query: who played kenny bud on the cosby show

pos: Deon Richmond Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City. Richmond is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The WB sitcom "Sister, Sister" Among the shows that he announced are the CBS game shows Whew! and Press Your Luck 2000. He is widely recognized by the signature catch phrases on the Cosby Show, and it appears on his Hollywood Star, although the phrase was originated and made popular by his predecessor Johnny Olson. He was

pos: Deon Richmond Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City. Richmond is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The WB sitcom "Sister, Sister" Among the shows that he announced are the CBS game shows Whew! and Press Your Luck 2000. He is widely recognized by the signature catch phrases on the Cosby Show, and it appears on his Hollywood Star, although the phrase was originated and made popular by his predecessor Johnny Olson. He was

pos: Deon Richmond member during the sixth and final season. In later years, Richmond appeared in films such as "Trippin'", "Scream 3", "Not Another Teen Movie", "National Lampoon's Van Wilder", and the independent horror film "Hatchet". He also had a featured role in the short-lived 2006 sitcom "Teachers". Richmond has twin daughters, Lilac and Leone Richmond, born in 2009. Deon Richmond Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978) is an American actor from New York City. Richmond is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show" and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The

pos: Merlin Santana an advertising model for a fast food chain. His first screen appearance was as an extra in the Woody Allen film, "The Purple Rose of Cairo". In 1991, Santana landed a recurring role on "The Cosby Show" as Stanley, the boyfriend of Rudy Huxtable and the rival of Rudy's friend Kenny (Deon Richmond). He was then cast as Marcus Dixon in the short-lived sitcom, "Getting By", starring Cindy Williams and Telma Hopkins. Deon Richmond was cast as his brother Darren, due to their interaction on "The Cosby Show". In November 1994, Santana appeared on "Sister, Sister" as Joey, in which

neg: Gus (Psych) asking if he played the character on "The Cosby Show". Bringing it up constantly is meant to be ironic because Dulé Hill not only looks like Bud, he also had a role on the spinoff Cosby, playing a character named Marcus in one episode. Although early in the series Gus is reluctant to get involved in Shawn's capers, James Roday (who portrays Shawn) says he feels the partnership has developed into a much more equal one, with Gus taking a larger role in their cases as opposed to constantly being "[dragged] around by the collar against his will". Actor Dulé

neg: Bill Cosby sexual assault cases Warner, who played Cosby's son Theo on "The Cosby Show", stated when asked about Cosby's state of mind since Cosby was charged with sexual assault on December 30, Warner was reluctant to divulge details of their personal conversations. "He's doing alright. That part I really don't feel comfortable talking about because we've always had a close personal relationship," Warner said. "He's always been very, very good to me. Our personal conversations I tend to keep personal." In 2014, Camille Cosby, who married Cosby in 1964 when she was 19, released a statement supporting her husband, describing him as a victim

neg: Deon Richmond of death threats. He conducted a long-running on-air feud with an elderly woman (dubbed "Granny Hate" by an earlier host), who claimed to represent the local Ku Klux Klan. Richmond also voiced a number of national television commercials, including those for Pennzoil and Public Storage. Among Richmond's earliest roles was an appearance in the music video for the 1985 Kool & the Gang song "Cherish". In 1986, Richmond first appeared as Kenny on "The Cosby Show", in the episode "Theo's Flight"; he would go on to appear on the show in 32 episodes, until the show ended in 1992. In

neg: Janice Robinson (trombonist) Janice Robinson (trombonist) Janice Elaine Robinson (born December 28, 1951, Clairton, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz trombonist. Robinson played trombone on "The Bill Cosby Show" in her teens and took a bachelor's degree at Eastman School of Music in 1973. She then played with Chuck Mangione, the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Clark Terry, Sam Rivers, Buddy Rich, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Gil Evans, Frank Foster, and Slide Hampton. In 1978 she assembled a small ensemble with Sharon Freeman, Buster Williams, and Kenny Kirkland as sidemen. In the early 1980s she continued working with Foster as well as with Dizzy Gillespie

neg: The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries is an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since "The Cosby Show" (which ended in the spring of 1992) and lasted one season (1994–1995). Actor/comedian Mos Def appeared in several episodes (credited as Dante Bezé). Cosby played Guy Hanks, a New York City Police Department criminalist who retired from the force after winning $44 million in the lottery. His peaceful retirement was frequently interrupted by his former colleagues, Detective Adam Sully (James Naughton) and Medical Examiner John Chapman (Robert Stanton), who ask him

neg: Bouncing with Bud Bouncing with Bud Bouncing with Bud (also known as Bebop in Pastel) is a 1946 jazz standard by American jazz pianist Bud Powell and Gil Fuller, which features the saxophone of Sonny Stitt and the trumpet of Kenny Dorham. It was originally recorded on 23 August 1946 as "Bebop in Pastel", In the key of B-flat major, the tune is a "nonblues theme whose form is A-A'-B-A' with an eight-bar interlude that is not played during the solos." Powell played the theme under the debut title "Bouncing with Bud" on 9 August 1949 for Blue Note Records with Sonny Rollins,

neg: Bill Cosby based on ideas that Cosby suggested while in meetings with the writing staff. The show had parallels to Cosby's actual family life: like the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable, Cosby and his wife Camille were college educated and financially successful, and they had five children. On the show, Cosby played the role of an obstetrician. Much of the material from the pilot and first season of "The Cosby Show" was taken from his video "", released in 1983. The series was an immediate success, debuting near the top of the ratings and staying there for most of its eight-season run.

neg: Sabrina Le Beauf Sabrina Le Beauf Sabrina Marie Le Beauf (born March 21, 1958) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sondra Huxtable on the NBC situation comedy "The Cosby Show". She has voiced the character Norma Bindlebeep on the Nick at Nite animated series "Fatherhood", a show based on Bill Cosby's book of the same name. Le Beauf was cast as the eldest Huxtable daughter Sondra on "The Cosby Show" despite being only 10 years younger than Phylicia Rashad, the actress who played her mother, Clair Huxtable. Pop singer Whitney Houston also auditioned for the same part, but Le

neg: Clair Huxtable for "The Cosby Show" by series creator, comedian Bill Cosby. Cosby originally pitched a series about a detective who solves crime using his wit and humor; Clair's earliest incarnation resembled his character's girlfriend, who is depicted as "a strong woman with her own career." Networks were not interested in developing the series, so Cosby opted for a somewhat more autobiographical approach instead. Cosby eventually based "The Cosby Show" on his stand-up comedy film "" (1983), which heavily features jokes about his relationship with his wife and their interactions with their children. Clair is based on Cosby's real-life wife Camille. Although

neg: The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co starring role with Robert Culp in "I Spy". The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series. In this droll, light-hearted sitcom, Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles

