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	This Cosby show is undeserved - The Boston Globe
		Perhaps if Cosby had made his comments on a comedy stage instead of at a tony event attended by, among others, NAACP president Kweisi Mfume and Howard University president H. Patrick Swygert, people would be laughing more and criticizing less.
		Cosby, meanwhile, has been lambasted as a man who, having achieved his own successes, is now sneering at those still clamoring to get out of dire situations.
		Had a white person made comments similiar to those expressed by Cosby, without fail he or she would have been strong-armed into an apology (whether or not such amends were made out of sincere regret or hasty self-preservation).
	www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2004/06/01/this_cosby_show_is_undeserved (802 words)

	The Black Commentator - - Issue 92 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By simple standards of civility Cosby is guilty of an extreme lapse in “personal responsibility” by dint of his behavior to his audience and to the millions of people he slandered.
		Cosby advocates a neutered Black politics of individual striving within the parameters that are allowed by those in power. He projects his own, self-invented persona as a “role model” for African Americans to follow as individuals, while rejecting collective action to alter power relationships.
		However, Cosby’s inability to perceive that he is obligated as a matter of “personal responsibility” to atone for his blanket verbal assaults, is his personal problem.
	www.blackcommentator.com /93/93_cover_cosby.html (2306 words)

	CMT.com : Bill Cosby : Biography
		Before Cosby, fl comics were largely relegated to the so-called "chitlin circuit" of fl nightclubs and theaters, their albums banned from white-owned record stores; after Cosby, comedians of all racial and cultural backgrounds found a home in the mainstream, and were even given the opportunity to prove their talents in major film and television roles.
		Cosby quickly distinguished himself from his peers in a number of ways: not only did his relaxed, conversational style rely on warm, anecdotal childhood recollections instead of one-liners and gags, but unlike other fl comedians, he refused to tell racial jokes or use profanities, establishing himself as a talent suitable for all ages and backgrounds.
		With the program, Cosby suffered his first major artistic setback; although NBC committed to two seasons of the show, ratings were weak, and at the end of the two-year period NBC pulled the plug.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/cosby_bill/bio.jhtml (905 words)

	Rita Cosby - Meet the faces of MSNBC - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cosby also was granted a rare, private meeting with Pope John Paul II after receiving an exclusive letter from Timothy McVeigh explaining why he carried out the Oklahoma City bombing.
		Cosby joined Fox News Channel at its inception from WBTV, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. During her tenure there, she broke numerous stories, reporting that Susan Smith drowned her two young sons and that the father of NBA superstar Michael Jordan was murdered.
		In 1998, Cosby was presented with the USC Distinguished Alumni Award. She speaks several languages and is fluent in Spanish, having lived in Seville, Spain.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8755935 (348 words)

	Bill Cosby
		Cosby had never worked as an actor, but NBC brass noticed that his appeal was broader than just fl and white.
		Cosby's character, by contrast, was a Rhodes scholar, and Culp's equal partner in espionage.
		Cosby's son, Ennis, was a 27-year-old doctoral student at Columbia University when he was shot and killed while changing the tire on his Mercedes.
	www.nndb.com /people/674/000022608 (1101 words)

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		Cosby's return to television after eight years was promoted by what he perceived as a lack of relevance and an abundance of superficiality in TV comedy programming.
		Cosby made his motion picture debut in a powerful and dramatic role in the film "Man and Boy," which was set in the post-Civil War era.
		When Cosby and his pals yelled at the top of their lungs under the Ninth Street Bridge, the echo could be heard for blocks.
	www.brooksinternational.com /Bill_Cosby_520.htm (1824 words)

	The My Hero Project - Bill Cosby
		Cosby was born on July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Cosby did a continuation of the show “Kids say the Darndest Things” where Cosby has candid interviews with children listening to how they “try to explain to him some of life's deepest rules”, (ZBC television).
		Cosby is also one of very few comedians who does not use race as one of his themes for comedy.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=cosby_fredericksburg_04 (1367 words)

	ABC News: Cosby: African-Americans 'Not Holding Up Their End'
		In a series of "Conversations with Cosby" held in cities with large urban and poor populations, Cosby has said African-Americans are not "holding up their end of the deal" and need to take more responsibility for their families and communities.
		Cosby grew up in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood, seeing little of his father who was a mess steward in the Navy.
		Cosby is the creator of Fat Albert and played Heathcliff Huxtable on "The Cosby Show." He has won four Emmy Awards, eight Grammy's, the NAACP Image Award, the Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award and is a member of the Hall of Fame of the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences.
	abcnews.go.com /Nightline/story?id=892020&page=1 (642 words)

	Cosby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cosby was an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS Television from 1996 to 2000.
		The eponymous star of the series was Bill Cosby, who played grumpy Hilton Lucas, a man forced into early (and unwanted) retirement.
		(Initially, Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth Lucas; however, due to lack of chemistry between her and Cosby, the producers hired Rashad instead.) The couple had one daughter, Erica Lucas, portrayed by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cosby (288 words)

