EPISODE
SEASON
The Cosby Show - Season 1
The series offers a wide range of romantic shows and family comedy. Cliff explains to Theo how ordinary people get a 'regular' low salary, using monopolies. On the other hand, Vanessa sneaks into a scary film even though her parents forbid it because she can not handle the scary things. Cliff and Claire then have to deal with Vanessa to sleep between them in bed when she has nightmares from the film.
25 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA
January 10, 1924 in Newland, North Carolina, USA
20 September 1918, Rolle Town, Bahamas
29 March 1919, Columbus, Ohio, USA
21 March 1958, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 March 1969, Bronx, New York, USA
26 February 1926, New York City, New York, USA
April 21, 1932 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, USA
March 10, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
14 March 1976, New York City, New York, USA
September 17, 2018
Of all its legacies, the one most noted when discussing The Cosby Show is its depictions of race and class. Nothing like it had been seen before on television, and nothing has had its level of impact since.
September 17, 2018
Twenty years on, the clothes may seem loud and hideous, but Cosby's performance remains timeless.
September 17, 2018
Perhaps it was the characters' close proximity to real people; perhaps it was the skill with which Cosby was able to mix big laughs with real truth and subtle life lessons. But people identified with the Huxtables.
September 17, 2018
Viewers found the Huxtables--a communicative, strongly and wisely parented family that never encountered a problem it couldn't defeat in a half hour--just too good to be true.
September 17, 2018
While The Cosby Show didn't tackle race issues directly, it quietly cracked open the door to change; both the way black people are perceived by others, and how black people view themselves.
September 17, 2018
For much of its eight seasons, "The Cosby Show" was foolproof happiness, and the primary source was Bill Cosby.
September 17, 2018
Unlike any other show in my long and illustrious history of television viewing, Cosby's sitcom registers at such a deep level of recognition that it doesn't merely seem like a show, but my own life.
September 17, 2018
In the sentimental glow with which it is now remembered, it's easy to forget how astonishing it was that a comedy about black people could have that kind of success.
September 17, 2018
The Cosby Show rarely came off like a revolutionary situation comedy - especially because the situations, often centered on loving-yet-sardonic parents Cliff and Clair Huxtable, seemed so ordinary.
September 17, 2018
The fact that swaths of the population were engaging with an African American family, every week for half an hour, was massively important for popular culture. Never mind the specifics about what this engagement was about.