neg: T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Keymáh played a number of characters, including Cryssy, the central character of her self written signature piece, "In Black World". She also sang and danced on the show. After "In Living Color", she played contractor Scotti Decker in "On Our Own"; played comedy show writer Denise Everett in "The Show"; and provided the voices for Roz, Shavonne, Aki, Mrs. LaSalle, and many others in "Waynehead". For four years, Keymáh was a series regular on "Cosby", where she played flight attendant-lawyer-pastry chef-teacher Erica Lucas Hall. Following "Cosby", she appeared for three seasons on the Disney series "That's So Raven" as Raven's

neg: Sondra Huxtable skinned and not resembling the other cast members. Sondra Huxtable Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux is a fictional character from the 1980s television series, "The Cosby Show". Sondra Huxtable did not originally appear in the pilot episode of the show. Sondra was created when Bill Cosby wanted the show to express the accomplishment of successfully raising a child (e.g. a college graduate). Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Sondra Huxtable. Sabrina LeBeauf almost missed out on the role because she is only 10 years younger (b. 1958) than Phylicia Rashad (b. 1948), who played her mother in the series. The

neg: Sondra Huxtable Sondra Huxtable Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux is a fictional character from the 1980s television series, "The Cosby Show". Sondra Huxtable did not originally appear in the pilot episode of the show. Sondra was created when Bill Cosby wanted the show to express the accomplishment of successfully raising a child (e.g. a college graduate). Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Sondra Huxtable. Sabrina LeBeauf almost missed out on the role because she is only 10 years younger (b. 1958) than Phylicia Rashad (b. 1948), who played her mother in the series. The character had been criticized for being too light

neg: The New Bill Cosby Show The New Bill Cosby Show The New Bill Cosby Show is an American variety television series aired in the United States by CBS as part of its 1972–73 lineup. "The New Bill Cosby Show" was an attempt to exploit the widespread popularity of Bill Cosby, who had previously starred in an eponymous sitcom and the drama (with comedic undertones) "I Spy" and who had been responsible for several of the best-selling comedy albums of the 1960s. Cosby's supporting cast was biracial, highlighted by Foster Brooks of "funny-drunk" routine fame and also included performer Lola Falana, who additionally served as the

neg: Malcolm-Jamal Warner Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal. At the age of nine, he demonstrated an interest in show business which led to enrollment in acting schools. His career as a child performer later led him to graduate high school from The Professional Children's School in New York City, New York. With appearances and roles on many television shows and films, he landed his most successful role as Theo Huxtable, the only son of Heathcliff Huxtable, who was played by Bill Cosby on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show" from 1984 to 1992. Warner auditioned for the role on the very

neg: Kenny Clarke Three Bosses", with pianist Bud Powell, another Paris resident, and bassist Pierre Michelot, who had also played on the Davis soundtrack. In 1963 The Three Bosses recorded the album "Our Man in Paris" with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. In 1961, with Belgian pianist Francy Boland, Clarke formed the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, featuring leading European and expatriate American musicians. It began touring in 1966 and was active until 1972. Korall said of his contribution to the band: "Playing softer than most drummers in a large ensemble, feeding the surge, doing the work of the great accompanist he always had

neg: Bill Cosby motion pictures. CSC hired Artie Mogull as President of the label. Tetragrammaton was fairly active during 1968–69 (its most successful signing was British heavy rock band Deep Purple) but it quickly went into the red and ceased trading during the 1970s. Cosby pursued a variety of additional television projects and appeared as a regular guest host on "The Tonight Show" and as the star of an annual special for NBC. In 1969, he returned with another series, "The Bill Cosby Show", a situation comedy that ran for two seasons. Cosby played a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high

neg: The Mod Squad the illegal drug trade. Spelling intended the show to be about the characters's relationships and promised that the Squad "would never arrest kids...or carry a gun or use one." The show was loosely based on creator Bud "Buddy" Ruskin's experiences in the late 1950s as a squad leader for young undercover narcotics cops, though it took almost 10 years after he wrote a script for the idea to be given the greenlight by ABC Television Studios. The shows "" (1966–69), "I Spy" (1965–68), "The Bill Cosby Show" (1969–71), "Room 222" (1969–74), "Mannix" (1967–75), "" (1966–73), "Julia" (1968–71), "The Flip Wilson

neg: Denise Huxtable Introduced during the show's later seasons, Pam Tucker (Erika Alexander), a cousin of the Huxtable family, is considered to be a "replacement" for Denise; StyleBlazer believes that Pam was created because the sitcom "needed another character to play a free-spirited problem child." Bonet developed a reputation for being difficult to work with on "The Cosby Show". Although nearly every main and recurring character who played a significant role on the series returned for "The Cosby Show"'s finale "And So We Commence", which revolves around Denise's younger brother Theo graduating from New York University, Bonet was not invited back to make

neg: G.T. Hogan G.T. Hogan Wilbert Granville Thodore Hogan Jr. (January 16, 1929 – August 7, 2004) was an American jazz drummer. He used both Granville and Wilbert professionally, and is credited variously with names and initials on albums. Born in Galveston, Texas, Hogan played saxophone in high school and then switched to drums. He played with Earl Bostic from 1953 to 1955, before moving to New York City. Over the course of his career he played with Randy Weston, Kenny Drew, Kenny Dorham, Ray Charles, Elmo Hope, Bud Powell and Walter Bishop Jr. He was less active as a musician after the

neg: You Bet Your Life one of which was a car. Some episodes had celebrities, including George Fenneman, Phil Harris, and Greg Evigan, appear as contestants; each played for a member of the studio audience. Another version hosted by Bill Cosby aired from September 7, 1992 to June 4, 1993 (with repeats airing until September 3 of that year) in syndication. Carsey-Werner syndicated the series, the first show they distributed themselves. Cosby was joined on this show by a female announcer and sidekick, Robbi Chong, who was referred to as "Renfield". Organist Shirley Scott contributed the jazzy theme music, and the program was taped in

neg: The Cosby Show The Cosby Show The Cosby Show was an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York. "The Cosby Show" spent five consecutive seasons as the number-one rated show on television. "The Cosby Show" and "All in the Family" are the only sitcoms in the history of the Nielsen ratings to be the number-one show for five seasons. It spent all eight of its seasons in the top 20. According to

neg: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an American animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985 (with new episodes being produced sporadically during that time frame). The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Fat Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends. The show features an educational

neg: The Cosby Show eight seasons of "The Cosby Show" have been released on DVD in Region 1. Seasons one and two were released by UrbanWorks which was subsequently acquired by First Look Studios, who then released the remaining six seasons. Seasons One and Two contain special features, including the ninety minute retrospective documentary entitled "The Cosby Show: A Look Back", which aired on NBC in May 2002. It contains interviews with cast members, bloopers, deleted scenes and audition footage. In December 2010, First Look Studios filed bankruptcy, and all its assets were subsequently acquired by Millennium Entertainment, who also took over distribution of

