you don't approach your marriage the way you approached you college career".
I’m an MA student now but I was thinking like Denise when I first started college blaming everybody else. I have had a lot of bad teachers but that’s no excuse for not doing your work
Me too, but my mother went off on me. Ever since then I did better. I even ended up on the Dean's List later on when I transferred from Community College to Business school.
I've only had one bad teacher in my college career. Couldn't even write formulas right and the students had to constantly correct her, so notes taking was frustrating.
It's very clear that by watching the show and the 1st season of Different World that all Denise wanted was the college experience and not do any of the work at all. She basically just wanted to be taken care of her entire life. I would not be surprised that one of the biggest reasons why she wanted to marry Martin so quickly is so she wouldn't have to go back to school.
I wish that during Freshman Orientation Week they had Lectures on how to Manage their time. I remember seeing Hoop Dreams and seeing William Gates at The Basketball Camp in Princeton, New Jersey where they gave lectures on how to manage their time on and off the court.
Denise's biggest problem was that she had too much freedom at Hillman. Nobody told her to get up, do her laundry, do her papers on time, etc. I wish the folks or even the High School Teachers warned the Kids about how at College, you are responsible for your life academically and personally. Clair should have made Denise do her Laundry, learn to budget. I remember watching The Brady Bunch Movies and while Bobby Brady was able to keep his Room Clean, when he got into College and His Apt, it was quite sloppy with Fast Food Boxes from Chinese Food Restaurants and Pizza Places.
I think Parents should start when their Child turns Sixteen. Say to them, you want to be treated like an adult, you'll learn to be responsible like an Adult. My Cousin was a real "Mama's Boy" and his Girlfriend called to complain about how he never learned to do anything. If he had gone to College out of state, he would have been a mess because he wouldn't know how to be self sufficient.
laminage Ikr. 🤔I think I fared better than she did in college because I took my responsibilities as a college student seriously and because I had teachers who told me and my now fellow high school alumni that when we got to college, we were responsible for our own lives.
@@AnonymousC-lm6tc My parents made me do laundry when I was 12, and I could make meals on my own before that. College in that respect wasn't that bad. I just didn't have much of a social life.
This attitude epitomized the "must go to college" attitude in the late 80s that grew in the 90s and 2000s. Only difference is that Denise's parents paid for her college tuition, room, and board. In reality, it wasn't long after that the student loan debt crisis started when children were taking out big buck student loans as if it were some kind of American obligation to do so because you had to go college. Truth is, most were not ready, not qualified, or just had no business being there.
Damn right. I used to sit in the back of my college class hall and I would see about 30% of students playing games on their laptops. They didn't even last until midterms.
That was because the government took over and started giving out student loans like candy because it wasn't their money. If student loans were still largely privatized, private companies wouldn't be handing out ridiculous amounts of money to people to go and study the nonsense that makes up 3/4 of college programs today.
Isn’t funny how Cosby is all happy until Denise says she is having trouble with ALL of her classes and then it frowns at the end. Thinking: Oooooohhhhhh boy.....
Isn't it so funny how Denise sounds like many kids and young adults nowadays and people now are like oh it's okay you probably learn a different way or you probably need extra help or you probably had a bad life....but back then she was held responsible for IRRESPONSIBLE?! that's what's wrong the world now always a excuse
The problem is some people genuinely do need extra help and their needs are taken as “excuses”. Adhd and other learning disorders for example are not laziness or excuses and are valid reasons to be having trouble and need extra time for exams and such help, but they don’t get taken seriously.
During my high school years, I took classes for a dual diploma so I could go to any kind of school I pleased, whether it was college or a trade school. I enrolled in an esthetician program after graduation and I loved it, but when the economy bottomed out during 2008, I had to rethink about what to do with my life because everybody was cutting corners and didn't seem interested in getting facials, waxing, spa treatments, etc. However, I still keep my esthetics license updated whenever necessary and still take classes to maintain it to this day. But then I enrolled in a patient care technician program and got a job at a retirement community my great grandma lived in when I was little and have been at that job going on thirteen years now as a certified nursing assistant and a certified medication aide. The point I'm trying to make is even if you don't go to college, it's not a door that you've missed. Don't worry because other doors and windows will open up if a door closes. Keep on keeping on.
