It's just not fair. For years, no one dared to cross the line and say anything against the show or its protagonists. On the contrary, people used to cling to their TV sets, whenever it or one of its early reruns where broadcast. Then, all of a sudden, with one silly little phrase by Nick Hornby (which was, admittedly, really funny) times changed. Cosby was out.
Merely reduced to ridicule, the sweater, once worn or even knitted and worn by just about everyone, became a symbol for dullness and the petit bourgeois himself, small-minded and insular.
But it's not fair. We all have developed since back then. We all took off the jumpers and reached out to highspeed internet and microfibre. And so would have Cosby, if the show had continued to the very day. Back then it was actually something new. And we need not deny that we might have enjoyed it - in those good old times. Do the maths, folks!
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The Maths