neg: Bill Cosby sexual assault cases Cosby replied "Mrs. Cosby." In November 2014, former NBC facilities manager Frank Scotti told the "New York Daily News" that while working on "The Cosby Show", Cosby funneled regular payments to several women via money orders that Scotti was told to purchase in his own name. Among the women identified in receipts that Scotti preserved for more than 20 years were Shawn Thompson, Cosby's admitted mistress who later accused him of fathering her child, and Angela Leslie, who claimed Cosby made unwanted sexual advances toward her in the early 1990s. Scotti "suspected that [Cosby] was having sex with them." He

neg: The Bill Cosby Show being picked up on the CBN Cable Network. In 2013, reruns of this series began being broadcast on the ASPIRE Television Network and Soul of the South Network. In July 2015, both networks ceased airing the series following accusations of sexual assaults made against Cosby. Shout! Factory has released both seasons of "The Bill Cosby Show" on DVD in Region 1. Mill Creek Entertainment released a ten episode best of set entitled "The Bill Cosby Show – The Best of Season 1" on March 22, 2011. The Bill Cosby Show The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom that aired

neg: The Concorde Club in London. Among the major jazz musicians who played at the Concorde Club in the Bassett were American masters Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Buck Clayton, Bud Freeman, Wild Bill Davison, and home-grown giants of the genre including Nat Gonella, Vic Ash, Tommy Whittle, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriott, Kenny Baker, Tony Coe, Allan Ganley, plus the bands of Humphrey Lyttelton, Chris Barber, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Alex Welsh. The Concorde widened its tastes to take in rhythm and blues, called "a cousin of jazz" by Mathieson. The resident band in 1962 was the then unknown Manfred Mann, and other little-known

neg: The Late Late Toy Show 2007 Toy Show also played host to an interview with comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Kenny expressed a lack of knowledge about his subject from the very beginning when he introduced him as "Jerry Sein"field"". There was much uncomfortable chat on the topic of bees (Seinfeld was on the show to promote his new movie, "Bee Movie") and Kenny then presented him with a cheap imitation of his favourite superhero, Superman. Seinfeld, who had previously lashed out at Larry King over his ignorance, remained tight-lipped and walked off without informing Kenny of his correct name. The 2007 Toy Show was opened by

neg: Bill Cosby He created that. He created the whole idea of taking a quote-unquote 'comic' and developing a TV show just from a persona that you see on stage." Comedian Larry Wilmore also saw a connection between "Bill Cosby: Himself" and the later success of "The Cosby Show", saying: "It's clear that the concert is the template for "The Cosby Show"." Cosby performed his first TV stand-up special in 30 years, "Bill Cosby: Far From Finished", on Comedy Central on November 23, 2013. His last show of the "Far From Finished" tour was performed at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in

neg: Orlando Jones return to television as one of the lead characters of ABC's crime drama "The Evidence", as Cayman Bishop. He has also appeared in two episodes of "Everybody Hates Chris", the first in 2007 as Chris's substitute teacher and the second in 2008 as Clint Huckstable, an allusion to the character Cliff Huxtable played by Bill Cosby on "The Cosby Show". In 2008, he appeared as Harold Wilcox, a violent veteran with PTSD, on "New Amsterdam". In the first season of the show, Jones also starred on Nick Cannon's "Wild 'N Out". Jones was the first guest star on the show.

neg: Glenn Cosby 2010 his school’s Diversity Week to raise the students’ awareness about prejudice. Glenn Cosby Glenn Cosby is a British baker who appeared on "The Great British Bake Off", series 4. At the time of recording he was a teacher. He attended the University of Edinburgh, and taught English in Teignmouth for seven years and was Head of Sixth Form. He has since left teaching, and appeared at various festivals and events and taken a One-Man Show to Edinburgh. Cosby's appearances have included the Good Food Show, the Cake and Bake Show, the Big Cake Show, the Exeter Festival of South

neg: Glenn Cosby Glenn Cosby Glenn Cosby is a British baker who appeared on "The Great British Bake Off", series 4. At the time of recording he was a teacher. He attended the University of Edinburgh, and taught English in Teignmouth for seven years and was Head of Sixth Form. He has since left teaching, and appeared at various festivals and events and taken a One-Man Show to Edinburgh. Cosby's appearances have included the Good Food Show, the Cake and Bake Show, the Big Cake Show, the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink and the Devon County Fair. He is also

neg: Denise Huxtable differences". The season's 24th episode "Cliff and Jake", which aired on April 11, 1991, marks Bonet's final appearance on the show. Cosby claims that he fired Bonet because "The Cosby Show"'s material was no longer challenging for her, blaming himself for her character lacking in development: "it's not funny to have someone 21 acting like she's still about 12." However, he commended Bonet's acting talent. Cosby then decided that Bonet's screen time would be divided among "new kids on the show who are working hard, studying so heard and really deserve a shot during what will be our final year."

neg: 13th People's Choice Awards 13th People's Choice Awards The 13th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1986, were held in 1987. They were broadcast on CBS. FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS Meryl Streep FAVORITE TV COMEDY PROGRAM "The Cosby Show" FAVORITE COUNTRY MUSIC PERFORMER Kenny Rogers FAVORITE FEMALE PERFORMER IN A NEW TV PROGRAM Pam Dawber FAVORITE FEMALE TV PERFORMER Cybill Shepherd FAVORITE GAME SHOW HOST Pat Sajak FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY PROGRAM "ALF" FAVORITE ALL-AROUND FEMALE ENTERTAINER Barbara Mandrell, Cybill Shepherd (tie) FAVORITE YOUNG TV PERFORMER Emmanuel Lewis FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE "Top Gun" FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTOR Clint Eastwood FAVORITE

neg: Deborah Kenny is authentic accountability. It’s not a top down bureaucracy, it’s not a checklist. It’s restoring humanity to the classroom by restoring human judgment to schools.” Kenny wrote the book "Born to Rise"about her life and the founding of the schools. Kenny was selected and profiled by Bill Cosby in Oprah Winfrey's 2010 power list. She was also featured in "Esquire"'s annual Best & Brightest. She was honored as "Educator of the Year" at a presentation by New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, and received the national "Educators who Perform" award at the Center for Education Reform gala in Washington,

neg: Samuel L. Jackson Play", Jackson was introduced to director Spike Lee who would later include him in small roles for the films "School Daze" (1988) and "Do the Right Thing" (1989). He also played a minor role in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas" as real-life Mafia associate Stacks Edwards and also worked as a stand-in on "The Cosby Show" for Bill Cosby for three years. Having overdosed on heroin several times, Jackson gave up the drug in favor of cocaine. His family entered him into a New York rehabilitation clinic. After he successfully completed rehabilitation, Jackson appeared in "Jungle Fever" as a

