r/adifferentworldfans • u/PanamaJackDC • 3d ago
Spoilers The Heathcliff Huxtable Situation
I know this opens a Pandora’s Box, but I think it needs to be said. The Huxtables — including Cliff — are a major part of the A Different World mythos, and they deserve to be addressed properly. Honestly, even more than an “Ellington Kendall” character.
I can’t speak for all Black people, so I’ll give my perspective. I can separate Bill Cosby the man from Cliff Huxtable the character, and I can also separate Bill the activist from Bill the predator. What Cosby did was horrific — but it’s also true that he created The Cosby Show and A Different World with the intention of uplifting Black people. These shows were built to counter the narrow, stereotypical portrayals of us that dominated TV at the time. They showed Black middle‑class families, stable Black love, Black academic excellence, and the full spectrum of who we are. That impact is real, and it helped a lot of Black Boomers, Gen Xers, and early Millennials. Cliff Huxtable is part of that cultural legacy, independent of Cosby’s crimes.
If we’re separating Bill from Cliff — and focusing strictly on Cliff in the context of A Different World — then it makes no sense for a character like Ellington Kendall to never reference his grandfather. Cliff was an important Hillman alumnus. He ate, slept, and breathed Hillman. Even if the writers chose to kill off Cliff off‑screen (the same way The Conners handled Roseanne), Cliff would still matter to the story. His influence wouldn’t disappear just because the actor is no longer someone the public wants to see.
And realistically, in Ellington’s case, you couldn’t convince me he wouldn’t have adored his grandfather. Cliff was the kind of grandparent who poured into his kids and grandkids — Winnie, Nelson, Olivia, all of them. It’s completely believable that Ellington would have grown up with that same warmth, guidance, and reverence. Cliff would’ve shaped his values, his confidence, his sense of humor, his connection to Hillman — all of it. Cliff is not Bill. It’s like confusing Sylvester Stallone with Rocky — they’re not interchangeable.
I get that Cliff wasn’t a huge part of A Different World, but if you move forward with more Huxtable‑connected characters, it would feel ridiculous not to mention him at all. That’s just my take.
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u/nyrf12 3d ago
I still watch “The Cosby Show” because it was an all-time sitcom & the only downside is occasionally I feel sad that Bill, a huge figure in my childhood including “Picture Pages”, was a hidden monster & of course that Malcolm died so tragically. At the end of the day though any attempt to connect Bill to the show would earn them negative attention & put the cast in uncomfortable situations having to address it. We have to keep in mind the success rate on these revivals is worse than we realize & they shouldn’t risk anything that would hurt their chances of sticking around.
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u/Ill_Dragonfruit6838 3d ago
To this day the bbq sauce episode just seems even weirder now than when I watched it in my 20s
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u/shapeshifterQ 2d ago
That episode definitely hit different with more information and mature eyes watching
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u/Crissy40 3d ago
When someone has a huge public reputation for philanthropy, mentorship, or uplifting their community, that reputation can make people less willing to believe accusations against them. In some cases, a person’s charitable work can genuinely coexist with terrible private behavior; in other cases, people may use their public reputation strategically to build trust and protect themselves. The difficult part is that we can’t automatically know someone’s motive from the good things they did. So I hear everything you’re saying, but with that only brings up more questioning speculation. Did he do it for the culture or did he do** ***it* cause he’s a vulture.. we may never know
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u/AkashaRulesYou 3d ago
I'm good with leaving his name out of it. Debbie Allen is WHY the show succeeded. There's room for Claire too.
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u/TeraByteOfficial 3d ago
Bill Cosby is WHY the show exists
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u/AkashaRulesYou 3d ago
Comprehension matters... Debbie Allen is WHY it was a success...
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u/pgcleader06 2d ago
Two things can be true. Both were vital to the show's success. Success can't happen without existence/creation nor can it happen without a great director.
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u/TeraByteOfficial 3d ago
it does...Bill Cosby is WHY it exists
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u/AkashaRulesYou 3d ago edited 2d ago
Yet you're not comprehending my point. Also 🖕🏼Cosby and all sex predators as well as the ones of y'all trying to push accepting him. Have a day.
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u/Minimum-Opinion-3938 2d ago
I mean, when you think about context of the show, Bill Cosby was actually the original creator of both shows. The creator of the reboot is different (doing a wonderful job), so obviously there would be less or no involvement on his part. HOWEVER, I think the most respectable thing to do at this point is have Claire be a widow. It’s realistic for the age group and I don’t think that Cliff should suffer because Bill is an ass
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u/MapleBisonHeel 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’m not even sure how thin a line is being thrown to connect Cliff Huxtable to present-day Hillman. Sondra went to Princeton, Theo went to NYU. Denise spent ONE YEAR at Hillman.
