THE COSBY SHOW 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

you [Music] Bill Cosby was not placed with the so-called family sitcoms he saw on TV in the early 1980s the kid seemed to be in charge of the household in tiny six-year-old smart mouthing their parents without suffering any repercussions whose miss cashed out to show where the kids were certainly intelligent but the parents will always matter and most importantly in charge The Cosby Show debuted on September 20 1984 and America went on to spend a dream orrible seasons with a Huxtable you're watching another episode of how they changed and let's review this brilliant comedy sitcom in Bill Cosby's original pitch he played a limousine driver and Claire was a union plumber Camille Cosby told her husband that she thought that TV couple should be more representative of their own family to white-collar professional parents an executive producer Marcy Carsey sided with Camille Cosby capitulated and made the Patrick a doctor and Claire and a Tony another one of Cosby's early visions of the show was for Claire to be Dominican and to have her revert to her native Spanish whenever she was frustrated 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 spanish-language tirade of all the actresses who auditioned for the role of Claire phylicia rashad could cause miss eye because of the way she awkward was here during the screen test unlike the previous candidate she didn't walk her head and she didn't place her hand on her hip instead she simply stopped speaking and gave fear look and her eyes said enough to frighten any child in the submission has been you immediately that valishia was Claire it comes be show his pilot was filmed in front of a live audience and even though there were plenty of laughs were expected Cosby was worried that the audience wasn't embracing his overall vision of the series in the scene where Thea is defending the D on his report card he earnestly tells his that 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 cozbie about the scene was the spontaneous applause from the audience of the fear speech luckily the audience reacted even more enthusiastically when he replied with complete conviction that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life live Huxtables iconic sweaters were the work of Dutch fashion designer cooze fondant acha fondant occur was asked by customer of his in the early 1980s to make a unique sweater as a present for her friend Bill Cosby those before the sweat on camera were filming an episode of his show mail poured in as viewers wanted to know where they could buy a similar garment those be asked found an arker to make more and legacy was born the sweaters designer described the process of grading each blow over as a painting throwing various colors and patterns of fabric pieces together on a jersey wool and canvas according to fondant occur each designed red a very thin line between absolutely awful and something of genius at one point in the pilot Claire asks why did we have four children he responds because we've dean 1:5 originally Denise was the oldest of the offspring followed by Theo Vanessa and Rudy 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 Sabrina low birth the actress who played Sondra is only 10 years younger than her TV mum Sabrina wound the rule over such stoned competitors as Whitney Houston and future Miss America Suzette Charles the birth impressed Cosby partly because she had recently graduated from a prestigious university yay just like the character he had in mind The Cosby Show not only topped the ratings charts at home it was also hit internationally albeit with some mana twigs made for non-us audiences 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 eat Robinson the Robinsons 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 in Bill Cosby's original vision the Huxtables had two boys and two girls this was before Sandra was added to the mix the youngest child Rudy was originally supposed to be a younger brother who looked up at theer eight-year-old Charlie wide family mattis's future Earl had auditions 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 in one of those last-minute interviews was with four-year-old Charma keshia knight pulliam director J Sandridge recalled trying to talk to Kesha asking her if she could remember lines which occurred 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 encountered Sandra's most keshia's name to the top of the short list Anthea became an only son surrounded by four sisters the casting call for the role of Theo specified that he was 6 inches 2 feet and 15 years old Malcolm Jamal Warner however was 13 and 5 feet 5 inches 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 Brad hand on hip eyes rolled a real smart allure everyone in the room was laughing except for Cosby he asked the young actor if he'd act that with his real father without advice in mind wanna read for the part secondhand and nailed it season seven begins with a back-to-school episode where cliff and Claire happily assure their brood all the dual the morning after summer location 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 story arc was used attempts at blood size desire to get her degree because Miss determination to help her however possible after graduating from high school let's--oh told her boss that she had enrolled at New York University but would be attending classes in the evenings and on weekends said it wouldn't affect her work schedule there's beans dad arranged the show's shooting schedule so that blood sir could go to school full-time which is why we only saw Vanessa sporadically throughout the season tempest recalls that pose be used to pass her grades and his dressing-room door it is common for some elements of a series to differ from the pilot once it's picked up by Network so it is understandable that in the Cosby pilot the layout of the house is nothing like the ten stickered Avenue we later see and feel is referred to as Teddy but surely someone in the editing room should have noticed that the establishing exterior short of dr. hath cliffs Huxtables office that was used several times throughout season one still ball the pilot engraved nameplate that red Clifford Huxtable MD Russell Huxtable could always be relied upon to recite Shakespeare at length when sage advice was required the scenes were tailored specifically for Ojai man who played cliffs dead from the age of 13 Hermann Duvall classic literature and stage plays he developed particular fondness for the work of Henrik Ibsen and Hyman eventually spent enough time in Norway epson's home to become fluent in the region and was awarded the prestigious offs and all of his stage work there Bill Cosby incorporated many names from his own real-life family into his sitcom relatives he married Camille Olivia Hanks in 1964 in the shell play Huxtables maiden name was Hanks and the nieces precocious stepdaughter was named Olivia his mother's name was Anna just like his TV mom his younger brother Russell lent his name to the Huxtable granted and that's all for now don't forget to leave a like and subscribe for more day care friends [Music] you

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Id: AWN_oUUo0WM

Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 10 2020