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Article: Bill Cosby And Phylicia Rashad Continue To Give Viewers Family Values On `Cosby' Show.(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- April 3, 2000
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At a time when sex and extreme violence are creeping into many television programs, Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad are continuing to give their legions of fans family values on "Cosby."
Bill Cosby, considered a father figure by millions of television viewers of different generations, uses his hit CBS sitcom to mix social issues in with his own unique brand of humor. And he does it without obscenities or overt sexual references.
He recently told JET: "The problem with television programming today is that we are now in the age of stooping as in to bend down to make yourself lower. That bar is not being raised at all. There is too much focus on orifices and ...