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Cosby, who has a doctorate in education, and Poussaint, who has worked extensively on child development, family health and violence, worked well together...
...were basically on the same wavelength,” Poussaint says...
...same time, Poussaint and Cosby prioritized keeping the show in a “black cultural context,” evident in the African art on the walls and Cosby’s sweatshirts of historically black colleges...
These are factors that made “The Cosby Show” universally popular, Poussaint says. “Cosby was confident that he was touching on issues important in any family—you know, school problems, sibling rivalry, dirty room, goldfish dying...
...black situation comedy, but earlier shows like “The Jeffersons,” “That’s My Mama” and “Good Times” all depended on some sort of “clownish buffoonery” for laughs, Poussaint says...