Claire made an interesting double meaning comment when she said of college," It's a different world," which has relevance to Denise's situation, but also is the title of the Sitcom dealing with student life at Hillman College.
They really had a hard time raising a child with a heart and mind of their own. They refused to see her as her own person and pour into her what she needed.
I didnt have that problem thank goodness. I was an honor student in the marching band at an hbcu. Came back my second semester of freahman year n pledge. 😂
Denise never took College serious and she always did dumb things like; failing to tell her parents about her new husband and stepdaughter-until they all return to her house. And another dumb thing she did was when her husband ask her to call the base in Rhode Island to confirm for the housing and she didn't do it claiming that she forgot! Claire got to the bottom of it and realized that Denise was afraid to leave the nest..Clair told her "you got to go, my family is stationed here in Brooklyn."
The show was originally made for her, but because she was married of screen, she also got pregnant. The Bill was happy for her, he could have a single black mother in the show, it would feed on the negative stereotype that he wanted to avoid in the show. Thus she went away and didn't come back until married to Martian and Olivia was there.
Eszra You could tell at that point, Bill Cosby doesn't trust her with the decisions that she was making. You know with Angel Heart, getting married with Lenny Kravitz, etc.
It seemed pretty apparent that there were issues with Denise going to college. Parents seem to push not only the idea but the college. This happened to me and I got stuck going to a small conservative private college chosen by my mother. She wouldn't consider even looking at other options.
In some college classrooms you are a number among 100+ students, some you are part of an intimate typical classroom setting. So yes, it is very different
This reminds me of my freshman year at school. So many D’s and F’s. Smh lol. My poor kid will not be able to get anything past me when she goes off to college
I love the show so much I wished I would have followed Claire's advice if I was a little bit stronger than her I would have been more of a parent than my kids friends I'm not saying I wasn't a good parent I'm just saying I wasn't as strong as her
Never do that whole I will ace the final cause it's 70%...it's so much pressure, and you never know what's gonna be on it no matter how smart you think you are.
Clever how they were able to hide Phylicias stomach when she was pregnant they cut a hole in the bed to lower her and giant teddy bears in front of her food bags
During an episode of A Different World, a counselor pointed out that Denise's GPA for her first year was 1.7. I wouldn't WANT a child to go to college if they couldn't do any better than that
As funny as this scene is, it cuts and hurts me really deep, that I didn't have parents like this growing up, Not even remotely close. My parents were Lucifer and Luciferra.
Phylicia Rashad was very pregnant during that time so she's on a separate lower mattress to hide the pregnancy, so Lisa is on a different, higher surface to make it look like they are even on the bed.
@@livinglifetthefullest7722 large clothing/overcoats and layers, standing behind counters, carrying bags of groceries, angles...it you go back and watch the particular season, you will begin to see all of that.
Denise went to college not knowing what she wanted to do. She should habe started off at a community college and decides what she wanted to do, then went to Hillman.
Lol so literally (nobody) ? claire said denise you blaming (everybody) but the right (body) chile if that ain't some good black mom's talk and teaching then i don't know what is Smh 😂 😂
Seeing a lot of comments here about Denise being stupid and lazy which I can't agree with. College isn't really a measure of intelligence so much as it's a measure of discipline and self-control. Most kids who go are living away from home for the first time so they have no one to keep them on track, no parents, no teachers. The only way anyone survives that environment is if they have the discipline to be responsible and take care of things themselves, just like Clair says, "they treat you like an adult and expect you to take care of things yourself" (not exact quote). I had a roommate in college who had the same GPA as me but she partied constantly her freshman year, and I do mean constantly, she had friends from high school but her parents lived several states away so she had no one to keep her in check. The biggest challenge in college is having the motivation and drive to stay on track when you have no parents around to keep you in line and no teachers who will look after you because college professors generally won't care less if you're not doing the work, you're the one paying to be there. Denise didn't need smarts, she needed focus.
