Carl anthony payne 2 leaves cosby show

Carl Anthony Payne II has interesting recollections regarding unanswered questions about his time on “The Cosby Show.” The first is how his character, Walter Bradley, became lovingly known as Cockroach, the best friend of Theo Huxtable, who was played by Malcolm Jamal Warner.

The New Jersey native joined the cast of stars, which also included show creator Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keishia Knight Pulliam, and Lisa Bonet, who respectively played his wife and three of his four dauthers, in 1986 during Season 2.

“It was my understanding that all these characters were based on his real family and his real family friends, and whatnot. And his son at the time had a friend with a really interesting or funny nickname, really unique nickname,” he began. “So, obviously, you can’t use the same name, so a lot of people looked at cockroaches as being bad … but he was like, let me flip it, turn it into something good, ‘cause cockroaches are the strongest things that make it