# I hate Olivia on the Cosby Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781 "2014-02-07T19:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/41 "2014-02-09T13:51:03Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > According to Jaleel White (who later played Steve Urkel, the show [originally](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/06/qa-jaleel-white-on-his-31-year-career) planned to hire him as Rudy. But instead he was cast on the horrible Cosby Clone [“Charlie & Co. (1985)”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088492/combined). :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/42 "2014-02-09T14:29:21Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I must have blocked this out of my memory. I can NOT recall a time that the Simpsons didn’t come on Sunday. When the Simpsons moved to Thursdays, Dr. Hibbert was introduced as a parody of Dr. Huxtable, complete with crazy colorful sweaters. Thus concludes today’s Simpsons Fun Fact. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/43 "2014-02-09T22:04:43Z")
> [@Mann\_Slaughter](#): > > But instead he was cast on the horrible Cosby Clone [“Charlie & Co. (1985)”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088492/combined). :dubious: Did he do _that?_ ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/44 "2014-02-09T22:22:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > When the Simpsons moved to Thursdays, Dr. Hibbert was introduced as a parody of Dr. Huxtable, complete with crazy colorful sweaters. Thus concludes today’s Simpsons Fun Fact. There was also a scene in one ep where Bart asked Homer why\*\* The Cosby Show\*\* was going off the air. After Homer’s reading of the studio line, Bart says if he had a show he’d ride that sucker into the ground until they pulled it off the air. In 1993, it was funny; in 2014, you realize the joke’s on **you.** ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/45 "2014-02-10T00:18:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Lisa Bonet ate no basil. 😃 iswydt… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/46 "2014-02-11T00:38:03Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I think a lot of people, me included, would argue that she was a Cousin Oliver-ia. Yes, that’s why I called her that. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/47 "2014-02-11T03:14:16Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Yes, that’s why I called her that. Sorry, I somehow misread that as adding her instead of a cousin Oliver-ia. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/48 "2014-02-12T00:35:23Z")
I figured something like that must’ve happened 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/49 "2014-02-12T21:57:57Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [Cousin Oliver](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CousinOliver) Wait, Cousin Oliver was real? I thought he was a made up joke for those Nick at Nite/TV Land commercials. They had him showing up in episodes where he clearly didn’t, and I never realized there were episodes where he really did. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781/50 "2014-02-13T00:37:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Wait, Cousin Oliver was real? I thought he was a made up joke for those Nick at Nite/TV Land commercials. They had him showing up in episodes where he clearly didn’t, and I never realized there were episodes where he really did. There was also really a 2nd Darren on Bewitched and substitute Duke boys (though playing new characters) for a while on the Dukes of Hazzard, in case you weren’t aware. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-olivia-on-the-cosby-show/680781.md?page=2)