You reduce college students to a tiny proportion of society. I'm a college lecturer and I see very few students like Denise. The vast majority had to work really hard to get there and they want to invest in the process. Parents who make no demands on their kids to prep them for adult life have let them down. She is lazy and self absorbed but she's also a fictional creation.
I blame this show for the horrible perm I got in grade 8, ending up looking like Denise. I wanted to be Denise, but this hair was not the way to do it.
It's you. She's looking around because her character is supposed to be uncomfortable in this situation. When she's looking down, she's not reading something but attempting to portray shame.
@@musicaltheatergeek79 Also, around the time of her Hillman student days, they began to portray her as an airhead and irresponsible adult...So that they could start her college drop out storyline and smoothly “write her off to Africa” so she could take her real life hiatus from the show.So I think it’s also air-headed and detached mannerisms she’s purposely infusing into the character to portray it realistically.
Cliff and Clair always favoured Denise and Sondra. Imagine if it was Vanessa or Rudy who came home with a D result..their punishment would have been worse. Favouritism👎🏼
@Irene Dontoh Not nessesarily. Vanessa got in more trouble b/c she was a rebellious teen who did crazy stupid sh!t. One time, Vanessa got a "D" on a test and they weren't too hard on her Also, seeing the major age gap Btwn Rudy and Sondra, it's safe to say that Cliff and Claire were young inexperienced parents and had to learn along the way. By the time Theo was born (the 3rd oldest), they became better and better at parenting. Since Rudy and Vanessa were the youngest, it became very difficult for them to get away with anything as they've already seen the same tricks from the older kids.
Gorgeous I give her props, though - she staked out on her own and did her own thing, and Cosby “initially” gave his blessing for Angel Heart - until he saw the film’s content “later”.
@@MikeLera Yeah Cosby didn't see how she could stay on the Cosby show after that movie and he offered her the leading role in A Different World and she left that show after having a baby.
Well Cosby's crimes notwithstanding, behind the scenes documentaries talk about how Lisa was difficult on set as well. She was flaky, wouldn't show up on time and was sometimes hostile to other cast mates. Adding to the drama, Lisa was doing other off show antics that was tarnishing the wholesome image of the show, which the producers warned her not to do. I get it, she's her own person, she should do what she wants. But the show was her primary job at the time, so it shouldn't a surprise when they were less than warm to her when it came to giving her screen time. And then she got pregnant when she was really young which threw a huge wrench into production because they couldn't have a pregnant kid that was unmarried on the show. But even still, Cosby, instead of firing her, GAVE her her own show in A Different World. She was the STAR of her own show! And then I think after one or two seasons she was still being difficult and so they wrote her out. So I think she had issues with Cosby before all of the allegations and arrests came out. I don't know what, but I think she's much like the character on the show and just didn't think they were at fault for anything.
"our money is a terrible thing to waste."lol!
Lol!!!!
@ggh546 I think it was in the 7th Season when Cliff was going to a jazz auction benefitting the UNCF. He was competing against his friend, Dr. Harmon, who came to the Huxtable residence on the morning of the auction. Said Cliff, "We just signed four checks to send kids to college. We happen to BE the United Negro College Fund."
He’s not wrong! College cost a fortune, so before you make a decision to go, it’s best to really think and reflect if it’s something you’re willing to commit to.
This is when Phylicia was pregnant and they placed a hole in the bed so she could sink in and hide her stomach. Notice the newspaper as well blocking her stomach.
nomibe2911 Thanks for that bit of trivia. I was just asking myself what the real issue was.
nomibe2911 that's some good trivia, you would never be able to tell but now that you said that you can totally tell it's so funny lol
notice she told Denise to be careful before she hopped in the bed lol
toe708 I noticed that and thought that was a rather odd thing to say..makes sense now.
nomibe2911 yeah i damn sure didnt know that
I think Denise should’ve went to a community college her first two years. Then transfer to Hillman.
