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Show", in a small role in the 1990 film "The Lemon Sisters". Costa is currently a member of the bands Torrential Downpour, the Kreptaka Bar Band and PT Grimm. He plays percussion for these bands, which are based in northern New Jersey. Peter Costa (actor) Peter Costa is a former American child actor. Costa is best known for his many appearances on "The Cosby Show", playing Rudy Huxtable's chubby friend Peter Chiara, whose signature trait was running out the door when a scary or disastrous situation occurs in the Huxtable house. In 1987, Costa was nominated for a Young Artist
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Peter Costa (actor) Peter Costa is a former American child actor. Costa is best known for his many appearances on "The Cosby Show", playing Rudy Huxtable's chubby friend Peter Chiara, whose signature trait was running out the door when a scary or disastrous situation occurs in the Huxtable house. In 1987, Costa was nominated for a Young Artist Award, "Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Long Running Series Comedy or Drama", for the role. He made his first feature film appearance in the 1984 film "The Flamingo Kid". Costa made only one appearance on screen after "The Cosby
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Show", in a small role in the 1990 film "The Lemon Sisters". Costa is currently a member of the bands Torrential Downpour, the Kreptaka Bar Band and PT Grimm. He plays percussion for these bands, which are based in northern New Jersey. Peter Costa (actor) Peter Costa is a former American child actor. Costa is best known for his many appearances on "The Cosby Show", playing Rudy Huxtable's chubby friend Peter Chiara, whose signature trait was running out the door when a scary or disastrous situation occurs in the Huxtable house. In 1987, Costa was nominated for a Young Artist
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goldfish named Lamont. Rudy also proves to be a gifted football player, becoming known for her speed and endurance as a member of the Pee-Wee League football team. Several episodes revolve around the Huxtable family entertaining Rudy and her young friends, such as sleepovers and dinners. Her childhood best friend is Peter Chiara (Peter Costa), a quiet and shy boy who lives in a house across the street from the Huxtables. Rudy eventually befriends Kenny (Deon Richmond), also known as "Bud", who often expresses a romantic interest in her and sometimes competes for her affection against Rudy's other love interests;
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Rudy Huxtable Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rudy is the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable. First appearing alongside her family in the pilot episode "Theo's Economic Lesson", which premiered on September 20, 1984, Rudy matures from a precocious five-year-old girl into a teenager longing for independence throughout the course of the series' eight year-long run. Created by comedian Bill Cosby, Rudy was originally intended to be a boy; actor Jaleel White had been considered the first choice for the
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Rudy Huxtable Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rudy is the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable. First appearing alongside her family in the pilot episode "Theo's Economic Lesson", which premiered on September 20, 1984, Rudy matures from a precocious five-year-old girl into a teenager longing for independence throughout the course of the series' eight year-long run. Created by comedian Bill Cosby, Rudy was originally intended to be a boy; actor Jaleel White had been considered the first choice for the
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I think I did a better job." Knight Pulliam believes "There was no better foundation than to work with the talented cast with Mr. Cosby leading the way." Marilyn Marshall of "Ebony" observed that Knight Pulliam shares her character's friendliness, well-manners and tomboyish demeanor. By the second season, Rudy's role was expanded beyond that of solely "the baby of the family", and Cosby began giving the actress more mature material because she had "earned the reputation ... for rarely flubbing her lines." Most of "The Cosby Show"'s storylines tend to revolve around the three youngest children, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy.
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Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City. Richmond is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The WB sitcom "Sister, Sister" Among the shows that he announced are the CBS game shows Whew! and Press Your Luck 2000. He is widely recognized by the signature catch phrases on the Cosby Show, and it appears on his Hollywood Star, although the phrase was originated and made popular by his predecessor Johnny Olson. He was
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an advertising model for a fast food chain. His first screen appearance was as an extra in the Woody Allen film, "The Purple Rose of Cairo". In 1991, Santana landed a recurring role on "The Cosby Show" as Stanley, the boyfriend of Rudy Huxtable and the rival of Rudy's friend Kenny (Deon Richmond). He was then cast as Marcus Dixon in the short-lived sitcom, "Getting By", starring Cindy Williams and Telma Hopkins. Deon Richmond was cast as his brother Darren, due to their interaction on "The Cosby Show". In November 1994, Santana appeared on "Sister, Sister" as Joey, in which
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with her television parents. Over two decades after "The Cosby Show" ended, Rudy remains the role for which Pulliam is best-known. Knight Pullman admitted that she has sometimes struggled to separate herself from Rudy when pursuing more mature acting roles, explaining, "people are used to seeing me as a little girl, as Rudy from "The Cosby Show" at 10 years old. I have to let [audiences] know that now I'm a woman". However, Knight Pulliam has been commended for "avoid[ing] the traps of drugs and crime that had befallen so many other child stars during her career", including Cosby himself
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the national spotlight -- and won the hearts of many a devoted '80s television viewer". Knight Pulliam's success as Rudy exposed her to several other acting opportunities throughout the 1980s and 1980s. According to Donald Bogle, author of "Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television", Knight Pulliam eventually became "the only Black child star of the late 1980s who appeared in movies clearly developed around her." After "The Cosby Show", Knight Pulliam would go on to guest star as a guitarist in a 1997 episode of Cosby's self-titled follow-up sitcom "Cosby" in which both Cosby and Rashad star, reuniting her
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idea of his show featuring children altogether, preferring to create and star in a series that revolved around a married, childless couple instead. When executive producers Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner convinced Cosby to develop a sitcom about a nuclear family, the comedian decided that his show would feature a family of children who were obviously intelligent, "but their parents were always smarter and—most importantly—in charge." Originally written as a male character, Rudy was initially conceived as the youngest of only four children, two girls and two boys. Cosby originally envisioned the youngest Huxtable child as a young boy who
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According to Sandrich, Cosby agreed with his decision regarding Knight Pulliam's casting, explaining, "once Bill saw her, there was just no way she couldn't be on the show". Although Cosby was initially hesitant to add such a young actor to the cast, he admitted to being impressed by Knight Pulliam's intelligence and ability to follow instructions, despite her young age. Cosby refused to change the character's name, insisting that the name "Rudy" was equally as suitable for a girl as it is for a boy. White would eventually become best known for portraying Urkel on the sitcom "Family Matters". Despite
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is ultimately punished for her defiance. By the end of the series, a 13 year-old Rudy is the only Huxtable child still living in her parents' home full-time in the absence of her four older siblings, all of whom have successfully moved out having either gotten married or pursued higher education. Comedian Bill Cosby began developing "The Cosby Show" partially because he was not impressed with popular family sitcoms that were airing at the time, several of which he felt were too reliant on children disrespecting and disobeying their parents without suffering serious consequences. Cosby was originally opposed to the
