Theo and Me

M. J. Warner could not have written a more accurate description of teenage life, if he had written it himself, as a teenager. The letters he received as Theo touch upon the hardest aspects of being a teenager: Pregnancy, Teen Pregnancy, Sex, Death of a Loved One, Love, and Teen Sex. These are the insurmountable tests every teen must face, unless they live in Somalia. Then they have a different set of tests. Most with Lions and Ak-47's. It is probably terribly hard to be a teenager in Somalia.

Here is the story of Brooklyn,New York resident Theodore Aloysius Huxtable and his portrayer,Jersey City,New Jersey-born Malcolm Jamal Warner. How about that? MJW was probably inspired by his Cosby Show dad Bill Cosby to compose this awesome literature. Those who read/own this book also read/own Cosby's literary pieces such as TIME FLIES,FATHERHOOD,LOVE & MARRIAGE,COSBYOLOGY and the Little Bill series. This book was released around summer 1988. I know because MJW appeared on the cover of the August 29,1988 issue of Jet and it mentioned the book. MJW was named after the African-American figure Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmed Jamal. MJW may be an only child,he may have one or more siblings. Cosby Show fans know Theo's four sisters,from oldest to youngest,Sondra,Denise,Vanessa and Rudith,the latter commobly known as Rudy. Fans also know Theo's parents Heathcliff,a obstetrician/pediatrician/gynecologist commonly known as Cliff and Clair,a no-crap legal aid attorney. Theo's first long-term girlfriend Justine Phillips' portrayer,now deceased,was once MJW's real-life girlfriend. Theo was born in 1970 as MJW. Theo was inspired by Cosby's real-life now-deceased son(Cosby himself is married with four daughters also). I'm sure there's a real Theodore Aloysius Huxtable somewhere in the world. If there is,Cosby and his Cosby Show co-creators Ed Weinberger and Michael Leeson know him.