17 Things You Never Knew About ‘The Cosby Show’

13. Peter Costa’s awkwardness was real

Peter Costa played Rudy’s playmate Peter who lived across the street and he was a pretty awkward character. Well, the truth is that he had extreme stage fright and would clam up, which ended up working for the character.

14. A spin-off series came from Lisa Bonet’s nude photos

In 1986 19-year-old Lisa Bonet did a film called Angel Heart which was pretty racy and promoted with topless photos of her. Bill considered their audience and thought it would be better to send Lisa’s character off to college, which is how the spin off A Different World came to be.

15. Look who it is

She wasn’t the musical superstar she is today at the time, but a four-year-old Alicia Keys once played one of Rudy’s friends on the show. Adam Sandler also had his first acting gig on the show playing a friend of Theo’s named Smitty.