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perform before. Playing a thinly-fictionalized version of himself named "Mr. Sims", Sims made a 1990 appearance on "The Cosby Show", then one of the most popular programs on television. "Mr. Sims" was the dance instructor the Huxtables signed their young daughter Rudy up with in order to help her prepare for a class assignment about the Harlem Renaissance. During the episode, Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby) challenged "Mr. Sims" to a dance-off, part tribute to and part parody of Sims's real-life tap challenges, which Sims won handily. Later that same year, the Apollo Theater played host to Rat-a-Tat-Tap, another tap-dance festival,
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idolized his older brother Theo, giving him the typically masculine name "Rudy" and intending to base the character on his own sons. When casting his television children, Cosby originally insisted that none of the candidates be younger than 10 years-old due to challenges he had experienced working alongside child actors prior. He warned the producers "We'll be shooting for the rest of our lives if we have a little kid!" However, Carsey and Werner believed that Cosby had proven too gifted at working with children to avoid featuring them on the show altogether, and eventually convinced the comedian to audition
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of five children instead. During the first few seasons, Knight Pulliam had to learn and memorize her lines phonetically because she had not yet learned how to read. Her parents James and Denise often helped the actress memorize her material. Additionally, she was privately tutored on the set of "The Cosby Show". Both Knight Pulliam and her character were considered to be personal favorites of Cosby. Calling him "real funny", Knight Pulliam particularly enjoyed when Cosby would venture away from the script in order to make his cast mates laugh. Cosby would patiently advise Knight Pulliam on her acting and
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role until Knight Pulliam impressed the show's producers once auditions had finally been opened to girls. Having originally been opposed to the idea of featuring young children, particularly young girls, on his show because he feared that they would prove difficult to work with, Cosby was initially hesitant to cast Knight Pulliam due to her young age at the time. However, he was ultimately impressed by both her maturity and ability to memorize lines, subsequently re-writing the character into a younger, female role but refused to change her name from the more masculine-sounding "Rudy". By the second season, Cosby began
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member during the sixth and final season. In later years, Richmond appeared in films such as "Trippin'", "Scream 3", "Not Another Teen Movie", "National Lampoon's Van Wilder", and the independent horror film "Hatchet". He also had a featured role in the short-lived 2006 sitcom "Teachers". Richmond has twin daughters, Lilac and Leone Richmond, born in 2009. Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City. Richmond is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The
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eclectic style has had a profound impact on modern-day fashion trends; media publications frequently rank Denise among television's best-dressed characters. "The Cosby Show" follows the daily goings-on of the Huxtable family, an upper-middle class African American family who reside in Brooklyn, New York. The family is run by Dr. Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby), an obstetrician, and his wife Clair (Phylicia Rashad), a lawyer. The second eldest of their five children, Denise is a younger sister of Sondra (Sabrina Lebeauf) and an elder sister to Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe) and Rudy (Keshia Knight Pulliam). After graduating from high school,
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Introduced during the show's later seasons, Pam Tucker (Erika Alexander), a cousin of the Huxtable family, is considered to be a "replacement" for Denise; StyleBlazer believes that Pam was created because the sitcom "needed another character to play a free-spirited problem child." Bonet developed a reputation for being difficult to work with on "The Cosby Show". Although nearly every main and recurring character who played a significant role on the series returned for "The Cosby Show"'s finale "And So We Commence", which revolves around Denise's younger brother Theo graduating from New York University, Bonet was not invited back to make
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a cappella group in college, as seen in "High Top Fade-Out". Several episodes reference Gus's keen interest in astronomy and his particular fondness for the (dwarf) planet Pluto; he uses "Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up, right?" as a pick-up line, which Shawn often mocks. While usually the voice of reason, Gus does have some beliefs that even Shawn thinks are crazy (such as his insistence that Michael Jackson faked his death with help from Lisa Marie Presley). He is often compared to Rudy Huxtable's friend Bud on The Cosby Show, with many people looking at him and
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pudding pops alongside Bill Cosby. After starting his career at the age of three, White's first television role was a guest stint on "The Jeffersons", in 1984. He later auditioned for the role of Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". According to White, he was cast in the role (the character was originally intended to be male) but was replaced by Keshia Knight Pulliam when Bill Cosby decided to mirror his television family after his real life family. The following year, he was cast as the son of Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight on the CBS sitcom "Charlie and Company".
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older sister Vanessa. In 1986, Knight Pulliam identified "The Cosby Show" as her favorite television show. However, the actress voiced that she dislikes being referred to as "Rudy" when she is not in character. The actress fondly remembers her first seasons on the show as her "favorite time". Knight Pulliam is particularly fond of the first season episode "Happy Anniversary", in which the Huxtables perform Ray Charles' "Night Time is the Right Time" (1958) for Cliff's parents in honor of their wedding anniversary. Having portrayed the character for eight years, Knight Pulliam was age 13 by the time the show
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Merlin Santana Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976November 9, 2002) was an American actor. Santana was best known for his roles as Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend Stanley on "The Cosby Show", Marcus Dixon on "Getting By", Marcus Henry in "Under One Roof" and as high school student Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom "The Steve Harvey Show". Born in New York City to parents from the Dominican Republic, Santana's career in show business began with a push from his parents, who wanted to keep him off the tough streets of New York. He began his career at the age of three as
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family performance... Keshia Knight Pulliam stole our hearts as little Rudy Huxtable in this scene." while Vulture called it "The Cosby Show"s best musical moment. In 1997, "TV Guide" ranked this episode number 54 on its '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list. James Brown recorded the song for the small Churchill/Augusta record label. It was released in 1983 as the B-side of his single "Bring It On...Bring It On". Brown's version (subtitled "To be With the One That You Love") went on to reach number 73 in the "Billboard" R&B chart. Robert Christgau reviewed Brown's version favorably, singling out
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the publication, Kirthana Ramisetti believes "The whole country was enthralled with "The Cosby Show" after the show’s first season, especially [with] lovable youngest daughter, Rudy." Turner Classic Movies believes Knight Pulliam's smile and wit were rivaled only by Cosby's, writing that "viewers instantly fell in love with the youngest member of the cast". The website continued to commend Pulliam for successfully "h[olding] her own against ... her more experienced cast members." SheKnows dubbed Rudy the "cutest Huxtable". Featured in most of the show's storylines, Rudy was arguably among the more popular of the sitcom's five main children. Rudy's popularity among
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differences". The season's 24th episode "Cliff and Jake", which aired on April 11, 1991, marks Bonet's final appearance on the show. Cosby claims that he fired Bonet because "The Cosby Show"'s material was no longer challenging for her, blaming himself for her character lacking in development: "it's not funny to have someone 21 acting like she's still about 12." However, he commended Bonet's acting talent. Cosby then decided that Bonet's screen time would be divided among "new kids on the show who are working hard, studying so heard and really deserve a shot during what will be our final year."
