The Wretched | TV Onederland Presents The Huxtables

[@hutch1197]

When Claire yelled "GO TO BED!", the entire audience felt it. Hell, I thought I was in trouble, and I was just watching the show. That was a pivotal acting moment.

[@ariannabrown311]

I’m know right, I was like did that just happen, wow

[@tanishakennedy4616]

Chile I remember looking at my mother and father in shock when this scene was on! Claire shook me too 🤣🤣🤯🤣

[@justanadams9430]

When she screamed go to bed. I went to bed.

[@shortblockflexinit5219]

I was a fully grown adult when this aired, in the Navy, and even I almost went to bed 😄.

[@kinglord7707]

Reminds me to Katherine Jackson when she told Joe to Go to Bed after he threatened to whip Marlon and Mike

[@TheJayWashExperience]

This scene alone should have gotten Phylicia an Emmy. She portrayed the emotions of angry-but-relieved she safe-but-disappointed mom to the T

[@dancexs]

Facts !!

[@JudeTavonFenwick]

Lmao… how do you figure that? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brianschwartz1372]

You’re forgetting the most important emotion, Rage.

[@_riri94]

Facts

[@BOSSLADY-cu8vs]

What Ms. Rashad gave her, was Real Mother Rage and Game all at the same time.

[@ImThat9irl7]

I agree, she played the hell out that role.

[@danyulwilliams9823]

Man that scene was so iconic!!!

[@johnmickns]

It was!

[@kevinmansell8746]

you better answer me girl when i am asking you a question!!

[@filmadcamp1512]

Phylicia had so many iconic moments.

[@marklouis1890]

You better say that again

[@rowlaanbennett7296]

People always talked about Denise and Theo but VANESSA was the “baddest” child! She did the most DANGEROUS things 😂

[@hutch1197]

So true. And Theo's troubles were usually normal things, mostly as a teenager. Once they discovered his dyslexia, he excelled in college. Vanessa went to college and came back engaged to the maintenance man.

[@karenavant2281]

​@@hutch1197 Vanessa broke curfew, got drunk playing a game also. Yes Vanessa was a bit of a rule breaker for sure.

[@MJM8715]

From Day 1 - she was a problem 😂

[@karenavant2281]

@@MJM8715 When Vanessa was younger she really got on Theos nerves too! 😄

[@sirmadchadmckee6343]

I said the same thing

[@kaitlynneyoung4160]

I’m still terrified to have big fun!! 😂😂

[@tnttnt9150]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shrekipep1]

LOL........ Made you think, right?. LOL, LOL, LOL........

[@cheenjoopearl]

LOL!!!!

[@Savage-7980]

RIGHT?!?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@toriconey705]

😂😂😂

[@jclark21218]

i'm glad I found this clip! the story behind it! confirms that the last part of that scene was totally not scripted. It was SOOOOO GOOOD!!!!

[@richierich3541]

They played the heck out of that scene

[@PatriciaJohnson-c1i]

@@richierich3541 they did so good

[@CodenameRawTV]

Had the nerve to be out there having "big fun!" 😂

[@nkotbsouth]

With The Wretched! 🤣

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

Haha 😅

[@kevinmansell8746]

favorite line when Claire was not looking at Rudy! RUDY! GO TO BED! LOL

[@n7y8c7]

​@@nkotbsouthSinging the Wretched song!

[@jonthomas8569]

I love this episode, and I often wondered if Phylicia Rashad gave Tempestt any warning that she was going to really lay into her. Hearing this story and knowing that she rolled with that unexpected turn so effectively is a testament to how good Tempestt was. And Phylicia sold that scene! We were all a little scared of her that day.

[@ariannabrown311]

Scared I’m telling you, felt like I was there, I felt that

[@LaKyMarEntertainment]

Doubt it. Situations like this, actors will change things up to give the editor choices. If Phylicia gave Tempestt a heads up, she wouldn’t have given a natural reaction

[@loveppl6999]

SHE JUST SAY THERE AND TOLD US THAT'S NOT HOW THE REHEARSED IT AND THEY REHEARSED IT 5 TIMES. SHE JUST TOLD US THAT IS NOT!!!! HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.

