The Cosby Show (1984) |
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The Cosby Show Cast |
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On-Screen Couples |
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John Ritter
(as Ray Evans)
with Amy Yasbeck
(as Alicia Evans)
Kristoff St. John
with Lisa Bonet
(as Denise Huxtable Kendall)
Lisa Bonet
(as Denise Huxtable Kendall)
with Joseph C. Phillips
(as Lt. Martin Kendall)
Tempestt Bledsoe
(as Vanessa Huxtable)
with William Thomas, Jr.
(as Dabnis Brickey)
Keisha Knight-Pulliam
with Merlin Santana
(as Stanley)
Keisha Knight-Pulliam
with Deon Richmond
(as Kenny)
Tempestt Bledsoe
(as Vanessa Huxtable)
with Dondre Whitfield
(as Robert Foreman)
Terry Farrell
(as Nicki Phillips)
with Robert King
Phylicia Rashad
(as Clair Hanks Huxtable)
with Bill Cosby
(as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable)
Sabrina Le Beauf
(as Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux)
with Geoffrey Owens
(as Elvin Tibideaux)
Robert Culp
(as Scott Kelly)
with Ann Reinking
(as Jill Kelly)
Michelle Thomas
(as Justine Phillips)
with Malcolm-Jamal Warner
(as Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable)
Patricia Richardson
(as Mrs. Schrader)
with Ray Baker
(as Mr. Schrader)
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The Cosby Show (1984) was nominated for the following awards:
Emmy AwardsGolden Globes
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Golden Globe
1987 Young Artist Awards
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Young Artist Award
1993
13.
Young Artist Award
1990
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Young Artist Award
1990
15.
Young Artist Award
1990
16.
Young Artist Award
1989
Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special
Won
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Young Artist Award
1989
Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special
Won
18.
Young Artist Award
1989
Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special
Won
19.
Young Artist Award
1989
20.
Young Artist Award
1989
Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special
Won
21.
Young Artist Award
1989
Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special
Won
22.
Young Artist Award
1989
24.
Young Artist Award
1987
Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series
Nominated
25.
Young Artist Award
1987
Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series
Nominated
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Young Artist Award
1985
28.
Young Artist Award
1985
29.
Young Artist Award
1985
30.
Young Artist Award
1985 Image AwardsKids` Choice Awards, USATV Land AwardsBMI Film & TV AwardsViewers for Quality Television Awards |
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Trivia |
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Trivia and QuotesTrivia Clair`s maiden name, Hanks, is the maiden name of Bill Cosby`s real-life wife, Camille O. Cosby. #
# In the Italian version, the family name has been changed from Huxtable to the more pronounceable Robinson. "I Robinson" ("The Robinsons") is the name of the show. Joseph C. Phillips, who played Denise`s husband, appeared in an earlier episode as one of Sondra`s boyfriends. Phylicia Rashad was pregnant throughout much of the third season. As a result, her scenes were greatly reduced and what little she was used in, she had to hide her condition, such as sitting behind a desk. #
# In real life, Earle Hyman, who plays Cliff`s father, is only 11 years older than Bill Cosby, who plays Cliff. Clarice Taylor, who plays his mother, is only 10 years older than he is as well.
Phylicia Rashad is only ten years older than Sabrina Le Beauf. # Anna was the first name of both Heathclifford Huxtable and Bill Cosby`s mother; Russell was the first name of Heathcliff Huxtable`s father and Bill Cosby`s younger brother. The first episodes of the show`s next-to-last season had an opening in front of a Mother Hale mural. However, when there was a disagreement over what compensation would be paid to the kids who painted the original mural, the show switched back to its previous season`s Apollo Theater-themed opening with an added graphic for Erika Alexander, who became a regular on the show. Some episodes began with Bill Cosby and `Raven (VII)` telling the viewers that it was not a repeat. The final season used a slightly modified version of the Mother Hale opening. #
# The character of Sondra, the Huxtables` eldest daughter, was added almost as an afterthought. They decided there should be another child that represented the results of a good upbringing, hence a daughter in college. When casting the role, it came down to two actresses: 26-year-old Sabrina Le Beauf and 21-year-old Whitney Houston. LeBeauf`s theater experience won her the role. Before the opening credits in one episode, Olivia walks up to Cliff wearing a Bart Simpson mask, a reference to Fox`s "The Simpsons" (1989) taking away so many of The Cosby Show`s viewers. The black button that Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) wears in some of the later seasons says "SD Jr," a reference to Cosby`s close friend Sammy Davis Jr., who died during the series` run. In the first few episodes of season one, Theodore, the only son, is referred to as Teddy, a nickname that is never used again--Theo is what everyone called him thereafter. In one of the earlier episodes, Theo buys a shirt by designer Gordon Gartrelle. Throughout the series, the real-life Gordon Gartrelle worked in various jobs for the series and is listed as a producer of the show during the last few seasons. The show`s theme was composed by Bill Cosby and Stu Gardner. Rudy was originally going to be a son, but when a suitable boy could not be find, girls were allowed to audition.
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# Nobody gave this sitcom much chance for success partly because it was on Thursday night against "Magnum, P.I." (1980), a very popular CBS drama series at the time. The sitcom eventually became the number-one show on the air and routinely beat Magnum in the ratings. In one episode of the show, Cosby wore a Magnum baseball cap. The character Cliff Huxtable was ranked first in TV Guide`s list of the 50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time (20 June 2004 issue). During the second season, in the episode "The Juicer", the exterior of Dr. Cosby`s office is shown in which the nameplate "Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable" is hanging. However, in the first episode of the last season, Clair calls him Heathclifford. Walter Bradley was the real name of Theo`s friend Cockroach. Carl Anthony Payne II, who played Theo`s friend Cockroach, was fired from the show for refusing to cut his hair. Bill Cosby insisted that the show be filmed in New York due to his dislike of working in Hollywood. The show was initially rejected by ABC but later picked up by NBC where it became a huge success. Theo was found to be dyslexic, just like the late Ennis Cosby in real-life. Much of the artwork that hangs on the walls in the Huxtable household is by renowned fine artist Synthia Saint James. Winnie and Nelson Tibideaux are named for Winnie Mandela and Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of the Republic of South Africa and his then-wife. Bill Cosby`s real-life family was the basis of the Huxtables. Both families consisted of four daughters and one son, the son being the middle child. Denise`s favorite flower is the tulip. The façade of the Huxtables` home is located at 10 St. Luke`s Place in Manhattan, even though the family is supposed to live in Brooklyn. The extension to Cliff Huxtable`s office is 331. In "Cliff Babysits", we learn Cliff had a younger brother. James Theodore Huxtable died at the age seven of nematic fever. Cliff was eight years old at the time. After the 2008 election, Republican strategist `Karl Rove` credited "The Cosby Show" (1984) with paving the way for America to elect an African American president, since, in Rove`s words, "we`ve had an African-American first family for many years in different forms. When `The Cosby Show` was on, that was America`s family. It wasn`t a black family. It was America`s family." In November 2008, The New York Times reported that during the mid-1990s, a UMass communications professor named Sut Jhally got Bill Cosby to donate $16,000 to him so that he could do research on why "The Cosby Show" had been popular with white viewers as well as black viewers. Dr. Jhally insists that Cosby`s money did not bias the study, and in fact the book that Jhally wrote as a result of that research, "Enlightened Racism: The Cosby Show, Audiences, and the Myth of the American Dream", was critical of the show. | ||
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