That would made senseand I totally agree with you on that.
It was the 80's. Everyone was expected to go to college right after high school. If you didn't have a 5-year post-high school graduation plan, people looked at you like there was something wrong with you.
I agree. That's how I did it. I went to a J.C. first, got an AA degree, then went to a 4 year and got my BA. Now if I can get the mentality to get my Masters Degree LMAO! I know it's only two years but uhhhhggg!
I agree she was not ready .I think Sandra, wasn't the only one they should of asked for their 💳back.L😀L
Indeed. Smaller classes, less course work load. Can talk to the professor more about the work.
Denise. Forever flaking. Never reliable and always blaming others.
Denise has narcissistic traits
remove the Denise and put my name there and that'll still be true.
Very beautiful.
Very flaky. Smh
3:09 it's a different world. Cosby was like that's the name of the spin off right there. Thank you Claire. Lol
Ikr lol
I remember I had this same talk with my parents my first semester in college but I made it and I graduated....because my parents would have killed me lmao!!!!
Same hahah....I have a retired officer whom keeps me on top of my schooling...hes a HUGE influence on and in my life ...a father figure really....I call him dad....I made the mistake of telling him I might quit school....lol
..NEVER again....the look he gave me...made me fear for my life...😂😂😂😂
@Warrior My first year in college was disastrous. I remember my parents just stared at me after they saw the three Ds and two Cs.
I had a lot more trouble in college due to my physical and learning difficulties (and taking hard majors) but thanks to my parents and really good academic advisors I graduated with a bs in computer science 26 years later. I still say I would have graduated after max 6 years if mom and dad let me major in theatre
Haha she said “It’s A Different World” 😂❤️
"I have so much to take care of: ... I have to eat. I have to sleep."
Lol
But Sondra was right about Denise. In another episode she said Denise should have taken a year off and then decide if she wants to go to college.
I was just about to post the same thing.
I didn't take a year off but I did go to a JC and it really helped me. Going to a JC helped because I got a chance to explore most if not all of the majors.
@@ClearYourMindTravel I took 2years off after high school(went on vacation, got a part time job)then went and enrolled in a 2year college, then transferred to a 4year university. I met and married my college sweetheart, so yeah it all worked out for me😊💞🙏because I wanted to go. College isn't for everyone and it should be your child's choice to go if they want and not forced by parents.
@@sweetbeauty2153 Great! When I went to a JC, I was lucky to have good guidance counselors.
@@ClearYourMindTravel Terrifico 😊🙏😎✌✌✌
honestly, eating is such a chore in college. i feel her lmao
That baby has Phylicia glowing ✨
I love how Denise blames her issues cause she has to do laundry, the teachers suck, she has to clean her room, etc, etc, etc. It's typical. Real life and TV, people blame everyone, and everything BUT themselves.
Typical unmotivated college freshman. Sound like she would've been better off either going to a community college then transferring, OR taking a year off and decide what she really WANTS to do instead of just carrying along blindly through college b/c of what her parents might say.
It's a very teenagery thing to do. I'm a high school teacher and I have this conversation a lot. It's a life lesson that everyone has to learn at some point. It helps when there are parents willing to have the real talk with their kids and let them know what's what.
@Amy Lee I was the same way when I was in college but I got it together.
I started out my first semester in freshman year having trouble but I did manage to pull a 3.0 by the end of the term. It is tough the first semester, but it’s totally doable.
Sadly, nowadays you really see students argue like Denise and been taken seriously by the administration...
And that my friend is why things are so fucked up these days.
oh right. And this new one is sooooooo much better. You sound like a Denise.
That's true.
Yeah I was one of those students. My parents looked at me and said we ain't buying it LMAO!
But I got it together.
A few years later when Denise got married, her mother in law said to her "I hope you don't approach your marriage the way you approached you college career".
I’m an MA student now but I was thinking like Denise when I first started college blaming everybody else. I have had a lot of bad teachers but that’s no excuse for not doing your work
That was me too in my freshman year. I even blamed the weather lol!