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sugar and sass." "Ebony" agreed that the character is "known for her smile and sass". Rudy could be obstinate and difficult at times, such as when she refuses to learn to play the violin for her school music class because she would much rather play the cymbals, which had been assigned to her friend Kim (Naoka Nakagowa). Rudy also has a tendency to act in a bossy manner towards some of her friends, particularly Peter and Kenny. A running joke throughout the series is Rudy's decision to nickname Kenny "Bud" simply because she wants to. "HuffPost"'s Jennifer Armstrong believes Rudy's
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a few six-year-old actors for the then-male role of Rudy. After first auditioning in 1984, actor Jaleel White was at one point considered to be the top contender for the role, so much so that his agent advised his family to start preparing to relocate to New York, where "The Cosby Show" was scheduled to begin filming; White's family had already begun packing and researching apartments within the area. However, the producers still wanted to audition a few more children for the role at the last minute, one of whom was four-year-old actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, who Werner had originally
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on "The Cosby Show" as a car salesman in third-season episode "Say Hello to a Good Buy." A Hillman alumna by the name of "Louise Sujay" was mentioned on both "Cosby" and "A Different World" by Clair Huxtable, Whitley Gilbert and her mother Marion. Like Lisa Bonet, Karen Malina White brought her "Cosby Show" character to Hillman. Charmaine was the best friend of Clair Huxtable's cousin Pam Tucker. White's "Cosby Show" costar Allen Payne turned down an offer to bring his role as Charmaine's boyfriend Lance Rodman to "A Different World" as a regular during Season 6, preferring instead to
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Emmy Awards Golden Globe Awards Two albums were produced that included various theme and background music from the show. The albums were presented by longtime Cosby collaborator Stu Gardner. They were: They were dubbed "Cosby sweaters", a term that is used to describe sweaters that are generally deemed garish and unappealing. In May 2008, Cosby's daughter Evin auctioned a batch of the sweaters that her father had kept on eBay. The proceeds of the sales went to the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation, a non-profit charity named for Ennis Cosby. Ennis, Cosby's only son, was murdered in January 1997. All
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Warner, who played Cosby's son Theo on "The Cosby Show", stated when asked about Cosby's state of mind since Cosby was charged with sexual assault on December 30, Warner was reluctant to divulge details of their personal conversations. "He's doing alright. That part I really don't feel comfortable talking about because we've always had a close personal relationship," Warner said. "He's always been very, very good to me. Our personal conversations I tend to keep personal." In 2014, Camille Cosby, who married Cosby in 1964 when she was 19, released a statement supporting her husband, describing him as a victim
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sitcom's main characters to notice that Cosby had imbued his series with "proud and vocal feminism" in the form of Clair. According to Bailey, "The Cosby Show" was not only successful because Clair "was a strong, liberated woman with a career"; she also "had a husband and family who supported and valued her endeavors." Dubbing Clair's influence on pop culture as "one of TV’s great feminists" the "Other Huxtable Effect", Bailey concluded that the character's impact remains indisputable despite Cosby's recent sexual assault allegations, and thus maintains that "The Cosby Show"'s legacy as a feminist series should not be discredited.
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The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries is an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since "The Cosby Show" (which ended in the spring of 1992) and lasted one season (1994–1995). Actor/comedian Mos Def appeared in several episodes (credited as Dante Bezé). Cosby played Guy Hanks, a New York City Police Department criminalist who retired from the force after winning $44 million in the lottery. His peaceful retirement was frequently interrupted by his former colleagues, Detective Adam Sully (James Naughton) and Medical Examiner John Chapman (Robert Stanton), who ask him
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unit) stopped airing reruns of "The Cosby Show". At the same time, barter syndicator The Program Exchange ceased distributing the latter show. Bounce TV resumed airing the series in December 2016 but pulled the show on April 26, 2018 — the day Cosby was convicted of sexual assault. TV One began airing reruns of the show in May 2017. It is currently the only American network to offer the series. "The Cosby Show"s producers created a spin-off series called "A Different World" that was built around the "Denise" character (portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet), the second of the Huxtables' four
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As of 2011, the following Carsey-Werner series have been released on DVD: Several Carsey-Werner shows were made available on Netflix's Watch Instantly beginning in February 2011, including "Roseanne", "That 70's Show", "The Cosby Show", & "3rd Rock from the Sun". However, in February 2012, "Roseanne", "The Cosby Show" and "3rd Rock from the Sun" were taken off instant streaming. Since then, selections of "Roseanne" and all of "3rd Rock from the Sun" have been added back. In 2017 Carsey-Werner sued the BBC over possible copyright infringement for using audiovisual clips from "The Cosby Show" in a documentary called "Bill Cosby
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or the "Boney Bonerton Just Sings" CD). Also members of the band The Mekons were regulars on the show, Sally Timms played the character Cowboy Sally (from "Wild West Yorkshire"), and Jon Langford played the Olde Salty Sea Biscuit, a pirate who would be shown floating on a canoe in a giant bathroom sink. Other celebrity guest appearances included Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith, and Ed Lover and Doctor Dré from "Yo! MTV Raps". Some episodes ran under different titles (such as "Rudy and Gogo 2000", "Rudy y Gogo", and "Taterhole") and TNT also used Rudy and Gogo as hosts for
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based on ideas that Cosby suggested while in meetings with the writing staff. The show had parallels to Cosby's actual family life: like the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable, Cosby and his wife Camille were college educated and financially successful, and they had five children. On the show, Cosby played the role of an obstetrician. Much of the material from the pilot and first season of "The Cosby Show" was taken from his video "", released in 1983. The series was an immediate success, debuting near the top of the ratings and staying there for most of its eight-season run.