[@ArthurRex131]

She didn't. Phalycia was so into the performance that Tempest Bledsoe cried real tears and had to be calmed down by the film crew after the scene was done. Phalicia even apologized when she realized what happened.

[@1thetvzone]

Your acting partner will switch it up on you and that when the other actor has to pick it up and knock it out the ballpark! They both did that! That what makes good great acting is that improv.

[@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up]

Phylicia Rashad should have won a TV award for this performance!

[@mayapace6914]

The Cosby Show was so good!!! That show and Different World will never be replicated! Greatness

[@shrekipep1]

Yes, yes, I agree. When VHS tapes were out, I taped ALL of the Different World episodes. After watching them over and over again, I enrolled in college and earned a BSN in Nursing and now am now an Assistant Director of Nursing !!!

[@am8eezy11]

That scene always gets me emotional when I see it and now I know why since it came from an improvised place. Same as Will Smith on Fresh Prince in the scene where he says "How come he don't want me man?" 😢 Such emotionally charged moments.

[@shrekipep1]

Yesssssss! Love your comparison !!!

[@chrisutley2859]

Something about Vanessa’s behavior always brought out the 🔥🔥🔥 in Clair! Remember the fight with Denise over the sweater, the time she got caught wearing makeup, the time she snuck out with her boyfriend behind Cliff & Clair’s back (and them turning the sofa to face the door when Vanessa got home), and, lastly, the revelation of Vanessa’s hidden engagement to Dabnis! Straight 🔥🔥🔥

[@MrAquarius2493]

Yes!! Vanessa was the one that tried Cliff and Claire's gangsta all the time. The other Huxtable kids have had their own share of dirt but Vanessa was THAT ONE! Adding to her treachery as you stated above, and the infamous Wretched concert trip, there was the time where she and her friends were singing the locomotion wearing provocative clothing, the time where she was fighting with Rudy, which lead to them both being exiled to the basement, and the time where she got drunk with her friends. I was starting to think she didn't like her life because she was living dangerously lol.

[@MsTexas73]

@@chrisutley2859 Yes. Vanessa was that one child. But I had a feeling had the show gone on Rudy was finna be the REAL ONE.

[@MrAquarius2493]

@@MsTexas73 Ah you think so? Rudy had her moments and she was the youngest but she was not daring or bold like Vanessa at all. I don’t think she ever wanted to try her parents like that lol.

[@MsTexas73]

@@MrAquarius2493 She went to that night club for older teens trying to act older and Pam, Charmaine, and Lance tailed them there to keep an eye on them and make sure nothing happened to them. Because they lied, Rudy and her friends had to volunteer at a musing home on the weekends (since they wanted to act older and be around older people 🤣). That was just the beginning. We didn’t get to see what would happen next because the show ended. But had Rudy gone on to high school, who knows.

[@MrAquarius2493]

@@MsTexas73 I stand corrected! Lol. 😂😂

[@Dimples718]

The great Phylicia Rashad does not get enough recognition. She gives her all when it comes to her craft. It's mind-boggling how this woman never received one Emmy Award for her portrail of Claire Huxtable.

[@scorpiana3424]

This scene and Will Smith crying on Fresh Prince about his dad are standing ovation moments. ❤

[@alidahines9773]

So glad these conversations are happening. The Cosby Show was one of the best shows of all time and should never be forgotten.

[@LilHelena]

Wow! So I always figured that last scene was improvised. Actors do it all the time. You can really tell by 1) the reaction from thr audience 2) Tempestt’s reaction because she jumped back and let out that little yelp 3) if you look closely the camera shook (even the cameraman was shocked) and 4) Phylicia just stood there. She was probably shocked herself

[@jonthomas8569]

Yes! I remember thinking that Clair looked like there was a hint of remorse in her face after she exploded and Vanessa left in tears. Phylicia likely did feel a little bad, and it was totally appropriate for the character. And Vanessa looked genuinely fearful and upset throughout the scene. All Bill Cosby could do was hang back and let the actresses work their magic.

