“Through humor, you can soften some of worst blows that life delivers,” Cosby said. “And once you find laugher, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
Everyone could relate to the situations and humor of Cosby’s show. No one was made to feel uncomfortable, even when something was from the African-American experience specifically.
THE CORE cast members of “The Cosby Show” were Bill Cosby as Heathcliff Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad as wife Clair Huxtable, Lisa Bonet as daughter Denise, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as son Theo, Tempestt Bledsoe as daughter Vanessa and Keshia Knight Pulliam as daughter Rudy.
Seen less frequently was Sabrina Le Beauf as daughter Sondra, Geoffrey Owens as husband Elvin and (later) Raven-Symoné as Denise Huxtable Kendall’s stepdaughter, Olivia.
Appearing often as the grandparents were Clarice Taylor, Earle Hyman, Ethel Ayler and Joe Williams.
The creators of “The Cosby Show,” Tom Werner and Marcy Carsey, got the idea for the show after watching, and thoroughly enjoying, “Bill Cosby: Himself,” a concert film. They decided it would be a good idea to build a television series around life and family, two of the main focuses of Cosby’s stand-up act.
Initially, Cosby had a blue-collar family in mind, but Carsey and Warner convinced him otherwise.
“The Cosby Show,” which is seen regularly in syndication, was the winner of two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three NAACP Image Awards and 11 People’s Choice Awards. — SVH
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