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Bill Cosby (b. 1937) is a former comedian who got his start making appearances on the likes of The Jack Paar Show, and became most well known for headlining eight seasons of The Cosby Show.

Cosby has frequently appeared with the Muppets, particularly through Sesame Street, where he appeared in several inserts filmed during 1970. This led to featuring as a regular in the first season of The Electric Company, a follow-up series from Children's Television Workshop aimed at older children. Many of his segments on that series, such as twins (via split-screen) pairing off word sounds, were reminiscent of the Sesame Street skits. His other children's work included the animated series Fat Albert and recurring appearances on Captain Kangaroo in "Picture Pages" segments.

In 1975, he played a doctor opposite Sweetums in the Cher variety series. He served as host of the TV special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting in 1989; in one segment, in reference to his frequent billing in certain productions as "Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.", Oscar the Grouch refers to him as "Ph.D. Face." The following spring, in 1990, several Muppets from The Jim Henson Hour appeared on the Cosby Show episode "Cliff's Nightmare." He hosted Big Bird and Loretta Long in an episode of the You Bet Your Life revival series, and featured in an installment of My Favorite Sesame Street Moments in 2004.

Sesame Street segments

Picture	Appearance	Description
	Episode 0131	Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
	Episode 0135	Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin."
	Episode 0136	Bill Cosby tells his young friends a story that involves "over" and "under". He mixes the words up, and the kids correct him.
	Episode 0138	Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like.
	Episode 0144	Bill Cosby demonstrates angry.
	Episode 0154	Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him.
	Episode 0158	Walt Frazier and Dick Barnett of the New York Knicks bounce a round basketball. Bill Cosby tries to bounce a square basketball.
	Episode 0163	Bill Cosby demonstrates sad.
	Episode 0168	Bill Cosby demonstrates silly.
	Episode 0172	Bill Cosby demonstrates happy.
	Episode 0176	Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
	Episode 0182	Bill Cosby teaches the concepts of "yesterday" and "today".
	Episode 0340	Bill Cosby counts from 1 to 10.

References

In the fifth season Muppet Babies episode "Muppets Not Included," an impression of Cosby (by Frank Welker) is heard during the "Celebrity Circle" segment.

