Chet Kincaid was cool, he was hip, and he was funny. Cliff Huxtable was not cool, he was definitely not hip, and he was seldom funny. The Bill Cosby Show is classic Cosby at his best, with well written, funny episodes. The Cosby Show is just your average, dime a dozen generic looking 80's family sitcom. Nothing special about it at all. It's really amazing how much Bill Cosby aged and changed for the worse from The Bill Cosby Show to The Cosby Show 15 years later. If you want to see the definition of classic Cosby, watch The Bill Cosby Show. Almost every episode is a classic, there are probably about 6 episodes of the 52 that are a little below par, but even those have their funny moments.

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And why do you say that? Have you even SEEN The Bill Cosby Show? I think Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid is 100 percent better than Cosby as Cliff Huxtable. The difference between the two is like night and day, the Kincaid character is cool and he's much funnier than the old man Huxtable. Chet Kincaid was Bill Cosby in his prime, at his best, at his funniest.

Chet Kincaid was cool, he was hip, and he was funny. Cliff Huxtable was not cool, he was definitely not hip, and he was seldom funny. The Bill Cosby Show is classic Cosby at his best, with well written, funny episodes. The Cosby Show is just your average, dime a dozen generic looking 80's family sitcom. Nothing special about it at all. It's really amazing how much Bill Cosby aged and changed for the worse from The Bill Cosby Show to The Cosby Show 15 years later. If you want to see the definition of classic Cosby, watch The Bill Cosby Show. Almost every episode is a classic, there are probably about 6 episodes of the 52 that are a little below par, but
even those have their funny moments.



I will take into consideration that he was a lot younger on the Bill Cosby Show versus when he started the Cosby Show in 1984. So I expect there to be a dfference in the characters

I will take into consideration that he was a lot younger on the Bill Cosby Show versus when he started the Cosby Show in 1984. So I expect there to be a dfference in the characters

LOL you bet, there is a BIG difference. As Chet Kincaid, Bill Cosby is the cool and funny guy he's fondly remembered for. As Cliff Huxtable, he's a gruff, aging old fart.

LOL you bet, there is a BIG difference. As Chet Kincaid, Bill Cosby is the cool and funny guy he's fondly remembered for. As Cliff Huxtable, he's a gruff, aging old fart.


Well it;s a big difference between 32 and 47-lol

Well it;s a big difference between 32 and 47-lol
Exactly. Not only that, the character of Chet is in a different era. And as Solomon stated, two totally different characters. Cliff Huxtable was playing a doctor, a family man and husband.

Exactly. Not only that, the character of Chet is in a different era. And as Solomon stated, two totally different characters. Cliff Huxtable was playing a doctor, a family man and husband.


Right, he was a gym teacher or something

I haven't seen The Bill Cosby Show since the days of The Family Channel reruns (taking advantage of Cosby's newfound "hot" period), so I couldn't answer this one fairly. If season 2 would ever come out, I could rent both seasons to see if I still would enjoy the show.

LOL you bet, there is a BIG difference. As Chet Kincaid, Bill Cosby is the cool and funny guy he's fondly remembered for. As Cliff Huxtable, he's a gruff, aging old fart.


Yes, Chet's character was much cooler.

It wasn't even the gruffness that bugged me about his "Cosby Show" character. It was the fact that, once again, a sitcom father (even a father who's a doctor) is shown as a bumbling idiot who can't tie his own shoes without Claire telling him how to do it.

With all of the talk (including from Cosby himself) about the need for positive black role models on TV, you have to say that Chet Kincaid was a good role model, whereas Cliff Huxtable was most certainly not.

It didn't help that Sondra's husband Elvin was one of the biggest wusses in the history of TV, either. Vanessa's boyfriend (did she ever get married on the show? I'd stopped watching it by that time) and Denise's husband didn't have roles as prominent as "Elvin".

It IS possible for a black family to be shown with a strong father AND a strong mother... "Good Times" was just such a show (till they killed off the father, that is). But "The Cosby Show" had all of these "strong" women, totally at the expense of the male characters.


FINAL SCORE:

Chet: Cool
Cliff: A wuss

I agree with you Tweety on the points you made about the Cosby Show characters--the men were shown to be emasculated in so many ways and the women were these Amazon super brainy, never make a mistake. Ok, Denise was allowed to be a screw-up--but the other guys never had a fair chance. Cliff--always a bumbling idiot around tools and had to be constantly watched like a dog concerning his diet, Elvin--just a plain idiot. Theo-would be cut down if he dared to assert his manliness. Peter--Rudy's friend was always shown as a scaredy cat and the other one whom she always called "Bud"--if he dared showed some backbone, he was shown the door.

