Product Description

The Huxtables are back! One of the most popular shows in the history of television is now available in one amazing box set. Relive all your favorite moments from the show that TV Guide says, almost single-handedly revived the sitcom. The Cosby Show regularly appears in lists of the greatest shows of all time, yet it remains as vibrant today as one of Cliff Huxtable s sweaters! From their brownstone in Brooklyn, Cliff and Clair Huxtable watched over their family with style, wit and wisdom, not to mention a whole lot of laughs. The values they represented clearly struck a nerve with the public as the show was an instant success never out of the top 20 in ratings, and one of only two shows to hold TV s #1 spot for five years in a row. The new collection brings together every original network episode for its legendary eight-year run. Take a look back at the stellar cast along with the many all-star guest appearances Stevie wonder, Sammy Davis, Jr., Betty Carter, B.B. King, Adam Sandler and many more. Also, recorded just for this collection is an exclusive brand-new, never-aired Bill Cosby interview, covering everything from his favorite memories and the lasting legacy of The Cosby Show.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2385 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-11
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 26
• Running time: 4569 minutes

Customer Reviews

The Cosby Show - The Complete, Uncut Series!
Get your laugh on with those combustible Huxtables in The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition!

For 8 hilarious seasons, viewers laughed with legendary comedian Bill Cosby's Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable and the talented cast that portrayed his TV family which at the time mirrored his real-life family as Cosby, too, married his college sweetheart and also had four daughters and one son.

Considered the most popular series of the 1980s, fans were dumbfounded that previous sets of The Cosby Show (from Urban Works Entertainment) were released with such poor treatment. Most notably, Season 1 which contained edited for syndication episodes instead of the original NBC broadcast versions.

Correcting the ills of the previous sets, this complete series release from First Look Home Entertainment features "every episode - original, uncut broadcast versions - from all 8 seasons" (plus special features old and new) on 26 discs all in an exclusive collectible set, and for a very reasonable price!


Previous Special Features include:

* "The Cosby Show: A Look Back" 90-minute special
* Bloopers
* Cliff's Parenting Tips
* Interview with Director Jay Sandrich
* Audio Commentary with Director Jay Sandrich


Exclusive Special Features include:

* All-new Bill Cosby Interview
* 25th Anniversary hardcover commemorative book
* Bill Cosby photo with Hirschfeld print
* A personal letter from Bill Cosby
* Digital Photo gallery
* Special blooper show



Well worth the wait and Highly Recommended!

5 stars for content 1 star for disc containers
I just received my Cosby show Complete Box Set. The Box itself is heavy and looks like a book. I'm not sure how it stays closed after being opened. The 25th anniversary book which looks to contains the script of the first episode is nice. I was shocked and dismayed to see that the 4 disc containers that contained 2 seasons each was made out of cardboard. If I had known that I would not have purchased the complete series. I don't why Companies that produce complete dvd series sets can't seem to understand that cardboard and dvds don't go together. What's wrong with using dual sided platic slim cases or any other kind of plastic dvd casing or better yet the "steelbook" cases. It wasn't scratched up like the Mash complete collection was but there was black debris from the cardboard on about half the discs. It looks like it can be removed without damaging the discs but it is really irritating. Now I have to go out and buy some dvd cases or storage cases to hold these discs.

Cos is da house
Are you one of the millions who remember when Bill Cosby's "The Cosby Show" premiered like it was yesterday? I sure am. Because it was one of those perennial television shows that everyone loved and still loves. Every week like clockwork my family and I would all sit down together and put channel 4 on to watch this work of art. How many other TV shows can the entire family watch together? IMO "The Cosby Show" is just as important as anything that was ever produced for education-TV.

"The Cosby Show" is absolutely the first (and the best) depiction of a real Black-American family on coast-to-coast TV. Prior to "The Cosby Show," African-American sitcoms always had the buffoon character with unrealistic storylines. But "The Cosby Show" refused to pander to the lowest common denominator. And by doing so they became the #1 Sitcom in the country. It's because "The Cosby Show" said that the Black nuclear family was no different from the Chicano family or the Asian family or the Caucasian family. Maybe the main message of "The Cosby Show" was that in the end we all have the same problems and the same goals.