[@LilHelena]

@@jonthomas8569 Yup

[@C98777]

Well that was perfect because it made it so believable and the audience felt it and any parent who would be so enraged that a child would do that felt it. Claire Huxtable was the quintessential mother that everybody wish they had. Best TV mom ever

[@cims1ty640]

I think Malcolm Jamal Warner was the director of this episode too

[@LilHelena]

@@cims1ty640 He was. Him and another guy named Carl Laugten or something like that

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

Phylicia Rachad was so scary good in that "big fun with the Wretched" scene that to this day, I'm afraid to go to Baltimore. Also, Tempestt Bledsoe has apparently never aged in 34 years, which is crazy.

[@kevinmansell8746]

we need parents like that today though

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

To this day, I felt that Clair was going to slap the hell out of her.

[@kevinmansell8746]

she could have i did go to bed after that night lol

[@marklouis1890]

That's what I'm saying If this wasn't a TV show and it was real life she would have gotten her ass beat. They both seem like the type of parents to spare the rod

[@marklouis1890]

@@YolandaAnneBrown95726 if this wasn't a sitcom, she would have gotten her ass whooped

[@sistagirllondon]

​@@kevinmansell8746i think all of America did! GREAT scene!

[@leam7018]

This is one of my favorite episodes. Although every time I watch it, I get scared for Vanessa's life in the scene where Claire gets in her face. Loved hearing the story behind what happened afterwards.

[@tanishakennedy4616]

Yes! This brings tears to my eyes 😢

[@marklouis1890]

I left when she bucked at Vanessa

[@DrQazaz]

There should be past episode Emmy's.....or rectifying Emmy's. Phylicia has so many episodes she deserves recognition for...

[@ItsKeeYall]

I don't hold award shows to any standards because it's mostly paid praise but if anybody deserves an Emmy, it's Phylicia, for her role as Clair Huxtable. That "GO TO BED!" was so real and raw, the true rage of a mother that had no idea where her child was or the danger she could've been in, it came from a place of relief and anger. JUST AMAZING. She's amazing and Tempestt held her own in that scene too.

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

That's good to hear the backstory behind that scene was so powerful that is scared the audience that's the sign of great acting

[@taylerjones2986]

Wow that's what actors of greatness do. Good behind the scenes knowledge

[@nr30199]

"Well let's see now you had doughnuts!!" Love hearing the behind the scenes story on my favorite Cosby Show episode. Never seen my girl Clair lose her cool like that. Vanessa stayed trying it😂😂😂

[@marianesonnelarsen8770]

My 3 year old daugther disappeared for 5 hours many years ago, it was the worst day ever. The fear you have and feel is intense. You never get over it, even if she was found. She is 32 today.

[@Arch-i-tech]

I felt that scene, whew❤ folks still refer to it to this day

[@CaramelTwix]

All I keep hearing is, YOU WANTED TO HAVE BIG FUN! That kept me straight all thru high school 😂

[@mrserwin08]

This is my FAVORITE episode! The ancestors came through in that “GO TO BED!”

[@marklouis1890]

On everything

[@HuskyDog88]

Clair went full-on Kion, Lion Guard, Roar of the Elders on Vanessa.

[@jackiematthews9876]

The shame of it all the greatest of the show will never be fully appreciated. This was and is black and excellence! How many of us religiously watched this on Thursday night and lived what they were going through. The good times, the hard times and all times in between. To see other shows get celebrated for being white good makes me mad when this truly was one of the greatest shows ever. This episode embodies the greatest of what families go through and is acted out brilliantly! Thank you to EVERYONE involved with this masterpiece and I wish the show could be celebrated more.

[@nkotbsouth]

💯

[@ervinghenderson4780]

The Cosby Show will always get the credit it fully deserves. Unfortunately, it is also tied to the legacy of Bill Cosby.

[@abinashmishra329]

@@ervinghenderson4780blame it on Spanish fly

[@jaiyabyrd4177]

🔥 Phylicia Rashad was magnificent as Claire Huxtable 💯

[@vernelledouglas1801]

Rashad, Bledsoe and Cosby are excellent here. They act and react so realistically.

[@keynonwashington3857]

WOW! No wonder that scene is so powerful!

[@dancexs]

I remember this episode. It shook me too. Because I felt that mother anger. To this day … decades later I feel it. Mrs. Rashad brought it.

[@namatovunajah3413]

One of the best scenes ❤

[@namatovunajah3413]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂me toooo

[@dwea1981]

This is one of the best scenes ever!!!!!

