As a TV Land’s initiative, the quarter century of laughs generated by The Cosby Show was celebrated vigorously. A three-hour retrospective of the sitcom’s most memorable episodes marked as the way of paying homage to the show.

The show laid emphasis on the African-American families by coating it with the paint of rib-tickling punches! The show debuted in 1980’s when there was entirely a different definition of the sitcoms. The Cosby Show set a new mark and made a new definition of the sitcoms in that era and it continued to win many hearts during its voyage till 1992.

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The Cosby Show acted as a trailblazer for the numerous other shows based on the African-american family themes. The sitcom finds its name in the list of only three American programs which were ranked no. 1 in the Nelson Ratings for five consecutive seasons. The other two in this list being All In The Family and American Idol.  The show was also successful in attracting a large crowd of spectators by spawning its spin-off A Different World. The show was critically acclaimed and ranked as the best sitcoms which proved to be a trend-setter for the other shows to follow!

The star and creator of the show Bill Cosby, in an interview on being asked by the reporters revealed that he started off the show because he thought people would love to see some show in which there was no element of responsibility to the family. He further spilled out the beans revealing that he watched 6-7 years kids, who behaved in a smarter way than their parents, which was enough to create a spark of an idea in his brain for such a masterpiece creation!

Yes, thereafter the spark gathered huge oxygen that kindled its fire and the fire became a bomb raising the alarm and gained the attention from all the spectators!

You can download the entire series of The Cosby Show or watch it online!