The Cosby Show - Season 1 & 2

Look, either you LOVE The Cosby Show, or you don't. I will not go into a lengthy discussion of what the show is about or what my favorite episodes/seasons are, since I believe others in the amazon community to be better versed and more expressive than myself in the language arts :) I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, The Cosby Show! It is the most fun show for me to watch, yes even some 20-years later (has it been that long... hmmm??). It is innocent fun, with sometimes corny messages (DEFINITELY not as bad as Disney channel shows, though), but seriously I can't stand most of what I see on TV lately. I mostly enjoy 30-minute sitcoms, and frankly there aren't too many of those around that don't get into politics/religion-bashing/other-people-bashing/crude sex jokes (I'm absolutely not a prude, but crudeness I find annoying lately). Kind of sick of the "Me"-culture these days, so I started ordering complete dvd series of my favorite shows, this being one of them. Sometimes, I just want to laugh at innocent silliness rather than a mean joke or put-down. The world has enough jerks to fill my cup in that regard, so The Cosby Show is my retreat from that. Frankly, I'm not sure you can force this show on your children if they have already been exposed & addicted to the unadulterated crap out there, but certainly worth a try. A major aspect of the message this show repeatedly conveys is R-E-S-P-E-C-T (respecting the authority of parents, respecting siblings, respecting friends, respecting oneself, respecting one's fallibility/limits, respecting achievement at a proper cost - not the do or die mentality, respecting that people may have differing opinions, respecting that 2 adults can choose for themselves what role to play in a marriage/family, respecting that women are equal to men without the outright anti-men feminism en vogue these days, etc). I believe Bill Cosby (and staff) did a superb job casting each character. I also believe that if the characters had been cast any other way, the show may not have been nearly as good as it was/is. I remember every character: Claire's soft motherliness always reminded me of my mom when I was a child, Theo's lack of scholarly motivation reminded me of my brother at times, Cliff made me wish my dad was more like him (so I took my dad's ways and added Cliff's advise on top), Rudy's frustrations at being the youngest reminded me of myself at times, and occasionally my girlfriend and I will laughingly refer to the Vanessa character because of how annoyingly whiny, nosy and gossipy that character was - come on, we all know at least 1 person in our life who whines & complains about everything, gossips, but acts all innocent and unassuming at the same time (lol). If I were to choose which compilation set I enjoy best, it would be 1&2 vs 3&4 (the only 2 I had the financial ability to purchase for now). I think it is because I like having a very young child vs pre-adolescent child in family shows. That is why I also really want to get the last couple of seasons when Olivia was around. Bill Cosby has a really fun-loving way of connecting with children that age on the show, bringing out the best in him and the other actors (just my personal opinion). But in any case, you cannot go wrong with any season if all you compare it to is what is currently out there now in the genre/market.

I had purchased the cosby show complete series 1 through 8, it was trash they said it was new but it wasnt because it was skipping throu episode like crazy. So I decided to purchase just series 1 and 2 and im very happy I did because they came out perfect. No skips and the packaging had a msg in it from the seller that made me feel valued as a customer. This show brings me comfort so I love that I can watch whenever. I do plan on buying the rest of episodes one by one. Hopefully I have the same experience. Thanks seller

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Wholesome family entertainment that is high quality and a lot of fun. Television today is worse than I could have ever imagined a few decades ago. Shows like this one bring into shocking reality how bad and filthy our media has become. There isn't a single show, that isn't a documentary, that I feel comfortable letting my kids watch--not to mention the commercials. There is a mountain of research saying that this is damaging to young minds, yet Hollywood and TV Executives refuse to take responsibility for the damage their programing is doing to our society. Morality, civility, and anything good is omitted completely or portrayed as stupid & simple minded, while every bad and evil act imaginable is promoted as cool, modern, and sophisticated. The subtle lie within this trashy modern style television mentality comes in that the consequences for those bad things are rarely if ever realistically represented. The Cosby Show, on the other hand, was one of those important milestones in America that built our families into stronger ones, and renewed a sense of what a family should and could be. Instead of hurling a mountain of garbage at us, it enlightened us, it entertained us, it challenged us to do better, and showed us how to cherish the best part of life. This show is a treasure of virtue that will help bind families together for generations to come.

I had never watched "The Cosby Show" until I got pregnant and my husband decided to start watching it on Netflix. I immediately loved it and wanted to watch the whole thing - all 8 seasons - before our baby was born. Well, that obviously didn't happen but we kept watching it even after our baby girl was born, until one day Netflix decided to remove "The Cosby Show" from the "watch instantly" feature and we had to stop. I was so frustrated that I decided I wanted to buy all 8 seasons of The Cosby Show - not only so that I could finish it, but also to be able to show it to my daughter when she's older! So, we purchased all 8 seasons and I'm so glad we did because we now own hours and hours of comedy that will always be timeless and entertaining. Before I purchased from this seller, I looked at other sellers from which I could order the same product and have it shipped through Amazon Prime, however, their product was about $100.00 more expensive than from this seller, and it was the exact same product! Also, the shipping was faster than I expected and totally worth paying the $12.00 extra dollars. I'm very pleased with my purchase!

I had to give this terrific TV show 4 stars only due to product issues. There is something wrong with the sound channels, many times the left or right channel goes much fainter, I have noticed when there is a camera change, is also when the sounds cut low. It happens from Season 1 to about season 6. I watch this, along with Roseanne and Sinfeld, when I go to bed so I have head phones one. The other two TV shows has no issues with the sound, so I know it's not my DVD player. I am now watching the Cosby series again for the second time since I bought these, the sound is still an issue, it's very very annoying. I'm rather disappointed in that. So, with that, this is a review about the products, the physical product would only get something like a 1 star, the THE COSBY SHOW product, the show itself, certainly gets a 5 stars.

shipping and delivery time was terriffic...the color and quality of the shows were excellent. and for those that said, you could not play each episode except one at the time...that is not the case that i found...you are given an option at the beginning of the dvd that says "Play All" or "episode".... if you choose episode, then of course THEN you have to continue to click the next show. Love this 2 season set...and a great great price. ;)

Every episode is excellent, allows families to watch without fear of inappropriate messaging, and language. This was one of the best series of family relationship that one could purchase on TV today. Psychologically if a Parent could nurture in such a manner today the relationships within the family structure would become normal instead of broken in so many cases. Definitely it is too bad individuals will watch other obscene series while missing excellent Parenting Skills when many different crisis's happen in normal life.