Huxtables

Plus, the Huxtables were the 80's version of Barry and Michelle.

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Luminaries paying homage to the iconic humorist last night cited their own defining Cosby moments: Comedian Dick Gregory noted the importance of I Spy to aspiring black comics, Seinfeld mentioned his 1965 album Why Is There Air as a major inspiration, and Phylicia Rashad was there to represent for the Huxtables.

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"Rather than being nudged toward self-reflection and remorse," he writes, "white America was being told that Huxtable-level wealth was common among blacks; that such wealth was universally available to blacks who were willing to follow the Huxtables' transcendent values."

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The families are like the Huxtables in 'The Cosby Show.'

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Bobo claims Americans 'crushing debt on their desire to emulate the Huxtables rather than the Kramdens.

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Bobo claims Americans 'crushing debt on their desire to emulate the Huxtables rather than the Kramdens.

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The Huxtables shared economic and parenting responsibilities, while the character co-created and played by Bill Cosby maintained the role of the wise and loving father.

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They may not come from two-parent homes that resemble the Huxtables.

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When it came to hanging her stylized prints in the home of the Huxtables -- the fictional black family at the heart of "The Cosby Show" -- artist and sitcom went together "like a slice of pie and a plate," said Bill Cosby, star of the show that aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992.

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He also laughed at himself, which was endearing, and I would sit in front of the little television in my room and live vicariously through the made-up life of the Huxtables, who had celebrity guests coming through the house every few episodes to play the trombone or tapdance.

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