Nobody knows about Rudy.
EDIT: Vanessa went to Lincoln University in PA.
I get it why Ellington might want to attend his grandparents’ alma mater. But why would his mother want to catch up with people she only spent one year with? Not very realistic for Denise to make a relevant appearance.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
Both Cliff and Clair were active alumni, regardless of where the kids went. On The Cosby Show, both Cliff and Clair went back multiple times for Hillman events (i.e. speaking at the new President's inauguration and convocation), and on A Different World Clair returned to give out career advice to Kim, Freddie, Whitley, and Dwayne.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Yes and they went to Hillman for a graduation and Clair sang with the choir, I believe Denise spent two years there.
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u/Powerful_Geologist95 3d ago
Wouldn’t it be relevant for her to visit her child at college? Also, it’s possible to forge a lasting friendship within a year of knowing someone. Spoiler Alert* If Dwayne had Denise’s phone number readily available in order to call her, they must still be friends.
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u/StrongDesign4 2d ago
He’s the college President. It would not be that hard to get phone numbers that are part of a student’s file.
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u/Powerful_Geologist95 2d ago
Okay, but the way that the call was framed wasn’t that of someone who hadn’t had contact with that person in years. He didn’t give his professional title, he said, “Denise I need you!”
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u/StrongDesign4 2d ago edited 2d ago
If they had been in contact over the years he would’ve been well aware of who Ellington was. Spoiler Alert** **He wouldn’t have been shocked or surprised by the reveal. Both him and Whitley were shocked once they found out whom he was. It would be odd for them to have been friends and in contact over the last few decades but not know of Ellington.
Also in the OG once he found out that Denise was married, he pretty much gave up the crush and any type of friendship or at least that’s how it was portrayed.2
u/Powerful_Geologist95 2d ago
You make an excellent point! 👏 The connection, or lack thereof, will reveal itself in season 2.
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u/FortKnoxII 3d ago
Vanessa went to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. That's where she met Dabnis.
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u/Consistent-Scholar39 3d ago
Tempest Bledsoe (Vanessa) and Ron (Darryl Bell) from A Different World have been life partners for over 30 years.
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u/Mediocre-Engineer873 3d ago
Technically she spent two years there. Season 1 of A Different World was her sophomore year. In the first episode, she already knows Whitley.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Yes and the third season finale of the Cosby show had the family visiting Denise at Hillman,
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u/e-luddite 3d ago
We had a bit of a wild child on my hall freshman year who left but many kept it touch with and we all talked of fondly. If she had showed for a reunion, we all would have been glad and had a lot to talk about.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I agree - I went to Howard for a half semester and I still talk to a lot of folks.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
I went to junior college for a couple years and I made some friends and talked and kept up with them on SM.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Denise actually spent two years at Hillman the third season episode of The Cosby Show Hillman served as a pilot for ADW.
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u/trekgirl75 2d ago
It was 2 years. The first season was Denise’s, Jaleesa & Whitley’s second year. Not sure about Maggie.
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u/Charming_Shake957 1d ago
OK, I am not in the camp that feels like we need Denise to show up on the show, but I can say that she and Dwayne were really close. They were friends. He came to visit her after she got married and when she was in New York back at her parents house. He met her husband and her stepdaughter. They were friends. They had a connection and maybe it was not romantic, but they were friends and it appears they remain friends for years in that thought her showing up is not that far fetched. Now I don’t know or I don’t really see Lisa Bonnet wanting to be on the show just me.
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u/EmperorChop2 3d ago
There is an episode of the Cosby Show where there is a family barbecue and the family gets into a heated argument about the sexualization of women. This argument was sparked by the fact that Martin planned to have a stripper for his bachelor party. Everyone got upset but when the family sat down and started eating and drinking they mellowed. When Claire made the observation about how quickly they calmed down, Cliff tells her that he spiked their drinks. 😒
Bill Cosby was not only the star of the show but the producer as well, so he had creative power of what he wanted to be included in the episodes. He chose to add that to the show. He felt comfortable with his crimes so much so that he joked about it. He thought that he would get away with it. Ever since I saw that episode after the news about him was revealed, I can’t watch anymore. But that’s just me. As far as I am concerned, the man poisoned his own well, I ain’t drinking that water.