Me too, but my mother went off on me. Ever since then I did better. I even ended up on the Dean's List later on when I transferred from Community College to Business school.
I've only had one bad teacher in my college career. Couldn't even write formulas right and the students had to constantly correct her, so notes taking was frustrating.
@@ClearYourMindTravel that made me laugh 😆
😆 the Cosby's never get old.
2:33 This really foreshadows a season one episode of the spinoff really well. Lol.
It's very clear that by watching the show and the 1st season of Different World that all Denise wanted was the college experience and not do any of the work at all. She basically just wanted to be taken care of her entire life. I would not be surprised that one of the biggest reasons why she wanted to marry Martin so quickly is so she wouldn't have to go back to school.
We all living in a Different World now everyone be blessed
I wish that during Freshman Orientation Week they had Lectures on how to Manage their time. I remember seeing Hoop Dreams and seeing William Gates at The Basketball Camp in Princeton, New Jersey where they gave lectures on how to manage their time on and off the court.
Did they offer personal development classes at your college?
It's the teachers! 😂😂😂😂 I've used that excuse before in the tenth grade. 😂😂😂
Lol I used it in middle school 😅😅😅
Who didn't use that excuse LOL!?!?
Denise's biggest problem was that she had too much freedom at Hillman. Nobody told her to get up, do her laundry, do her papers on time, etc. I wish the folks or even the High School Teachers warned the Kids about how at College, you are responsible for your life academically and personally. Clair should have made Denise do her Laundry, learn to budget. I remember watching The Brady Bunch Movies and while Bobby Brady was able to keep his Room Clean, when he got into College and His Apt, it was quite sloppy with Fast Food Boxes from Chinese Food Restaurants and Pizza Places.
That’s why you should practice taking some responsibility for your own life before you reach college.
I think Parents should start when their Child turns Sixteen. Say to them, you want to be treated like an adult, you'll learn to be responsible like an Adult. My Cousin was a real "Mama's Boy" and his Girlfriend called to complain about how he never learned to do anything. If he had gone to College out of state, he would have been a mess because he wouldn't know how to be self sufficient.
laminage Ikr. 🤔I think I fared better than she did in college because I took my responsibilities as a college student seriously and because I had teachers who told me and my now fellow high school alumni that when we got to college, we were responsible for our own lives.
Iaminage-I wonder if the Denise character had ADD? 🤔
@@AnonymousC-lm6tc My parents made me do laundry when I was 12, and I could make meals on my own before that. College in that respect wasn't that bad. I just didn't have much of a social life.
This attitude epitomized the "must go to college" attitude in the late 80s that grew in the 90s and 2000s. Only difference is that Denise's parents paid for her college tuition, room, and board. In reality, it wasn't long after that the student loan debt crisis started when children were taking out big buck student loans as if it were some kind of American obligation to do so because you had to go college. Truth is, most were not ready, not qualified, or just had no business being there.
Damn right. I used to sit in the back of my college class hall and I would see about 30% of students playing games on their laptops. They didn't even last until midterms.
That was because the government took over and started giving out student loans like candy because it wasn't their money. If student loans were still largely privatized, private companies wouldn't be handing out ridiculous amounts of money to people to go and study the nonsense that makes up 3/4 of college programs today.
All I have to do is get straight A's from now on. It's in the bag! LOL
Isn’t funny how Cosby is all happy until Denise says she is having trouble with ALL of her classes and then it frowns at the end. Thinking: Oooooohhhhhh boy.....
Not ALL her classes. She didn't miss one single film in her Modern Cinema class. So there's that...
Isn't it so funny how Denise sounds like many kids and young adults nowadays and people now are like oh it's okay you probably learn a different way or you probably need extra help or you probably had a bad life....but back then she was held responsible for IRRESPONSIBLE?! that's what's wrong the world now always a excuse
The problem is some people genuinely do need extra help and their needs are taken as “excuses”. Adhd and other learning disorders for example are not laziness or excuses and are valid reasons to be having trouble and need extra time for exams and such help, but they don’t get taken seriously.