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Ennis. The show also deals with teen pregnancy when Denise's friend, Veronica (Lela Rochon), becomes pregnant. "The Cosby Show" pilot episode uses the same title sequence as the rest of the first season, and is widely regarded as the first episode. However, it is notable for a number of differences from the remainder of the series. In the pilot, the Huxtables have only four children. Following the pilot, the Huxtables have five children, with the addition of their eldest daughter, Sondra (Sabrina Le Beauf), who is mentioned in episode four and appears first in episode 11. The character was created
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live-action feature film centering on the popular Fat Albert character from his 1970s cartoon series. "Fat Albert" was released in theaters in December 2004. In May 2007, Cosby spoke at the commencement of High Point University. In the summer of 2009, Cosby hosted a comedy gala at Montreal's "Just for Laughs", the largest comedy festival in the world. A new NBC show scheduled for 2015, created by Mike O'Malley and Mike Sikowitz and to have been produced by "The Cosby Show"'s Tom Werner, was set to feature Cosby as Jonathan Franklin, the patriarch of a multi-generational family. On November 19,
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often quoted line, "I brought you in this world, and I'll take you out." Cliff then tells his son that he expects him to work to his potential and tells Theo that he loves him. At the end of the day, Clair and Cliff settle into bed. As he becomes amorous, she reminds him that was how they got all those troublesome kids. This puts him off for a few seconds. Then Vanessa and Rudy knock on the bedroom door because Rudy was scared of "the Wolf Man" in their closet. Clair invites the kids to sleep with her and
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half, with Kravitz's father paying for the studio time. Kravitz met saxophonist Karl Denson and invited him to play on the song, "Let Love Rule". Kravitz was so impressed with his playing that Denson played on much of the album. Denson toured with Kravitz for the next five years. In October 1988, after completing most of the recording, Kravitz approached friend Stephen Elvis Smith who had served as the Music Supervisor on Lisa Bonet's spin-off of "The Cosby Show", "A Different World". Smith had also worked with Kravitz' mother, on the hit sitcom "The Jeffersons". Kravitz urged Smith to manage
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Peter Rudy Wallace Peter Rudy Wallace (born April 13, 1954) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 to 1996. Peter Rudy Wallace was born on April 13, 1954 to Martha Rudy and John Powell Wallace. He has four brothers, two younger and two older. His father was also a Democrat and an executive in the egg and poultry industry who founded the Wallace Hatchery and Wallace Chicks and was the first Chairman of the American Egg Board. His mother was a Republican who served on
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and making decisions on her own, and she is deeply loved in my heart". The media continued to circulate Bonet's photographs heavily, which is believed to have instigated a highly publicized dispute between the actress and Cosby towards the end of the 1980s. Cosby expressed concern over how the photographs would affect "The Cosby Show"'s younger audience and Bonet's younger cast mates. Although producers felt that the scandal would disturb "the squeaky-clean Huxtable image", Cosby eventually decided to provide Bonet with her own television series, a spin-off of "The Cosby Show" entitled "A Different World". The network agreed that Bonet
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as Theo Huxtable's best friend Cockroach on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show". Payne played Reynaldo St. James on the BET series "The Game". He directed and produced music videos, web series and short films, all while continuing to tour the country as a stand up comic. He even starred in the series For Richer or For Poorer, whose stars were Letoya Luckett and Rockmond Dunbar. Payne also played an FBI agent, turned FCC field agent, on "The Rickey Smiley Show". Carl Anthony Payne II Carl Anthony Payne II (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor, director, and producer.
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Rudy Wade Rudy Wade is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama "Misfits", portrayed by Joseph Gilgun. After Robert Sheehan, who played Nathan Young, announced his departure, it was announced a new character called Rudy would join the show as a replacement. Casting for Rudy was announced soon after, with Gilgun cast in the role. Rudy was created as the "new funny man" of the show, a role previously held by Nathan. Rudy first appears in an online special titled ""Vegas Baby!"" Rudy has the ability to split into multiple personalities. While two of these personalities
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who attributes her successful transition from child to adult actress to her strong upbringing, explaining, "you will normally find that the child will behave according to the rules of the family ... It was a pleasure working with her because of the mother and father." Knight Pulliam's visit to Spelman College at nine-years-old, where an episode of "The Cosby Show" was filmed, inspired the actress to attend the school after the sitcom concluded, from where she ultimately earned a bachelor's degree in sociology. In 2014, VH1 ranked Pulliam 27th on their list of "100 Greatest Kid Stars Of All Time".