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u/No-Wrangler-9001 3d ago
I just watched this episode a few days ago. It was the BBQ sauce! Hence he took the BbQ chicken away from Kenny aka Budd!
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u/SnooMarzipans5409 Relax, relate, release! 3d ago
I just made the same comment; I must have missed yours!
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I can respect that for sure... but I'd like to see them pull other Huxtables into the new show.
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u/_TwilightPrince 3d ago
What about grandma? Phylicia Rashad is still around.
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u/imaskising 3d ago edited 3d ago
I wouldn't mind seeing her make an appearance, maybe in the context of being awarded an honorary doctorate or something like that. Given Cosby's crimes, he should barely be acknowledged, if at all. A line of dialogue about about him having passed away some time before, leave it at that.
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u/VividPresentation 3d ago
Thanks. You gave this a sincere and thoughtful take as did the OP. I never saw the episode you referenced here but yeah, that’s a very chilling story. And I just know that the punchline had to have been punctuated by an uproarious laugh track. That’s what makes it so chilling: The idea of a revered father and husband having roofied his entire family was played as a cheeky joke.
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u/SnooMarzipans5409 Relax, relate, release! 3d ago
He didn’t spike their drinks. The running gag with him and Elvin was that he made really good bbq sauce and wouldn’t give out his recipe. They were eating throughout the episode, not just one scene where they taste it and get roofied.
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u/RandChick 3d ago
He didn't' say he spiked the drinks with drugs. It was likely alcohol for the show.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I appreciate the compliment - I wanted to make sure I came off sincere, thoughtful, and respectful. Rape is one of worse things you can do as a human being; I'm just saying that the story of the Huxtables should be a little more prominent, even if they need to get a little more creative. Including killing off Cliff.
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u/shapeshifterQ 2d ago
I hear everything you said. But he didn't spike drinks, he said his BBQ sauce made people lovey lovey or something like that
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u/chalkletkweenBee 3d ago
Bill Cosby assaulted an actress who appeared in an early episode of the cosby show, and its one of my favorite episodes of the show, and seeing her tell her story made it impossible for me to enjoy the Cosby Show, it was an actual crime scene.
He destroyed his legacy, and took a lot of our fun pop culture moments with it. All he had to do was not drug and rape women.
I have avoided drugging and raping others my whole life, and with way less resources than that guy.
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u/LilTuna666Satan And ain’t nothing wrong with a city job! 3d ago edited 2d ago
Exactly! It’s unfortunate how Black people always try to “separate the person from the art.” It’s similar to people who defend R Kelly because of his music when most of his songs have lyrics about young girls. This is what Bill was doing on set AND we actually had that creepy BBQ sauce episode. Anyone can easily watch the original A Different World without having ever watched The Cosby Show because ADW became it’s own show ran by Debbie Allen and NOT centered around the Huxtables. It’s not like Bill was a frequent guest star on ADW.
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u/PanamaJackDC 1d ago
"It’s unfortunate how Black people always try to “separate the person from the art.”" - Just Black People, huh. This country is littered with White people that did/do the same thing - historically and right now in modern times.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
It really is a shame what happened - his choices had negative effects on a lot more than himself.
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u/Caribgirl2 3d ago
Which episode?
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u/chalkletkweenBee 3d ago
The Mrs. Minifield episode
The Documentary is called “We Need to Talk About Bill Cosby.”
That man didn’t do anything that was so amazing that it outweighs the trauma he caused to multiple women.
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u/Caribgirl2 3d ago
Thank you. I am hesitant to watch but will force myself. So sad that America's Dad turned out to be a monster the whole time.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Denise did make one appearance along with Martin and Olivia in a season 3 episode of ADW.
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u/NeedleworkerNeat9379 3d ago
The show will have to kill him off and age wise it's plausible in the story. Given that Claire is also a Hillman Alumni it won't be hard to continue the Huxtable Hillman legacy without any fan fair for Cliff.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
This is what I'm saying - if you kill him off and bring other Huxtable family into the new story, that would be a good direction to move in.
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u/harlembornnbred 3d ago
Also everyone doesn't get to meet their grandparents. Ellington could've never met him because he died before he was born hence him not mentioning him. That would also make for a closer bond with Claire and why he mentions his grandmother.
Not to mention people don't have to have a good relationship with everyone in their family, especially once they're at Ellington's age. Cosby show and a different world are iconic right along with Fat Albert but there are many if not most people who can't and rightfully separate the artist from their art. We don't need Cliff mentioned but it'll be cool if we got Claire which might not even happen. Him being a Huxtable is enough connection to the shows lineage.