Yeah..Denise seems like the most relatable. Only difference between me and her is I got through it, graduated, and Majored in a career.
Lord Denise and Vanessa 🤦♀️
Lol no bull!!!
"Its a Different World" I see what you did there mrs huxtable
Same 😂
Caught it!
i loved the reference
Notice it
During my high school years, I took classes for a dual diploma so I could go to any kind of school I pleased, whether it was college or a trade school. I enrolled in an esthetician program after graduation and I loved it, but when the economy bottomed out during 2008, I had to rethink about what to do with my life because everybody was cutting corners and didn't seem interested in getting facials, waxing, spa treatments, etc. However, I still keep my esthetics license updated whenever necessary and still take classes to maintain it to this day. But then I enrolled in a patient care technician program and got a job at a retirement community my great grandma lived in when I was little and have been at that job going on thirteen years now as a certified nursing assistant and a certified medication aide. The point I'm trying to make is even if you don't go to college, it's not a door that you've missed. Don't worry because other doors and windows will open up if a door closes. Keep on keeping on.
This was in the third season and aired on Thursday night, November 13, 1986. It was likely filmed in August or September 1986.
Claire was pregnant in the scene ... they had to cut the a whole in the bed to hide her pregnancy
Claire made an interesting double meaning comment when she said of college," It's a different world," which has relevance to Denise's situation, but also is the title of the Sitcom dealing with student life at Hillman College.
3:07 -- Claire: It’s a different world 😮
Wish I had great parents like them in this show 😉
I know how she feels. I can get a B in English but I cannot stand math and science.
"Welcome to college, Denise!"
They really had a hard time raising a child with a heart and mind of their own. They refused to see her as her own person and pour into her what she needed.
I didnt have that problem thank goodness. I was an honor student in the marching band at an hbcu. Came back my second semester of freahman year n pledge. 😂
Denise never took College serious and she always did dumb things like; failing to tell her parents about her new husband and stepdaughter-until they all return to her house. And another dumb thing she did was when her husband ask her to call the base in Rhode Island to confirm for the housing and she didn't do it claiming that she forgot! Claire got to the bottom of it and realized that Denise was afraid to leave the nest..Clair told her "you got to go, my family is stationed here in Brooklyn."
If she knew she wasn’t committed, she should’ve been honest and sign up for community college (which is cheaper) or take a year off.
She was bae I'm crushing so hard thinking about a different world and the season she was on it it's a shame it wasn't longer it breaks the heart
she was gorgeous
The show was originally made for her, but because she was married of screen, she also got pregnant. The Bill was happy for her, he could have a single black mother in the show, it would feed on the negative stereotype that he wanted to avoid in the show. Thus she went away and didn't come back until married to Martian and Olivia was there.
Eszra You could tell at that point, Bill Cosby doesn't trust her with the decisions that she was making. You know with Angel Heart, getting married with Lenny Kravitz, etc.
Gera WallStar Yeah I heard about that. I don't care what anyone said, Cosby really cared for the people in this show.
Eszra facts
It seemed pretty apparent that there were issues with Denise going to college. Parents seem to push not only the idea but the college. This happened to me and I got stuck going to a small conservative private college chosen by my mother. She wouldn't consider even looking at other options.
“They say do it just do it and you never hear about it again until it has to be in” 🤣🤣🤣
That’s code for- “I forgot that the assignment was due and then rushed to get it in by the deadline.”
It's a different world reference started it all
3:04 Honey, you're in college. It's a DIFFERENT WORLD!
Is this where they got the name of the spin off from?
It's a different world. So Clair named the spinoff.
Listening to her talk about college, made me feel so damn JEALOUS.
Why?
@@harmony3279 It was so much easier than what I had to do in college.
Wow that's incredibly good luck Cosby show is more telented painter as well just becareful I love you we all do support appreciate respect
3:06 “Honey, you’re in college. It’s a different world.”