neg: Bill Cosby sexual assault cases "[punished] by the powers-that-be for [his] attempts to buy NBC in the 1990s." Page wrote that the conspiracy doesn't explain why the conspirators waited so long to bring forth the accusations, with the scandal unfolding many years after Cosby abandoned the purchase. Dick Gregory was a supporter of this theory. Two notable people who had previously defended Cosby, and believed in his innocence, changed their minds. American actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg and Joseph C. Phillips (a "Cosby Show" regular for three years) each made public statements on July 15, 2015. Goldberg said, "If this is to be

neg: A Different World by Bill Cosby for a character from "The Cosby Show", "A Different World" had many connections to its parent program, even before the latter program was created. The third season finale of "The Cosby Show", entitled "Hillman", was essentially a pilot episode for the new show. The theme song was co-written by Stu Gardner, Bill Cosby, and Dawnn Lewis – who was also a cast member. In the online interviews related to the 2006 "Hillman College Reunion," Lewis revealed that her being approached to write the song and to audition were two separate events that occurred within a short time

neg: Cosby Cosby Cosby is an American sitcom television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996, until April 28, 2000. The program starred Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad, who had previously worked together in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show". Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999. The series is loosely based on the British sitcom "One Foot in the Grave" airing on BBC from 1990 until 2001. This was also the second and final sitcom that Madeline Kahn made for The Carsey-Werner Company, her first being "Oh Madeline" (based on the British sitcom "Pig in

neg: The Cosby Mysteries expressed hope that "The Cosby Mysteries" would fare better than Cosby's previous two ventures, "Here and Now" and the game-show remake, "You Bet Your Life". "The Cosby Mysteries" only lasted 18 episodes. "The Cosby Mysteries" has been re-run in the United Kingdom on digital channel ITV1, and in the US on A&E, Starz! Mystery and TVOne. The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries is an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since "The Cosby Show" (which ended in the spring of 1992) and lasted one season (1994–1995). Actor/comedian Mos Def

neg: Bill Cosby school. While only a modest critical success, the show was a ratings hit, finishing eleventh in its first season. Cosby was lauded for using African-American performers such as Lillian Randolph, Moms Mabley, and Rex Ingram as characters. According to commentary on the Season 1 DVDs for the show, Cosby was at odds with NBC over his refusal to include a laugh track in the show, as he felt that viewers had the ability to find humor for themselves when watching a TV show. After "The Bill Cosby Show" left the air, Cosby resumed his formal education. He began graduate work

neg: Jack Nimitz Hartman, June Christy, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, and Diane Schuur. The Jack Nimitz Quintet played their final performance on May 10, 2009, in Northridge, California. Nimitz died in Los Angeles at the age of 79 from complications due to emphysema. With Gene Ammons With Kenny Burrell With Nat King Cole With Clare Fischer With Gil Fuller With Woody Herman With Stan Kenton With Steuart Liebig With Herbie Mann With Shelly Manne With Les McCann With Carmen McRae With Oliver Nelson With Bill Perkins With Bud Shank With Lalo Schifrin With Bud Shank With Gerald Wilson Jack Nimitz Jack

neg: Margaret Avery character. That same year, she played Belle Joplin, wife of the ragtime composer Scott Joplin, opposite Billy Dee Williams in the title role. In 1992 Avery starred in "" as Martha Scruse, mother of Katherine Jackson, who was played by Angela Bassett. She has also made guest appearances on TV, including "The New Dick Van Dyke Show", "Kojak", "Sanford and Son", "", "A.E.S. Hudson Street", "Murder, She Wrote", "Miami Vice", "", "The Cosby Show", "Walker, Texas Ranger", and "JAG". In 2008, Avery played Mama Jenkins in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins", opposite Martin Lawrence and James Earl Jones, and Sarah Brown

neg: Varnette Honeywood Varnette Honeywood Varnette Patricia Honeywood (December 27, 1950 – September 12, 2010) was an American painter, writer, and businesswoman whose paintings and collages depicting African-American life hung on walls in interior settings for "The Cosby Show" after Camille and Bill Cosby had seen her art and started collecting some of her works. Her paintings also appeared on television on the "Cosby Show" spin-off "A Different World", as well as on the TV series "Amen" and "227". Honeywood was born on December 27, 1950, in Los Angeles. Her parents, Stepney and Lovie Honeywood, were elementary school teachers who had come to

neg: Jay Sandrich article also paints an appealing portrait of the director's relationship with Bill Cosby, who preferred Sandrich, who directed 100 episodes of "The Cosby Show" from 1985 to 1992, the series' last season, as the director of choice of the series, and with other Cosby production personnel, quoting co-executive producer Tom Werner on the show's dynamics: ""Although we're really all here to service Bill Cosby's vision, the show is stronger because Jay challenges Bill and pushes him when appropriate."" Sandrich was proud of the program's pioneering portrayal of an upper-class Black family, and of its civilized view of parent-child relations. Jay

neg: Bill Cosby centered on Cosby as Hilton Lucas, an iconoclastic senior citizen who tries to find a new job after being downsized and, in the meantime, gets on his wife's nerves. Madeline Kahn co-starred as Rashād's goofy business partner Pauline. Cosby was hired by CBS to be the official spokesman of its Detroit affiliate WWJ-TV during an advertising campaign from 1995 to 1998. Cosby also hosted a CBS special, "Kids Say the Darndest Things" on February 6, 1995, which was followed after as a full season show, with Cosby as host, from January 9, 1998, to June 23, 2000. After four seasons,

neg: Gus (Psych) a cappella group in college, as seen in "High Top Fade-Out". Several episodes reference Gus's keen interest in astronomy and his particular fondness for the (dwarf) planet Pluto; he uses "Did you hear about Pluto? That's messed up, right?" as a pick-up line, which Shawn often mocks. While usually the voice of reason, Gus does have some beliefs that even Shawn thinks are crazy (such as his insistence that Michael Jackson faked his death with help from Lisa Marie Presley). He is often compared to Rudy Huxtable's friend Bud on The Cosby Show, with many people looking at him and

neg: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids the Saturday morning cartoons. In 1979, the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment titled "The Brown Hornet" detailing the adventures of an African-American crime fighter in outer space whose design resembled a caricature of Bill Cosby, who also performed vocal talents on the character. In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The lack of network restrictions allowed the producer to delve into more mature subject matter. A notable episode ("Busted") featured the kids having an inadvertent brush with the law and given a

neg: Bill Cosby at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. For the PBS series "The Electric Company", Cosby recorded several segments teaching reading skills to young children. When Cosby was about 35 years old in 1972, he received an MA from UMass Amherst and was also back in prime time with a variety series, "The New Bill Cosby Show". However, this show lasted only a season. More successful was a Saturday-morning cartoon, "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids", hosted by Cosby and based on his own childhood. That series ran from 1972 to 1979, and as "The New Fat Albert Show" in 1979, and

neg: Rex Ingram (actor) episode each of "I Spy" and "The Bill Cosby Show", both of which starred Bill Cosby, who used his influence to land him the roles. Shortly after filming a guest spot on "The Bill Cosby Show", Ingram died of a heart attack at the age of 73. He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Rex Ingram (actor) Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1969) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Ingram was born near Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi River; his father was a steamer fireman on the riverboat "Robert E.