	Bill Cosby to Blacks: Stop Blaming 'The White Man' -- 07/02/2004
		Cosby bristled at any notion that he should tone down his views so they will not be taken out of context and exploited.
		Cosby's own personal life has come under scrutiny in the past for his admitted extra marital affair with a woman named Shawn Byers in the 1970s.
		Cosby has denied he is Jackson's father, but he admitted providing financial support for her.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200407/SPE20040702a.html (1730 words)

	Project 21 Black Conservative New Visions Editorial: Thank You, Bill Cosby, For Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time
		Like his dissenters from the Cosby Show era, Cosby is criticized for speaking the truth and presenting an alternate - and realistic - point of view.
		Cosby should be commended for airing his dead-on sentiments.
		For those who think white people shouldn't be allowed to agree with Cosby and judge us by his words, know that they suffer some of the same problems as we do.
	www.nationalcenter.org /P21NVFritschCosby904.html (683 words)

	Cosby, Bill
		Cosby began his career as a stand?up comedian and in that arena developed his trademark of using raceless humor to capture audience appeal.
		Cosby also starred in a number of other movies, but his Everyman character, so successful on the small screen, did not translate into box office revenues in theatrical release.
		Cosby's personal style is stamped on all his products, and his creative technique and signature are reflected in each book he writes or series he produces.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/C/htmlC/cosbybill/cosbybill.htm (1460 words)

	Cosby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cosby is nestled in a valley and is home to arts and crafts shops, realty offices, quilt shops, quaint restaurants, dulcimer shops and friendly Smoky Mountain folks.
		Cosby is well known as the Moonshine Capital of the World and the movie Thunder Road (1958) is the story of what was once a wild and wide open Tennessee tradition.
		Cosby Campground is also the Cocke County entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
	www.cockecounty.org /cosby.html (172 words)

	CNN.com - The outspoken Bill Cosby - Nov 11, 2004
		Cosby's ire is focused at the African-American community: its rates of juvenile delinquency, its parenting, the coarse language of its youth.
		Cosby first caused controversy after making a speech at a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v.
		On the other hand, Cosby was one of the first African-Americans to star in a TV series, "I Spy" -- and received equal billing with his co-star, Robert Culp, to boot.
	www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/11/cosby (1229 words)

	Cosby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		People on the "COSBY SHOW" board have complained about the inferred message there that any young adult who didn't go to college or become a "professional" was looked upon as a "slacker" or "not living up to their potential." This was true.
		Cosby jumped in the episode when Griffin (Doug E Doug) fls out the entire Sesame Street-like neighborhood installing a generator in anticipation of Y2K.
		Cosby was trying to capture a slice of life in an upper-middle class fl family.
	www.jumptheshark.com /c/cosby.htm (1669 words)

	Bill Cosby Show
		Cosby won three consecutive best dramatic actor Emmy Awards for I-Spy (which was only the third show to prominently feature an African-American since Amos 'n' Andy was cancelled in 1952).
		The Bill Cosby Show debuted in September of 1969, featuring Cosby as a gym teacher at a (fictional) Los Angeles area high school; it remains one of the most underrated series in television history.
		Plotlines on The Bill Cosby Show varied from the TV formulaic (Chet is cast in a commercial and forced to eat bowl after bowl of a breakfast cereal), so-called 'relevant' issues (Chet becomes the go-to-guy for protesting students), to the semi-serious (a withdrawn youngster who refuses to talk follows Chet home from a settlement house).
	www.tvparty.com /cosby1.html (865 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bill Cosby holds workshop in Detroit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		DETROIT (AP) — Bill Cosby returned to the city for an empowerment workshop, saying there are serious problems facing fls in Detroit that can be resolved if the community puts forth the effort.
		The workshop was co-hosted by Cosby and Barbara Reed, a social worker.
		Cosby visited Detroit in October 2005 as part of a tour to encourage community involvement and self-improvement.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-10-09-cosby-detroit_x.htm?csp=34 (269 words)

	Cosby News
		He is one of America's favorite television dads, and today Bill Cosby urged some real-life parents in Chicago to take more responsibility with their children.Cosby was Wednesday's featured speaker at the...
		Comedian, actor and education activist Bill Cosby is in Chicago Wednesday with a message of responsibility for parents -- especially for fathers and sons.
		Comedian and Education Activist Dr. Bill Cosby brings his message of adults taking responsibility for the lives of their children to Chicago's parents and students at the Chicago Public Schools Fourth Annual...
	www.topix.net /tv/cosby (685 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Bill Cosby \| PBS
		Cosby's first acting assignment, in the espionage series I Spy (1965–68), made him the first fl actor to perform in a starring dramatic role on network television.
		Cosby's most successful work, The Cosby Show, appeared on NBC from 1984 to 1992, becoming one of the most popular situation comedies in television history.
		Cosby was awarded a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1984.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/bill_cosby.html (380 words)

	DeLay: Zero percent chance of jail time - Rita Cosby Specials - MSNBC.com
		COSBY: What was going through your mind when they actually booked you? Here you had to go to a sheriff's department, got the mug shot, got the fingerprints. It's got to be humiliating.
		COSBY: A trial date hasn't been set. It may not even go to trial. But should it go to trial, this could drag on for who knows how long. Some people are saying for the good of your party, maybe you should step down, maybe it's too much of a distraction.
		COSBY: In 2006, all the House seats are up are up for grabs. The last election, you won by 55 percent.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9777784 (2453 words)