External links

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-[[File:Ss20yrs2.jpg|thumb|300px|Bill Cosby with [[Elmo]]]]
+[[File:Ss20yrs2.jpg|thumb|300px|Bill Cosby with [[Elmo]].]]
 [[File:Cher-sweetumsbilcosby.jpg|thumb|300px|Bill Cosby with [[Sweetums]] on ''[[Cher (series)|Cher]]'']]
-'''Bill Cosby''' (b. 1937) is a popular comedian who got his start making appearances on the likes of ''[[The Jack Paar Show]]''. His career took a dramatic turn in the television series ''I Spy'', and he reached superstardom in the 1980s with ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.
+'''Bill Cosby''' (b. 1937) is a former comedian who got his start making appearances on the likes of ''[[The Jack Paar Show]]'', and became most well known for headlining eight seasons of ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.
-Cosby has frequently appeared with [[the Muppets]], particularly through ''[[Sesame Street]]'', where he appeared in frequent inserts in 1970. Following the success of ''Sesame Street'', in fact, Cosby appeared as a regular in the first season of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]]'s follow-up series aimed at older children. Many of his segments on that series, such as twins (via split-screen) pairing off word sounds, were reminiscent of the ''Sesame Street'' skits.<ref>''Ebony Jr.'' magazine [http://books.google.com/books?id=AMUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=sesame+street+inpublisher:Johnson+Publishing+Company&lr=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=qPU_SdqyNI60kATf1NzhDg#PPA21,M1 mentioned these segments briefly].</ref> Cosby's other children's work included the animated series ''Fat Albert'' and recurring appearances on ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'', in separate "Picture Pages" segments.
+Cosby has frequently appeared with the Muppets, particularly through ''[[Sesame Street]]'', where he appeared in several inserts filmed during 1970. This led to featuring as a regular in the first season of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a follow-up series from [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] aimed at older children. Many of his segments on that series, such as twins (via split-screen) pairing off word sounds, were reminiscent of the ''Sesame Street'' skits. His other children's work included the animated series ''Fat Albert'' and recurring appearances on ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' in "Picture Pages" segments.
-In 1989, he served as host of the TV special ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]''; in one segment, in reference to Cosby's frequent billing in certain productions as "Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.", [[Oscar the Grouch]] refers to him as "Ph.D. Face." As an illustration, he shared a [[:file:TVGUIDE_Feb_6_1989.jpg|1989 ''TV Guide'' cover]] with Big Bird and TV personalities.
-The following spring, in 1990, several Muppets from ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' appeared on the ''Cosby Show'' episode "Cliff's Nightmare."
+In 1975, he played a doctor opposite [[Sweetums]] in the ''[[Cher (series)|Cher]]'' variety series. He served as host of the TV special ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]'' in 1989; in one segment, in reference to his frequent billing in certain productions as "Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.", [[Oscar the Grouch]] refers to him as "Ph.D. Face." The following spring, in 1990, several Muppets from ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' appeared on the ''Cosby Show'' episode "Cliff's Nightmare." He hosted [[Big Bird]] and [[Loretta Long]] in an episode of the ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' revival series, and featured in an installment of [[My Favorite Sesame Street Moments]] in 2004.
+==Sesame Street segments==
-In 1992, he played host to [[Big Bird]] and [[Loretta Long]] in an episode of the ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' revival series.
+{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 valign=top
+|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
+! Picture !! width=120|Appearance !! Description
+|-
-Most recently, in 2004, Cosby appeared in a "[[My Favorite Sesame Street Moments]]" segment.
+| [[File:Cosbytwinsalphabet2.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0131]]
+| Bill Cosby plays twins who recite the alphabet together.
+|-
-==Sesame Street inserts==
+| [[File:Cosby-Counting.jpg|250px|center]]
-* Twins say the alphabet {{first|0131}}
+| align=center | [[Episode 0135]]
-* Bill tries to bounce a square basketball {{eka|0158}}
+| Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin."
-* Bill demonstrates sad {{eka|0163}}
-* Bill demonstrates angry {{eka|0164}}
-* Bill has a hard time trying to count four kids {{eka|0176}}
-* Film with Bill and kids: Over and under {{eka|0136}}
-* Bill demonstrates surprise {{eka|0268}}
-* Bill demonstrates happy {{eka|0272}}
-* Bill teaches the concepts of "yesterday" and "today." {{eka|0182}}
-* Bill counts to [[20]] with his "twin". {{eka|0135}} (An excerpt of this was shown on ''Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting''.)
-* Bill counts to [[10]] {{eka|0340}}
+|-
-<gallery widths="172">
+| [[File:Cosbytellsstory.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0136]]
+| Bill Cosby tells his young friends a story that involves "over" and "under". He mixes the words up, and the kids correct him.
+|-
+| [[File:Bill Cosby surprise.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0138]]
+| Bill Cosby demonstrates what a surprised face looks like.
+|-
+| [[File:Cosby-Angry.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0144]]
+| Bill Cosby demonstrates angry.
+|-
+| [[File:1709i.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0154]]
+| Bill Cosby counts three kids, but a fourth keeps hiding behind him.
+|-
+| [[File:billcosbysquare.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0158]]
+| [[Walt Frazier]] and Dick Barnett of [[Basketball players|the New York Knicks]] bounce a round basketball. Bill Cosby tries to bounce a square basketball.
+|-
+| [[File:1091-25.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0163]]
+| Bill Cosby demonstrates sad.
+|-
+| [[File:1091-35.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0168]]
+| Bill Cosby demonstrates silly.
+|-
+| [[File:1091-27.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0172]]
+| Bill Cosby demonstrates happy.
+|-
+| [[Image:Cosby4Kids-2.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0176]]
+| Bill Cosby tries to count 4 kids.
+|-
+| [[File:0273 Cosby yesterday today.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0182]]
+| Bill Cosby teaches the concepts of "yesterday" and "today".
+|-
+| [[File:noimage.png|100px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Episode 0340]]
+| Bill Cosby counts from 1 to 10.
+|}
+<gallery widths=200 spacing=small>
 Image:Billcosby.jpg|From ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]'' issue #3, Feb 1971
 image:Ebony_Cosby_Robinson.png|Cosby with Matt Robinson in ''Ebony'', March 1988.
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 </gallery>
-==Sources==
+==References==
+*In the fifth season ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' episode "[[Episode 501: Muppets Not Included|Muppets Not Included]]," an impression of Cosby (by [[Frank Welker]]) is heard during the "Celebrity Circle" segment.
-<references />
 ==External links==
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