The Cosby Show was one of the biggest surprise hits in American television history. Focusing on the everyday adventures of an upper-middle-class family, Dr. Heathcliff and Clair Huxtable are a happily married, dual-profession couple with aspirations of raising their 5 children (Sondra, Denise, Theodore, Vanessa, and Rudy) in an uplifting, positive environment.Bill Cosby brings his special comic genius to the role of Cliff Huxtable, a warm family man, who along with his lovely wife Clair, handles his family of five kids with a combination of warmth, humanity and humor. Cliff and Clair's love for the kids is matched only by their wisdom in dealing with the youngsters' clever schemes to achieve adolescent independence.