on earth, i still wouldn't tell me. >> you have to tell me what you did, just tell me what they're going to do to your. >> unlike every other show on tv, it's showing an upper- middle-class black family. this was not all in the family, they were not tackling deep issues, but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless it is real, it does not seem like it moves anybody. if somebody is feeling something, you get to the heart and the mind. if you can hit the hearts and minds, you got yourself a hit. >> how was school? >> i brought home two children that may or may not be hours. >> the cosby show brought this tremendous audience to nbc. that was a bridge to us. our ratings went way up. >> even the theme song to