"The Cosby Show" Theo and Cockroach (1986)

Director:

Jay Sandrich

Writers:

Bill Cosby (creator)
Thad Mumford (written by)

TV Series:

"The Cosby Show" (1984)

Original Air Date:

30 January 1986 (Season 2, Episode 15)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Theo and "Walter" decide to listen to a recording of 'Macbeth" instead of reading the text/play. Cliff picks a snowball fight with the neighborhood children. |

Plot Keywords:

African American | Doctor | Lawyer | Sitcom | Father Son Relationship

Cast

Bill Cosby	...	Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable
Phylicia Rashad	...	Clair Hanks Huxtable
Lisa Bonet	...	Denise Huxtable Kendall
Malcolm-Jamal Warner	...	Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable
Tempestt Bledsoe	...	Vanessa Huxtable
Keshia Knight Pulliam	...	Rudy Huxtable
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claude Brooks	...	Donnie
Carl Anthony Payne II	...	Walter 'Cockroach' Bradley (as Carl Payne)
Traci Wolfe	...	Teresa

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Theo starts the record, he sets the needle back on its cradle and you can tell the record starts slowing down to a stop before the scene cuts away, and in the meantime you hear the audio from the record as if it started playing.

Quotes:

[Yelling at some snowball-throwing kids]
Cliff: This is Dr. Huxtable. I delivered some of you. I'm a parent and a taxpayer. And I am probably the only adult who will sue little children.