How Do We Talk About The Cosby Show? A Retrospective

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• DF

  @Dfturcott · 5 years ago

  I always liked what SNL actor Michael Che said, “ bill Cosby might be a monster, but Dr. Huxtable raised a generation.”

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• CH

  @cheatsheet3325 · 4 years ago

  Theo becoming a teacher, despite his learning disability, is something that stuck with me, even though I haven't watched the show since it went off the air. It probably has something to do with why I became a teacher myself.

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• FA

  @FaithFacts · 5 years ago

  Fun Fact: my aunt actually owns the painting from &quot;The Auction&quot; at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khIS98DltT8&amp;t=1530">25:30</a>. She was friends with a person in the props department when the show ended and they gave her the painting as a gift for her birthday.

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• JA

  @jamesderiven1843 · 4 years ago

  Man, the Cosby showing falling to &apos;only&apos; 15 million viewers is wild. Television would kill for numbers that good today, when the highest-watched shows rarely break eight million.

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• EL

  @elliotwilson7050 · 5 years ago (edited)

  The Cosbys were defiently not middle class. They were upper class, a doctor and a lawyer, who could afford to send 5 kids to Ivy Leauge colleges and buy 11,000 dollar paintings on a whim.

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• TA

  @TahtahmesDiary · 5 years ago

  To the channel creator: You handled this was a discerning eye, a calm voice, and a comforting presence. You broke everything down SO well despite how hard and large a topic and it’s beyond impressive. I’m grateful. Thank you 🤗💜

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• JO

  @joeygarsone7575 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Re watching this after the passing of Malcolm Jamal Warner, RIP Theo

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• TR

  @tralonwilliams6499 · 1 year ago

  Rest in peace &nbsp;Malcolm-Jamal Warner 🙏🏽🕊️

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• AM

  @Amy_BTG · 5 years ago

  $11,000 in 1985 is now $27,500.

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• RO

  @rolandguiscard · 5 years ago

  $11,000 for a piece of art that doesn&apos;t even feature your fursona? That really is an indulgence.

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• GA

  @gabbyg11 · 5 years ago

  its mind blowing that the parents problem with dabnus was centered around his class status and the fact that it was a secret, and not the fact that he was a THIRTY year old

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• AC

  @acnelson75 · 4 years ago (edited)

  As someone who grew up watching The Cosby Show, I’ve never seen such a detailed, intricate breakdown of this show and it’s many moving parts as brilliantly done as yours. I’ve been deep into celebrating 80’s nostalgia over the past few years and too much of my childhood is wrapped in this show. It was a safe space for those of us that were growing up in less than favorable conditions and it showed dimensions to who we were and who we could become. One thing I realized while watching the episodes you references is that they hit very differently now that I’m older and can understand the subject matter better, something that’s going to make me binge this very soon. How much I’ll be able to separate who Cosby was from this show is yet to be determined but IMO, it’s too much of an important part of my generations upbringing to completely abandon it.

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