Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!dsmith From: dsmith@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: New Show: COSBY - (nf) Message-ID: <17400007@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 10:56:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.17400007 Posted: Fri Sep 28 10:56:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 00:59:18 EDT References: <1376@vax2.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:vax2:-137600:uiucuxc:17400007:000:1005 Nf-From: uiucuxc!dsmith Sep 28 09:56:00 1984 #R:vax2:-137600:uiucuxc:17400007:000:1005 uiucuxc!dsmith Sep 28 09:56:00 1984 I saw Cosby's show for the first time last night (I suppose it was the second episode, the one in which his youngest child's goldfish, Lamont, dies). Although I would agree that it is mainly Cosby which makes the show what it is, I believe he is quite ably assisted by the rest of the cast. Perhaps the basic setup is familiar - a working couple with a number of precocious children - but the characterizations are far from stereotypical. I loved it last night when the children tell their father that its okay to be weird at home, but not to go outside! It was very real; which I think is a large part of Cosby's attraction. He creates humor from everyday type situations, as opposed to ones which are contrived - which is the standard in sitcoms. I think its great to have Cosby back on tv. I think its great to have a sitcom revolving around a middle-class Black family. I think its great to have such a unique and funny sitcom on tv. (By the way, his wife is a lawyer, not a psychiatrist)