In light of the Hollywood writers' strike and the desert of watchable TV out there, here's a salute to reruns:
One of the reasons “The Cosby Show” was so great was the guests who would waltz through the Huxtables’ living room and their lives. Bill Cosby gave props to instantly recognizable stars such as Stevie Wonder and Lena Horne and lesser-known but no less worthy stars such as dancer Judith Jamison and jazz singer Betty Carter. They came from the sports world, too: baseball’s Frank Robinson, basketball’s Dick Vitale and sprinter Valerie Briscoe-Hooks, winner of three golds in the 1984 Olympics.
A look at episode cast lists from the show’s eight seasons provides a who’s who of future bold-face names. One of the more surprising is in the recently re-aired 1989 episode “The Boys of Winter,” in which Cliff and his pals, including Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere and Walt Hazzard, take on a basketball team of younger women. The women’s team is headed by court legends Nancy Lieberman and Teresa Edwards. One of their teammates, credited as “Opponent #5,” was Anucha Browne Sanders. The former college standout probably was paid considerably less than the $11.5 million sexual harassment settlement she got from MSG and the Knicks. But guess who won?
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Theo and Cockroach used to refer to good-looking girls as "burgers." I wonder if Isaiah would find that to be appropriate language.