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- Season 1
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Episode 1: Pilot
USA:16 September 1996...
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Episode 2: It's My Party
The title is from the 1963 song "It's My Party" sung by Lesley Gore....
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Episode 3: Neighborhood Watch
USA:30 September 1996...
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Episode 4: Happily Ever Hilton
USA:7 October 1996...
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Episode 5: The Best Little Antique Shop in Astoria
Hilton Lucas: Can we have code names? I want to be called Red Fälcon.::Cop: I am not going to call y...
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Episode 6: One Foot in Your Mouth
USA:21 October 1996...
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Episode 7: Natural Born Debtors
USA:28 October 1996...
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Episode 8: The Two Mr. Lucases
USA:4 November 1996...
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Episode 9: No Nudes Is Good Nudes
The title is from a common expression about the absence of information: No news is good news....
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Episode 10: Basketball Story
USA:18 November 1996...
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Episode 11: Guard Almighty
USA:25 November 1996...
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Episode 12: The Broken Reflection
USA:2 December 1996...
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Episode 13: Tempus Lucas
The title is a parody of the term Tempus fugit is Latin meaning "time flees" or "time flies" and is ...
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Episode 14: Guess Whose President Is Coming to Dinner
USA:6 January 1997...
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Episode 15: Brave New Hilton
The title is based on the 1931 futuristic novel 'Brave New World' by 'Aldous Huxley' (qv) about Lond...
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Episode 16: Lucas Platonicus
USA:3 February 1997...
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Episode 17: Valentine's Day
RAT:1.33 : 1...
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Episode 18: Florida
RAT:1.33 : 1...
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Episode 19: Anniversary Waltz
The title is from the song "The Anniversary Waltz" written by Dave Franklin, the lyrics by Al Dubin ...
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Episode 20: That Darn Cat
USA:3 March 1997...
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Episode 21: I'm OK, You're Hilton
The title is a parody of the book title 'I'm OK, You're OK', by Thomas A Harris MD, one of the most ...
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Episode 22: The Return of the Charlites
USA:28 April 1997...
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Episode 23: My Dinner with Methuseleh
USA:5 May 1997...
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Episode 24: Hilton's Playland
USA:12 May 1997...
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Episode 25: Social Insecurity
USA:19 May 1997...
- Season 2
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Episode 1: About My Life
USA:15 September 1997...
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Episode 2: Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse
USA:22 September 1997...
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Episode 3: The Rules
USA:29 September 1997...
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Episode 4: Two Cents
USA:6 October 1997...
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Episode 5: Older and Out
USA:13 October 1997...
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Episode 6: Lucas Smartypantsicus
USA:20 October 1997...
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Episode 7: The Last Man Standing
USA:27 October 1997...
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Episode 8: Dating Games
USA:3 November 1997...
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Episode 9: The Pilot (Not the Pilot)
USA:10 November 1997...
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Episode 10: Lucas Raymondicus
USA:17 November 1997...
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Episode 11: Shall We Dance?
USA:24 November 1997...
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Episode 12: The Two Hilton Lucases
USA:15 December 1997...
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Episode 13: A Team of His Own
USA:5 January 1998...
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Episode 14: Brazil
USA:12 January 1998...
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Episode 15: Old Yeller
USA:19 January 1998...
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Episode 16: Out to Launch
USA:2 February 1998...
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Episode 17: Fifteen Minutes of Fame
The title is based on the quote by the late artist 'Andy Warhol' (qv): "In the future, everyone will...
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Episode 18: Mud
USA:2 March 1998...
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Episode 19: Enter Lucas
USA:9 March 1998...
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Episode 20: 1040 Not-So-EZ
The title is a parody of the supposed simple Internal Revenue Serviece form 140EZ (short for EZ or e...
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Episode 21: Men Are from Mars Women Are from Astoria
The title is derived from the 1992 self-help book 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' by John ...
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Episode 22: On the Rocks
The title is from the Neil Diamond song "Love on the Rocks" written for his version of _The Jazz Sin...
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Episode 23: Love Intervention
USA:11 May 1998...
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Episode 24: The First Gentleman
USA:18 May 1998...
- Season 3
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Episode 1: Now Is the Time, the Walrus Said
The title is from a poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" recited in Lewis Caroll's fantasy 'Alice in ...
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Episode 2: Do Not Overheat
USA:28 September 1998...
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Episode 3: Chemistry
USA:5 October 1998...
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Episode 4: Lucas Discordia
USA:12 October 1998...
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Episode 5: The Greatest Gift
USA:19 October 1998...
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Episode 6: Lucas Matriculus
USA:26 October 1998...
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Episode 7: Playground Scar
USA:2 November 1998...
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Episode 8: The Episode Episode
USA:9 November 1998...
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Episode 9: Judgment Day
USA:16 November 1998...
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Episode 10: Turkey Day
USA:23 November 1998...
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Episode 11: This Old Friend
USA:14 December 1998...
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Episode 12: The Awful Truth
USA:11 January 1999...
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Episode 13: Refrigerator Logic
'John Fielder (I)' (qv)'s final TV (live) role....
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Episode 14: Lucas Absentia
USA:25 January 1999...
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Episode 15: False Alarm
USA:1 February 1999...
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Episode 16: A Very Nice Dance
USA:8 February 1999...
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Episode 17: Ol' Betsy
USA:15 February 1999...
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Episode 18: Afterschool Delight
The title is based on the 1976 song "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band and written by Bi...
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Episode 19: Will Power
USA:1 March 1999...
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Episode 20: Lucas Illuminus
This was 'Anthony Quinn''s final television appearance before his death on 3 June 2001....
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Episode 21: Timerity
USA:5 April 1999...
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Episode 22: The Party's Over
The title is a song from the musical 'Bells Are Ringing', book and lyrics by 'Betty Comden' (qv) and...
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Episode 23: The Vesey Method
USA:3 May 1999...
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Episode 24: He Who Hesitates Is Lucas
The title is derived from the proverb: He who hesitates is lost....
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Episode 25: War Stories
USA:17 May 1999...
- Season 4
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Episode 1: My Spy
USA:29 September 1999...
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Episode 2: The Wedding
USA:6 October 1999...
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Episode 3: Book 'Em, Griff O
USA:13 October 1999...
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Episode 4: Lucas Apocalypse
USA:20 October 1999...
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Episode 5: A Teacher's Life
USA:27 October 1999...
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Episode 6: There's Something About Hilton
USA:3 November 1999...
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Episode 7: Superstar
USA:17 November 1999...
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Episode 8: The Parent Trap
USA:15 December 1999...
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Episode 9: One for the Books
USA:22 December 1999...
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Episode 10: Loving Madeline
'Madeline Kahn' (qv)'s final TV performance....
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Episode 11: The Hilton Hilton
The title refers to the Hilton Hotel chain that was founded by Conrad Hilton in 1919 with one hotel ...
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Episode 12: Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf
USA:21 January 2000...
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Episode 13: To Catch a Thief
USA:28 January 2000...
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Episode 14: Raising Paranoia
USA:3 March 2000...
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Episode 15: It's a Wonderful Wife
USA:10 March 2000...
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Episode 16: The Perfect Valentine
USA:31 March 2000...
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Episode 17: A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
USA:7 April 2000...
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Episode 18: Thursday's Child
The title is based on the child's rhyme: Thursday's child has far to go....
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Episode 19: Kids Eat the Darndest Things
USA:14 April 2000...
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Episode 20: A Long Night's Journey
Per the title, the Broadway play by Eugene O'Neill, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" opened at the He...
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Episode 21: The Song Remains the Same
USA:28 April 2000...
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Bill Cosby on David Letterman [19 March, 2013]
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- Duration: 13:50
- Updated: 11 Apr 2013
Late Show: Bill Cosby on David Letterman [19 March, 2013]
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Late Show: Bill Cosby on David Letterman [19 March, 2013]
Bill Cosby on Make-Up
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 11 Apr 2013
Jimmy and Bill trade stories about getting make-up for the cameras, and Bill tells a corny joke. Subscribe NOW to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: http://full.s...
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Jimmy and Bill trade stories about getting make-up for the cameras, and Bill tells a corny joke. Subscribe NOW to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: http://full.s...
- published: 11 Apr 2013
- views: 245
- author: latenight
The Cosby Show S02E02 The Juicer
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:30
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
The Cosby Show S02E02 The Juicer.
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S02E06 Halloween-The Cosby Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:24
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
S02E06 Halloween-The Cosby Show.
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S02E07 Rudi Suits Up-The Cosby Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:20
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
S02E07 Rudi Suits Up-The Cosby Show.
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E10 Bonjour sandra-The Cosby show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:43
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
E10 Bonjour sandra-The Cosby show Season 1.
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E10 Bonjour sandra-The Cosby show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 24801
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E14 Independence day-The Cosby show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:43
- Updated: 08 Apr 2013
E14 Independence day-The Cosby show Season 1.
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E14 Independence day-The Cosby show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 28042
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
S02E04 Cliff In Love-The Cosby Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:31
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
S02E04 Cliff In Love-The Cosby Show.
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The Cosby Show with Meriam Makeba
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:15
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
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S02E01 First Day At School-The Cosby Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:20
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
S02E01 First Day At School-The Cosby Show.
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S02E01 First Day At School-The Cosby Show.
- published: 19 Feb 2013
- views: 45724
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
S02E05 Theo & The Older Woman-The Cosby Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:32
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
S02E05 Theo & The Older Woman-The Cosby Show.
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S02E05 Theo & The Older Woman-The Cosby Show.
- published: 08 Mar 2013
- views: 11894
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
E23 Mr quiet-The Cosby Show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:43
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
E23 Mr quiet-The Cosby Show Season 1.
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Cosby (1998) - s3e02 Do Not Overheat
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
Griffin and Erica work out a financial deal to move into Griffin's house on a landlord-tenant basis -- thus giving Hilton and Ruth back their privacy only to...
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Griffin and Erica work out a financial deal to move into Griffin's house on a landlord-tenant basis -- thus giving Hilton and Ruth back their privacy only to...
- published: 22 Feb 2012
- views: 25535
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e15 Old Yeller
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- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't ref...
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Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't ref...
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 18939
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s3e04 Lucas Discordia
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- Duration: 21:36
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
Petty differences about irritating personal habits threaten to escalate into a major brawl when Ruth and Pauline plan a "girls' night out" in Manhattan, and ...
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Petty differences about irritating personal habits threaten to escalate into a major brawl when Ruth and Pauline plan a "girls' night out" in Manhattan, and ...
- published: 22 Feb 2012
- views: 22295
- author: PaulWessun
E15 Physican of the year-The Cosby Show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:13
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
E15 Physican of the year-The Cosby Show Season 1.
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E15 Physican of the year-The Cosby Show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 15288
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
Cosby (1997) - s2e08 Dating Games
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans.
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Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 46381
- author: PaulWessun
Bill Cosby talks about Hawaii and his life
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 04 Apr 2013
75-years-old and still bringing the laughs.
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E01 Pilot Presentation-The Cosby Show Season 1
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- Duration: 23:44
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
E01 Pilot Presentation-The Cosby Show Season 1 subscribe for more shows.
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E01 Pilot Presentation-The Cosby Show Season 1 subscribe for more shows.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 13753
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
Bill Cosby: 49
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- Duration: 69:50
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
Bill Cosby - 49 (William H. Cosby, Jr.) (1987) At age 49, Bill Cosby shares the humor of achieving middle age in a 67-minute live performance recorded exclus...
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Bill Cosby - 49 (William H. Cosby, Jr.) (1987) At age 49, Bill Cosby shares the humor of achieving middle age in a 67-minute live performance recorded exclus...
- published: 21 Oct 2011
- views: 505656
- author: Shawn Novak
E11 Is that my boy-The Cosby show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:45
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
E11 Is that my boy-The Cosby show Season 1.
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E11 Is that my boy-The Cosby show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 19079
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
E16 Jitterbug break-The Cosby Show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:45
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
E16 Jitterbug break-The Cosby Show Season 1.
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E16 Jitterbug break-The Cosby Show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 25595
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E20 Back to the track jack-The Cosby Show Season 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:47
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
E20 Back to the track jack-The Cosby Show Season 1.
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E20 Back to the track jack-The Cosby Show Season 1.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 15786
- author: TheCOMDYSHOWS
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The Cosby Show - Close To Home 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 20
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The Cosby Show - Full House 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 19
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The Cosby Show - Full House 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 19
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The Cosby Show - Full House 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 19
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The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 18
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The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 18
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The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 17
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The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:57
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 17
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The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 17
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The Cosby Show - The Dentist 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 16
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The Cosby Show - The Dentist 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 16
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The Cosby Show - The Dentist 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 16
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The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 15
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The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 15
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The Cosby Show - Vanessa's Bad Grade 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 14
(My Favourite Episode From Season 2)
Vanessa steals a sweater from Denise. The two soon begin to fight. In the end, Rudy's choice of TV watching-the "I Have A Dream" speech-reminds the whole family of what a real problem is. Excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured at the end of the episode.
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Season: 2
Episode: 14
(My Favourite Episode From Season 2)
Vanessa steals a sweater from Denise. The two soon begin to fight. In the end, Rudy's choice of TV watching-the "I Have A Dream" speech-reminds the whole family of what a real problem is. Excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured at the end of the episode.
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 464104
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The Cosby Show - The Auction 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 13
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The Cosby Show - The Auction 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 13
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The Cosby Show - The Auction 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 13
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The Cosby Show - Mrs Westlake 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 12
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The Cosby Show - Mrs Westlake 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 12
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The Cosby Show - Denise's Friend 3/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 11
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The Cosby Show - Denise's Friend 2/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 11
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The Cosby Show - Denise's Friend 1/3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Season: 2
Episode: 11
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Cosby (1996) s1e01 - Pilot
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- Duration: 21:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Corporate downsizing forces Hilton Lucas into retirement and underfoot. Hilton must watch Shelly the turtle.
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Corporate downsizing forces Hilton Lucas into retirement and underfoot. Hilton must watch Shelly the turtle.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 36527
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e02 - It's My Party
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton (Bill Cosby) expects a retirement surprise party from his former employer.
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Hilton (Bill Cosby) expects a retirement surprise party from his former employer.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 20527
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e03 - Neighborhood Watch
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Crime-fighter Hilton goes overboard.
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Cosby (1996) s1e04 - Happily Ever Hilton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton (Bill Cosby) tried to get his old job back.
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Hilton (Bill Cosby) tried to get his old job back.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 21874
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e06 - One Foot in Your Mouth
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Larry Rogers (Bill Cosby) gets caught in his own lie when he tries to get out of attending a wedding.
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Larry Rogers (Bill Cosby) gets caught in his own lie when he tries to get out of attending a wedding.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 16266
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e07 - Natural Born Debtors
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton tries to help a young cousin of Pauline.
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Hilton tries to help a young cousin of Pauline.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 18125
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e08 - The Two Mr. Lucases
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When Hilton's cousin, Earl Lucas, goes to the hospital for a colonoscopy, Hilton decides to be at his side for support.
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Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When Hilton's cousin, Earl Lucas, goes to the hospital for a colonoscopy, Hilton decides to be at his side for support.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 18263
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) - s1e09 No Nudes is Good Nudes
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton helps the nude model-teacher's aide from his art class.
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Hilton helps the nude model-teacher's aide from his art class.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 7503
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e10 - The Basketball Story
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Lucky ticket-holder Hilton will win $1 million, if he can make a free-throw.
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Lucky ticket-holder Hilton will win $1 million, if he can make a free-throw.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 17646
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e11 - Guard Almighty
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Security guard Hilton deals with a robber and the Yankees.
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Security guard Hilton deals with a robber and the Yankees.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14729
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e12 - The Broken Reflection
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton's brother (Roscoe Lee Brown) is in town for an honorary degree.
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Hilton's brother (Roscoe Lee Brown) is in town for an honorary degree.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 20641
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e13 - Tempus Lucas
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton hits the gym a little too hard while trying to get in shape for a physical examination.
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Hilton hits the gym a little too hard while trying to get in shape for a physical examination.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14123
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e14 - Guess Whose President Is Coming To Dinner
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton calls a radio talk show and gets invited to dine with the president.
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Hilton calls a radio talk show and gets invited to dine with the president.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13122
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s1e15 Brave New Hilton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton helps when a buddy's goose-feather business is down.
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Hilton helps when a buddy's goose-feather business is down.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 12987
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e16 - Lucas Platonicus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton attempts satellite dish installation. After pursuing Erica (T'Keyah Crystal Keymah) for 10 years, Griffin (Doug E. Doug) decides that it is finally time to give up.
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Hilton attempts satellite dish installation. After pursuing Erica (T'Keyah Crystal Keymah) for 10 years, Griffin (Doug E. Doug) decides that it is finally time to give up.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 15816
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s1e17 Valentine's Day
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she already has...
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It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she already has...
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 14589
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e18 - Florida
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A blizzard convinces Hilton and Ruth to move to Florida.
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A blizzard convinces Hilton and Ruth to move to Florida.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13142
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e19 - Anniversary Waltz
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton tries to get Ruth's wedding band engraved to renew their wedding vows.
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Hilton tries to get Ruth's wedding band engraved to renew their wedding vows.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13806
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e20 - That Darn Cat
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Erica moves back to live with Hilton and Ruth bringing Sherman the cat. A discarded positive pregnancy test then has everyone jumping to conclusions.
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Erica moves back to live with Hilton and Ruth bringing Sherman the cat. A discarded positive pregnancy test then has everyone jumping to conclusions.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14719
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e21 - I'm Ok You're Hilton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton has a wonderful time giving advice to his therapy group.
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Hilton has a wonderful time giving advice to his therapy group.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14052
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e22 - Return Of The Charlites
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth gets a chance for the spotlight when a superstar buddy (Patti LeBelle) comes to town. Hilton tries to become entrepreneurial by selling home-made crafts.
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Ruth gets a chance for the spotlight when a superstar buddy (Patti LeBelle) comes to town. Hilton tries to become entrepreneurial by selling home-made crafts.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14138
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e23 - My Dinner With Methuseleh
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth arranges a blind date for Pauline who becomes disillusioned with men; Hilton advises Griffin about impressing his sophisticated girlfriend.
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Ruth arranges a blind date for Pauline who becomes disillusioned with men; Hilton advises Griffin about impressing his sophisticated girlfriend.
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 14178
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e24 - Hilton's Playground
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Erica's TV-producer boyfriend regrets giving Hilton a job on a children's show, Mr. J's Crib.
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Erica's TV-producer boyfriend regrets giving Hilton a job on a children's show, Mr. J's Crib.
- published: 28 Oct 2011
- views: 11503
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (1997) s2e01 - About My Life
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Erica and Griffin move into the Lucas household, tensions rise in the house, and a preschools opens next door.
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Erica and Griffin move into the Lucas household, tensions rise in the house, and a preschools opens next door.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 28703
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e02 Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton brings coffee and cookies to the struggling flower shop and hits pay dirt.
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Hilton brings coffee and cookies to the struggling flower shop and hits pay dirt.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 16842
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e03 The Rules
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watching his television and eating all his food, he decides that if they live in his house, Griffin and Erica will have to live by his rules.
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When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watching his television and eating all his food, he decides that if they live in his house, Griffin and Erica will have to live by his rules.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 16080
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e04 Two Cents
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two challenge each other to a 24-hour contest to see which man has more self-control.
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When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two challenge each other to a 24-hour contest to see which man has more self-control.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 21841
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e06 Lucas Smartypantsicus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend, Gregory, a self-absorbed, self-proclaimed genius who disturbs Hilton.
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Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend, Gregory, a self-absorbed, self-proclaimed genius who disturbs Hilton.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 16461
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e07 The Last Man Standing
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quarantine, but he doesn't listen and, one by one, everyone in the household drops, leaving Hilton to don his nurse's uniform.
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A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quarantine, but he doesn't listen and, one by one, everyone in the household drops, leaving Hilton to don his nurse's uniform.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 23048
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e08 Dating Games
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans.
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Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 46654
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e09 The Pilot (Not the Pilot)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton and Griffin find themselves aboard a plane with a deranged passenger.
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Hilton and Griffin find themselves aboard a plane with a deranged passenger.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 13375
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e10 Lucas Raymondicus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens championship since the day he was born. So when Frank pleads with Hilton to help him save face with his son by lying for him, Hilton reluctantly agrees.
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Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens championship since the day he was born. So when Frank pleads with Hilton to help him save face with his son by lying for him, Hilton reluctantly agrees.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 14329
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e11 Shall We Dance?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth gives reluctant Hilton tap-dancing lessons for his birthday.
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Ruth gives reluctant Hilton tap-dancing lessons for his birthday.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 18476
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e12 The Two Hilton Lucases
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize, a weekend for two at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
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Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize, a weekend for two at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 14977
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s2e13 - A Team Of His Own
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton and Rush coach opposing basketball teams.
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Hilton and Rush coach opposing basketball teams.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 14601
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e14 Brazil
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a pampering weekend at a spa. Hilton's only assignment while she's gone is to get the vent fixed. Carla. the chaperone of a Brazilian girls' choir, asks to rent out the coffee shop for a small get-together, and Hilton hesitantly agrees.
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When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a pampering weekend at a spa. Hilton's only assignment while she's gone is to get the vent fixed. Carla. the chaperone of a Brazilian girls' choir, asks to rent out the coffee shop for a small get-together, and Hilton hesitantly agrees.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 10907
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e15 Old Yeller
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the temptation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales.
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Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the temptation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 19463
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e16 Out to Launch
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport.
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Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 12107
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e17 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
While Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from Late Show with David Letterman. He talks them into letting him be on the show.
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While Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from Late Show with David Letterman. He talks them into letting him be on the show.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 12459
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e18 Mud
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abstract artist. It's worth some $15,000, and now, thanks to Pauline, it's missing.
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A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abstract artist. It's worth some $15,000, and now, thanks to Pauline, it's missing.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 10586
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e19 Enter Lucas
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing about something "real," she turns out a thinly-disguised comedy about the Lucas family.
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Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing about something "real," she turns out a thinly-disguised comedy about the Lucas family.
- published: 18 Feb 2012
- views: 12306
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e20 1040 Not-So-EZ
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's April 15 and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover. Ruth has other things on her mind, however -- she and Pauline have an appointment with Mr. Rollins of the SBA to obtain another loan for the Flower Café.
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It's April 15 and Hilton hasn't even started working on his taxes, a fact he wants to make sure Ruth doesn't discover. Ruth has other things on her mind, however -- she and Pauline have an appointment with Mr. Rollins of the SBA to obtain another loan for the Flower Café.
- published: 18 Feb 2012
- views: 13710
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e21 Men Are from Mars Women Are from Astoria
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find "Mr. Right," take Ruth's advise about changing their dating habits and set out on "The Great American Manhunt."
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Erica and her girlfriends, unable to find "Mr. Right," take Ruth's advise about changing their dating habits and set out on "The Great American Manhunt."
- published: 18 Feb 2012
- views: 14791
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e22 On the Rocks
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight they assess the changes in their lives.
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When Ruth and Hilton have a major fight they assess the changes in their lives.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 13970
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e23 Love Intervention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Lucases play cupid for smitten Griffin.
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Cosby (1998) - s2e24 The First Gentleman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth is President of the Businessmen's Roundtable, and Hilton the Ladies auxiliary.
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Ruth is President of the Businessmen's Roundtable, and Hilton the Ladies auxiliary.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 12557
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (1999) - s4e01 My Spy
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton falls asleep during an "I Spy" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on a new case in Hong Kong.
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Hilton falls asleep during an "I Spy" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on a new case in Hong Kong.
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 15354
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e02 The Wedding
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with why the bride isn't falling apart yet.
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Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with why the bride isn't falling apart yet.
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 17368
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e03 Book 'Em, Griff O
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Erica and Darien return from their honeymoon.
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Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Erica and Darien return from their honeymoon.
- published: 12 Mar 2012
- views: 13855
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e04 Lucas Apocalypse
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborhood.
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When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborhood.
- published: 12 Mar 2012
- views: 14576
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e05 A Teacher's Life
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the day he is preparing for a date with a beautiful flight attendant.
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Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the day he is preparing for a date with a beautiful flight attendant.
- published: 13 Mar 2012
- views: 10700
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e06 There's Something About Hilton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie.
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A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie.
- published: 13 Mar 2012
- views: 15615
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
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Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
next part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rm-XckqU4w
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 8829
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
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Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 7465
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e08 The Parent Trap
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.
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Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.
- published: 16 Mar 2012
- views: 12835
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e09 One for the Books
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
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Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
- published: 16 Mar 2012
- views: 11669
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e10 Loving Madeline
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:45
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her character Pauline.
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The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her character Pauline.
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 11668
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e11 The Hilton Hilton
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.
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Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 15123
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e12 Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.
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When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 14101
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e13 To Catch a Thief
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton finds himself in the middle of a bank heist.
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Hilton finds himself in the middle of a bank heist.
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 12328
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e14 Raising Paranoia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.
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Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 9397
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e17 A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.
http://wn.com/Cosby_2000_s4e17_A_Pair_of_Threes_Beats_a_Flush_Every_Time
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 9380
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e18 Thursday's Child
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.
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A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 13811
- author: PaulWessun
Cosby (2000) - s4e21 The Song Remains the Same
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in marriage.
http://wn.com/Cosby_2000_s4e21_The_Song_Remains_the_Same
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in marriage.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 14552
- author: PaulWessun
8:14
The Cosby Show - Close To Home 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 20...
published: 09 Dec 2008
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The Cosby Show - Close To Home 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 20
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 206347
- author: cosbyshow3
7:11
The Cosby Show - Full House 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Full House 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 217728
- author: cosbyshow3
8:43
The Cosby Show - Full House 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Full House 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 104741
- author: cosbyshow3
8:49
The Cosby Show - Full House 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Full House 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 19
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 126340
- author: cosbyshow3
7:32
The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 18...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 18
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 88324
- author: cosbyshow3
8:59
The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 18...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - A Touch Of Wonder 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 18
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 90078
- author: cosbyshow3
6:19
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 67840
- author: cosbyshow3
8:57
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 91723
- author: cosbyshow3
8:56
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Play It Again, Rusell 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 17
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 46814
- author: cosbyshow3
6:35
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 122403
- author: cosbyshow3
8:24
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 182360
- author: cosbyshow3
8:44
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Dentist 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 16
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 99037
- author: cosbyshow3
7:32
The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 15...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 15
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 60426
- author: cosbyshow3
8:27
The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 15...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Theo & Cockroach 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 15
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 65013
- author: cosbyshow3
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8:34
The Cosby Show - Vanessa's Bad Grade 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 14
(My Favourite Episode From Season 2)
Vanessa steals a sweater from ...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - Vanessa's Bad Grade 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 14
(My Favourite Episode From Season 2)
Vanessa steals a sweater from Denise. The two soon begin to fight. In the end, Rudy's choice of TV watching-the "I Have A Dream" speech-reminds the whole family of what a real problem is. Excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured at the end of the episode.
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 464104
- author: cosbyshow3
7:40
The Cosby Show - The Auction 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Auction 3/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 116613
- author: cosbyshow3
8:38
The Cosby Show - The Auction 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Auction 2/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 108714
- author: cosbyshow3
8:26
The Cosby Show - The Auction 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13...
published: 09 Dec 2008
author: cosbyshow3
The Cosby Show - The Auction 1/3
Season: 2
Episode: 13
- published: 09 Dec 2008
- views: 91187
- author: cosbyshow3
21:29
Cosby (1996) s1e01 - Pilot
Corporate downsizing forces Hilton Lucas into retirement and underfoot. Hilton must watch ...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e01 - Pilot
Corporate downsizing forces Hilton Lucas into retirement and underfoot. Hilton must watch Shelly the turtle.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 36527
- author: PaulWessun
21:29
Cosby (1996) s1e02 - It's My Party
Hilton (Bill Cosby) expects a retirement surprise party from his former employer....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e02 - It's My Party
Hilton (Bill Cosby) expects a retirement surprise party from his former employer.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 20527
- author: PaulWessun
21:28
Cosby (1996) s1e03 - Neighborhood Watch
Crime-fighter Hilton goes overboard....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e03 - Neighborhood Watch
Crime-fighter Hilton goes overboard.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 18683
- author: PaulWessun
20:51
Cosby (1996) s1e04 - Happily Ever Hilton
Hilton (Bill Cosby) tried to get his old job back....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e04 - Happily Ever Hilton
Hilton (Bill Cosby) tried to get his old job back.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 21874
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1996) s1e06 - One Foot in Your Mouth
Larry Rogers (Bill Cosby) gets caught in his own lie when he tries to get out of attending...
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e06 - One Foot in Your Mouth
Larry Rogers (Bill Cosby) gets caught in his own lie when he tries to get out of attending a wedding.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 16266
- author: PaulWessun
21:31
Cosby (1996) s1e07 - Natural Born Debtors
Hilton tries to help a young cousin of Pauline....
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e07 - Natural Born Debtors
Hilton tries to help a young cousin of Pauline.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 18125
- author: PaulWessun
21:32
Cosby (1996) s1e08 - The Two Mr. Lucases
Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When ...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e08 - The Two Mr. Lucases
Due to a hospital mix-up, Hilton gets the colonoscopy that was meant for his cousin. When Hilton's cousin, Earl Lucas, goes to the hospital for a colonoscopy, Hilton decides to be at his side for support.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 18263
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1996) - s1e09 No Nudes is Good Nudes
Hilton helps the nude model-teacher's aide from his art class....
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) - s1e09 No Nudes is Good Nudes
Hilton helps the nude model-teacher's aide from his art class.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 7503
- author: PaulWessun
21:35
Cosby (1996) s1e10 - The Basketball Story
Lucky ticket-holder Hilton will win $1 million, if he can make a free-throw....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e10 - The Basketball Story
Lucky ticket-holder Hilton will win $1 million, if he can make a free-throw.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 17646
- author: PaulWessun
21:32
Cosby (1996) s1e11 - Guard Almighty
Security guard Hilton deals with a robber and the Yankees....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e11 - Guard Almighty
Security guard Hilton deals with a robber and the Yankees.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14729
- author: PaulWessun
21:33
Cosby (1996) s1e12 - The Broken Reflection
Hilton's brother (Roscoe Lee Brown) is in town for an honorary degree....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e12 - The Broken Reflection
Hilton's brother (Roscoe Lee Brown) is in town for an honorary degree.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 20641
- author: PaulWessun
21:35
Cosby (1996) s1e13 - Tempus Lucas
Hilton hits the gym a little too hard while trying to get in shape for a physical examinat...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1996) s1e13 - Tempus Lucas
Hilton hits the gym a little too hard while trying to get in shape for a physical examination.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 14123
- author: PaulWessun
21:36
Cosby (1997) s1e14 - Guess Whose President Is Coming To Dinner
Hilton calls a radio talk show and gets invited to dine with the president....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e14 - Guess Whose President Is Coming To Dinner
Hilton calls a radio talk show and gets invited to dine with the president.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13122
- author: PaulWessun
21:15
Cosby (1997) - s1e15 Brave New Hilton
Hilton helps when a buddy's goose-feather business is down....
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s1e15 Brave New Hilton
Hilton helps when a buddy's goose-feather business is down.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 12987
- author: PaulWessun
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21:33
Cosby (1997) s1e16 - Lucas Platonicus
Hilton attempts satellite dish installation. After pursuing Erica (T'Keyah Crystal Keymah)...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e16 - Lucas Platonicus
Hilton attempts satellite dish installation. After pursuing Erica (T'Keyah Crystal Keymah) for 10 years, Griffin (Doug E. Doug) decides that it is finally time to give up.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 15816
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s1e17 Valentine's Day
It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she al...
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s1e17 Valentine's Day
It's Valentine's Day, and when Hilton realizes that he has bought Ruth a scarf that she already has...
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 14589
- author: PaulWessun
21:35
Cosby (1997) s1e18 - Florida
A blizzard convinces Hilton and Ruth to move to Florida....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e18 - Florida
A blizzard convinces Hilton and Ruth to move to Florida.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13142
- author: PaulWessun
21:32
Cosby (1997) s1e19 - Anniversary Waltz
Hilton tries to get Ruth's wedding band engraved to renew their wedding vows....
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s1e19 - Anniversary Waltz
Hilton tries to get Ruth's wedding band engraved to renew their wedding vows.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 13806
- author: PaulWessun
21:31
Cosby (1997) s2e01 - About My Life
Erica and Griffin move into the Lucas household, tensions rise in the house, and a prescho...
published: 08 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) s2e01 - About My Life
Erica and Griffin move into the Lucas household, tensions rise in the house, and a preschools opens next door.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 28703
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e02 Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse
Hilton brings coffee and cookies to the struggling flower shop and hits pay dirt....
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e02 Wake Up and Smell the Coffeehouse
Hilton brings coffee and cookies to the struggling flower shop and hits pay dirt.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 16842
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e03 The Rules
When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watchin...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e03 The Rules
When Hilton realizes that Griffin and Erica's friends are taking over his house by watching his television and eating all his food, he decides that if they live in his house, Griffin and Erica will have to live by his rules.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 16080
- author: PaulWessun
21:29
Cosby (1997) - s2e04 Two Cents
When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opi...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e04 Two Cents
When Griffin's non-stop eating starts to get on Hilton's nerves, and Hilton's non-stop opinion-giving begins to get to Griffin, the two challenge each other to a 24-hour contest to see which man has more self-control.
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 21841
- author: PaulWessun
21:36
Cosby (1997) - s2e06 Lucas Smartypantsicus
Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finall...
published: 12 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e06 Lucas Smartypantsicus
Pauline is absolutely thrilled that after years of being the single friend, she has finally become a couple with her new boyfriend, Gregory, a self-absorbed, self-proclaimed genius who disturbs Hilton.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 16461
- author: PaulWessun
21:36
Cosby (1997) - s2e07 The Last Man Standing
A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin w...
published: 12 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e07 The Last Man Standing
A doctor places Hilton under strict quarantine after he catches the stomach flu. Griffin warns Hilton not to escape quarantine, but he doesn't listen and, one by one, everyone in the household drops, leaving Hilton to don his nurse's uniform.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 23048
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e08 Dating Games
Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans....
published: 12 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e08 Dating Games
Ruth's obnoxious sister-in-law brags continually about her daughter's wedding plans.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 46654
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e09 The Pilot (Not the Pilot)
Hilton and Griffin find themselves aboard a plane with a deranged passenger....
published: 12 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e09 The Pilot (Not the Pilot)
Hilton and Griffin find themselves aboard a plane with a deranged passenger.
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 13375
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e10 Lucas Raymondicus
Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens ch...
published: 14 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e10 Lucas Raymondicus
Frank Barone has been telling his son about sinking the winning shot in the 1955 Queens championship since the day he was born. So when Frank pleads with Hilton to help him save face with his son by lying for him, Hilton reluctantly agrees.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 14329
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e11 Shall We Dance?
Ruth gives reluctant Hilton tap-dancing lessons for his birthday....
published: 14 Feb 2012
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Cosby (1997) - s2e11 Shall We Dance?
Ruth gives reluctant Hilton tap-dancing lessons for his birthday.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 18476
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1997) - s2e12 The Two Hilton Lucases
Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize, a wee...
published: 14 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1997) - s2e12 The Two Hilton Lucases
Hilton and Griffin get jobs as telemarketers, hoping to win a fabulous office prize, a weekend for two at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.
- published: 14 Feb 2012
- views: 14977
- author: PaulWessun
21:38
Cosby (1997) s2e13 - A Team Of His Own
Hilton and Rush coach opposing basketball teams....
published: 08 Feb 2012
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Cosby (1997) s2e13 - A Team Of His Own
Hilton and Rush coach opposing basketball teams.
- published: 08 Feb 2012
- views: 14601
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e14 Brazil
When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests th...
published: 16 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e14 Brazil
When the city closes down the Flower Cafe because of a misplaced vent, Pauline suggests that she and Ruth indulge in a pampering weekend at a spa. Hilton's only assignment while she's gone is to get the vent fixed. Carla. the chaperone of a Brazilian girls' choir, asks to rent out the coffee shop for a small get-together, and Hilton hesitantly agrees.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 10907
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e15 Old Yeller
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes ...
published: 16 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e15 Old Yeller
Despite Ruth's insistence that family and friends should never work together, Hilton goes to work for Griffin narrating children's stories. He just can't refuse the temptation for some creative rewriting, and Hilton puts his own spin on some classic kids' tales.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 19463
- author: PaulWessun
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21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e16 Out to Launch
Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport....
published: 16 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e16 Out to Launch
Hilton is bequeathed a boat by a wealthy man he once helped at the airport.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 12107
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e17 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
While Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from Late Show with David...
published: 16 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e17 Fifteen Minutes of Fame
While Hilton is working at the coffee house, he meets two people from Late Show with David Letterman. He talks them into letting him be on the show.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 12459
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e18 Mud
A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abs...
published: 16 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e18 Mud
A plate that Hilton made as a gift for Ruth has been switched for one made by a famous abstract artist. It's worth some $15,000, and now, thanks to Pauline, it's missing.
- published: 16 Feb 2012
- views: 10586
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1998) - s2e19 Enter Lucas
Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. F...
published: 18 Feb 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1998) - s2e19 Enter Lucas
Pauline tries her hand at playwriting for a course she's taking at the community center. Following Hilton's advice about writing about something "real," she turns out a thinly-disguised comedy about the Lucas family.
- published: 18 Feb 2012
- views: 12306
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e01 My Spy
Hilton falls asleep during an "I Spy" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kell...
published: 11 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e01 My Spy
Hilton falls asleep during an "I Spy" marathon. He dreams that he and his old partner Kelly Robinson have been put on a new case in Hong Kong.
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 15354
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e02 The Wedding
Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but ...
published: 11 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e02 The Wedding
Hilton has to pay the wedding organizers for their services as Erica's wedding nears, but Ruth is more concerned with why the bride isn't falling apart yet.
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 17368
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e03 Book 'Em, Griff O
Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Erica...
published: 12 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e03 Book 'Em, Griff O
Hilton urges Griffin to do something to replace his school's outdated textbooks, and Erica and Darien return from their honeymoon.
- published: 12 Mar 2012
- views: 13855
- author: PaulWessun
21:36
Cosby (1999) - s4e04 Lucas Apocalypse
When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature bla...
published: 12 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e04 Lucas Apocalypse
When Griffin tries to prepare for Y2K by installing a generator, he causes a premature blackout for the entire neighborhood.
- published: 12 Mar 2012
- views: 14576
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e05 A Teacher's Life
Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when ev...
published: 13 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e05 A Teacher's Life
Getting through a typical day is hard enough, but it becomes an ordeal for Griffin when everyone demands his time on the day he is preparing for a date with a beautiful flight attendant.
- published: 13 Mar 2012
- views: 10700
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e06 There's Something About Hilton
A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie...
published: 13 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e06 There's Something About Hilton
A strange woman comes to the shop under the impression that Hilton is her husband, Charlie.
- published: 13 Mar 2012
- views: 15615
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 1
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professi...
published: 15 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 1
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
next part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rm-XckqU4w
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 8829
- author: PaulWessun
21:30
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 2
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professi...
published: 15 Mar 2012
author: PaulWessun
Cosby (1999) - s4e07 Superstar pt 2
Griffin has a dream in which teachers are given the same elite status & salary as professional athletes or actors.
- published: 15 Mar 2012
- views: 7465
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (1999) - s4e08 The Parent Trap
Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education....
published: 16 Mar 2012
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Cosby (1999) - s4e08 The Parent Trap
Erica visits a student's home to get his mother more involved in his education.
- published: 16 Mar 2012
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Cosby (1999) - s4e09 One for the Books
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flowe...
published: 16 Mar 2012
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Cosby (1999) - s4e09 One for the Books
Ruth and Pauline try to help save a friend's failing bookstore by annexing it to the Flower Cafe.
- published: 16 Mar 2012
- views: 11669
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (1999) - s4e10 Loving Madeline
The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her charac...
published: 19 Mar 2012
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Cosby (1999) - s4e10 Loving Madeline
The cast presents a heartfelt tribute to Madeline Kahn, with clips highlighting her character Pauline.
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 11668
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e11 The Hilton Hilton
Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth...
published: 19 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e11 The Hilton Hilton
Darien's late arrival to an important family dinner causes a fight between Hilton and Ruth.
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 15123
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e12 Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf
When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even...
published: 20 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e12 Chilly Scenes of Winter Golf
When Ruth teaches Erica how to play golf, a rivalry begins between the two women that even extends to cooking.
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 14101
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e13 To Catch a Thief
Hilton finds himself in the middle of a bank heist....
published: 20 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e13 To Catch a Thief
Hilton finds himself in the middle of a bank heist.
- published: 20 Mar 2012
- views: 12328
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e14 Raising Paranoia
Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab....
published: 22 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e14 Raising Paranoia
Griffin, Erica and Darien try to convince a drug-addicted friend to enter rehab.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 9397
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e17 A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless....
published: 22 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e17 A Pair of Threes Beats a Flush Every Time
Hilton discovers that a former high school buddy is now homeless.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 9380
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e18 Thursday's Child
A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases....
published: 22 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e18 Thursday's Child
A foster child in Erica's class wants to move in with the Lucases.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 13811
- author: PaulWessun
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Cosby (2000) - s4e21 The Song Remains the Same
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in mar...
published: 22 Mar 2012
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Cosby (2000) - s4e21 The Song Remains the Same
Hilton passes his advice along to Erica and Darien on how to keep the romance alive in marriage.
- published: 22 Mar 2012
- views: 14552
- author: PaulWessun
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10 Apr 2013
SEOUL. South Korea raised its military watch alert to "vital threat" today ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned the Korean peninsula may be slipping out of control. South Korean intelligence says the North had prepared two mid-range missiles for imminent launch from its east coast, despite warnings from ally China to avoid provocative moves at a time of soaring military tensions ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
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09 Apr 2013
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula may become "uncontrollable". He once again urged North Korea to tone down its "provocative rhetoric" and to keep open a joint North-South Korean industrial complex. Also on Tuesday, North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea to take evacuation measures in case of war ... Speaking to reporters in Rome, Mr Ban said ... Korean tensions. 12 Dec ... ....(size: 7.2Kb)
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DUBAI - A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported ... Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud bricks, which have been known to crumble easily in quake-prone Iran. Some 700 homes were destroyed, Hassanvand said ... "The windows and chandeliers all shook." ... ... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
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09 Apr 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In 1982 with negotiations over the eventual return of the Malvians-Falkland Islands to Argentina dragging on, Argentine forces landed and declared ownership of the islands. During the seventy-four day war that ensued between Britain and Argentina, only 649 Argentineans and 255 British were killed. Surprisingly, the conflict involved virtually no civilian casualties....(size: 3.8Kb)
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Gerard Pique of Barcelona and Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG in action during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final match at the Parc des Princes stadium on April 2, 2013 in Paris France. By Karthick Arvinth, Goal.com. The Blaugrana will hope that home advantage can give them the edge over Carlo Ancelotti's star-studded outfit in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal second leg. Probable lineups. BARCELONA. Valdés ... PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)
noodls
11 Apr 2013
