TV & VIDEO - Oct. 18, 1990

No More Mural for Cos: Bill Cosby has removed a colorful mural shown during the opening title credits of “The Cosby Show” in a dispute with a teacher whose Harlem students inspired the artwork. The snit involves a mural painted on a Harlem building by children at the Creative Arts Workshop for Homeless Children and a similar painting shown on the top-rated NBC series. Workshop director Brookie Maxwell said that the children who painted the original should get credit on the TV show and be paid if the idea is marketed. NBC spokeswoman Rosemary O’Brien said that two months of negotiations between the workshop and the show’s producer, Carsey-Werner Co., failed when Maxwell “threatened” Cosby on Tuesday. Cosby released this statement on Wednesday: “I am deeply disappointed in that I had such high hopes for raising the spirits of the children with this mural. This would have been something that for another 10 years they could have pointed to with pride in that this was something they inspired.” Viewers tonight( will see revised opening credits with footage used last season.