Definately Chet Kincaid. Seeing this younger Bill Cosby on this show, made me purchase his other 1960s show "I Spy."

I don't like "The Cosby Show" at all. But I like Bill Cosby, and all of his other shows, from "The Bill Cosby Show" to the late 1990s "Cosby".

I agree with you Tweety on the points you made about the Cosby Show characters--the men were shown to be emasculated in so many ways and the women were these Amazon super brainy, never make a mistake. Ok, Denise was allowed to be a screw-up--but the other guys never had a fair chance. Cliff--always a bumbling idiot around tools and had to be constantly watched like a dog concerning his diet, Elvin--just a plain idiot. Theo-would be cut down if he dared to assert his manliness. Peter--Rudy's friend was always shown as a scaredy cat and the other one whom she always called "Bud"--if he dared showed some backbone, he was shown the door.


Yeah it annoyed me at how Clair was made out to be so PERFECT-lol She knew everything and could do NO WRONG

The Cosby Show was good the 1st two season then went down hill. It started out based on his stand up routine which was funny.

I loved watching Cosby's first sitcom in first-run when I was a little kid. But I never enjoyed his 1980s sitcom, for some reason.

So I vote...Kincaid! :happyface

As much as I like Cosby, I didn't really care for either show, but I REALLY didn't like the later one.

The Cosby Show was good the 1st two season then went down hill. It started out based on his stand up routine which was funny.

I know it's two years later, but I agree... the Cliff Huxtable character was originally a good strong father/role model. The kids knew he'd listen to their problems, and they had a healthy respect for him (sometimes they were even afraid of what would happen "when their father came home"). But everyone walked all over Cliff in the later seasons, which is what eventually made him a terrible role model.

I know it's two years later, but I agree... the Cliff Huxtable character was originally a good strong father/role model. The kids knew he'd listen to their problems, and they had a healthy respect for him (sometimes they were even afraid of what would happen "when their father came home"). But everyone walked all over Cliff in the later seasons, which is what eventually made him a terrible role model.
I'll take Chet Kincade.

I don't know anything about the Bill Cosby show. I'm starting to check it out on YouTube though. I do love The Cosby Show though, and judging by this thread, I might like the Bill Cosby show too. Man he was looking good in The Bill Cosby Show (the 60s one)

Chet Kincaid was cool, he was hip, and he was funny. Cliff Huxtable was not cool, he was definitely not hip, and he was seldom funny. The Bill Cosby Show is classic Cosby at his best, with well written, funny episodes. The Cosby Show is just your average, dime a dozen generic looking 80's family sitcom. Nothing special about it at all. It's really amazing how much Bill Cosby aged and changed for the worse from The Bill Cosby Show to The Cosby Show 15 years later. If you want to see the definition of classic Cosby, watch The Bill Cosby Show. Almost every episode is a classic, there are probably about 6 episodes of the 52 that are a little below par, but even those have their funny moments.
I liked both characters and found both to be cool, hip and funny in their own ways on each series. Of course the much younger character of Chet Kincaid was a very cool cat but so was Heathcliff Huxtable for his age.

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Since the Bill Cosby show was never in syndication I cant answer. Maybe I will buy the DVD

Since the Bill Cosby show was never in syndication I cant answer. Maybe I will buy the DVD

Another show that I once got episodes of from you. Did you not bother to watch any of these tapes before you got rid of them?

The Bill Cosby Show is classic Cosby at his best, with well written, funny episodes. The Cosby Show is just your average, dime a dozen generic looking 80's family sitcom.

I agree completely!! Chet was top tier entertainment. While the Huxtable clan (IMO) seemed synthetic. Although Phylliscia Rashad was very hot.

Another show that I once got episodes of from you. Did you not bother to watch any of these tapes before you got rid of them?

When youtube took the fun out of tape trading I ended up getting rid of everything to make more room in my apt

When youtube took the fun out of tape trading I ended up getting rid of everything to make more room in my apt

That didn't answer my question.

That didn't answer my question.

I dont remember I would have to watch it again. Some shows I watched I do remember they were crappy

Joanie Loves Chachi
Gloria
That's my Mama

Yeah it annoyed me at how Clair was made out to be so PERFECT-lol She knew everything and could do NO WRONG

Your'e not the only one. I couldn't stand her. So smug and arrogant. Nobody in real life is 100% perfect. I also hated Phylissa Rashad. When she applauded Bill Cosby was release from prison, I never want to see anything with her ever again.

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