The Cosby Show - Season 2 (1984)

An Emmy-winner for Outstanding Comedy Series its first year, The Cosby Show rapidly became to Thursday nights what The Wonderful World of Color and Bonanza were to Sundays in the 1960s: a family tradition. And the best was yet to come. Season 2 features some of this gold-standard series' benchmark episodes, most notably. "Happy Anniversary," the one in which the family honors Cliff's parents' wedding anniversary with a show-stopping lip-sync routine to Ray Charles's "Night Time Is the Right Time." In "Theo's Holiday," Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) gets a taste of the real world when his family shows him what it takes to live on his own. The Emmy-winning "Full House" anticipates Seinfeld "nothing"-ness as an exhausted Cliff (Bill Cosby) wanders his home in search of peace and quiet.

In The Cosby Show's charmed world, race was beside the point. Cosby strove to address universal truths about parenthood. In this season's first episode, "First Day of School," adorable Rudy (Keisha Knight Pulliam) tells her father she doesn't want to return to school because a classmate called her "a name." Much like Cliff, the audience braces for the worst until it is revealed that she was teasingly called "Rudy Huckleberry." More to the show's point was fostering an appreciation of black heritage, history, and culture. In "The Card Game," Theo gives his girlfriend Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man to read. In "The Auction," Clair (Phylicia Rashad) bids on a painting by her great-uncle, artist Ellis Wilson, which used to hang in her grandmother's house. And in the stirring final moments in "Vanessa's Bad Grade," the entire family congregates in front of the television to watch Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. From the first, The Cosby Show promoted education and fulfilling one's potential. In one of the season's very best episodes, "Mrs. Westlake," Theo's dread math teacher, a.k.a. "The Dragon Lady," (guest star Sonia Braga) comes to dinner. Fearing the worst from the strict teacher who has forced him to study harder, he is stunned not only by her transformed bombshell appearance but by the results of his math test, which he feared he failed. Love and respect for one's elders and each other thrive in the Huxtable household. In the Emmy-winning "Denise's Friend," Cliff and Clair hold a hilarious and heartwarming family meeting to assure their children that no matter what trouble they get into, they can always come to them. From Danny Kaye's delightful Emmy-nominated performance in "The Dentist" to Rudy's gridiron heroics in "Rudy Suits Up," season 2 is brimming with happy memories of TV's most functional family. --Donald Liebenson Amazon.com

Hillarious and Happy

This show is my all-time favorite. It is a happy and funny show to watch and each time you do you will laugh your heart out.
I remember watching this show every night on Nick-at-night, but they recently took it off the line-up. Thankfully its on TV Land but its just not as good as having the collection to watch when you want!
Bill is so funny, I think its his best work ever!
Everyone in this series plays a part that was designed for them. I love it and can't get enough. October 4, 2008

Great Entertainment

If you are a Cosby fan, or just want to watch clean humor, this is an excellent choice. Bill Cosby is hilarious, as are all the actors in this series. Some of my favorite episodes in this season are: Halloween: where Vanessa falls in love at a party. Phylicia Rashad looks fabulous as Tina Turner!, Clair's toe: Clair breaks her toe and she and Cliff have a "smooth" contest. Denise's Decision: Denise finally picks a college. This DVD includes bloopers and an interview with the director. Definitely worth buying! August 9, 2008

Funny and clean!!!

The Cosby Show is a really funny show. As an almost 40 year old woman, I still get a kick out of watching this show. I watched it when it was on tv originally and I still laugh just as much, if not more, as I did back then. This show is good for the whole family with clean comedy. Bill Cosby is funny, of course, but I think that Phylicia Rashad is hysterical. She portrays a strong, independent woman yet cares very much about her family and their well being. I think that this is a timeless classic comedy. Even in the midst of the comedy, there are still lessons that can be learned. Again, I definitely would suggest this for the whole family. July 25, 2008

One Down, On to Two!

It's the second season of The Cosby Show. All the classic laughs of the first season are still afresh in everyone's minds. We watch Rudy, Vanessa and Theo have misadventures with their lives, education and - household appliances. Denise finishes high school and learns to drive. [Witness Dr. Huxtable immitating her car of choice: "I pressed down on the gas, and - you think I'm lying - the car said, 'What?'"

We also witness Sabrina Le Bauf becoming a series regular as Sondra Huxtable and the introduction of her future husband, Elvin Tibbadeaux (performed by Geoffrey Owens), the macho male cheuvanist that Sondra adores. (Can you sing, "The flowers have died; there is no morning dew; the crickets know no love songs, and I feel so blue!" with me?)

The only other section of this set that needs additional mentioning is "Full House" when Denise's date, Eddie who sings along with a music video, "Sponji Reggae" by Black Uhura. July 10, 2008

Season 2

I personally love this DVD set. It has many great unforgetable episodes. For instance, there is the Stevie wonder episode, the hilarious episode where Theo is taught what it's really like to be on your own in the real world, the episode with Denise and Vanessa fighting over a sweater, and many more. This DVD set also includes bloopers and Cliff's parenting tips. March 10, 2008

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