neg: Luther Vandross Kenny Lattimore provided background vocals. On July 27, 2004, GRP Records released a smooth jazz various artists tribute album, "Forever, for Always, for Luther", including ten popular songs written by Vandross. The album featured vocal arrangements by Luther, and was produced by Rex Rideout and Bud Harner. Rideout had co-authored songs, contributed arrangements and played keyboards on Vandross's final three albums. The tribute album was mixed by Ray Bardani, who recorded and mixed most of Luther's music over the years. It featured an ensemble of smooth jazz performers, many of whom had previously worked with Vandross. On September 20, 2005,

neg: Cliff Huxtable (portrayed by Roscoe Lee Brown), an expert pinochle player who also happened to be his and Clair's literary professor at Hillman College. Bill Cosby's role as Cliff Huxtable has had a mostly positive reception from critics. Cliff Huxtable Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show". He was portrayed by Bill Cosby. Cosby originally proposed that the couple should both have blue-collar jobs, with the father a limousine driver, who owned his own car, and the mother an electrician but, with advice from his wife, Camille Cosby, the concept was changed so that

neg: Bud Cort League Unlimited", as well as the character Josiah Wormwood in an episode of the earlier DCAU production "". He had a cameo appearance as himself in the "Arrested Development" episode "Fakin' It", hosting a daytime court show called "Bud Cort", a competitor to a similar daytime court show in the series called "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold". On the November 8, 2007, episode of "Ugly Betty", Cort made a guest appearance as the priest officiating at Wilhelmina Slater's ill-fated wedding. In 2010, he guest-starred on "Criminal Minds" in the episode "Mosley Lane." Cort played an elderly pedophile Roger Roycewood, who

neg: Club Saint-Germain as Bud Powell and Kenny Clarke were frequent performers with other French musicians. The building of the defunct Club Saint-Germain is now home to the supper club Bilboquet. Club Saint-Germain The Club Saint-Germain was a jazz club located at 13 rue Saint-Benoît in the 6e arrondissement de Paris. The club was opened in 1947 by Boris Vian. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s it staged central figures in the French jazz scene such as Barney Wilen, René Urtreger, Django Reinhardt, and Pierre Michelot. Many Americans on tour including Miles Davis, Art Blakey, and Kenny Dorham also played the club. Along

neg: The Cosby Show unit) stopped airing reruns of "The Cosby Show". At the same time, barter syndicator The Program Exchange ceased distributing the latter show. Bounce TV resumed airing the series in December 2016 but pulled the show on April 26, 2018 — the day Cosby was convicted of sexual assault. TV One began airing reruns of the show in May 2017. It is currently the only American network to offer the series. "The Cosby Show"s producers created a spin-off series called "A Different World" that was built around the "Denise" character (portrayed by actress Lisa Bonet), the second of the Huxtables' four

neg: Clair Huxtable sitcom's main characters to notice that Cosby had imbued his series with "proud and vocal feminism" in the form of Clair. According to Bailey, "The Cosby Show" was not only successful because Clair "was a strong, liberated woman with a career"; she also "had a husband and family who supported and valued her endeavors." Dubbing Clair's influence on pop culture as "one of TV’s great feminists" the "Other Huxtable Effect", Bailey concluded that the character's impact remains indisputable despite Cosby's recent sexual assault allegations, and thus maintains that "The Cosby Show"'s legacy as a feminist series should not be discredited.

neg: LaMont Johnson LaMont Johnson LaMont Johnson (October 1, 1941 – October 21, 1999) was an American jazz pianist who played in the hard bop and post-bop genres. He recorded extensively with Jackie McLean during the 1960s as well as with Ornette Coleman, Kenny Burrell, Bud Shank, Paul Beaver, and Bernie Krause, among others. James LaMont Johnson was born in New York City, New York. During his childhood he took dancing, singing, and mime lessons, and appeared on the "Star Time Kids" television program at age 7. He later served in the United States Air Force in Germany, after which he attended Manhattan

neg: Bill Cosby sexual assault cases University of Notre Dame, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wesleyan University, and West Chester University. On November 17, 2014, Netflix postponed a Cosby stand-up comedy special after accusations surfaced that Cosby had sexually assaulted Janice Dickinson in 1982. Reruns of "The Cosby Show" and other shows associated with Cosby have also been canceled. On November 19, 2014, TV Land and NBC both ended their relationships with Cosby: TV Land announced that it was pulling reruns from its schedule and also removing clips of the show from its

neg: Bill Cosby TV-movie "I Spy Returns" (1994), and "The Cosby Mysteries" (1994). In the mid-1990s, he appeared as a detective in black-and-white film noir-themed commercials for Turner Classic Movies. He made appearances in three more films: "Ghost Dad" (1990), "The Meteor Man" (1993), and "Jack" (1996). In addition, he was interviewed in Spike Lee's "4 Little Girls" (1997), a documentary about the 1963 racist bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama. Also in 1996, he started up a new show for CBS, "Cosby", again co-starring Phylicia Rashād, his onscreen wife on "The Cosby Show". Cosby co-produced the show for Carsey-Werner Productions. It

neg: Jimmy Gourley life in France, working with Henri Renaud, Lou Bennett, Kenny Clarke, Richard Galliano, Stéphane Grappelli, Bobby Jaspar, Eddy Louiss, Martial Solal, and Barney Wilen. He played with American musicians who were passing through, including Bob Brookmeyer, Clifford Brown, Stan Getz, Gigi Gryce, Roy Haynes, Lee Konitz, Bud Powell, Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, and Lester Young. Jimmy Gourley James Pasco Gourley, Jr. (June 9, 1926 – December 7, 2008) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his life in Paris. Gourley was born in St. Louis in 1926. He met saxophonist Lee Konitz in Chicago when both were members

neg: The Carsey-Werner Company As of 2011, the following Carsey-Werner series have been released on DVD: Several Carsey-Werner shows were made available on Netflix's Watch Instantly beginning in February 2011, including "Roseanne", "That 70's Show", "The Cosby Show", & "3rd Rock from the Sun". However, in February 2012, "Roseanne", "The Cosby Show" and "3rd Rock from the Sun" were taken off instant streaming. Since then, selections of "Roseanne" and all of "3rd Rock from the Sun" have been added back. In 2017 Carsey-Werner sued the BBC over possible copyright infringement for using audiovisual clips from "The Cosby Show" in a documentary called "Bill Cosby