*cue Aretha Franklin’s version*
"...from where I come from!" 🎵 🎶
Denise is a trip!
In some college classrooms you are a number among 100+ students, some you are part of an intimate typical classroom setting. So yes, it is very different
Now who in the audience said “whooo” when she bent over to crawl in bed😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol a daggone person with dirty mind 😂
Oh my gawd denise was my second crush first being phoebe cates man denise was super fine
I didn't know she was pregnant in this show!
I’ve taken calculus…I can relate 🤷🏾♀️
This reminds me of my freshman year at school. So many D’s and F’s. Smh lol. My poor kid will not be able to get anything past me when she goes off to college
You retake the classes in the 10th grade
Bro i love Denise
Honey, you are in college now. It is A Different World. Indeed...
I love the show so much I wished I would have followed Claire's advice if I was a little bit stronger than her I would have been more of a parent than my kids friends I'm not saying I wasn't a good parent I'm just saying I wasn't as strong as her
Never do that whole I will ace the final cause it's 70%...it's so much pressure, and you never know what's gonna be on it no matter how smart you think you are.
Clever how they were able to hide Phylicias stomach when she was pregnant they cut a hole in the bed to lower her and giant teddy bears in front of her food bags
During an episode of A Different World, a counselor pointed out that Denise's GPA for her first year was 1.7. I wouldn't WANT a child to go to college if they couldn't do any better than that
As funny as this scene is, it cuts and hurts me really deep, that I didn't have parents like this growing up, Not even remotely close. My parents were Lucifer and Luciferra.
Denise was so cute back then.
Did anyone else notice Claire say it’s a different world?
Students for social peace through poetry. Lol. Huh?!!
I know right 😂😂😂
Firmest bed in America.
Phylicia Rashad was very pregnant during that time so she's on a separate lower mattress to hide the pregnancy, so Lisa is on a different, higher surface to make it look like they are even on the bed.
hutch how was she able to hide the pregnancy through out this season?
@@livinglifetthefullest7722 large clothing/overcoats and layers, standing behind counters, carrying bags of groceries, angles...it you go back and watch the particular season, you will begin to see all of that.
Denise went to college not knowing what she wanted to do. She should habe started off at a community college and decides what she wanted to do, then went to Hillman.
I agree
Lol so literally (nobody) ?
claire said denise you blaming (everybody) but the right (body)
chile if that ain't some good black mom's talk and teaching then i don't know what is
Smh 😂 😂
Seeing a lot of comments here about Denise being stupid and lazy which I can't agree with. College isn't really a measure of intelligence so much as it's a measure of discipline and self-control. Most kids who go are living away from home for the first time so they have no one to keep them on track, no parents, no teachers. The only way anyone survives that environment is if they have the discipline to be responsible and take care of things themselves, just like Clair says, "they treat you like an adult and expect you to take care of things yourself" (not exact quote). I had a roommate in college who had the same GPA as me but she partied constantly her freshman year, and I do mean constantly, she had friends from high school but her parents lived several states away so she had no one to keep her in check. The biggest challenge in college is having the motivation and drive to stay on track when you have no parents around to keep you in line and no teachers who will look after you because college professors generally won't care less if you're not doing the work, you're the one paying to be there. Denise didn't need smarts, she needed focus.
You reduce college students to a tiny proportion of society. I'm a college lecturer and I see very few students like Denise. The vast majority had to work really hard to get there and they want to invest in the process. Parents who make no demands on their kids to prep them for adult life have let them down. She is lazy and self absorbed but she's also a fictional creation.
Heaps of people manage it and even get grades for grad school.
I feel like this is my son and I. 😂
I love danies
Denise was lazy she acted like a hippy! She never wanted to study! 😞
I blame this show for the horrible perm I got in grade 8, ending up looking like Denise. I wanted to be Denise, but this hair was not the way to do it.
@Cutelike Dolphins No, race didn't enter my mind. She was cool, and I wanted to be cool.
Calculus in a freshmen year in college? I took Trigonometry in my freshmen year and that was considered advance placement.
