The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable

Clair Hanks Huxtable

Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable

Denise Huxtable

The extension to Cliff Huxtable's office is 331.

The façade of the Huxtables' home is located at 10 St. Luke's Place in Manhattan, even though the family is supposed to live in Brooklyn.

One of the challenges in developing and launching the series was at that time, Sitcoms were widely viewed as a dying genre. The success of the series helped inspire the creation and launch of several new Sitcoms, and the show is generally credited with helping to revive the Sitcom genre.

In the first season, Cliff's name was Clifford. In later seasons, his name is Heathcliff. In the first episode of the final season, however, Clair calls him Heathclifford.

When Cliff and Clair leave Theo alone in the house while they go on a ski trip, Cliff is carrying some skis out. He drops a ski and it knocks everything off Clair's desk. In the next scene, the objects are on the desk again.

In the opening episode, the Huxtables have only four children (Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy). A few weeks later, a fifth child, Sondra, appears.

Clair Huxtable: Cliff, why did we have four children?

Cliff: [to Vanessa's 12 year old friend] When Mrs. Huxtable comes home, you bring the car around.

Cliff: [watching all the news reports about nuclear bombs on TV] Rudy, hurry up and become president because we need you now!