Why Cliff Asked How They'd TIE HIM UP — The Cosby Show Moment Fans STILL Quote

Three teenagers came downstairs in a line. Cliff Huxtable has raised five children and knows exactly what a line means. The arrangement is simple: a ride to the dance, a ride back, Rudy dropped off at home. Then comes the throwaway line on the way out — maybe we'll just take the subway — delivered casually enough that a tired father might miss it. He does not miss it. What follows is Cliff walking them through their own plan out loud, step by step, until he arrives at the only version that makes sense: they would have to knock him out, tie him up and put him in the cellar first. Watch three kids realize they never had a chance. Before that, Denise turns up with Tracy, who spent six weeks driving from Oregon on back roads photographing small town America after abandoning an architecture degree that cost his parents a great deal of money — a detail Cliff cannot let go of. And Cliff's dinner of steamed broccoli, boiled chicken and brown rice fools nobody, least of all Denise, who points out that every new leaf he turns over has the old one waiting underneath. The Cosby Show ran eight seasons on scenes like this, and this is The Cosby Show proving the father always heard you. Classic 80s family comedy at its sharpest. Watch more Huxtable family moments on this channel! Subscribe for more The Cosby Show clips every day! #TheCosbyShow #Sitcom #Huxtables #CliffHuxtable #80sTVMoments