neg: Rita Cosby investigation, she broke the news that President Bill Clinton was about to be subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury. After receiving an exclusive letter from Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing, she was granted a rare meeting with Pope John Paul II to discuss death penalty issues. In 2005, Cosby moved to MSNBC to host a primetime weeknight show, "Rita Cosby Live & Direct". It became the network’s highest-rated show that year, and she did extensive reports for other NBC programs, including "The Today Show". She traveled for the network, originating live for several weeks from

neg: Bill Cosby In 1987, Cosby attempted to return to film with the spy spoof "Leonard Part 6". Although Cosby himself was the producer and wrote the story, he realized during production that the film was not going to be what he wanted and publicly denounced it, warning audiences to stay away. Later in the 1980s, Cosby served as an advisor to the Los Angeles Student Film Institute. After "The Cosby Show" went off the air in 1992, Cosby embarked on a number of other projects, which included a revival of the classic Groucho Marx game show "You Bet Your Life" (1992–93), the

neg: Kenny Trimble Kenny Trimble Kenny Trimble (March 1, 1919 – May 8, 1991) was an American born musician who was a member of Lawrence Welk's orchestra from 1957 to 1982. His instrument was the trombone. Born and reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Trimble taught himself the trombone at age five and later became a Wisconsin State champion trombonist. After serving in an Army band during World War II, Kenny played with various bands such as Tex Beneke, Ray Anthony and Glenn Miller prior to joining Welk in 1957. He appeared on the Maestro's weekly television show and toured with the band on their

neg: Bud in Paris Bud in Paris Bud in Paris is an album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, originally released on Xanadu Records in 1975, containing non-studio recordings made of Powell in Paris between December 1959 and October 1960. It is not to be confused with the 1964 Reprise recording, "Bud Powell in Paris". The first session on the disc (tracks 1-2), from 14 February 1960, is a duet between Powell and Johnny Griffin on tenor. The next session (tracks 3-6), from 12 December 1959, features Barney Wilen on tenor with Powell, Pierre Michelot (bass), and Kenny Clarke (drums). The exact locations in Paris

neg: Bill Cosby sexual assault cases about the artists, not a tribute to the embattled comedian. The critically panned show, which had been planned since 2012 and partly underwritten by $716,000 in tax-deductible donations to the museum by Bill and Camille Cosby (who sits on the NMAA's board), is titled "Conversations" and includes 62 works lent by the couple. It ran until January 24, 2016. On July 20, 2015, it was announced that Cosby would no longer appear in the upcoming documentary "Painted Down", about the history of African American stuntmen in film and television. Cosby is credited with helping to create the Black Stuntmen's Association

neg: Mike Dupke Mike Dupke Mike Dupke (pronounced "DUPP-kee") is an American drummer who has played with bands W.A.S.P. and John Mellencamp. As an undergraduate at Indiana University School of Music, he studied with drummer Kenny Aronoff. At 19 years old, Dupke played percussion in John Mellencamp's band alongside Kenny for a short time in 1993, performing on the MTV "Human Wheels" special, The Arsenio Hall Show, and the music video for "When Jesus Left Birmingham". He played drums on "L.U.V." from John Mellencamp's "Dance Naked" and "Gambling Bar Room Blues" on "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute". He joined W.A.S.P.

neg: Pat Kenny Pat Kenny Patrick Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is a veteran Irish broadcaster, who currently hosts the daily radio show "The Pat Kenny Show" on Newstalk and the current affairs show "Pat Kenny Tonight" on TV3. Prior to this, Kenny had a 41 year high-profile career at RTÉ, in which he was their highest paid presenter for several years. He presented radio show "Today with Pat Kenny" on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday until 2013. He hosted "The Late Late Show" from September 1999 until May 2009, however returned as a stand-in host in January

neg: Phylicia Rashad Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show". The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred Bill Cosby as obstetrician Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, and focused on their life with their five children. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted the NBC telecast of the "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" with Pat Sajak and Bert Convy. When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's "Cosby", he called Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. The pilot episode had been shot with Telma Hopkins, but Cosby then fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad. The sitcom ran from 1996

neg: 11th People's Choice Awards 11th People's Choice Awards The 11th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1984, were held in 1985. They were broadcast on CBS. FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS Meryl Streep FAVORITE CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAM "Sesame Street" FAVORITE FEMALE PERFORMER IN A NEW TV PROGRAM Phylicia Rashad, Angela Lansbury FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTOR Clint Eastwood FAVORITE COUNTRY/WESTERN MUSIC PERFORMER Kenny Rogers FAVORITE ALL-AROUND MALE ENTERTAINER Eddie Murphy, Tom Selleck FAVORITE FEMALE TV PERFORMER Joan Collins, Linda Evans FAVORITE TV DRAMATIC PROGRAM "Dynasty" FAVORITE MALE TV PERFORMER Tom Selleck FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY PROGRAM "The Cosby Show" FAVORITE YOUNG TV

neg: Rita Cosby to all US military installations around the globe. Well known in the Mideast, Cosby also interviewed candidates about foreign policy on Israel's TV show, “The Ambassador.” Additionally, Cosby has co-chaired various events internationally, including the Intersec Security Conference in Dubai in 2009. and the Euro-American Women’s Council Forum in Greece in 2010. She was selected by Cosmpopolitan Magazine as a “Fun and Fearless Female.” Cosby often fills in for Nancy Grace on the latter's HLN program, and is heard daily on her WOR Radio program called The Rita Cosby Show. Cosby’s interviews have included: Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney,

neg: African-American presidents of the United States in popular culture Actor Dennis Haysbert who played a black president on the hit show 24, said the portrayal “may have opened the eyes, the minds and the hearts of people because the character was so well liked." The show also raised the issue of whether television series "like political trial ballons, can ready the populace for change." After Barack Obama's election, the television show the "Cosby Show" was cited for what has been termed the “Huxtable effect” for the influence of its "warmhearted" portrayal, "free of street conflicts and ghetto stereotypes - that broke ground for its depiction of an upwardly mobile

neg: Mos Def the Child", starring Mare Winningham, which aired on ABC in 1988. He played the oldest child in the 1990 family sitcom "You Take the Kids" shortly before it was cancelled. In 1995 he played the character Dante, Bill Cosby's sidekick on the short-lived detective show, "The Cosby Mysteries". In 1996 he also starred in a Visa check card commercial featuring Deion Sanders. In 1997 he had a small role alongside Michael Jackson in his short film and music video "Ghosts" (1997). After brief appearances in "Bamboozled" and "Monster's Ball", Mos Def played a rapper who is reluctant to sign to

