Being on the set with Bill was always an adventure. Bill’s genius as an actor and a comedian was why I was so very nervous, when in December of my first season, the writers had Martin spending the entire...
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WORKING WITH A GENIUS
Bill Cosby is a Genius. He is also a very funny fellow! That is usually my response when asked what it was like working with Bill. There really is no other way to put it: Working on the show...
SOUL FOOD FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Controversy surrounding schools serving soul food for black history month.
RESPONSE TO STEVE HARVEY CRITICS
Here is my response to those folks who criticized Steve Harvey for taking a meeting with the President of the United States.
THE COSBY SHOW FINALE
The contradiction between how I was treated behind the scenes on the Cosby Show and how I was treated away from the show was never more clear, or more true than during the Cosby Show finale. That Martin Kendall was...
ABSOLUTE SCRUBBINESS
My complete and utter scrubbiness, my absolute expendability, was made crystal clear to me toward the end of my second season on the show. One of the good things that came from my staying out of my dressing closet,...
SCRUB STATUS CONFIRMED
There were a few major slights, but mostly it was a parade of little things that confirmed my scrub status. For instance, there was the day one of the guys on the set refused to get me water. I...
LIFE AS A SCRUB
Being on The Cosby Show made me a household name. Wherever I went people would say, “Hey, there’s, uhm, what’s-his-name from the Huxtables.” So, perhaps not a household name, but a recognizable face and certainly a recognizable voice. “I...
THE EYE OF THE TEMPESTT
Following the incident with Tempestt, I kept a wide berth of her. If she was anywhere around, I tried to make certain I was in a different zip code. Of course, being cast mates made that rather difficult so,...
TEMPESTT AND HER F-ING HORMONES!
The only cast member I had friction with was Tempestt Bledsoe, (Vanessa). The cast of the Cosby Show was a family knit as tightly as one of Cliff Huxtable’s famous sweaters. There was no way that I was just...
THE CAST AND MY SECRET CRUSH
I liked Lisa quite a bit. However, the cast member I liked the most was Malcolm Jamal-Warner, (Theo). Malcolm has an endearing quality about him. People want to be his friend. I was no different. He was always friendly and...
KISSING LISA BONET: THOSE LIPS!
In my career, I have been fortunate enough to kiss two of the most beautiful women in Hollywood–three if you count Troy Beyer. I kissed Halle Berry in the film Strictly Business and of course, while on the Cosby...
