How Do We Talk About The Cosby Show? A Retrospective

This one was tough. Watching the show was a simple enough process, but the many, many different critiques, commentaries, and academic papers I read added a lot of time to making what is now my longest video ever. And to make it even tougher, Bill Cosby was released from prison when I was nearly done the whole thing. I inserted a bit of extra info to include that information, but if he's done or said anything terrible since it happened (which seems likely), the video won't include that information. 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Before The Cosby Show 6:59 - Meet The Huxtables 12:23 - The Early Years, Seasons 1-3 41:09 - A Different World 45:29 - Growing Up, Season 4 & 5 55:19 - Come On, Let's Go, Season 6-8 1:26:32 - The Huxtable Legacy 1:32:31 - In For A Pound 1:36:51 - What Bill Did 1:44:03 - A Farewell If you're so inclined, I'd appreciate any support using the links below. Follow me on Twitter:   / josenotajay   Contribute to my Patreon:   / joseonyoutube   Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @josebird   Thumbnail concept by https://fluttr.me Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rat... https://hegemonyremedy.wordpress.com/... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x... https://people.com/archive/made-to-br... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x... https://web.archive.org/web/201712210... https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/12/ar... https://web.archive.org/web/202106101... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x... https://library.uoregon.edu/sites/def... https://www.blackpast.org/african-ame... https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/... https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s... https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/0... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_.... https://www.salon.com/2015/07/12/how_... https://www.chicagotribune.com/column... https://afropunk.com/2018/10/bill-cos... Background information from the book "African Americans on Television: Race-ing for Ratings", edited by David J. Leonard and Lisa Guerrero