In Popular Culture
- In The Simpsons episode "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?", Homer laments the cancellation of The Cosby Mysteries, saying "That show had limitless possibilities!"
- A Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Patrick Stewart on the February 5, 1994 did a parody sketch of the Cosby series. Adam Sandler played Cosby as a buffoonish character who rambles on incoherently with dialog full of made-up nonsense words.
- In February 2010, as a promotion for the show Glee, character Rachel Berry used Twitter to show her lament and surprise at the show's cancellation, exclaiming "Wait, "The Cosby Mysteries" was cancelled?!?!".
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