neg: Kenny Powers (character) wild card football star of the show until he quits, and Kenny received thunderous applause. HBO introduced officially licensed "Eastbound & Down" T-shirts featuring quotes from the show as well as shirts based on Kenny Powers' Atlanta and Charros jersey. In 2011, K-Swiss began an ad campaign featuring Kenny Powers as the new CEO of K-Swiss. The campaign focuses on the new "Tubes" line of K-Swiss shoes. Kenny Powers (character) Kenny Powers is a fictional world famous baseball player in the HBO television comedy series "Eastbound & Down", played by Danny McBride. He is portrayed as a once dominant baseball

neg: A Different World on "The Cosby Show" as a car salesman in third-season episode "Say Hello to a Good Buy." A Hillman alumna by the name of "Louise Sujay" was mentioned on both "Cosby" and "A Different World" by Clair Huxtable, Whitley Gilbert and her mother Marion. Like Lisa Bonet, Karen Malina White brought her "Cosby Show" character to Hillman. Charmaine was the best friend of Clair Huxtable's cousin Pam Tucker. White's "Cosby Show" costar Allen Payne turned down an offer to bring his role as Charmaine's boyfriend Lance Rodman to "A Different World" as a regular during Season 6, preferring instead to

neg: Bill Cosby live-action feature film centering on the popular Fat Albert character from his 1970s cartoon series. "Fat Albert" was released in theaters in December 2004. In May 2007, Cosby spoke at the commencement of High Point University. In the summer of 2009, Cosby hosted a comedy gala at Montreal's "Just for Laughs", the largest comedy festival in the world. A new NBC show scheduled for 2015, created by Mike O'Malley and Mike Sikowitz and to have been produced by "The Cosby Show"'s Tom Werner, was set to feature Cosby as Jonathan Franklin, the patriarch of a multi-generational family. On November 19,

neg: Cliff Huxtable Cliff Huxtable Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable is a fictional character on the NBC sitcom, "The Cosby Show". He was portrayed by Bill Cosby. Cosby originally proposed that the couple should both have blue-collar jobs, with the father a limousine driver, who owned his own car, and the mother an electrician but, with advice from his wife, Camille Cosby, the concept was changed so that the family was well-off financially, with the mother a lawyer and the father a doctor. Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable is known for his comical antics, playful admonishments, and relentless teasing humor. He lives in Brooklyn Heights,

neg: Ben's Chili Bowl the University of Maryland, he would "eat as many as six half-smokes at a time." Cosby returned to Ben's in 1985 to hold a press conference in the restaurant to celebrate the success of his television series, "The Cosby Show". He continues to stop by Ben's while in town for servings of half-smokes. A sign posted in the restaurant proclaimed that Bill Cosby is the only person who eats for free at Ben's Chili Bowl. On November 3, 2008, a new sign was posted to add "the Obama family". Starting in 2012 a large mural featuring Cosby adorned the building,

neg: Clay County Fair W. Bush, Sen. John Kerry, former Vice President Al Gore, Bob Hope, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Cash, Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Lee Ann Womack, Martina McBride, REO Speedwagon, The Righteous Brothers, Plus One, Clay Aiken, ZZ Top, LeAnn Rimes, Brad Paisley, Lee Greenwood, Bill Cosby, Red Skelton, Jim Nabors, Lonestar, Grand Funk Railroad, Garth Brooks, Survivor, Trisha Yearwood, Heart and Foreigner. On September 15, 2007 Aly and AJ played there for the first time in Iowa. With the completion of the Clay County Regional Events Center inside the fairground walls, new opportunities have opened. Some of these are indoor concerts. With

neg: The Simpsons time on Thursday, where it would compete with "The Cosby Show" on NBC, the number one show at the time. Through the summer, several news outlets published stories about the supposed "Bill vs. Bart" rivalry. "Bart Gets an F" (season two, 1990) was the first episode to air against "The Cosby Show", and it received a lower Nielsen ratings, tying for eighth behind "The Cosby Show", which had an 18.5 rating. The rating is based on the number of household televisions that were tuned into the show, but Nielsen Media Research estimated that 33.6 million viewers watched the episode, making

neg: The Cosby Show film "Angel Heart", which contained graphic sexual scenes with actor Mickey Rourke. Bill Cosby strongly disapproved of Bonet appearing in the film, but she was allowed to retain her role on "A Different World" until returning to "The Cosby Show" after her pregnancy. Tensions remained, however, and Bonet was eventually fired from the show in April 1991. The show's theme music, "Kiss Me", was composed by Stu Gardner and Bill Cosby. Seven versions of this theme were used during the run of the series, making it one of the few television series to use multiple versions of the same theme

neg: A Great Night in Harlem the featured performers were Johnny Blowers, Larry Lucie, Max Lucas, Jimmy McGriff, Danny Mixon. Bill Cosby and Clark Terry presented a "surprise" award to Quincy Jones. Jones introduced the tribute to Ray Charles, arranged by Al Jackson; Kenny Barron and Regina Carter played "Georgia on My Mind". A tribute to African drummer Babatunde Olatunji was performed by Sanga of The Valley, Shawn Banks, Gary Fritz, Gabu, Daoud, Seku, Tonge, John Ward, Checharp, Aba Shaini, and Bas. The fifth A Great Night in Harlem concert was hosted by the Jazz Foundation of America on May 4, 2006. The 2006 benefit concert

neg: Louis Nye the favorites on Allen's show. When production moved to Los Angeles, Nye went too and became a character actor in Hollywood. Nye was cast as a guest star on many television series, including Make Room for Daddy, Guestward, Ho!, Burke's Law, The Munsters; Love, American Style; Laverne & Shirley, Starsky and Hutch, Police Woman, Fantasy Island, St. Elsewhere and The Cosby Show. Nye played dentist Delbert Gray on several episodes of The Ann Sothern Show from 1960 to 1961, the romantic interest of Olive Smith, played by Ann Tyrrell (1909–1983). Nye also played Sonny Drysdale, the spoiled rich stepson of

neg: Eileen Heckart "Alice", "Murder One", "Hawaii Five-O", "Gunsmoke", "Cybill", "The Cosby Show" (one Emmy nomination as Mrs. Hickson), and many others. Heckart played two unrelated characters on the daytime soap opera "One Life to Live". During the 1980s, she played Ruth Perkins, the mother of Allison Perkins, who had kidnapped the newborn baby of heroine Vicky Lord Buchanan under orders from phony evangelist and mastermind criminal Mitch Laurence. During the early 1990s, she played the role of Wilma Bern, mother of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser and his meek twin, Mortimer Bern. She appeared in the 1954 NBC legal drama "Justice",

