The Cosby Show (TV Series)

Mrs. Westlake (1986)

Phylicia Rashad: Clair Huxtable

Quotes 

• Clair Hanks Huxtable : [obviously addressing Mrs. Westlake]  I love your accent. Where are you from?

  Jack Westlake : I'm from Indiana.

  Anna Maria Westlake : That's why I marry him. I love the way he talks!

• [At dinner, Mrs. Westlake is sharing about her struggles, working two jobs while going to college and not being native to the U.S] 

  Jack Westlake : Tell them what you did on the weekends!

  Anna Maria Westlake : I drove a taxicab!

  [everyone laughs] 

  Anna Maria Westlake : One day, this man gets into my cab and says, 'I need to get to the airport, and step on it!' I say, 'you want me to step on the airport?'

  [more laughs] 

  Anna Maria Westlake : Then he says, 'I need to get there in a jiffy!' I say, 'this is not a Jiffy, this is a Yellow Cab!'

  [more laughs] 

  Clair Hanks Huxtable : So, did that man make it to the airport?

  Jack Westlake : Yes, but I missed my flight!