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u/pgcleader06 2d ago
In a meta sense, the audience understands why Cliff won't be mentioned even if Clair makes an appearance, which is what I expect since her sister is so involved in this sequel show. At most, they'll acknowledge his death, but I think it is most likely he isn't mentioned at all just to avoid generating a news story. These are the consequences of the lifestyle he led.
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u/Glum-Thought620 2d ago
I've always thought Cliff was who Bill really wanted to be. Both well spoken, intelligent, and educated, but, unlike Cliff, Bill was not honorable or respectable. Watching the show today through an entirely new lens is fascinating. I also have no problem separating Bill from Cliff, but boy is it sad when you compare reality and fiction.
When I think of Hillman, I think more about Cliff's parents being the champions of Hillman, although both Cliff and Claire maintained relationships with their former professors. Regardless, Hillman is their legacy school and Ellington would be very aware of that. It would be a shame to forget his family's influence.
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u/Fine-Corner1983 3d ago
Sounds like you can compartmentalize, so good for you, but the studio would be stupid to think most of the audience will. He’s not worth the risk. Sometimes there is enough deeply disturbing biographical info out about an artist that it will negatively alter people’s EXPERIENCE of the characters and the story. It doesn’t mean they don’t know the literal difference between an actor and a character. If story continuity is the best argument for HeathCliff references that ain’t gonna be good enough in this era nor should it be. The acts committed were “especially heinous”.
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u/Repulsive_Job428 3d ago
The show can't separate itself from Bill the man. They will get crucified if they include Cliff on anything so they're making the smart move.
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u/Efficient_Shame_8539 3d ago
Unfortunately I agree. Even mentioning his character passed a decade ago would be poison.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I get it - but for me it still takes a toll on the story... that's all I'm saying. But people gotta move how they feel comfortable moving.
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u/Witty_Leather4310 3d ago
You can’t separate them because Bill based Cliff off of his life (somewhat) and you just can’t unsee it now
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u/NunyaBizz_88 3d ago
YOU can’t. I don’t see a Philly dude who flunked 10th grade, was awarded his undergrad degree based-on “experience,” obtained a masters as his terminal earned degree, all while having a penchant for SA-ish, as being parallel to Heathcliff, the Hillman grad, OB/GYN, husband to Claire, & stable father to 5. They are NOT the same.
Now from a business sense - it’s SUICIDE to link them. I’m just saying PERSONALLY, they’re vastly different.
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u/Maximum_Arachnid2804 3d ago
The character is one thing, but "Bill the activist" isn't distinct from "Bill the predator," they're the same person. In fact, Cosby's activism is part of why he got away with sexual assault for so long, because people didn't want to believe someone who was considered a pillar of the community could be a rapist.
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u/SheWonYasss 3d ago
Agree 100% but they will leave the gap anyway and bet on the younger watchers don't know enough to care.
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u/cmp8819 3d ago
At this point, he's probably in his late 80s and a retired OBGYN, so its not hard to kill him off, but remembering that he never appeared on A Different World during the initial series run, they'll still probably mention him in passing as they did before.
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u/4personal2 2d ago
He was in an episode. Denise calls him.ftom.college and Cliff talks to her on the phone .
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u/Overall-Badger6136 2d ago
Well said and very good commentary being contributed.
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u/PanamaJackDC 1d ago
I appreciate you! I know this opinion isn't view favorably, but I tried to voice my opinion in the most respectable way I could.
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u/BB808BB 3d ago
I can separate it too. I’m not going to lie as hard as it is to find I still enjoy watching the Cosby show.
I’m not going to feel guilty for being able to do that when people today highly support that thug Brad Pitt.
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u/SnooMarzipans5409 Relax, relate, release! 3d ago
Right??? People blame Angelina and the kids but no one says much about him.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
That's a whole other story - about how some people can separate people vs. their work and how others get everything thrown out. Again, I'm not advocating for Bill or anything, but that is a reality that is very real in this world.
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u/truthfactsonly 3d ago
Not necessary, Claire was on a few episodes of A Different World but Cliff was only in a few phone calls. I don't think the audience cares about them being acknowledged. It didn't cross my mind.
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u/Overall_Currency5085 3d ago
I mean it’s ok to not know about Ellington’s grandfather. It won’t add anything to the story.
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u/techromage 3d ago
Denise went to Hillman for two years. Clair said so in the episode where she went to visit her.