I never had to take calc nor trig. Maybe that is for biology, math, engineering majors.
I took calculus as a senior in high school.
Denise Should Studied Community Then Transfer To Hillman
This is literally my brothers 😆
Denise had it easy!! Try being a poor college student working part-time 😂
Very god hendrix mala gold
Its a shame lisa and bill didn't get along
Wat season and episode is this??
Season 3 episode 9
is it just me or is Denise reading off cue cards set up around the set like her eyes are focused on reading lines
dipsettopnotch That's possible. Lisa Bonet had a habit of being a bit of a Diva. She probably didn't try that hard to memorize her lines.
It's you. She's looking around because her character is supposed to be uncomfortable in this situation. When she's looking down, she's not reading something but attempting to portray shame.
@@musicaltheatergeek79 Also, around the time of her Hillman student days, they began to portray her as an airhead and irresponsible adult...So that they could start her college drop out storyline and smoothly “write her off to Africa” so she could take her real life hiatus from the show.So I think it’s also air-headed and detached mannerisms she’s purposely infusing into the character to portray it realistically.
This was the 1st ep i ever saw!
Cliff and Clair always favoured Denise and Sondra. Imagine if it was Vanessa or Rudy who came home with a D result..their punishment would have been worse. Favouritism👎🏼
Irene Dontoh-Or if it was Theo. I think that they were the hardest on him bc he was a boy.
Colorism. Lol jk
@@kelleyannethomas5372 I always thought that Cliff was the hardest on Theo because he is the only son while easier on the other kids.
Colorism.
@Irene Dontoh
Not nessesarily. Vanessa got in more trouble b/c she was a rebellious teen who did crazy stupid sh!t. One time, Vanessa got a "D" on a test and they weren't too hard on her
Also, seeing the major age gap Btwn Rudy and Sondra, it's safe to say that Cliff and Claire were young inexperienced parents and had to learn along the way. By the time Theo was born (the 3rd oldest), they became better and better at parenting. Since Rudy and Vanessa were the youngest, it became very difficult for them to get away with anything as they've already seen the same tricks from the older kids.
2 Ds , double Ds?
I bet she did
lmao. I thought the same
Peace two two
Fun fact Clair was pregnant in this scene.
Denise that's true
After ‘Angel Heart’, I never looked at “Denise” the same again.
Bill Cosby fire here from Another World after that, It was Jasmine Guy's show
Gorgeous I give her props, though - she staked out on her own and did her own thing, and Cosby “initially” gave his blessing for Angel Heart - until he saw the film’s content “later”.
No he took her off A Different world because she was pregnant.
Antonio James That was later - I was referring to earlier during the Cosby days.
@@MikeLera Yeah Cosby didn't see how she could stay on the Cosby show after that movie and he offered her the leading role in A Different World and she left that show after having a baby.
am sorry she gets a what now??????????
Then you coming home?
Denise was such a whiner.
Hellow
I wonder why Denise didn't speak to Cosby for 30 years after the show ended.
I guess by now every one can suspect what was the reason.
Well Cosby's crimes notwithstanding, behind the scenes documentaries talk about how Lisa was difficult on set as well. She was flaky, wouldn't show up on time and was sometimes hostile to other cast mates. Adding to the drama, Lisa was doing other off show antics that was tarnishing the wholesome image of the show, which the producers warned her not to do. I get it, she's her own person, she should do what she wants. But the show was her primary job at the time, so it shouldn't a surprise when they were less than warm to her when it came to giving her screen time. And then she got pregnant when she was really young which threw a huge wrench into production because they couldn't have a pregnant kid that was unmarried on the show.
But even still, Cosby, instead of firing her, GAVE her her own show in A Different World. She was the STAR of her own show! And then I think after one or two seasons she was still being difficult and so they wrote her out. So I think she had issues with Cosby before all of the allegations and arrests came out. I don't know what, but I think she's much like the character on the show and just didn't think they were at fault for anything.
Anthony berdix
you had Clair sad be careful
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drop out of college, send mike savage to replace