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and Mary", in which she played the wife of a man who has cheated death by having his brain preserved. She appeared on BBC 1's children's series, "Jackanory", reading, among other stories, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. After returning to the United States, she appeared on "The Edge of Night" as vinegary nanny Mrs. DeGroot, then was cast as a regular on the short-lived "The Ellen Burstyn Show" in 1986. She appeared as the stern schoolteacher Mrs. McGee on three episodes of "The Cosby Show" (1989–90). She had a recurring role in "Law & Order" (1992, 1997)
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intended for "The Cosby Show"'s children to remain intelligent while emphasizing that "their parents were always smarter and—most importantly—in charge." Originally, Denise was intended to be the eldest of the Huxtable family's four children. However, Cosby also wanted the show to feature a character who was an example of parents Cliff and Clair having already successfully raised a college-educated child successfully, so the writers introduced eldest sibling Sondra, a Princeton University graduate, in the second episode, while Denise was relegated to the role of the Huxtable's second eldest child instead. Cosby himself is the father of five children, four daughters
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Ms. Rashad without flashing on Clair". At the 42nd NAACP Image Awards in 2010, the organization dubbed Rashad "mother" of the African-American community. Rashad and Cosby's professional relationship continued beyond "The Cosby Show". After "The Cosby Show"'s conclusion, Rashad would similarly portray Cosby's wife, Ruth Lucas, on his sitcom "Cosby" for four years. Cosby would again recruit Rashad to voice Little Bill Glover's mother, Brenda Glover, in Cosby's animated series "Little Bill". In 2016, "Esquire" included Rashad on their list of "75 Greatest Women of All Time" for portraying "the perfect mother". Clair Huxtable Clair Olivia Hanks Huxtable is a
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Sabrina Le Beauf Sabrina Marie Le Beauf (born March 21, 1958) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sondra Huxtable on the NBC situation comedy "The Cosby Show". She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick at Nite animated series "Fatherhood", a show based on Bill Cosby's book of the same name. Le Beauf was cast as the eldest Huxtable daughter Sondra on "The Cosby Show" despite being only 10 years younger than Phylicia Rashad, the actress who played her mother, Clair Huxtable. Pop singer Whitney Houston also auditioned for the same part, but Le
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life. The show led to the spinoff "A Different World", which ran for six seasons from 1987 to 1993. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family, living in a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights, New York, at 10 Stigwood Avenue. The patriarch is Cliff Huxtable, an obstetrician and son of a prominent jazz trombonist. The matriarch is his wife, attorney Clair Huxtable. They have four daughters and one son: Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy. Despite its comedic tone, the show sometimes involves serious subjects, like Theo's experiences dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's dyslexic son,
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him an Emmy Award nomination in 1986. He played the father of lead character Cliff Huxtable, played by actor Bill Cosby, despite only being 11 years older than Cosby. Hyman, who never married or had children, died at age 91 on November 17, 2017, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. In Norway he was seen as a friend of the country and had a cabin in Skånevik. Earle Hyman learned speaking Norwegian through his live-in partner, the sailor Rolf Sirnes (1926–2004) from Haugesund. In the 1990s they lived in New York City. Earle Hyman Earle Hyman
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notables such as Erik Estrada, Chuck Norris and Richard Simmons donned them. Josephine Premice, a singer in the 1980s and a good friend of Koos's, asked him to make a sweater as present for Bill Cosby. She took it to the set of "The Cosby Show" where Bill immediately put it on and wore it for the taping. It was an instantaneous hit. Cosby then began giving his friends presents made by Koos. Cosby invited friends to New York for a weekend to celebrate his wife Camille's birthday and he asked Koos to open the store on Sunday especially for
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Rudy Autio Rudy Autio (October 8, 1926 – June 20, 2007) was an American sculptor, best known for his figurative ceramic vessels. Rudio Autio was born Arne Rudolph Autio to a family of Finnish immigrants in Butte, Montana. As a child, he first learned to draw by taking evening classes from Works Progress Administration artists working in Butte. He served in the Navy for two years during World War II. After the war ended, he studied art at Montana State University (then Montana State College) in Bozeman, where he first met Peter Voulkos, who became a lifelong friend. Frances Senska
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for "The Cosby Show" by series creator, comedian Bill Cosby. Cosby originally pitched a series about a detective who solves crime using his wit and humor; Clair's earliest incarnation resembled his character's girlfriend, who is depicted as "a strong woman with her own career." Networks were not interested in developing the series, so Cosby opted for a somewhat more autobiographical approach instead. Cosby eventually based "The Cosby Show" on his stand-up comedy film "" (1983), which heavily features jokes about his relationship with his wife and their interactions with their children. Clair is based on Cosby's real-life wife Camille. Although
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discovered in a then-recent television commercial for Del Monte canned corn. Knight Pulliam's professional acting experience at the time had included advertising baby products for Johnson & Johnson and appearing in several television commercials. She had already made her television debut as a series regular on the children's television show "Sesame Street", on which she had appeared for two seasons. Although Cosby eventually became open to the idea of young children appearing on his show, he still insisted that they not cast "little girls" because he had typically acted opposite child actresses while filming several commercials for Jell-O and feared
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The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co starring role with Robert Culp in "I Spy". The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series. In this droll, light-hearted sitcom, Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles
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the role of the parents in the show evolved dramatically from "The Cosby Show"'s initial inception to final production, the one idea that was retained from Cosby's detective series was the concept of a strong career woman. When Cosby originally pitched "The Cosby Show" to NBC, it revolved around the life of a blue-collar couple; Clair was intended to be a plumber while the character's husband Cliff, portrayed by Cosby himself, was a limousine driver. Eventually, the idea of Clair working as a plumber was discarded and the character briefly became a Dominican housewife instead. Inspired by Ricky Ricardo from
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Keymáh played a number of characters, including Cryssy, the central character of her self written signature piece, "In Black World". She also sang and danced on the show. After "In Living Color", she played contractor Scotti Decker in "On Our Own"; played comedy show writer Denise Everett in "The Show"; and provided the voices for Roz, Shavonne, Aki, Mrs. LaSalle, and many others in "Waynehead". For four years, Keymáh was a series regular on "Cosby", where she played flight attendant-lawyer-pastry chef-teacher Erica Lucas Hall. Following "Cosby", she appeared for three seasons on the Disney series "That's So Raven" as Raven's
