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William Henry Cosby Jr. (/ ˈ k ɒ z b i / KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality.He performed over a period of decades in film, television, and stand-up comedy, with his longest-running live-action role being that of Cliff Huxtable in the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992).
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (often referred to simply as Fat Albert) is an educational American animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself.
Sean Carruthers of AllMusic rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "Those who only know Bill Cosby as an '80s television star and product pitchman don't know how truly funny and edgy he used to be when he first started out." [1] Vinyl copies of the album had all the words of the title on the front cover in magenta. [2]
Fat Albert was intentionally written as an alternative to the archetypal, funny fat character. Speaking to The New York Times in 2013, Bill Cosby stated, “I changed Albert, making him the leader ...
Cosby disliked the character designs used in the special, with Mundie explaining that "[Cosby] wanted [the protagonists] to be more a fun bunch of kids." For the football match sequence, stock footage of NFL games play in the background, and when Fat Albert tackles the Green Street Terrors, stock shots of building demolitions are used. [4]
Paparazzi got photos of Cosby, who also had a medical mask and cane, getting out of a vehicle in Manhattan, Metro reported. Cosby hasn’t been seen much since being released from a Pennsylvania ...
I Started Out as a Child is Bill Cosby's second album, released in 1964. It is the first Cosby album that features his childhood memories in his comic routines, but many of the tracks are still observational humor. The title of the album is the first words spoken by Cosby at the beginning of Side 1, as indicated in the liner notes on the back cover
A Philadelphia jazz club called LaRose was the backdrop for a rare Bill Cosby appearance/performance. The 80-year-old comedian took to the stage just two months before jury selection begins in his ...