[@PaulRoyale]

Wow, what a story! Goosebumps!! Tempest’s reaction was real… Damn.

[@SheilaMakena]

THIS IS AMAZING that she shared the BTS of this ICONIC scene!! For decades I have wondered what happened after the director yelled "Cut!" Now we know. Brought tears to my eyes. An incredible job done by Tempest and Phylicia!

[@nefthegoddess]

Superb acting from both of them! 🥹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jermainenewman8315]

Dang why did I just tear up

[@GLBLHOF]

That’s called great acting

[@aarongilmore1254]

What a cool behind the scenes story. One of the best episodes

[@kendra1908]

This scene, the one when Sandra told them she wasn’t going to Law School and the ones with Jeremy “Vanessa’s Boo thang” are the most memorable ones for me. I loved Claire Huxtable and was scared of her all at the same time 😂😂😂😂

[@nkotbsouth]

Oh yes, Sandra and the Wilderness Store! 🤣

[@casandrakelly]

“I want my money now” 😂😂 she was not playing with Sandra

[@abinashmishra329]

@@nkotbsouthbut realistically speaking it is not abnormal to take a pause and explore other options after college before going to graduate or professional school.

[@soulheaven9243]

Claire turned into a straight G when Vanessa brought Dabnis home too

[@msde625]

I really liked that episode because of this scene. This episode was so real for me, I did not try this ish as a teenager. Nah, he'll nah...it would've been way worse for me. LOL.

[@miacastillo4008]

Phylicia Rashad 👑👑👑

[@Nicole-uu3zn]

Great recap 👏🏾👏🏾

[@camrencross645]

This show is still SUPER RELEVANT. I watch my DVD set often, and first episode til the end is all still relevant, and should be absorbed.

[@mariathomas4815]

And you did it. You brought the house down that night, and you had me crying in an episode! 😇🙏👑❤️🏆

[@phillee8262]

Can't believe this is Vanessa she's looks great ❤❤❤❤❤

[@dlsmith300201]

Vanessa always seemed to have the best “stories” because Tempestt was just THAT GREAT. They all were.

[@colinbiz]

One of the greatest moments in TV history. Out of all the Huxtable kids, Vanessa gave the most trouble.

[@alexiscarson-branch5258]

By far my favorite Bill Cosby episode EVER!! I love when she kept telling her “SHUT UP” and then 5 minutes later- “Girl you better answer me when Im talking to you” lol my mama EXACTLY

[@nkotbsouth]

🤣

[@n7y8c7]

FrFr! Only thing missing was stop crying before I give you something to cry about! 😂😂😂

[@ILoveOldTWC]

She contradicting herself. "Don't you dare open your mouth" then "you better answer me..." She was in a no-win, lose-lose situation.

[@fawaka5006]

Wow! Epic! God bless you all!

[@mikej2133]

Just finished watching the Jackson 5 movie(1992) Didn't realize that Vanessa's friend Kara (Elizabeth Narvaez) was Dee Dee (Tito's Girl)

[@n7y8c7]

THIS is why Vanessa was always my favorite child! My favorite episode! Vanessa either got the best episodes, or were featured in them. My next favorite is when Claire was going through menopause, and when Vanessa had a singing group! COMEDY!!!

[@shalonrivers6732]

That scene was very true to life 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jasonlopez6562]

That’s how we were disciplined in those days and we are better people for it!!!!

[@CeddyMackBaybee93]

I remember watching this when it first aired. I went to bed ...

[@sistagirllondon]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CHERYLRGAY]

WHEN CLAIRE WENT FOR VANESSA!! AND CLIFF STEPPED IN FRONT OF CLAIRE!! MY FAVORITE SCENE!!😃😃😃😃

[@octavianicole6958]

I loved Vanessa’s hair in that scene

[@Mel-dd6qg]

We all felt that go to bed

[@JudeTavonFenwick]

I just love that they came here to Baltimore

[@jazzinikki01]

This is such an iconic episode. Because of this moment

[@marchandabrown1131]

i love this scene 😂❤

[@rayrock90]

I love this back story… it reminds me of the scene with James Avery & Will Smith on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Tempess & Will were among some really great actors that really captivated audiences to make you really believe the scene! ❤️ mad respect for Ms Rashad!

