Bill Cosby snubs Dr. Rice

Roll Call ^ | 3-25-2004 | Ed Henry

[RandallFlagg]

"The man came back, opened the door
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The heart ate him up.
Thump-thump. Ohhh!!! SCREEOWW!!
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It strolled down the hallway
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Rang for the elevator
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Fourth floor...YEEAAGGHHH!!!
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Went out into the street
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Ate up all the cabs
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Beep-beep! CR-r-r-r-ackkk!!!
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Ate up the Empire State Building...
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ShLeeooop!
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Ate the New Jersey Turnpike
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It's in your home state
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It's outside of your door
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And it's going to eat YOU up!
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OOOHHHH! I've got that Jello! Smear it all over the floor... GET OUTTA HERE, CHICKENHEART!!!!"

[churchillbuff]

"Chuck Jones," "My Hernia," "My Boy Scout Troop," and "200 MPH" were hilarious, too. He had so many funny routines, I can hardly remember them all.

Yes, in his professional work - - which is clean, family-oriented and genuinely funny - - he sure does a good job of hiding the fact that he's a black racist.

[Fedora]

LOL!

Here's a fun Fat Albert site:

Sherman Klump vs. Fat Albert

The Commentary

STEVE: There's no doubt about it, Klump is going to squash Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids before you can say "All you can eat buffet". The most obvious reason to begin with is age. In general, any adult is going to whoop a kid. Size, strength, and experience are just too much better as you get older. You just don't often see kids successfully taking on adults in a physical match unless you spend too much time watching Spy Kids or Disney. A second blatant reason is speed. Have you ever watched Fat Albert and pals do anything? It's always animated v-e-r-y--s-l-o-w-l-y. They kind of mosey from scene to scene, and there's just not a whole lot of movement going on. They seem to be physically limited by the animators to not do anything that requires a whole lot of motion. Definitely not a plus going into a fight. Klump, on the other hand, is full of comedic, wacky movement, which can happen at great speed. This is kind of like Neo being bored while taking on agents in The Matrix. No contest.

Another overwhelming factor that assures Klump's victory is the men behind the competitors. Fat Albert, played by Bill Cosby, is a quiet, retrospective, instructional man. Klump on the other hand, is played by Eddie Murphy. Eddie is a loud, rambunctious guy who doesn't care for rules and usually gets what he wants. Is there really a contest here?

The only lesson that Fat Albert is going to learn in this episode is how to take a whoopin'.

JOHN: Steve, you're making about as much sense as Mushmouth. Clearly, Fat Albert and the gang are going to lay a beating on Klump and his family. It's gonna be N.C.: No contest!

First of all, Fat Albert is clearly the single fattest person in this fight, if not in human history. So in any one-on-one sumo-style encounter, you can count on Fat Albert to lay out some Big Pun. Moreover, I have no idea where you get the idea that Fat and the Gang are slow. As I remember, the interstitial scenes of them running had them running so fast, their feet hardly ever touched the ground. Fat Albert, in particular, ran like a great big graceful 500 pound gazelle. You know, the kind that hungrily devours hyenas and lions as mid-morning snacks. Albert will need the Horn of Plenty's full caloric output to merely maintain his weight, so he'll be on that horn like a hungry hawk on a chihuahua.

I also don't think that the kids are naturally worse fighters than the adults. With the exception of Hercules, Hercules, Hercules, all of the Klumps are well past their peak fighting years, whereas the Cosby Kids are all at or approaching their physical primes. Frankly, Grandma Klump seems more interested in lovemaking than fighting, so count her out of this fight the second the pimpstrutting Rudy enters the picture. Moreover, Klump is always being undermined by Dean Richmond, or some other meddling functionary, not to mention trying to keep Buddy Love under control. By contrast, the Cosby kids seem to have no natural enemies, and could in fact receive assistance from the Harlem Globetrotters or other crossover cartoon stars. Also, the Kids will have the crazy bum Mudfoot on their side, so that could neutralize at least two or three Klumps from the smell alone.

[Continues--click on link to see the fight. . .]

[Spruce]

No way for a gentleman to act. No way at all. Shame on him.

[Lancey Howard]

Whatever respect I may have once had for Cosby is now completely gone.
How rude can you get?

[Lancey Howard]

Talk about poorly written. Can anyone explain this?

There was a bit more civility and bipartisanship on display after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) noted that as usual, the 92-year-old Height was the best-dressed woman in the joint.

Insiders tell HOH that Bush, who was sitting between Height and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), leaned in and whispered that he thought the Congresswoman had that honor.

Allegedly, Bush just dissed the old lady sitting next to him because.... what?... he didn't think her ears could pick up his whisper to Pelosi on the other side?

(P.S. The "insider" was Pelosi - - had to be.)

[Lancey Howard]

He had so many funny routines, I can hardly remember them all.

Yeah, he was funny back in the '60s.

[Terry Mross]

If you're black and you do well without the democrats' help, you're a "house" (you know what), according to Harry Belafonte. I can only assume Bill feels the same way. Very sad.

[tiamat]

YES!

"The Chicken Heart" was my all time favorite! And THEN the kids smear jello on the floor and set the couch alight.

My cousins and I played that one over and over.

Always good!

Thank you for reminding me!

[CaptainK]

Yes, in his professional work - - which is clean, family-oriented and genuinely funny - - he sure does a good job of hiding the fact that he's a black racist.

In his professional life he tried to pass himself off as the prototype of Dr. Huxtable, faithfully married,devoted family man. In real life, through out the years, his affairs and one night stands come out of the wood work in a steady stream. Not to mention the possible love children that get his hush money.

[Saundra Duffy]

That is disgusting and hurts Cosby's image. He's just a petty small close-minded ignorant rude sob. And here I thought he was a good guy. Silly me. Ms. Rice is a great lady.

[MississippiMan]

He performed in Mississippi several years ago up in Tupelo; in fact, his performance was the inaugural act in Tupelo's new coliseum that they were rather proud of. He got something like $100K for his hour of performance, and I heard he refused to take part in anything else. Wouldn't meet the mayor. Wouldn't be a part of the ribbon-cutting. Walked on stage, did his hour, walked off, into his limo and off to his plane. A real class act.

MM

[OldEagle]

"There was a bit more civility and bipartisanship on display after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) noted that as usual, the 92-year-old Height was the best-dressed woman in the joint. "

The only way this would be bipartisian is if Ms Height were a Republican.

[verity]

He is/was a brillant comedian.

[Badeye]

Cosby did more damage to African Americans with his ridiculous show, and his "Fat Albert" schtick than the KKK did in the past fifty years in my opinon.

btw, he's been boycotting Cincinnati for going on five years now.

[Palladin]

Why Cincinnati?

[Badeye]

He (Cosby) supports the former crack dealer that is the motivating force behind the boycott after the April, 2000 riots. He cancelled a scheduled run at the Aronoff Center (Cincy's Madison Square Garden) citing the police brutality, etc etc etc.

Funny how he never mentioned that all the cops killed in Cincy in the past three decades were killed by African Americans....couple of them were literally executed in recent years.

I have no respect for this man, who during his career has furthered racial stereotypes for profit, then offered an absurd, surreal "example" of African American life, and now in the twilight of his life has suddenly become "racially aware".

[cricket]

"Many people just can't see with their partisan shades on. .......it's a mental disease"

. . .Liberals are the primary carriers of this disease.

[rbmillerjr]

Maybe he didn't want his enunciation critiqued lol

[dfwgator]

Another blast from the past.