Russell and Anna Huxtable

&nbsp Russell and Anna Huxtable (Earl Hyman and Clarice Taylor) are Cliff Huxtable's parents. They were originally from North Carolina, before moving to Philadelphia and later, New Jersey. Russell was a touring musician in the "Jazz Caravan", playing the trombone, earning the nickname "Slide" Huxtable. Anna is presumed to have been a housewife and mother, as Russell was on the road for many months out of the years. They, as well as Cliff and Clair, and Clair's parents, attended the civil rights March on Washington in 1963.

In the second and third seasons of the series, Cliff and his family organized "entertainment" for his parents' anniversaries, in the form of lip-sync and dance routines to Ray Charles' "The Night Time (Is the Right Time)" in Season 2, and James Brown's "I Got the Feeling" in Season 3. These are among the best-known, and most popular, episodes of the series, especially the first one. Grandparents  of   Sondra   Densie   Theo   Vanessa   Rudy And   Elijah   Ray   Sanders