[@jljtheraven]

Amazing scene with two brilliant actresses. The show holds up well as a textbook for parents.

[@vnote1970]

That was a great scene

[@tmalone2530]

To this day I have never been to Baltimore. If I DO visit, I will make sure I’m home before curfew.

[@sweetcakes77_7]

I've been waiting for years to hear why Clair was so in rage in this episode. thank you!👍👍👍

[@BlaséSpiritless]

That’s a beautiful story.

[@freddy8479]

"YOU BETTER ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, GIRL!!!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 How about the episode when Vanessa GOT DRUNK?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@nr30199]

Chug-a-lug!!😂

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

​@nr30199 🍻

[@Transporter_Not_Statham]

“WHAT IS THE AROMA COMING FROM THE SHEETS?” Cliff asking Denise the same question Clair did 😂😂😂

[@NateTheGr8ness]

When Clair yelled at Vanessa to GO TO BED 🛌, it was so moving that I ran to MY room and got in bed 🛌! 😂😂😂

[@sistagirllondon]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Yukia76]

😂

[@yvettepitts5467]

Ya'll BOTH did an awesome job of that scene! It's very memorable!

[@tyresewalker4761]

YOU BETTER ANSWER ME WHEN I ASK YOU A QUESTION GIRL LOL 😂😂

[@minnieciaminniewinston9064]

I felt your pain 😔

[@zzizahacallar]

One of my favorite episodes

[@the80sfanatic13]

When I saw this episode when I was a teenager, I had goosebumps when Claire said "go to bed "

[@abinashmishra329]

I’m not sure if anyone noticed, but according to IMDb, this episode marked the last appearances of Kara, Janet, and Susan. I don’t know the fates of the actresses’ careers as guest stars on the show. However it is safe for the viewers to assume that as punishment, Vanessa was not allowed to interact with those three girls again.

[@trfaniel1]

Having Big Fun, in Baltimore!!!

[@genestacoleman2754]

The best show ever made 🥳🙏🏾♥️ I mostly definitely enjoyed the rerun 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🥰

[@professordavid2008]

This scene was so good that it was real! Tempestt and Phylicia were downright phenomenal here. Bill didn’t even need to be part of it , except for when Phylicia nearly attacked Tempestt for wanting punishment before bed, like she gets to decide. Phylicia should get best actress and Tempestt best supporting actress for this scene.

[@Cantetinza17]

I know that was traumatic, but it really made the point.

[@johnathanrush4666]

Having *BIG FUN*

[@sweetpeepauline]

That is my favorite episode bc I could totally relate to Vanessa’s character and Claire’s response bc my mom would have reacted the same way, only a belt would have followed behind me up those stairs with her running behind me and my dad yelling don’t wake up the rest of the house. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Yukia76]

Yes this was one of my favorite episode

[@JayWoo79]

My wife's favorite Episode. BIGGG FUN.

[@Cattet2you]

Powerful scene that all of us felt. I was an adult when I saw it and I wanted to go to bed..LOL

[@alyciaosante5492]

Big Fun! I love Claire Huxtable

[@ladennayoung2939]

Hmmmmmm. Well, that was really good. I liked to hear this version about that scene. 💜💜💜

[@kattjeans]

Big fun will never not kill me 😂😂😂

[@MissEdie1973]

"Oh, you was having BIG FUN with the RATCHED!!!😂 !!"

[@nickelwindow538]

Classic episode 🏆

[@tezmainia45]

BiiiiiiiG FUN!!!!

[@The7thStep]

I love this!

[@devinmceachern]

As I have said this on KZbin before, Malcolm-Jamal Warner did an amazing job as co-director of _The Cosby Show_ episode, "Off to See the Wretched".

[@abinashmishra329]

One little fun facts in the context of the “Wretched” episode is that in NYC, you have to be 18 to have a driver’s license. So that means that at 16 going on 17 (no pun intended), Kara (and perhaps the other girls if they took turns) were driving illegally without a license. Furthermore, that would emphasize that Kara stole her brother’s car.

[@layla8647]

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig FUN 😂😂😂

[@MsMooch41]

Hell, I am an adult, I coward when she yelled "GO TO BED!!!"

[@maryfields877]

I need my 16, almost 17 year old son to watch this episode. This is too real.