Bill Cosby
Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable
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Episode Guide
- 1. Pilot Sep 20, 1984
- Theo brings home a bad report card; Denise dates an older man.
- 2. Goodbye, Mr. Fish Sep 27, 1984
- Cliff arranges a funeral ceremony for Rudy's deceased goldfish.
- 3. Bad Dreams Oct 4, 1984
- Vanessa has recurring nightmares after seeing a horror movie.
The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons, including an outtakes special.
- Sitcom
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- Kara Kovalchik
- Huxtable: Limousine Driver? In Bill Cosby’s original pitch, he played a limousine driver, and Clair was a union plumber. Camille Cosby told her husband that she thought the TV couple should be more representative of their own family—two white-collar professional parents.
- “Mira que tiene cosa la mujer esta…” Another one of Cosby’s early visions of the show was for Clair to be Dominican, and to have her revert to her native Spanish whenever she was frustrated.
- Phylicia Rashad's Stare Helped Get Her the Role. Of all the actresses who auditioned for the role of Clair, Phylicia Rashad caught Cosby’s eye because of the way she argued with Theo during the screen test.
- Cosby Worried About The Studio Audience's Reaction To The Pilot. The Cosby Show's pilot was filmed in front of a live audience, and even though there were plenty of laughs where expected, Cosby was worried that the audience wasn’t embracing his overall vision of the series.
The Cosby Show, American television situation comedy that ranked as the most popular family comedy of the 1980s. As the keystone of Thursday-night television for eight seasons (1984–92) on NBC, the show, about an upper-middle-class African American family, was credited with reviving the sitcom genre.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Cosby Show: Created by Michael Leeson. With Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe. The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
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- 1984-09-20
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Sep 20, 2023 · On September 20th, 1984, television history was forever altered when "The Cosby Show" debuted. Created by and starring Bill Cosby, this groundbreaking NBC sitcom became an instant hit and...
Sep 20, 2014 · Thirty years ago today, audiences were introduced to "The Cosby Show," a sitcom about the Huxtable family in Brooklyn, New York, that would remain on the air for eight seasons.
The show, which began in the fall of 1984, featured comedian Bill Cosby in the role of obstetrician-father Cliff Huxtable and his family: attorney-wife Claire, daughters Sondra (18), Denise (15), Vanessa (11), Rudy (5), and son Theo (13).