This set includes the entire series, all 8 seasons:

(Season 1)
Pilot
Mr. Fish
Bad Dreams
Is That My Boy?
A Shirt Story
Breaking With Tradition
One More Time
Play It Again, Vanessa
How Ugly Is He?
Bon Jour Sondra
You're Not a Mother Night
Rudy's Sick
Father's Day
Independence Day
Physician of the Year
Jitterbug Break
Theo and the Joint
Vanessa's New Class
Clair's Case
Back to the Track, Jack
The Younger Woman
Slumber Party
Mr. Quiet
Cliff's Birthday

(Season 2)
First Day of School
The Juicer
Happy Anniversary
Cliff in Love
Theo and the Older Woman
Halloween
Rudy Suits Up
Denise Drives
Clair's Sister
Clair's Toe
Denise's Friend
Mrs. Westlake
The Auction
Vanessa's Bad Grade
Theo and Cockroach
The Dentist
Play It Again, Russell
A Touch of Wonder
Full House
Close to Home
An Early Spring
Theo's Holiday
The Card Game
Off to the Races
Denise's Decision

(Season 3)
Bring 'em Back Alive
Food for Thought
Golden Anniversary
Man Talk
Mother, May I?
The March
Theo's Flight
Vanessa's Rich
Denise Gets a D
A Girl and Her Dog
War Stories
Cliff in Charge
Monster Man Huxtable
Rudy Spends the Night
Say Hello to a Good Buy
Denise Gets an Opinion
Calling Doctor Huxtable
You Only Hurt the One You Love
The Shower
Cliff's 50th Birthday
I Know That You Know
Andalusian Flu
Bald and Beautiful
Planning Parenthood
Hillman

(Season 4)
Call of the Wild
Theogate
It's Not Easy Being Green
Cliff's Mistake
Shakespeare
That's Not What I Said
Autumn Gifts
Looking Back (double-long ep)
Where's Rudy?
Dance Mania
The Locker Room
The Show Must Go On
Bookworm
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
The Visit
The Drum Major
Waterworks
Once Upon a Time
Petanque
Trust Me
Home for the Weekend
The Prom
Gone Fishin'

(Season 5)
Together Again and Again
The Physical
Rudy's All-Nighter
Move It
Out of Brooklyn
The Birth (double-long ep)
Cyranoise de Bergington
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
If the Dress Fits, Wear It
Is There a Hamster in the House?
Truth or Consequences
Cliff Babysits
Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten
The Lost Weekend
No Way, Baby
Can I Say Something, Please?
The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus
The Boys of Winter
It Comes and It Goes
Theo's Women
Birthday Blues
A Room With No View
What He Did for Love
Day of the Locusts
57 Varieties

(Season 6)
Denise: The Saga Continues
Surf's Up
I'm 'In' With the 'In' Crowd
Denise Kendall: Navy Wife
Theo's Gift
Denise Kendall: Babysitter
Shall We Dance?
The Day the Spores Landed
Cliff's Wet Adventure
Grampy and Nu-Nu Visit the Huxtables
Cliff la Dolce
Getting to Know You
Elvin Pays for Dinner
Cliff's Nightmare
Denise Kendall: Singles Counselor
The Birthday Party
Not Everybody Loves the Blues
Rudy's Walk on the Wild Side
Mr. Sandman
Isn't It Romantic?
Theo's Dirty Laundry
What's It All About?
Off to See the Wretched
The Moves
Live and Learn
The Storyteller

(Season 7)
Same Time Next Year
Bird in the Hand
The Last Barbecue
Period of Adjustment
It's All in the Game
Getting the Story
Getting the Story (double-long ep)
The Infantry Has Landed
You Can Go Home Again
It's a Boy
Clair's Liberation
It's Your Move
Theo's Final Final
Attack of the Killer B's
Total Control
Adventures in Babysitting
27 and Still Cooking
The Return of the Clairettes
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Home Remedies
Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
There's Still No Joy in Mudville
Cliff and Jake
Theo and the Kids (part 1)
Theo and the Kids (part 2)

(Season 8)
With This Ring?
There's No Place Like This Home
Particles in Motion
Pam Applies to College
Warning: A Double-Lit Candle Can Cause a Meltdown
It's Apparent to Everyone
The Iceman Bricketh
Olivia's Field Trip
For Men Only
Olivia Comes Out of the Closet
Two Is a Crowd
Clair's Place
Theo's Future
The Price Is Wrong
Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle
Eat, Drink and Be Wary
The Getaway
Cliff Gets Jilted
Cliff and Theo Come Clean
Clair's Reunion
Rudy's Retreat
You Can't Stop the Music
Some Gifts Aren't Deductible
And So We Commence (double-long ep)

It's really difficult to say who my favorite character is on "The Cosby Show." The entire cast is so likeable. Watching them was like watching old friends. If I had to pick, of course first would be Cliff (played by the Cos, of course.) Because even when the kids did something wrong he was fair but very funny. And, coming in at a close second is Denise (Lilakoi Moon, more commonly known as Lisa Bonet.) Denise was always such a free spirit. And, of course I adored Mrs. Huxtable (Phylicia Rashâd.) Didn't everyone wish they had a mom like her?

Also included on this set is a brand-new interview with Mr. Cosby discussing the importance and impact of his show. I look forward to owning "The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition" and strongly recommend it to anyone (like myself) who is starving through this cultural famine that we call network TV in the 00's.