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Everyone’s favorite One Tree Hill couple throws the nicest holiday dinners.
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The CW
45 Tips To Help You Join In On TV Conversation At Thanksgiving Dinner
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Because are you really prepared to talk about football? WARNING: This post is filled entirely with spoilers!
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1. Homeland finally got good! So good.
2. Did you see that car crash coming?
3. But also, why would the third highest terrorist lead the charge? Doesn't he have men to do that for him?
4. I'd miss Saul, I wouldn't miss Carrie.
5. Watching Cary plead guilty on The Good Wife totally made me cry.
6. Cary is the best.
7. The show CANNOT lose Cary and Kalinda in the same season.
8. Oh, the Kings... I hope they have some crazy tricks up their sleeves.
9. This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for Valerie Cherish coming back into my life.
10. And all I want for Christmas is for Beth on The Walking Dead to never sing again.
11. I love baby Judith, but, like, she's kind of zombie bait at this point.
12. Seriously, though, how does baby Judith get all of these new baby clothes? Like, she's more stylish than I am.
Bill Cosby And The "Safe Black"
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Thirty years ago, the Huxtables represented an ideal black family — successful, intelligent, and approachable. In the aftermath of Ferguson, today’s America doesn’t have much tolerance for those who don’t fit into the Huxtable mold.
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Bill Cosby — and his fictional family who dominated network TV in the '80s and early '90s — was the Safe Black.
Unlike new ABC show Black-ish, which is undeniably about the experience of blackness — the show itself is about being one of the only black families in an affluent neighborhood and the adjustments that come with it — The Cosby Show's Huxtables' blackness was subtle. Instead of screaming out loud week after week of what it's like to be black in contemporary times, the Huxtables' blackness was more… silent. (Can't imagine the Huxtables weighing in on Ferguson; Black-ish's the Johnsons? Yes.) Characters wore HBCU T-shirts and sweatshirts, and you only caught that if you knew the history of the schools. But sure, there were the specialty episodes, like the one that touched on the Underground Railroad (educational, but not over-the-head) and stories of the older characters marching in Washington, D.C with iconic Civil Rights leaders.
The Cosby Show was the type of sitcom that gave way to implied racism; the kind that would have white folks asking of black people: Why can't (he/she/them) be more like the Huxtables? Black folks, we saw the Huxtables as extensions of ourselves. They either represented our families note for note, or they were aspirational to those of us who had our eyes on the suburban prize.
Cosby — and his character, Dr. Huxtable — represented that Safe Black, even though Huxtable tended to transcend race. He was non-threatening, and he was the guy every man wanted to be (a shadetree plumber, a know-it-all, a guy with excellent comedic timing), and the mold for what a husband and father should be. He delivered the type of scolding you wanted to hear from a parent, the advice you needed at the right time, and he did it all while wearing loud, colorful, dad-like sweaters. He was funny. And warm. And… comfortable.
Viewers spent much of the series seeing Dr. Huxtable teach his children significant life lessons: Have responsibility. Value education.
And, perhaps most troubling now: Always do the right thing.
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The Definitive Ranking Of Reality Show Elimination Catchphrases
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The tribe has evicted you from being America’s next top model.
Dancing With the Stars — "On this [number] week of competition, the couple leaving right now is..."
Honestly, DWTS, it feels like you're not even trying. No dancing puns. No wild exclamations from Bruno Tonioli. Just...nothing interesting.
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The Biggest Loser — "You are not the biggest loser."
Suuuper basic. Boring. They use the obvious choice for an elimination phrase rather than think outside the box.
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Work of Art — "Your work of art didn't work for us."
OK, this one is thematically relevant, but the repetition of the word "work" just sounds awkward. Plus, host China Chow's delivery is just so bland.
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Paris Hilton's My New BFF — "TTYN."
This one actually kind of works given the show, but that doesn't excuse the fact that it's still terrible "texting slang" and this show itself was a mess.
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