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The Huxtable Family In The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American sitcom that stares Bill Cosby. The show aired for eight seasons on NBC starting on September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The primary focus of the show was to show the Huxtable family which was an African American family living in Brooklyn New York.
The Huxtables have five children, of which the oldest daughter Sondra attends Princeton University. Cliff Huxtable is a doctor, and it looks like his wife Clair is a stay at home mom but in turns becomes a successful attorney. Bill Cosbys character was created because he wanted the show to the accomplishment of a black family in America raising children and having great careers.
The Cosby Show often tied in family morals, values, wealth and humor all at the same

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