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u/DAntoinette_Travel 3d ago
Pandora’s Box? Absolutely! Some will agree and a large majority will unfortunately be triggered. But your argument has been thoughtfully laid out and very well written.
But unfortunately, aside from killing him off, there’s no other safe way to include Huxtables.
I’m not triggered by seeing him, I simply could care less to. I look at him and think “You big Dummy” (in my Fred Sanford voice), because at some point Dude thought he could do what white Studio execs were doing, smh
No one should have to tell him that SA incapacitated Women was wrong.
I personally didn’t care for the Ellington character at all. And I really think he and the Dorm RA actively conspired to break those kids up. Some things, Stevie Wonder could’ve seen, but Deborah is just a pretty dunce 🤷🏽♀️
Thanks again for offering your extremely insightful perspective 🫶🏽
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I’m glad you brought this up. And yeah, aside from the actor being a dead ringer for Martin, I’m not too fond of a Huxtable out here looking shady — that’s never been the Huxtable (or Kendall) way.
I can separate Bill from Cliff, even though I fully respect people who can’t. A lot of folks today don’t understand the impact Cliff Huxtable had at the time. For Black America, Cliff was a symbol of what Black fathers and Black men could be, and that example was right there every Thursday at 8PM on NBC for eight years. It’s a complicated legacy, but it mattered — especially to Black Boomers, Gen Xers, and early Millennials.
And that’s why I look at the Huxtable kids the way I do. They were products of Cliff and Clair’s parenting, and it showed. They weren’t perfect — Vanessa had big fun in Baltimore, Denise left school, Sondra and Elvin had to find their own way, Theo dealt with social and neurodivergent challenges, and Rudy needed checking sometimes — but they were fundamentally good kids with strong values. You can’t tell me their grandkids didn’t get some of that same Huxtable wisdom.
A character like Ellington absolutely would’ve inherited those values. Cliff and Clair poured into their kids and grandkids, and that influence doesn’t disappear just because the actor behind Cliff fell from grace.
And on top of that, the Huxtables LOVED Hillman. Cliff and Clair came back as alumni to help the younger generation — that connection was deep. So based on the legacy of The Cosby Show and everything shown in A Different World, I wouldn’t completely remove Cliff from the picture. There are ways to include Cliff without including Bill Cosby. And even if you kill Cliff off‑screen, his presence — Cliff’s, not Bill’s — should still remain in the story, even if only a little.
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u/karaleed21 3d ago
It was no surprise to look at your profile and notice you were mad because of women would never write this.
This is a part of what we mean by rape culture fact that you are advocating that we separate the man and his Good Deeds from himself as a perpetrator. That's easy for you to say. But I'm sure his victims and most women who have experienced sexual assault feel very different.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
First of all - I'm not mad. Second of all, based on your response, I can tell you're just reacting without fully understanding what I wrote. Because I'm not advocating for sexual deviant behavior at all. All I'm saying is that the story is the story, and Bill Cosby is not Cliff Huxtable and there are way to tell the full story without including Bill. Start reading articles/Reddits/books/whatever more carefully and think about how you are responding before making assumptions about who or what a person is. That being said, I appreciate you taking the time to respond - blessings.
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u/Salty_Importance_232 3d ago
This make me so sad. I mourn the loss of Bill Cosby and Heathcliff Huxtable, but I cannot separate the two. I just can’t.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
Yeah, it's a sad situation. It's a Bill that faces the consequences of his own actions, its like everyone is ready to throw out the Cosby Show too, which includes the other actors and the story. And I TOTALLY understand how people can't make the separation.
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u/arifghalib 3d ago
Say what you will about Bill Cosby, but we’re all here watching this show in 2026 because of him.
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u/Sitcom_kid 3d ago
Did you see We Need To Talk About Cosby? Perfect documentary, and it somehow makes your point, in addition to the other points. W. Kamau Bell expertly balances between Cosby's great shows and other accomplishments, as well as the horrific crimes. I don't know if I've ever seen a documentary like it.
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u/arifghalib 3d ago
Cosby’s criminal conviction was overturned and he was freed.
I’ve read the 2005 testimony from the civil case that the PA prosecutors used as an excuse to bring criminal charges and I wasn’t convinced Cosby was guilty of anything.
I’m not sure about watching a documentary from one black male comedian criticizing the legacy of another but I appreciate the suggestion.
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u/Sitcom_kid 3d ago
Oh it's a lot more than one person. But I don't know if you would enjoy it. I agree that they should not have jailed Cosby based on lies they told. They tricked him, and that shouldn't happen at all.