neg: The Bob & Tom Show April 3, 2017, Bob made his first live on-air appearance since his retirement for the show's annual Cincinnati Reds Opening Day broadcast. On May 26, 2017, Bob made his second appearance and his first with Kristi Lee at the Indy 500 Carb Day show. The "master control" seat, historically occupied by Bob, had been filled after his retirement mostly by "Bob & Tom" staffers who did not speak on the air until Ace Cosby joined the show in 2017 as its in-studio engineer and occasional on-air contributor. Cosby joined "Bob & Tom" flagship WFBQ in the early 1980s as an

neg: The Simpsons (season 2) maintain its 18.5 rating. However, viewer-wise, "The Simpsons" won again with 29.9 million viewers. The next week, "Treehouse of Horror" fell in the ratings, finishing 24th. Ratings wise, new episodes of "The Cosby Show" beat "The Simpsons" every time during the second season and "The Simpsons" eventually fell out of the top 10. "Three Men and a Comic Book" would boast the only victory over "The Cosby Show", finishing 23rd in the weekly ratings while a rerun of "Cosby" finished 26th. At the end of the season, "Cosby" averaged as the fifth highest rated show on television while "The Simpsons"

neg: The Cosby Show season two (episode: "Cliff in Love"). The show's portrayal of a successful, stable black family was praised by some for breaking racial stereotypes and showing another part of the African-American experience. However, it was criticized by others, including Henry Louis Gates, for allowing white audiences to think that racism and poverty were problems of the past. As a result of the sexual assault allegations against Cosby, Malcolm-Jamal Warner has stated that the show's legacy is "tarnished". "The Cosby Show" had generated in television revenue, including from TV advertising, and from syndication. "The Cosby Show" aired on Thursdays at 8:00 pm

neg: Denise Huxtable and making decisions on her own, and she is deeply loved in my heart". The media continued to circulate Bonet's photographs heavily, which is believed to have instigated a highly publicized dispute between the actress and Cosby towards the end of the 1980s. Cosby expressed concern over how the photographs would affect "The Cosby Show"'s younger audience and Bonet's younger cast mates. Although producers felt that the scandal would disturb "the squeaky-clean Huxtable image", Cosby eventually decided to provide Bonet with her own television series, a spin-off of "The Cosby Show" entitled "A Different World". The network agreed that Bonet

neg: Andrew Cosby was announced that Cosby along with Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola will write the script for "", a reboot of Hellboy film franchise. In October 2017, Cosby will write the script for the "Silver" film. Cosby co-created the UPN horror series "Haunted" and is the co-creator of the record-breaking Syfy TV show "Eureka", which concluded its fifth and final season in July 2012. Cosby is in active development on a number of new television ventures, including a reinvention of the classic HBO series "Tales from the Crypt", an ultra-violent Viking show with Omni Film Productions in Canada, the sci-fi police

neg: The Cosby Show Emmy Awards Golden Globe Awards Two albums were produced that included various theme and background music from the show. The albums were presented by longtime Cosby collaborator Stu Gardner. They were: They were dubbed "Cosby sweaters", a term that is used to describe sweaters that are generally deemed garish and unappealing. In May 2008, Cosby's daughter Evin auctioned a batch of the sweaters that her father had kept on eBay. The proceeds of the sales went to the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation, a non-profit charity named for Ennis Cosby. Ennis, Cosby's only son, was murdered in January 1997. All

neg: Our Man in Paris for the pianist on the recording to be Kenny Drew and for the music to be new compositions by Gordon. However, the actual pianist used was Bud Powell, who would not play new music, so jazz standards were chosen during the rehearsal. The two tracks added to the CD release were originally issued by Blue Note on Bud Powell's "Alternate Takes" in 1985. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" gave it a maximum four-star rating and added it to the core collection, commenting that Gordon's playing on "A Night in Tunisia" "is one of his finest performances on record" and concluding

neg: Television pilot picked up. The term may also be used for an episode of a currently running show that serves to introduce a spin-off. Such backdoor pilots commonly focus on an existing character or characters from the parent series who are to be given their own show. For example, to introduce "A Different World", built around "Cosby Show" character Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet), the "Cosby Show" episode "Hillman" was devoted to Denise's visit to the college that would become the new show's setting, and her encounters with some of the new show's supporting characters. A 2018 episode of ABC's 1980s-set sitcom "The

neg: The Brown Hornet The Brown Hornet The Brown Hornet was a show-within-a-show (or more accurately, a cartoon-within-a-cartoon) on the Filmation animated series "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" from 1979 to approximately 1984. The Brown Hornet was a show that Fat Albert's gang watched on a barely working television in their clubhouse. Originally the Brown Hornet was presented on a radio program by Cosby as an African-American version of the Green Hornet. During the cartoon the character was rewritten as a caped and masked space hero. The Brown Hornet was a golden-garbed black superhero who traveled the universe and always seemed to thwart

neg: Bill Cosby Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. (; born July 12, 1937) is an American former stand-up comedian, actor, musician, author, and convicted sex offender. Cosby began his career as a stand-up comic at the hungry i in San Francisco during the 1960s. He then landed a starring role in the television show "I Spy", followed by his own sitcom "The Bill Cosby Show", which ran for two seasons from 1969 to 1971. In 1972, using the Fat Albert character developed during his stand-up routines, Cosby created, produced, and hosted the animated comedy television series "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids"

neg: Bebop heavily arranged music, bebop musicians typically played the melody of a song (called the "head") with the accompaniment of the rhythm section, followed by a section in which each of the performers improvised a solo, then returned to the melody at the end of the song. Some of the most influential bebop artists, who were typically composer-performers, are: tenor sax players Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and James Moody; alto sax player Charlie Parker; trumpeters Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie; pianists Bud Powell, Mary Lou Williams, and Thelonious Monk; electric guitarist Charlie Christian, and drummers Kenny Clarke, Max Roach,

neg: Max Roach starting going to the jazz clubs on 52nd Street and at 78th Street & Broadway for Georgie Jay's Taproom, where he played with schoolmate Cecil Payne. His first professional recording took place in December 1943, supporting Coleman Hawkins. He was one of the first drummers, along with Kenny Clarke, to play in the bebop style. Roach performed in bands led by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis. He played on many of Parker's most important records, including the Savoy Records November 1945 session, which marked a turning point in recorded jazz. His early

neg: Trumpet play extremely high with an even more extreme volume, who played with Duke Ellington's Big Band. Maynard Ferguson came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957. He was noted for being able to play accurately in a remarkably high register. Some other notable jazz/commercial trumpet players include Nat Adderley, Chet Baker, Wayne Bergeron, Allan Botschinsky, Chris Botti, Randy Brecker, Bud Brisbois, Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd, Bill Chase, Doc Cheatham, Don Cherry, Kenny Dorham, Dave Douglas, Roy Eldridge, Don Ellis, Ziggy Elman, Jon Faddis, Paolo Fresu, Thomas Gansch, Tim Hagans, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell,