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Paul Secic
09-23-09, 12:27 PM
Should be great. Too bad it's in SD.
Stewart Vernon
09-23-09, 12:51 PM
I'd have to look it up, but I don't know if Cosby would have been filmed or videotaped. If it was videotaped, then it will never look better than SD anyway.

I forget when I lost interest in the Cosby show... like a lot of shows with kids it fell victim to the trying-to-introduce-new-young-kids-when-the-others-grew-up syndrome towards the end of the run.
ajc68
09-23-09, 12:55 PM
It's amazing how much better most of the 60s shows look now as opposed to the 70s and 80s shows that were videotaped. They may have been cutting costs at the time, but who knew all these years later they would be hurt in the syndication/HV market. Even some of the music licensing issues are more difficult for video taped shows (ex. WKRP).
Paul Secic
09-24-09, 10:23 AM
I'd have to look it up, but I don't know if Cosby would have been filmed or videotaped. If it was videotaped, then it will never look better than SD anyway.

I forget when I lost interest in the Cosby show... like a lot of shows with kids it fell victim to the trying-to-introduce-new-young-kids-when-the-others-grew-up syndrome towards the end of the run.

Cosby did lots of shows I Spy in the 60's. Then a string of shows in the 80's & 90's.
Stewart Vernon
09-24-09, 01:36 PM
Cosby did lots of shows I Spy in the 60's. Then a string of shows in the 80's & 90's.

I never cared for I Spy... but I love the old Cosby stand-up routines and albums he made. I also liked about 2/3 of the Cosby Show from the 1980s, until as I said they had the kids got to old and introduce new kids syndrome. I never really watched his show in the 1990s.
Mark Holtz
09-24-09, 03:57 PM
I remember watching Cosby in first run. Damn, it HAS been 25 years.
fluffybear
09-25-09, 01:21 PM
I'd have to look it up, but I don't know if Cosby would have been filmed or videotaped. If it was videotaped, then it will never look better than SD anyway.

I forget when I lost interest in the Cosby show... like a lot of shows with kids it fell victim to the trying-to-introduce-new-young-kids-when-the-others-grew-up syndrome towards the end of the run.

For me it was when Denise came back home married and with a step-daughter. I did still watch the show at point but it was no longer a must-watch. I gave up completely on the show after the cousin (I think her name was Polly) moved in with the Huxtables.