Oh: actress Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby's one-time T.V. wife, has weighed in on the two dozen separate sexual assault allegations against him, telling an entertainment reporter "Forget these women." She implied that Cosby's accusers are all part of an orchestrated smear campaign. Clair Huxtable, what are you doing.

If you're in the mood for a "Blurred Lines" music video that's more than "subtly ridiculing," then you're finally in luck: some majestic genius lurking on the Internet has set the song to the Cosby Show opening theme footage. As it turns out, they are really, really similar.

The six sorority members from University of Southern Mississippi who thought it was a good idea to go to a costume party in blackface are being punished — and all things considered, the sorority's response is pretty good.

It's Father's Day, which gives me an excuse to post the best Cosby Show scene ever, wherein Cliff gives Theo some tough love and teaches him a few lessons about the economy and life in the real world.

Robin Givhan's comparison of Michelle Obama to Claire Huxtable is far from new, but it is newly bizarre, implying that six months into the Obama administration, Americans still need a dated TV show to understand Michelle.

Inspired partly by Tracie's opening credits post and partially by this piece in the San Francisco Chronicle about "very special episodes," I decided to examine the important lessons we learned from our childhood sitcom heroines.

• Love was in the air this week, especially for these gorillas who were doing it missionary. From now on, missionary sex will be referred to as "gorilla style."
  
• Maybe they should have bought condoms first, like the Golden Girls did. That Zbornak is always prepared!
  
• Another old broad, Jane Fonda, said cunt on the Today…