# The lost cosby show script **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311 "2015-10-02T22:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/1 "2015-10-02T22:22:42Z")
This is amazing IF it is true. [http://thelostcosbyshowepisode.blogspot.com/](http://thelostcosbyshowepisode.blogspot.com/) Does anybody know if it is true? Powerful writing and very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/2 "2015-10-02T22:50:39Z")
I’m reading it now… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/3 "2015-10-02T22:50:42Z")
Yeah… that’s pretty clearly fake. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/4 "2015-10-02T22:52:09Z")
Fakerooni from the get-go. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/5 "2015-10-02T23:15:19Z")
I have determined that the font in the linked script is not the font that was used by the Cosby show at that time. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/6 "2015-10-02T23:19:34Z")
The line about the “Phillies” rug tying the room together was a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/7 "2015-10-02T23:30:35Z")
From the very first line of the intro: > [@](#): > > In 1992, Bachem Macuno secured a coveted job as the writers assistant on The Cosby Show, through his connection to Cosby’s TV daughter Lisa Bonet, whom he had served for some years previous as a dealer of lab-grade hydroponic marijuana. Nowhere near triggering Poe’s Law. Obvious send-up. [Bachem Macuno](https://www.blogger.com/profile/05667533391680206856)is a regular creator of rude satire/parody blogposts. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/8 "2015-10-03T03:58:49Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > From the very first line of the intro: Nowhere near triggering Poe’s Law. Obvious send-up. > > [Bachem Macuno](https://www.blogger.com/profile/05667533391680206856)is a regular creator of rude satire/parody blogposts. Actually, now that I read it again I see that this line doesn’t make sense. “Lisa Bonet also proved a loyal friend after his firing, reassuring him, “No matter what, I’ll still buy pot from you. Hey, did you hear about the crazy episode somebody on the show wrote about rape?”” She would have known that he was the one who had written it and would have been VERY upset with him. Anyway, this guy IS a very good writer. I just read/watched another one of his creations on you tube. And that script is very good, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/9 "2015-10-03T04:03:21Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Anyway, this guy IS a very good writer. I just read/watched another one of his creations on you tube. And that script is very good, IMHO. He’s done some funny stuff over the years. While reading the script I could actually picture Cosby and company playing it out. In my head it seemed like my memories of the real show. Well… except for the actual content. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/10 "2015-10-03T10:50:28Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > In my head it seemed like my memories of the real show. Am I the only person in this Universe who couldn’t stand the show? 😕 As far as I was concerned, it was both lame and sickeningly sweet. I switched it off in the middle of my second episode and never watched it again. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/11 "2015-10-03T14:51:55Z")
In my head, I tended to tune out the rest of the cast, it was typical sitcom fare. I hadn’t listened to all of Cosby’s comedy records (that’s a thing people did, before there was video-on-demand) so his antics were intriguing to me. I would often switch channels during The Simpsons commercial breaks – that’s another thing people did back then, before On Demand programming. I’m trying to make the point that it was a different time then for American television. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/12 "2015-10-03T22:56:54Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > In my head, I tended to tune out the rest of the cast, it was typical sitcom fare. I hadn’t listened to all of Cosby’s comedy records (that’s a thing people did, before there was video-on-demand) so his antics were intriguing to me. I was a huge Bill Cosby fan when I was in junior high (late 60’s). Pretty much memorized all his records; stayed up late to watch _I Spy_. I’m not sure why, but I just lost interest in him, to the point that I’ve never watched even a minute of his show. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/13 "2015-10-03T23:10:08Z")
Is there a point to this thread now? It’s an obvious fake. What’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/14 "2015-10-04T00:03:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is there a point to this thread now? It’s an obvious fake. What’s the point? Well, it obviously can’t compare to the earth-shattering importance of rating video games, but evidently some people find it entertaining. If you don’t, here’s an idea: stop reading it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/15 "2015-10-04T00:06:26Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Well, it obviously can’t compare to the earth-shattering importance of rating video games, but evidently some people find it entertaining. If you don’t, here’s an idea: stop reading it. Yikes. My apologies. Didn’t expect that. Carry on. Wow, I had no idea I would get that. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/16 "2015-10-04T00:10:10Z")
Very silly, and quite mean, but as a recovering Bill Cosby fan, I found that oddly therapeutic. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/17 "2015-10-04T00:36:03Z")
I get what they were trying to do, but I thought it lost all humor when they switched gears. I think one that was more “wink-wink, nudge-nudge” would have worked better. Or one that really cranked up the satire. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-cosby-show-script/733311/18 "2015-10-04T13:50:14Z")
The real missing script… Denise: What’s up, Dad? My friend Judy and I will be studying up in my bedroom. Cliff: Great. Say, why don’t I make you girls some drinks first? Judy: Yummy. Your Dad is so cool, Denise. Denise: Yeah. You know, I’m feeling sleepy all of a sudden…