Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: New Show: COSBY Message-ID: <1376@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 20:12:10 EDT Article-I.D.: vax2.1376 Posted: Sun Sep 23 20:12:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 08:10:46 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Stuck in fronta da tube Lines: 31 Well, one usually hopes that, once a year, one comedy and one drama will pop up that is truly entertaining. Come to think of it, I can't remember what qualified last year (Cheers & Hill Street & St. Elsewhere were already around), but this year, at least the comedy end has been kept up. The Cosby Show is very, very funny, due almost entirely to Bill Cosby. I've been a fan of his for years; the reason I bought a stereo was not to play music on, it was that my parent's mono player wouldn't play Cosby's records. He has transformed his humor, over the last decade, from looking at things from a kid's point of view to that of a parents, but he has lost none of his ability to spot and mine humor in this area, and this show displays that. This is not a maudlin sit-com... in fact, there is a scene where his son explains that he feels that his parents are expecting too much of him, as they are professionals (Cosby plays a pediatrician, and his wife is a psychiatrist); it sounds just like something out of your average "Happy Days" episode (there is even applause from the stage audience, ala "The Jeffersons"); Cosby shatters the mood (and my composure) by saying "That's the DUMBEST thing I've ever heard!" I laughed HARD at least 5 times during the season premiere, and was chuckling continously. Cosby seems to be in complete creative control here, and that bodes well for the rest of the season. It would seems that NBC's excellent Thursday night is now even better. Give this sucker an A+ -- watch it! Be there. Aloha. Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA