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...Poussaint and Cosby began working together in the late 1970s, when Cosby was taping educational documentaries and needed help evaluating scripts. This collaboration later led to discussions about how to develop what would become “The Cosby Show...
Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Medical School Alvin F. Poussaint joined Bill Cosby to develop the show and consulted on almost every episode during the show’s eight-year run, fine-tuning its educational message with his insights into child psychology. He reworked the show’s script to give it the human appeal and positive message that made the show a landmark...
...nothing to do with the humor on the show, that was all Cosby,” Poussaint explains...
Rather, the psychiatrist’s role was to “foster a discussion” on the storyline and character development of each episode. Poussaint attended taping in New York almost every week, getting to know the show’s actors and writers...
...wonderful speaker, he had a gentle sense of humor," Poussaint says...