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skinned and not resembling the other cast members. Sondra Huxtable Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux is a fictional character from the 1980s television series, "The Cosby Show". Sondra Huxtable did not originally appear in the pilot episode of the show. Sondra was created when Bill Cosby wanted the show to express the accomplishment of successfully raising a child (e.g. a college graduate). Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Sondra Huxtable. Sabrina LeBeauf almost missed out on the role because she is only 10 years younger (b. 1958) than Phylicia Rashad (b. 1948), who played her mother in the series. The
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Sondra Huxtable Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux is a fictional character from the 1980s television series, "The Cosby Show". Sondra Huxtable did not originally appear in the pilot episode of the show. Sondra was created when Bill Cosby wanted the show to express the accomplishment of successfully raising a child (e.g. a college graduate). Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Sondra Huxtable. Sabrina LeBeauf almost missed out on the role because she is only 10 years younger (b. 1958) than Phylicia Rashad (b. 1948), who played her mother in the series. The character had been criticized for being too light
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for the home entertainment market since they allowed a limited edition of "The Cosby Show" to be distributed by Columbia House. In 2005/2006, Carsey-Werner was flooded with angry letters from fans of "The Cosby Show" and "Roseanne", complaining about edited episodes. Carsey-Werner Distribution eventually decided that seasons 2 of "The Cosby Show" and "Roseanne" would be released with uncut shows. "Roseanne" was decided after John Goodman and Roseanne Barr appeared on "Larry King Live" and a fan called in, asking why Season 1's DVDs contained edited episodes. Barr and Goodman did not know about the editing, but Roseanne said she
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with "the same kind of sweetness that was written into Bonet’s character so many years ago." "The Glow Up" contributor S. D. Chrismon believes it is unfair to compare Zoey to her predecessor "any more than "Black-ish" really compares to "The Cosby Show"", despite both characters' similarities that include fashion and wit. Denise Huxtable Denise Huxtable Kendall is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom "The Cosby Show" (1984–1991), portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet. Denise also stars in the first season of its spin-off sitcom, "A Different World" (1987). The second-born child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable, Denise
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The New Bill Cosby Show The New Bill Cosby Show is an American variety television series aired in the United States by CBS as part of its 1972–73 lineup. "The New Bill Cosby Show" was an attempt to exploit the widespread popularity of Bill Cosby, who had previously starred in an eponymous sitcom and the drama (with comedic undertones) "I Spy" and who had been responsible for several of the best-selling comedy albums of the 1960s. Cosby's supporting cast was biracial, highlighted by Foster Brooks of "funny-drunk" routine fame and also included performer Lola Falana, who additionally served as the
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from another Filmation series, "The Archie Show". Walk cycles, profile pictures, and scenes where the Brady kids play in a band were all frame-by-frame replacements for looped frames originally seen of The Archies on "The Archie Show". Many of Mop Top's poses were copied from the Archies' character Hot Dog. Fleetwood's poses and walk cycles were often copied from Rudy of "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids". Originally aired as a one-hour segment on "The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie", the pilot episode was split into two half-hour segments on "The Brady Kids". A total of 22 episodes were produced. Season
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Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. At the age of nine, he demonstrated an interest in show business which led to enrollment in acting schools. His career as a child performer later led him to graduate high school from The Professional Children's School in New York City, New York. With appearances and roles on many television shows and films, he landed his most successful role as Theo Huxtable, the only son of Heathcliff Huxtable, who was played by Bill Cosby on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992. Warner auditioned for the role on the very
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motion pictures. CSC hired Artie Mogull as President of the label. Tetragrammaton was fairly active during 1968–69 (its most successful signing was British heavy rock band Deep Purple) but it quickly went into the red and ceased trading during the 1970s. Cosby pursued a variety of additional television projects and appeared as a regular guest host on "The Tonight Show" and as the star of an annual special for NBC. In 1969, he returned with another series, "The Bill Cosby Show", a situation comedy that ran for two seasons. Cosby played a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high
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His family is Jewish and descends from Russian Jewish immigrants on both sides. He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, after moving there at the age of six. He attended Manchester Central High School. As a teen, Sandler was in BBYO, a popular Jewish youth group. Sandler graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988. Early in his career, in 1987, Sandler played Theo Huxtable's friend, Smitty in "The Cosby Show" and the Stud Boy or Trivia Delinquent in the MTV game show "Remote Control". After his film debut "Going Overboard" in 1989, Sandler performed in
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children. Reno Wilson Roy "Reno" Wilson (born January 20, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and voice artist. He is best known for his role as Howard in the sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Officer Carl McMillan in "Mike & Molly". He is also known for providing character voices in the "Transformers" film series. Wilson has appeared in a number of television programs and films. His first television role was on the NBC's "The Cosby Show", where (on a recurring basis) he portrayed Theo Huxtable's college friend Howard during Seasons 5 and 6 of the series. His most recent film
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Reno Wilson Roy "Reno" Wilson (born January 20, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and voice artist. He is best known for his role as Howard in the sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Officer Carl McMillan in "Mike & Molly". He is also known for providing character voices in the "Transformers" film series. Wilson has appeared in a number of television programs and films. His first television role was on the NBC's "The Cosby Show", where (on a recurring basis) he portrayed Theo Huxtable's college friend Howard during Seasons 5 and 6 of the series. His most recent film roles
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backlash from devoted "Cosby Show" fans, some of whom felt that she had betrayed Denise's "wholesome" image. Some media headlines, such as "USA Today"'s "X has Cosby kid's film on spot", gave readers the impression that "all 77 million weekly watchers are outraged by the behavior of their little Denise", according to Trustman Senger of "The Washington Post". The fact that Bonet, a "Cosby Show" cast member, had been cast in a sex scene with co-star Mickey Rorke garnered far more media coverage than whether or not the film deserved the X rating it had originally been assigned. Maintaining that
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in Shelburne, Massachusetts, and Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Cosby hosted the Los Angeles Playboy Jazz Festival from 1979 to 2012 (George Lopez has hosted the event since then). Known as a jazz drummer, he can also be seen playing bass guitar with Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis Jr. on Hugh Hefner's 1970s talk show. His story, "The Regular Way", was featured in "Playboy"s December 1968 issue. Cosby has become an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America. Cosby became involved with the foundation in 2004. For several years, he has been a featured host for its annual benefit, A Great Night