	Amazon.com: Bill Cosby, Himself: Video: Bill Cosby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cosby, using only a microphone and a chair, discusses his take on raising kids and the illogical nature of children and the futility of trying to argue with a child that in the end may be smarter than you.
		Notable highlights include Cosby's ruminations on the meaning of the all-purpose phrase "I don't know" to kids, and Cosby describing the effect raising children has on his wife Camille's mental state and the pitch of her voice.
		Cosby's humor resonates so well with audiences because he is describing and joking about things we all know and understand to some degree.
	www.amazon.com /Bill-Cosby-Himself/dp/6302428122 (1914 words)

	Matt Rosenberg on Bill Cosby & Blogging on National Review Online
		But there were also several indignant reactions in print, and Cosby was feeling sufficient heat to issue a press release on the matter.
		Cosby's central theme simply was this: Better parenting and educational achievement are in fl people's best interest, and some have failed miserably.
		The slow but now-steady spread of the Cosby story illustrates one more way bloggers serve an invaluable function: not just by rebutting or correcting the news; but by watering and "sunshining" stories that are dying on the vine because they disrupt the pre-conceived liberal agendas of media elites.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/rosenberg200406030907.asp (1128 words)

	Bill Cosby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cosby met his wife Camille while he was performing stand-up in Washington D.C., in the early 1960s, and she was a student at the University of Maryland.
		Cosby again came under sharp criticism, and again he was largely unapologetic for his stance when he made similar remarks during a speech in a July 1 Rainbow Coalition meeting commemorating the anniversary of Brown v.
		Cosby has been depicted on Aaron McGruder's Adult Swim show "The Boondocks" as a perpetually rambling person who was kidnapped by Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy (though they returned him ten minutes later).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Cosby (4063 words)

	Bill Cosby & The Flap That Wasn't - CBS News
		Cosby used the high profile and somber setting to issue biting, direct and sometimes sarcastic swipes at things he finds unacceptable and destructive in the fl community.
		Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP president who was on stage with Cosby, said later that not only did he agree with Cosby, not only did he make similar points in his own speeches, but that he had just heard the same points made by the philosophers in his barbershop.
		I did discover that the head of the NAACP legal defense fund, Theodore Shaw, spoke after Cosby at the commemoration and pointed out that many problems fls face are not "self-inflicted" and that most of the people on welfare aren't fl.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/05/26/opinion/meyer/main619640.shtml (1317 words)

	Gatlinburg's Quiet Next Door Neighbor Cosby, Tennessee
		Cosby, Tennessee-- If you have a yearning for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park the way it used to be without all the crowds of tourists, perhaps a vacation in the Cosby and Newport area would be to your liking.
		For instance, both Newport and it's cousin town of Cosby, were once known for their enthusiastic involvement in the moonshine industry during Prohibition.
		Found in the middle of Cosby, this restaurant is open daily in season and on week-ends December through March.
	www.gatlinburg-tennessee.org /cosby_tennessee.htm (940 words)

	baldilocks: Too Old and Too Rich To Care
		I had the same thoughts about Cosby when he spoke in May. The great thing about Bill cosby is that he has never rested on his laurels, and he is not afraid to speak up when things aren't going right in life; he won't just sit there and watch the world go by.
		Cosby had a sitcom starring a fl family that was upper middle class and not 'stupid' in the way that many other sitcoms tended to portray fl families at that time on television.
		Cosby obviously believes that fl Americans have the potential, the talent and the ability to thrive and prosper here, but are squandering their opportunity.
	baldilocks.typepad.com /baldilocks/2004/07/too_old_and_too.html (2280 words)

	Amazon.com: Cosby: Books: Ronald L. Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Smith's updated version of Cosby (1986) is not a tell-all celebrity biography but rather a factual account of Cosby's life from his early childhood to the present.
		Readers may already be familiar with the Cosby wit, humor, and style but may not be aware of the struggle and dedication of a person who is comfortable with who he is. In reading these pages, one will find Cosby's human frailties and emotions that contribute to his huge success.
		Cosby's humanitarian and educational values will motivate readers to become positive contributors to society.?Connie Freeman, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
	www.amazon.com /Cosby-Ronald-L-Smith/dp/0896217116 (1025 words)

	The New Bill Cosby Show
		Cosby rode out the Sixties with two series, 'I-Spy' (1965 - 1968), which won him three best dramatic actor Emmys three years in a row, followed by the excellent 'Bill Cosby Show' (1969 - 1971), a sitcom featuring Cosby as a high school gym teacher.
		In the Eighties, 'The Cosby Show' dominated prime-time, and even the Nineties have brought the actor/comedian acceptance with his new series "Cosby' running for four years on CBS.
		Lots of time was given over to Bill Cosby for his smooth and lengthy monologues - they were more stories than jokes, often lasting seven or eight minutes.
	www.tvparty.com /cosby.html (336 words)

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