Mister 8

On the hunt for Mister 8
February 25th, 2009

Culp and Cosby out for dinner

This clip is taken from the Cosby Show, season 3, episode 23, “Bald and Beautiful.” I wonder if some viewers, like a younger Armstrong Sabian, totally missed the point of the following scenes, not having seen the original I Spy, or knowing who Robert Culp was. Then again, I thought Lena Horne was a character on the Cosby show as a kid, until someone taught me better.

Notice that Culp’s name in the episode is Scott Kelly, a sort of portmanteau of his and Cosby’s names on I Spy. Jill Kelly is played by Ann Reinking, renowned for her work for Bob Fosse, especially in the musical Chicago, and her choreography for the revival of Chicago that spawned the Academy Award winning movie version.

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