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Carol Stills. She also cameoed as a sex therapist in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and played Linda in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World". They also created the TBS comedy series "Angie Tribeca" starring Rashida Jones, which premiered on January 17, 2016. In February 2009, Carell bought the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts. During 2011, Carell earned $17.5million, making him the 31st highest-paid actor (excluding television-related projects). In an interview with "60 Minutes", Carell stated that his inspirations for acting and comedy are Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, John Cleese, Bill Cosby, and George Carlin. For his
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rein to do the episode as he saw fit. The show lasted three years from 1981-83. He reprised the role in the spin-off pilot "The Greatest American Heroine" and a voice-over on the stop-motion sketch comedy "Robot Chicken". During that time, Culp was rumored to replace Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing in "Dallas." However, Culp firmly denied this, insisting he would never leave his role as Bill Maxwell. In 1987, he reunited with Cosby on "The Cosby Show", playing Dr. Cliff Huxtable's old friend Scott Kelly. The name was a combination of their "I Spy" characters' names. Culp had
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person when he asks. Searching for guidance, Fat Albert meets his creator, Bill Cosby, and tells him of the dilemma. Cosby tells him that his character is based on Doris' grandfather, Albert Robertson, which explains Doris' confusion over why Fat Albert seems so familiar. Mr. Cosby warns Fat Albert he has to return to the cartoon world, or he will turn into celluloid dust. Devastated, Albert tells Lauri he must leave, but she thinks he is being insensitive. The next day, Mushmouth, Rudy and Bill jump back into the television. Albert goes to a track meet where Doris and Lauri
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one of which was a car. Some episodes had celebrities, including George Fenneman, Phil Harris, and Greg Evigan, appear as contestants; each played for a member of the studio audience. Another version hosted by Bill Cosby aired from September 7, 1992 to June 4, 1993 (with repeats airing until September 3 of that year) in syndication. Carsey-Werner syndicated the series, the first show they distributed themselves. Cosby was joined on this show by a female announcer and sidekick, Robbi Chong, who was referred to as "Renfield". Organist Shirley Scott contributed the jazzy theme music, and the program was taped in
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appeared in the comedy Clerks II in which he plays a cop who notices the words "Porch Monkey 4 Life" written on the back of Randal Graves' work jacket. In 2008, he did the voice of Bishop for "Wolverine and the X-Men". Later, he did the voice of Nick Fury on "The Super Hero Squad Show". He often plays characters based on comedian Bill Cosby, such as on "Family Guy" ("Brian Does Hollywood"), where Stewie is a contestant on the comedian's "Kids Say the Darndest Things"; as Cosby himself on "The Boondocks" and playing the role of Numbuh 5's father
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and former drug addiction. She helped the station move from 14th place in the ratings to 2nd. Williams has stated that Bill Cosby attempted to get her fired in 1991 and 1992. She also believes that Cosby is guilty of sexual assault. In 2001, Williams returned to the New York airwaves when WBLS hired her full-time for a syndicated 2–6 p.m. time slot. Williams' friend, MC Spice of Boston, offered his voiceover services to the show, often adding short rap verses tailored specifically for Williams' show. "The New York Times" stated that her "show works best when its elements –
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clicked as equal leads, and from there the producers decided to revamp the project. The show's premiere was moved up by several months as Miller/Boyett and company tinkered with the format, resulting in the final product known as "Getting By". In October 1992, the series was announced on ABC's schedule with its new title and format as a midseason replacement. Merlin Santana and Deon Richmond portrayed preteen rivals for the affections of Keshia Knight Pulliam's character Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". Their interaction on that series was so impressive that they were cast as brothers on "Getting By". The
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towards her, which prompted Gates' and Bynes' attack. King was found guilty of second-degree murder and attempted murder but acquitted on two murder charges, receiving ten years in juvenile custody. Santana was 26 years old at the time of his death. He was buried on November 18, 2002, at Saint Raymond's Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. Merlin Santana Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976November 9, 2002) was an American actor. Santana was best known for his roles as Rudy Huxtable's boyfriend Stanley on "The Cosby Show", Marcus Dixon on "Getting By", Marcus Henry in "Under One Roof" and as high
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age would offer the wrong message to audiences. Cosby in particular was strongly opposed to the idea of a Huxtable child experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and becoming an unwed mother. Thus, Bonet was fired from "A Different World" at the beginning of its second season, and Cosby re-hired her to appear on "The Cosby Show"'s fifth season while "A Different World" underwent several changes in her absence. Robert E. Johnson of "Jet" reported that Bonet's cast mates happily welcomed her back to the series, with Cosby assuring her "there's nothing but love here for you". While struggling at first to
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also noted that Cosby "was covering himself by having my name on [the money orders]. It was a coverup." Scotti also claimed that Cosby regularly took aspiring models and actresses into his dressing room and instructed Scotti, "Stand outside the door and don't let anyone in." In a later interview for "NBC"'s "Today Show", Scotti said he "felt like a pimp." Cosby's lawyer Martin Singer denied Scotti's accusations and said the walker-bound 90-year-old was merely seeking "his 15 minutes of fame." In the 2005 deposition that was made public in July 2015, Cosby admitted to making regular payments to Therese
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The Cosby Show The Cosby Show was an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York. "The Cosby Show" spent five consecutive seasons as the number-one rated show on television. "The Cosby Show" and "All in the Family" are the only sitcoms in the history of the Nielsen ratings to be the number-one show for five seasons. It spent all eight of its seasons in the top 20. According to
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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an American animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985 (with new episodes being produced sporadically during that time frame). The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Fat Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends. The show features an educational
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eight seasons of "The Cosby Show" have been released on DVD in Region 1. Seasons one and two were released by UrbanWorks which was subsequently acquired by First Look Studios, who then released the remaining six seasons. Seasons One and Two contain special features, including the ninety minute retrospective documentary entitled "The Cosby Show: A Look Back", which aired on NBC in May 2002. It contains interviews with cast members, bloopers, deleted scenes and audition footage. In December 2010, First Look Studios filed bankruptcy, and all its assets were subsequently acquired by Millennium Entertainment, who also took over distribution of
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Cosby replied "Mrs. Cosby." In November 2014, former NBC facilities manager Frank Scotti told the "New York Daily News" that while working on "The Cosby Show", Cosby funneled regular payments to several women via money orders that Scotti was told to purchase in his own name. Among the women identified in receipts that Scotti preserved for more than 20 years were Shawn Thompson, Cosby's admitted mistress who later accused him of fathering her child, and Angela Leslie, who claimed Cosby made unwanted sexual advances toward her in the early 1990s. Scotti "suspected that [Cosby] was having sex with them." He
