Dwen: thank you for informing the community. However, it ran for 4 years, so I don't think it was very short lived. Also, Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad had one daughter on this show. Interestingly, Telma Hopkins was originally picked for Ruthie, but Bill wanted to recreate the magic of the Cosby Show, so Rashad got the part in the end. I think Rashad is a competent actress, but I like Telma more and would be interested to see how she would have played Ruthie.
Lordsmurf: Cosby was pulling in good ratings for CBS when it was on Monday nights. Then it got shipped off to Wednesdays, where that, coupled with the death of the delightful and hilarious Madeline Kahn, doomed the series, and it was gone shortly thereafter. I don't know why they moved it. I'm guessing because it didn't fit in with their "Fat guy with a hot thin wife" Monday night lineup (sorry for being politically incorrect there) that consisted of King of Queens, Yes Dear and Still Standing (Okay, Still Standing is a good show, I have that set. I think I have some original airings of that I recorded, but am not sure what I want to do with them. The set I have is Lifetime airings, and it's good).
I never did get much into The Cosby Show, although that is largely due to a lack of time. I've been meaning to check it out more. From what I've seen of it, it's a show that kids might enjoy, but adults = not so much. There are some enjoyable moments, but Cliff's father grates my nerves. On the other hand, Cosby is more adult-oriented and very funny. Bill Cosby + Madeline Kahn, well you have two of the greatest right there.
I didn't get GMC when they were airing it for the first time, but I did manage to trade for the 91 of 96 episodes they aired, through a combination of sources: Joker and Konfusion, and possibly somebody else. They did an excellent job as usual with it. I now get GMC.
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