I saw him in the 1970s. The only comedian I have ever paid to see live. Very funny and I laughed and laughed that night. After his 1980s tv show which I found to be a bit bland I stopped paying much attention to him, I would occasionally see him on some talk show and he could still be funny but that was about it for me. Since this scandal has arisen in the 2000s and his political statements about 0 and conservatives he is now relegated to the usual suspects of the Hollywood left. His stuff about the black community seems like common sense to me and not much else.
He’s a good standup - a genius, in fact. I’m not surprised he’s also a showbiz low life.
It was over for me when he jumped on the Tawana Brawley bandwagon.