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16. Cockroach was fired

Carl Anthony Payne II played Theo’s friend Cockroach, but when he refused to cut his hair, he was let go from the show.

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17. They went to great lengths to hide baby bumps

During the third season Phylicia Rashad got pregnant, and they hid it by writing many of her scenes in bed or having her hold something like a teddy bear over her stomach. Lisa Bonet got pregnant with Lenny Kravitz shortly after the spin off A Different World had started, so they dropped her and then later brought her back to The Cosby Show.

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