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It's hard to tell exactly how these characters are related so far, since Jonas hasn't visited or communicated with all of the show's characters yet. Episode Recap The Cosby Show on TV.com. Watch The Cosby Show episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Episodes Season 1 (1984–85) This season's opening credits features the Huxtable family playing sports in Central Park. Two versions of the show's theme song are.

The Cosby Show (TV Series 1. Edit. Storyline. Long- running popular comedy television series about the Huxtable family. Doctor Heathcliff Huxtable and Clair Huxtable, a happily married couple, are raising their children (Sondra, Denise, Theodore, Vanessa, and Rudy). The two oldest daughters eventually live successful adult lives and get married (Sondra to Elvin and Denise to Martin). As the children get older, the family gets larger and, to the chagrin of Cliff, keep on coming back home when he wants them to move out and live on their own for good. He drops a ski and it knocks everything off Clair's desk.

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Things You Might Not Know About 'The Cosby Show'Bill Cosby was not pleased with the so- called “family” sitcoms he saw on TV in the early 1. The kids seemed to be in charge of the household and tiny 6- year- olds were smart- mouthing their parents without suffering any repercussions. Cosby sketched out a show where the kids were certainly intelligent, but their parents were always smarter and—most importantly—in charge. The Cosby Show debuted on September 2.

America went on to spend eight memorable seasons with the Huxtables. 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. When executive producer Marcy Carsey sided with Camille, Cosby capitulated and made the patriarch a doctor and Clair an attorney. He pictured it as a reverse I Love Lucy scenario, where the audience always knew when Ricky Ricardo had reached his limit because he’d burst into a Spanish- language tirade. 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. Unlike the previous candidates, she didn’t wag her head and she didn’t place her hand on her hip.

Instead, she simply stopped speaking and gave Theo a look—and her eyes said enough to frighten any child into submission. Cosby knew immediately that Phylicia was Clair. 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. In the scene where Theo is defending the “D” on his report card, he earnestly tells his dad, “If you weren't a doctor, I wouldn't love you less, because you're my dad. So rather than feeling disappointed because I'm not like you, maybe you should accept who I am and love me anyway, because I'm your son.”What concerned Cosby about this scene was the spontaneous applause from the audience after Theo’s speech.

Luckily the audience reacted even more enthusiastically when he replied with complete conviction, “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life!”5. The Story Behind Those Sweaters. NBCCliff Huxtable’s iconic sweaters were the work of Dutch fashion designer Koos Van Den Akker. Van Den Akker was asked by an customer of his in the early 1. Bill Cosby. Cosby wore that sweater on camera while filming an episode of his show. Mail poured in as viewers wanted to know where they could buy a similar garment.

Cosby asked Van Den Akker to make more, and a legacy was born. The sweaters' designer described the process of creating each pullover as a “painting,” throwing various colors and patterns of fabric pieces together on a jersey/wool blend canvas. According to Van Den Akker, each design tread a “very thin line between absolutely awful and something of genius.”6. There Were Originally Only Four Huxtable Children. You. Tube. At one point in the pilot, Clair asks, . But once the series was poised to become a hit, Bill Cosby decided to add an additional older child—one who was away at college and was an example of successful parenting.

Enter Princeton student Sondra, the eldest Huxtable child. Watch Reign Of Fire Online Forbes here. In Real Life, Sondra Couldn't Have Been Clair's Daughter. Getty Images. Sabrina Le. Ju-On: Black Ghost Full Movie. Beauf, the actress who played Sondra, is only 1.

TV mom. Sabrina won the role over such staunch competitors as Whitney Houston and future Miss America Suzette Charles. Le. Beauf impressed Cosby partly because she had recently graduated from a prestigious university (Yale), just like the character he had in mind. Italians Couldn't Pronounce .

For example, in Italy, the surname “Huxtable” proved to be impossible to pronounce, so the family’s name was changed and the show was titled I Robinson (. Why “Robinson” instead of, say, Smith or Jones?

The name was chosen in honor of Jackie Robinson, the first African- American to play in Major League Baseball. Rudy Was Almost Played By Urkel. Getty Images. In Bill Cosby’s original vision, the Huxtables had two boys and two girls (this was before Sondra was added to the mix). The youngest child, Rudy, was originally supposed to be a younger brother who looked up to Theo. Eight- year- old Jaleel White (Family Matters’ future Urkel) had auditioned so strongly that his agent told his parents that they should start looking for apartments in New York, where The Cosby Show was filmed. The producers still had a few more kids to consider, and one of those last- minute interviews was with four- year- old charmer Keshia Knight- Pulliam.

Director Jay Sandrich recalled trying to talk to Keshia, asking her if she could remember lines, but she kept looking away from him. He finally asked her what was wrong. The story goes that she pointed to a monitor and said, “That’s me!

How can you make me on the TV?” Immediately enchanted, Sandrich moved Keshia’s name to the top of the short list, and Theo became an only son surrounded by four sisters. Theo Was Supposed to be Taller. The casting call for the role of Theo specified that he was 6'2.

Malcolm- Jamal Warner, however, was 1. Nevertheless, he landed an interview on the last day auditions were held.

According to Warner, he read the Monopoly money scene with Cosby like a traditional TV brat—hand on hip, eyes rolled, a real smart- aleck. Everyone in the room was laughing .. He asked the young actor if he'd act like that with his real father. With that advice in mind, Warner read for the part a second time and nailed it. Vanessa's Early College Enrollment Was Written In So Tempestt Bledsoe Could Go To Actual College.

Season 7 begins with a “back to school” episode where Cliff and Clair happily usher their brood out the door the morning after summer vacation ended. But why was Vanessa carrying a suitcase instead of a Trapper Keeper? It's revealed that Vanessa attended summer school so she could graduate a year early, and was now bound for Lincoln College in Pennsylvania. The sudden change in Vanessa’s story arc was due to Tempestt Bledsoe’s desire to get her degree, and Cosby’s determination to help her however possible.

After graduating from high school, Bledsoe told her boss that she’d enrolled at New York University but would be attending classes in the evenings and on weekends so it wouldn’t affect her work schedule. Cosby instead arranged the show’s shooting schedule so that Bledsoe could go to school full- time, which is why we only saw Vanessa sporadically throughout the season.

Tempestt recalls that Cosby used to post her grades on his dressing room door. Huxtable's Inaccurate Nameplate. NBCIt is common for some elements of a series to differ from the pilot once it's picked up by a network. So it is understandable that in the Cosby pilot, the layout of the house is nothing like the 1. Stigwood Avenue we later see, and Theo is referred to as “Teddy.” But surely someone in the editing room should have noticed that the establishing exterior shot of Dr.

Heathcliff Huxtable’s office that was used several times throughout Season One still bore the pilot- engraved nameplate that read “Clifford Huxtable, M. D.”1. 3. Grandpa Huxtable Was A Very Accomplished Thespian. Russell Huxtable could always be relied upon to recite Shakespeare at length when sage advice was required. These scenes were tailored specifically for Earle Hyman, who played Cliff’s dad. From the age of 1. Hyman devoured classic literature and stage plays.

He developed a particular fondness for the work of Henrik Ibsen, and Hyman eventually spent enough time in Norway (Ibsen’s home) to become fluent in Norwegian and was awarded the prestigious Medal of St. Olav for his stage work there. He was also the voice of Panthro.

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