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He jokes around with many by referencing his family to the Huxtables from "The Cosby Show". Coodie says: "I was Theo while my older sister Tonia was Denise, but Denise was Vanessa and my baby sister Wendy was Rudy, we was in perfect correlation!" After high school Coodie went on to attend Northern Illinois University where he studied Communications. After one semester he was placed on academic probation, and after a year he was kicked out of the university due to academic and behavioral issues. He has been quoted saying: "being kicked out of college was the best and worst
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In 2013, he declined to run for Florida's 13th congressional district after the Republican incumbent Bill Young announced his retirement. Wallace is married to Helen Wallace (née Pruitt), daughter of Frances Miller McSwain and John Crayton Pruitt Sr., a cardio-vascular surgeon. She is a professor of creative writing at Eckerd College and they have two children, Daniel McSwain Wallace and Hannah Rudy Wallace. Peter Rudy Wallace Peter Rudy Wallace (born April 13, 1954) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 to 1996. Peter Rudy Wallace
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Mindy". A longtime friend of Bob Newhart, Poston played George Utley, a simple country handyman of the Stratford Inn, on "Newhart" and appeared with Newhart in "Cold Turkey" as the town drunk, Edgar Stopworth. He was nominated for an Emmy Award three times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on "Newhart" in 1984, 1986, and 1987. He had a third role with Newhart in the short-lived "Bob". Poston had regular roles on many other television series: "Family Matters", "Murphy Brown", "Home Improvement", "Cosby", "Malcolm & Eddie", "ER", "Grace Under Fire", "That '70s Show" (as Kitty
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being picked up on the CBN Cable Network. In 2013, reruns of this series began being broadcast on the ASPIRE Television Network and Soul of the South Network. In July 2015, both networks ceased airing the series following accusations of sexual assaults made against Cosby. Shout! Factory has released both seasons of "The Bill Cosby Show" on DVD in Region 1. Mill Creek Entertainment released a ten episode best of set entitled "The Bill Cosby Show – The Best of Season 1" on March 22, 2011. The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom that aired
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Show" soon folded. Young Dapo then appeared in small roles on Lucille Ball's CBS series "The Lucy Show" and on Gene Barry's ABC detective series "Burke's Law" in the episode entitled "Who Killed Andy Zygmunt?". In 1964, he played Peter McCloud in the film "Kisses for My President". From 1963 to 1965, Dapo appeared twice on CBS's "Lassie" and "The Munsters". In 1965, he appeared on ABC's "The Fugitive" and "The F.B.I." Between 1963 and 1966, Dapo appeared three times as Arnold Winkler, a friend of Opie Taylor (played by Ron Howard) on CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show". The episodes
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Is Enough"—played Gig Houseman, David Malone's wife. Tracey's fragile sister Faye (Chase Crosley, Lenka Petersen) married Jerry's friend and colleague, Dr. Stefan Koda (Michael Ingram). Soap veteran William Post, Jr. played Jerry's other close friend and advisor, attorney Harold Cranston, who harbored feelings for Tracey. Other actors who appeared on the TV show included Peter Brandon, Nicolas Coster, Louis Edmonds, Hugh Franklin, Joan Hackett, Luke Halpin, Emily McLaughlin, Joyce Van Patten and Ann Williams. Young Doctor Malone Young Doctor Malone (a.k.a. Young Dr. Malone) is an American soap opera, created by Irna Phillips, which had a long run on radio
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guitarist Peter Hesslein played the keyboard parts on the new album, hiring once again Jogi Wichmann (who played on Sumo Grip) as the live keyboardist for the shows in 2015 and 2016. The Lucifer's Friend song "Ride in the Sky" is played in the Bulgarian film "Love.net", starring Lawton, as a song by a fictional band called Tabloid. Past members As Lucifer's Friend II German Bonds (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards and Dieter Horns on bass) Bokaj Retsiem (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards and Dieter Horns on bass) Hell Preachers Inc. (Includes future Lucifer's Friend members, except John Lawton) Brother
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Leach", including the first season of "Shining Time Station" with Ringo Starr as the granddaughter of the workshop's operator, several seasons of "The Babysitters Club" videos, four episodes of "The Cosby Show" as a friend of the youngest Huxtable child, "Clarissa Explains It All", "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego", "Third Watch", and "Law & Order". She has also performed on and off-Broadway in such shows as "Dangerous Games", "Fame on 42nd Street", "Miracle Brothers", and a 2004 production of "Limonade Tous le Jours" starring Alan Alda. In 2003 she played Katherine in Shakespeare in the Park's "Henry V".
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as a response to the song and mentions that a radio station in Atlanta that played it was burned down. In the summer of 1967, "Society's Child" reached number 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, the single having sold 600,000 copies and the album 350,000. At the age of 16, Ian met comedian Bill Cosby backstage at a Smothers Brothers show where she was promoting "Society's Child". Since she was underage, she was accompanied by a chaperone while touring. After her set, Ian had been sleeping with her head on her chaperone's lap (an older female family friend). According to
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Lost on Earth Lost on Earth is an American sitcom starring Tim Conlon. The series premiered January 4, 1997 on the USA Network. KTEE-TV television reporter David Rudy (Tim Conlon) has just suffered an on-air gaffe that could cost him his job. Rather than be fired, Rudy accepts a demotion from his boss, George Greckin (Paul Gleason), by agreeing to host a children's puppet show. Rudy quickly discovers that the puppets are not props, but are real aliens that became stranded on Earth while exploring the universe. Rudy is also dating the boss's daughter Sherry (Stacy Galina). Peter McCowatt as
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in favor of Gov. Cosby, Morris wrote the minority opinion, which infuriated Cosby. Cosby demanded the written opinion from Morris. Morris complied with the Governor, but also had the opinion printed for public distribution, along with an explanatory letter stating, This even further angered Cosby, who removed Morris from the court. His dismissal led directly to the John Peter Zenger trial affirming Freedom of speech in the United States. On November 3, 1691, Morris was married to Isabella Graham (1673–1752), the eldest daughter of James Graham, who served as Speaker of the New York General Assembly and Recorder of New
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Philadelphia childhood friend who was the basis for the hit cartoon series "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids"; Albert's signature cry "Hey! Hey! Hey!", a trademark of the later TV series, is also heard for the first time. Old Weird Harold, another of Cosby's friends/characters, is also featured on this album, primarily on the track "9th Street Bridge." Revenge (Bill Cosby album) Revenge (1967) is the fifth album by comedian Bill Cosby. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Warner Bros. Records. It won the 1968 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. It also hit #1 on
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William Cosby Brigadier-General William Cosby (1690–1736) was an Irish soldier who served as the British royal governor of New York from 1732 to 1736. During his short term as governor, Cosby was portrayed as one of the most oppressive royal placeholders in British Colonial America. In 1735, Cosby accused publisher John Peter Zenger of sedition and libel for publishing unflattering reports about Cosby. In spite of Cosby's efforts, Zenger was acquitted of all charges and the case helped to establish the concept of freedom of the press. William Cosby was born in Stradbally Hall, Queen's County, Ireland, in 1690. His
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