C’mon “Cosby Police.” You know who you are. The ones who are compelled to silent my reviews of “The Great Cosby Show,” because I dare to call it as I see it. So…I find it amusing that my original review of this drek of a program was muted- I’m sure there’s some PC monitors who found it offensive that anyone dared to diss the great Cosby Show. That was actually part of the point of my original review. It was praised for it’s “wholesomeness, great role models for African Americans” during a decade of Eddie Murphy type comedy, etc. But none of that makes this a good, much less great show. This has all the appeal of “Full House,’ minus the “You got it dudes.” So it is worthy of sitting the kiddies in front of the TV to watch. How any adult could stomach it, especially in hindsight amazes me to this day. It’s full of “Awwwww” type cutesiness, endless pounding of ad-nauseum scholastical preachiness, and feel good fashion statements, as it were. All of which perfectly fits the mold of “The Brady Bunch.” In fact, this show is the Brady Bunch of the 1980s (compare the 2 series and prove me wrong). It’s a meandering, pandering, suck up of a show that is funny only to those who are laughing before the show even begins. It typifies the other over rated, unfunny sitcoms of the 80s that were celebrated because TV had to hand out awards to someone. So why not hand it to the wholesome Huxtables, no matter how hammy, saccharine, predictable, redundant and horribly written and acted it is. This is the most over rated “comedy” in the history of TV. Don’t waste your time or money. You want the best Cosby comedy ever with lessons and morals to boot, buy the “Fat Albert” cartoon series. It was actually funny. This one is just plain corny, predictable, sappy, and so sweet it hurts your teeth. And Phylicia Rashad brings to TV the most annoying character since Granny Clampet of “The Beverly Hillbillies.” The fact that this show was number one for so long is an indictment of how much garbage TV is able to cram down viewers throats- a testament to P.T. Barnum’s “there’s a sucker born every minute.” Remember, “Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island” too were huge ratings winners. So much for ratings.

Bring ‘em Back Alive- 8/10

Food for Thought- 4/10

Golden Anniversary- ?

Man Talk- ?

Mother, May I?- 6/10

The March- 4/10

Theo’s Flight- 7/10

Vanessa’s Rich- 5/10

Denise Gets a D- 3/10

A Girl and Her Dog- 8/10

War Stories- 4/10

Cliff in Charge- 4/10

Monster Man Huxtable- 5/10

Rudy Spends the Night- 4/10

Say Hello to a Good Buy- 7/10

Denise Gets an Opinion- 6/10

Calling Doctor Huxtable- 6/10

You Only Hurt the One You Love- 7/10

The Shower- 7/10

Cliff’s 50th Birthday- 6/10

I Know That You Know- 4/10

Andalusian Flu- 2/10

Bald and Beautiful- 4/10

Planning Parenthood- 5/10

Hillman- 4/10

10- absolutely wonderful

9- really great

8- great

7- very good

6- better than just good

5- good

4- okay

3- so-so

2- bad

1- very bad

My grandson,who isn’t quite 4 years old, loves the Cosby show (as I do, too) and he especially loves, as he calls it, “The Snake Show”, which in reality is the 1st episode. I believe that this is one of the best family sitcoms of all time.