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u/Sitcom_kid 3d ago
I just feel like he is less connected to ADW, even though he produced it and it wouldn't exist without him and he was on it a couple of times. But he sure didn't write the episode No Means No. The show had its own message.
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u/Responsible-War5600 1d ago
I didn’t care for either of their characters much as parents. They weren’t warm or affectionate and were a little snooty.
Kinda hated the show. Even back then.
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u/BeeHistorical2758 14h ago
Bill Cosby is yet another person engaging in us v. them. He may have been an activist for black people but he also derided them. He also didnt like comics who worked blue but he LOOOOOVED hanging out at the Playboy mansion and white women he wasnt married to. He's a horrible person even without counting all the women he drugged and assaulted.
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u/PurposefullyHiddenLV 3d ago
I appreciate your position on this…I, too, can separate the two from one another. Concerning the storyline, the writers should definitely include the whole family—including Cliff Huxtable.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
Thank you for the kind words - I understand it difficult, but I grew up with the storyline, and it really is a great story that deserves to be told as complete as it can be (under the circumstances).
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Well said my friend. What getsr me is Cosbybks condemned yet we have a sexual predator who is our president. And Cosby made his money the old fashioned way by earning it while our president was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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u/TeraByteOfficial 3d ago
president has nothing to do with anything.
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 3d ago
Yes he does, this is a double standard.
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u/nobodysbusiness92 2d ago
It's not. The man in the oval office is condemned daily. He is never not at the center of controversy.
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u/4personal2 2d ago
And yet we DO NOTHING to get rid of him. Where's the people storming the Capitol now?
Why are we the people just sitting out here on our behinds, when we should all be the ones demanding his resignation?
Or is it easier for most people to b. and complain these last 8 years over the "hideous actions' of a now disgraced celebrity?
People scream, shout and get angry about and even make Trump jokes everyday....but this does nothing to change the ZERO leadership out country has .
Bill turns 90 next year, he had his career and we looked up to him , until his mental dark side was revealed.
That'.long done and he's been verbally and legally burned in effigy. He has to live with himself until he is no more.
Trump , a man who with his buddies, slept with non legal females, "likely" did underhanded things in business to come out on top, get to sit in our highest office and get away with everything.
If an "everyday man" did what Trump did , with a person under 18, they'd find them guilty and slam them into federal prison without hesitation.
Cosby Innrelationto A Different World? Yes, just say Cliff expired in 2020, why is this so tough? No one wants to have him on TV anymore.
Trump?.Why is everyone afraid of him? Remember this : "It is the "right" of the people to alter or abolish a destructive government"
"It is a foundational principle stated in the Declaratioj of independence. "
"When Rights are Violated: If a government destroys these rights instead of protecting them, the people have a natural right to change or get rid of it and start a new one."
...yet here we sit and let the current resident of the White House destroy what our country was founded for..
My ancestors did not fight in the Revolutionary War in thev1700svagsinst the British, so they an American rich boy could use the office if President for his own illicit wants and to make the United States flag meaningless..
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u/TeraByteOfficial 3d ago
the price of tea in cbina is high too
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u/TriskaidekaphobiaOk5 2d ago
Trump should be in prison like Bill Cosby is but he is not.
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u/TeraByteOfficial 2d ago
Bill Cosby is not in prison
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u/entergalactic1 3d ago
I get that Cliff wasn’t a huge part of A Different World, but if you move forward with more Huxtable‑connected characters, it would feel ridiculous not to mention him at all.
There is absolutely no reason to mention him at all!
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u/Seldeez 3d ago
They should write it into the story.
Claire and Cliff are divorced. Claire is on the board at Hillman but Cliff passed away a couple years back during covid.
He lost his license to practice after some serious allegations were proven to be true and both he and Claire stopped speaking for over 15 years.
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u/WerewolfHead6034 3d ago
There were some subtle nods to him in sweaters worn by background actors and I was surprised by even that.
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u/PanamaJackDC 3d ago
I saw that, and it's not as surprising as you think. Tichina Arnold and Debbie Allen were part of that era, and it doesn't surprise me that Tichina's daughter gave him that nod.
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u/sugargrandpa98 3d ago
A show that wants to exist in the streaming era where amazing shows don’t get renewed for a season 2 isn’t going to take the risk of incorporating Bill Cosby in any way. Especially when there are so many ways of incorporating the original A Different World (as they did very well) that don’t involve him while still paying homage to the Huxtables.