Bill Cosby

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Often there are references to Bill Cosby's humor, specifically The Cosby Show and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Appearances

• Second Games Menu — The description of Homestar Talker, Homestar says the darndest things, is a play on the name Kids Say the Darndest Things, which was a show co-hosted by Art Linkletter and Bill Cosby.
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — The Cheat dresses as Russell, one of the characters from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids cartoon.
• Email mile — In the DVD comentary, Mike says his PBTC Bubs impression is pretty much his Fat Albert impression.
• Email car — In the DVD comentary, there is a discussion of NBC's Thursday night sitcom lineup including The Cosby Show.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Coach Z dresses as Theo Huxtable from The Cosby Show. The shirt Coach Z is wearing is from the first-season episode "A Shirt Story," in which Denise tries to hand-make Theo a designer shirt and butchers it in the process. Malcolm-Jamal Warner played the role of this character.
• Email alternate universe — The pronunciation "ohbee kaybee" for "okay" was frequently said by the character Mushmouth on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. It also made an appearance during a bit about novacain and the dentist's office in Bill Cosby Himself.
• Weclome Back — The city of "Thuxtable" is a reference to Theo Huxtable, a character on The Cosby Show.
• Quote of the Week — In the quote for May 17, 2007, Marzipan notes that she found a worm in her garden and named it "Fat Albert."