Hey, hey, hey: Bill Cosby’s best worst idea ever now would be a Comedy Central Roast
by Jeffrey Ross, aka the Roastmaster General, obviously was joking Monday night when he posted this photo to his new Instagram account with the caption: “Hey …
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Reopening Old Wounds: Changing the Public Perception of the Private Bill Cosby
Imagine you’re Bill Cosby. You broke color lines, through racism to the most mainstream of success, consecutive Emmys and Grammys in the 1960s, starring in …
Godfrey re-enacts Bill Cosby’s denial of rape allegations to the AP, NPR
Godfrey has a Bill Cosby impersonation, as so many comedians already did. But this time, he’s not making light of light news. Nope. It’s a …
Netflix postpones launch of “Bill Cosby 77” stand-up special
Netflix announced overnight that a planned Nov. 28 day-after-Thanksgiving launch of Bill Cosby’s latest stand-up special, Bill Cosby 77, would not air. “At this time …
The night Bill Cosby learned No Memes No #CosbyMeme
Today’s lesson: SMH not only stands for Shaking My Head, but also Social Media Hell. Which is where comedy legend Bill Cosby found himself Monday …
Hannibal Buress tells Howard Stern about his “Bill Cosby is a rapist” bit that caught media fire
Hannibal Buress has been telling a joke that’s not so much a joke as it is a declaration of news that few people want to …
Who would make it onto the Mount Rushmore of Comedy?
This May, in celebrating Don Rickles on his 88th birthday, Jerry Seinfeld said of his elder hero: “”On the Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedy, there are …
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Bill Cosby’s biographer on the origin story of the “Cosby Sweater”
The term “Cosby Sweater” is one of the most unlikeliest legacies to come out of the #1 TV show of the 1980s. And yet, even …
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Netflix’s busy ongoing slate of stand-up comedy specials continues in 2014
Netflix has premiered and or distributed dozens of new stand-up comedy specials over the past year and a half, including recent performances from Doug Stanhope, …
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Amy Schumer, Bill Cosby to play Carnegie Hall for 2014 New York Comedy Festival
Amy Schumer will play Carnegie Hall this November! Bill Cosby, too! They’re among the headliners announced today for this fall’s 11th annual New York Comedy …