The Cosby Show Flashback

"The Cosby Show."

Bill Cosby - Still called “America’s favorite dad,” Cosby made it big in the '60s first as a stand-up comedian and then as a TV star on the groundbreaking show I Spy. Cosby became an American icon playing Cliff Huxtable on his popular '80s sitcom, The Cosby Show. (Photo: dpa /Landov)

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Everyone's Favorite Dad - When Bill Cosby developed The Cosby Show, he based much of it on his real-life family. No wonder his portrayal of Heathcliiff "Cliff" Huxtable seemed so effortless. Cliff's sense of humor and wise words made him our all-time favorite TV dad.\r(Photo: dpa/Landov)

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Clair Huxtable: The Cosby Show - Cliff Huxtable may have been an OB/GYN doctor, but Clair Huxtable raised five children while maintaining a successful career as a lawyer. Clair would eventually become a partner at her law firm.(Photo: CBS/Landov)

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 Mama Knows Best\r - Clair Huxtable's stern yet loving demeanor made her so real to so many of us. It's hard to imagine anyone other than actress Phylicia Rashad as Mrs. Huxtable. But, believe it or not, she didn't originally have the role, the pilot was shot with another actress, but Rashad was later brought on, and aren't we glad she was.\r(Photo: CBS/Landov)

Big Sis - Sabrina Le Beauf played big sister Sondra Huxtable on The Cosby Show, but she almost didn't get the role because she was only 10-years younger than Phylicia Rashad, who played her mother on the show.\r(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Big Sis - Sabrina Le Beauf played big sister Sondra Huxtable on The Cosby Show, but she almost didn't get the role because she was only 10-years younger than Phylicia Rashad, who played her mother on the show.\r(Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Cute as a Button - Cutie-pie Rudy was that annoying little sister you can't help but love, Keshia Knight Pulliam grew up on the small screen and un-like many child actors she's managed to re-invent herself, and stay out of trouble.\r(Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Cute as a Button - Cutie-pie Rudy was that annoying little sister you can't help but love, Keshia Knight Pulliam grew up on the small screen and un-like many child actors she's managed to re-invent herself, and stay out of trouble.\r(Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

A Different World\r - Devine portrayed Stevie Rallen in the hit '90s sitcom. Though she was not a main character, the show itself was influential and addressed various topics in the African-American community.\r \r(Photo: Carsey-Werner/Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Wild Child - Denise Huxtable-Kendal, played by Lisa Bonet, was the wild one in the bunch. Her sense of style and personality mimicked that of a true rebel. Fortunately, when she got married to Martin Kendel and became step-Mom to little Oliva, things really started to turn around.\r(Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Raven Symone - At age four, Raven-Symone was cast as Olivia in the celebrated Bill Cosby Show. Since then she has turned her name and acting career into a bonafide media empire. (Photo: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd)

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Baby Girl - Little Oliva stole all of our hearts, with her cute little voice and funny antics. It was clear even back then that Raven-Symone would be a star.  \r(Photo: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore Huxtable - On The Cosby Show, Malcolm-Jamal Warner's Theo helped to reimagine the TV son and brother in sitcoms. He was the schoolgirl crush of a generation, earnest, hard-working and flawed, but always respectful. Warner's characterization of Theo embodied multicultural America's boy next door. (Photo: CBS)  

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Big Bro - Theodore "Theo" Huxtable played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner was the perfect, lovable big brother. Warner will be making the transition from on-screen son to on-screen dad this fall on Reed Between the Lines.\r(Everett Collection)

Tempestt Bledsoe: August 1 - The Cosby Show star turns 38. (Photo credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) 

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Middle Child - Vanessa Huxtable was like any other middle-child, always craving attention. Tempestt Bledsoe may have made the biggest career change of the entire cast, from actor to TV show host.\r(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)