The Cosby Show: Season 2

I cannot say why it is that I haven't reviewed this sooner but I fully intended to review all the Cosby Show seasons at one time or another. If I recall I've only reviewed the last three seasons so I really need to get working on the first five. So I'll present them starting now and in no particular order. The main reason I'm reviewing this now is because this was the season I first saw The Cosby Show during it's first run. Now this is a great season over-all but this season reminds me of one thing:RUDY RUDY RUDY!!!!Somehow or other Rudy tended to be kind of a star of this season of the show. There are in fact two episodes little Keisha Knight Pulliam introduces the episodes as being "for you kids,but grown ups can watch too". One of these I remember of course all too well is "The Dentist",in which Rudy's tacitern friend Peter doesn't want to go to the dentist and winds up with both of them being entertained by the wildly madcap Danny Kaye. I loved the episode at that time and still find it hugely entertaining since I am more attuned now to Kaye's humor than the kids reactions to him. Another thing I like about this season is that the kids,even the older ones such as Denise and such are still kids and not dealing with all the ironies and reality checks that made for some of the more awkward moments,for Huxtable parents AND kids in later seasons. In fact a great episode of this season revolves around Denise haggling with her dad over buying a car. Even if there's a rather tense scene where she does challange her parents authority over the issue it never hangs a dark cloud over the rest of the show. Some of the best episodes this season involve Theo and the "creature teacher" Mrs.Westlake,who turns out to be a very well meaning and caring teacher once Theo and Cockroach find out what makes her tick (especially after a hilareous visit from her and her husband to the Huxtable home). Of course I have three favorite episodes that stand out as classics of this season and the whole show in general here and all involve music in some way. One of my favorite characters in this show is Slide Hampton as Cliff's rather Russell. I have to agree with all the classic TV moment shows I've seen that "Happy Anniversary" is one of the ALL TIME great Cosby moments,featuring the kids miming to Ray Charles' "Nightime Is The Right Time" with Rudy passionately pretending to belt out "BAAAABY!!!". This goes beyond cute to me-the kid has some SOUL! "Play It Again,Russell" is a story about the elder Huxtable losing and finding his musician mojo and featuring his "band" The Jazz Caravan featuring big name jazz musicians such as Jimmy & Percy Heath,Tito Puente,Eric Gale and Art Blakey. NEVER before (or since) The Cosby Show have I ever seen an American primetime sitcom that so openly and happily flaunted the love and enjoyable qualities of jazz. It really bought out the music should (and could) be for everyone to get into just as with The Cosby Show. Of course this has "A Sense Of Wonder"-we start with Theo and Dennise getting run into by Stevie Wonder's limo and culminates in Stevie inviting the family to a jam session where he records them for a mix tape and also treats us to a really funny speech from Theo on the "advantages" of being a musician,that is told from a 14 year old's point of view. To me this represents The Cosby Show's finest period,before the storylines became so involved with preachiness or the generation gap. Those were relevent points and important for this show. But it's hard not to find this seasons potent but still intellectually relevent stories highly entertaining.

We just purchased season two as we have season one and love this T.V. series, its clean fun and funny! Great for family laughs! We cut the cord on cable and now view TV though our DVD collection or watch though Netflix on our Roku. We just grew tired of paying for paid TV with nothing good to watch. Looks like that is the growing attitudes with paid for TV these days.. And I know many like the Cosby show! While shopping on Amazon we selected the used copy we wanted and while still shopping someone else purchased the copy we had in our cart so we lost that copy and had to select another copy that cost more. I guess that goes to show how great this show is, everyone is grabbing copies of it.(which is good, because this should show producers that people really want to watch). Anyway, our family loves this show and glad that we were still able to find a used copy for a decent price.. We don't want to spend too much money out of our budget. We are just glad to be able to watch T.V. the way we want to and not have to pay for crap TV. We are tired of today's T.V. shows.. It's really sad that such a good method of influence has turned into trash T.V with the exception of National Geo etc.. Any way, if you want clean T.V. this is it! (I even have the Cosby Show set as one of my ring tones on my cell phone! I can say since we cut cable off we have a better free life.. seems like we have more family time and time to do the things that we want to do. Plus we pay for the shows that we want like The Cosby show since it is not on Netflix. I am glad that this T.V. series is available on Amazon. This T.V. Series teaches a lot of great lessons and also entertains you.. Miss those days of shows like this. So if you are looking for clean great family fun, this show is for you.. You will not be disappointed. Our children love this show! This show could even go for parental education! Happy viewing! ********update***************** We received our copy of season two and we are excited. We will start watching soon so that we can see how the DVD's play. Shipping was as expected. Thanks.

I grew up watching this show and I’m happy it’s available to share with my children. It’s funny and wholesome.

The Cosby Show is a really funny show. As an almost 40 year old woman, I still get a kick out of watching this show. I watched it when it was on tv originally and I still laugh just as much, if not more, as I did back then. This show is good for the whole family with clean comedy. Bill Cosby is funny, of course, but I think that Phylicia Rashad is hysterical. She portrays a strong, independent woman yet cares very much about her family and their well being. I think that this is a timeless classic comedy. Even in the midst of the comedy, there are still lessons that can be learned. Again, I definitely would suggest this for the whole family.

Love this season

I actually bought this volume for my mother for Christmas 2007. I don't own this but I did watch the episodes that are on here! Let me say that while I am a fan of hardcore comedy like Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy and the late Richard Pryor, The Cosby Show is a classic and shows you don't need adult humor to have a funny show! Episodes include the classic "Anniversary" one where the family 'sings' Night & Day for the grandparents and the one where Vanessa and Denise get into a fight on the show! Plus other funny moments that make you laugh and think at the same time. As a friend at work says, they don't make shows like this anymore. I understand they've put out all 8 seasons in one pack but if only want one season and can't decide, may I recommend this season! It is classic TV!

Cela fait plusieurs années que je commande sur Amazon et je n'ai jamais rien eu à redire sur mes nombreux achats. Le site est à la disposition de tout le monde et même les gens qui n'ont pas l'habitude peuvent commander sans problème. J'utilise quelque fois le service de papier cadeau qui est très pratique mais peut-être un peu cher à mon goût. Un petit plus sur Amazon que je ne vois pas souvent, c'est qu'on peut annuler une commande avant son expédition et ça c'est très pratique. Les envois sont toujours très rapide, j'ai à peine reçu le message de confirmation de commande que je reçois l'autre message d'enoi de l'article. En tout cas je suis très ravie des services proposés par Amazon et c'est pour cela que j'ai commandé cet article sur ce site. J'adore la série Cosby show et je la conseille à tout le monde, en tout cas ceux qui ont envie de rire !

Awesome reminder of when we were kids. This purchase was for my wife who cannot get enough of it. Well worth the purchase.

One of the best & long running comedy shows. Great actors, good story lines & best of all very good value for money. A really good buy & very good viewing.

Parfait, bon état

Time has not diminished the great comedy and episodes of this classic 80's show. Well worth the money! Ordered Season 2, only wish there was a series pack available. There was an anniversary pack put out but very hard to find!