(Source. NBC Universal Inc) April 11, 2013. 'LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON' LISTINGS. Wednesday, April 10. Guests include. Bill Cosby, Ashley Tisdale and Sandra Lee. Show 0816. Thursday, April 11. Guests include. Vince Vaughn, Amy Schumer, Joshua Topolsky and musical guest Major Lazer. Show 0817 ... (OAD....(size: 1.5Kb)
The Washington Post
11 Apr 2013
In the days after the suicide of California megapastor Rick Warren’s son, evangelical Christian leaders have begun a national conversation about how their beliefs might sometimes stigmatize those who struggle with mental illness. Well-known evangelical figures called for an end to the shame and secrecy that still surrounds mental illness throughout U.S ... Gordon Cosby was a religious rebel who moved mainstream Christianity ... Hamil R....(size: 4.5Kb)
Celebrity Café
11 Apr 2013
A list of the Top 10 Psych episodes from the first six seasons. Psych is another one of those shows a I adore. A number of my friends, including my grandfather, find it silly or embarrassing. I think it is absolutely brilliant ... The list that follows are my 10 favorite Psych Episodes. 10. “Pilot” – Season 1, Episode 1. It is the first episode. Really, it should be pretty far down the list ... 9 ... 8 ... 6 ... Everyone thinks Gus is Bud from the Cosby Show ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)
The Examiner
11 Apr 2013
The latest celebrity hoax is that Eddie Murphy died, and it’s causing die-hard Eddie fans to rush online on Wednesday, April 10 to check to make sure the “Nutty Professor” is okay. Fortunately, Eddie is doing just fine ... As of late, celebrities such as Eddie, Will Smith, Bill Cosby, and even Justin Bieber have read their own obituaries far too early ... But, to reiterate, for anyone wondering if Eddie Murphy died—rest assured ... 2) Surprise ... ....(size: 5.6Kb)
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11 Apr 2013
(Getty Images)If any further proof was needed that runners possess an endearing streak of quirky madness, the Scottsdale Beat The Heat race this summer may just provide it ... "Whether someone has gone bungee jumping, ran an Ironman or run with the bulls, this is something they won't have experienced before," said race inventor Jason Rose, a Scottsdale PR executive ... [Slideshow. Four races in Wine Country] ... 80 ... 5 ... 0 ... 'Cosby Show' cast ... ....(size: 7.8Kb)
Richmond Times Dispatch
10 Apr 2013
For now, though, he serves as the catcher for the Cosby baseball team ... In the seven-year existence of Cosby baseball, Ellis is only the second starting catcher not named Lowery ... Mike Birnbaum spent one year as Cosby’s catcher in between the Lowery brothers ... Two runs scored, giving Cosby a 6-3 lead ... Riley Fitzgerald threw 2 1/3 innings for Cosby, allowing one hit and one unearned run ... But the family lives in the Cosby district....(size: 2.7Kb)
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10 Apr 2013
(Source. Northwest Missouri State University). April 10, 2013 ... Hannah Hegeman, a senior from Cosby, finished fifth; Heidi Stahlman, a junior from Union, finished seventh and Courtney Apperson, a senior from Northboro, Iowa, finished eighth overall ... Team members. Rebecca Mallett (Baring, Mo.), Audrey Silvey (Union Star, Mo.), Bryce Sieren (Keota, Iowa), Hannah Hegeman (Cosby, Mo.), faculty coach Naveen Munsurunu Individual placing ... Fax....(size: 3.8Kb)
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10 Apr 2013
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10 Apr 2013
IMDb
10 Apr 2013
... With Jay Leno (new, with guests Charlie Sheen and Andy Enfield) 12.37 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Bill Cosby, Ashley Tisdale, and Sandra Lee) The CW 8.00 Arrow (repeat) 9....(size: 0.9Kb)
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| Cosby | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Bill Cosby |
| Developed by | Bill Cosby John Markus |
| Starring | Bill Cosby Phylicia Rashād T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Doug E. Doug Madeline Kahn (1996–1999) Jurnee Smollett (1998–2000) Darien Sills Evans (1999–2000) |
| Theme music composer | Bill Cosby Benny Golson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 95 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Cosby Dennis Klein Norman Steinberg Tom Straw |
| Producer(s) | Marcy Carsey Joanne Curley-Kerner Caryn Mandabach John Rogers Peter Tortorici Tom Werner |
| Running time | 22 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | September 16, 1996 (1996-09-16) – April 28, 2000 (2000-04-28) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | One Foot in the Grave |
Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashād (who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 sitcom The Cosby Show). Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999.
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Synopsis[link]
Cosby portrays grumpy Hilton Lucas, a New York City man forced into early (and unwanted) retirement from his job as an airline customer service agent. His wife Ruth is played by Phylicia Rashād. Initially, Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth Lucas; however, she was recast after she didn't react well to Cosby's tendency to ad lib.[1][2] The couple had one daughter, Erica Lucas, portrayed by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. Doug E. Doug played Griffin Vesey, a foster son the Lucas family took in when he was younger. Griffin occasionally tried to win Erica's affections, but they decided just to remain friends when in the fourth and final season, Darien Sills-Evans portrayed Darien Evans, Erica's fiancé/husband. Jurnee Smollett also joined the cast as 11-year-old Jurnee, whom Hilton adored.
The show was based on the concept from the BBC series One Foot in the Grave, starring Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.[3] David Renwick, the creator and writer of One Foot in the Grave, was listed as a consultant of Cosby. One Foot in the Grave was notable for containing dark humor for a mainstream sitcom. The tone was significantly lightened for Cosby, although certain controversial scenes such as a scene in which the lead character incinerates a live tortoise, were recreated (albeit with a turtle in this case).[citation needed]
A notable later episode was the fourth season premiere, "My Spy", which broke the fourth wall by having Hilton watching an episode of I Spy (the 1960s series in which Cosby co-starred) and then dreaming an adventure with Robert Culp's character from that series. The same season also presented an episode entitled "Loving Madeline" which featured the standard opening credits for the series but was in fact a tribute to Kahn featuring the cast members out of character discussing the recently deceased actress, punctuated by clips from past episodes (this is similar to what an earlier sitcom, Barney Miller, did following the death of cast member Jack Soo in the late 1970s).
Cosby premiered to an audience of more than 24.7 million viewers,[4] but averaged 16 million viewers[5] during the course of the season. As the series progressed, ratings shrank and CBS, fresh with new hit comedies in Everybody Loves Raymond and The King of Queens, decided to move the series from Monday to Wednesday and eventually Friday[citation needed]. The moves led to a drop in ratings and, frustrated by declining ratings and the move, Cosby and CBS executive Leslie Moonves mutually decided to end the series.[6] The last episode, "The Song Remains the Same," aired on April 28, 2000, and was the 95th episode to be produced and broadcast, drawing just over 7 million viewers.
Cast[link]
- Bill Cosby — Hilton Lucas
- Phylicia Rashad — Ruth Lucas (née Bolling)
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh — Erica Lucas
- Doug E. Doug — Griffin Vesey
- Madeline Kahn — Pauline Fox (1996–1999)
- Jurnee Smollett — Jurnee (1998–2000)
- Sinbad — Del (1998–2000)
- Angelo Massagli — Angelo (1997)
Nielsen ratings[link]
Cosby was considered to be a ratings success for CBS, winning it time slot of Monday, 8:00 PM in households and viewers for the first three seasons.[5]
| Season | Timeslot (EST) | Episodes | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | Monday 8:00 P.M. (September 16, 1996 – May 19, 1997) | 25 | #21[7] | 16.0[5] |
| 2 | Monday 8:00 P.M. (September 15, 1997 – May 18, 1998) | 24 | #28[8] | 13.8[8] |
| 3 | Monday 8:00 P.M. (September 21, 1998 – May 17, 1999) | 25 | #35[9] | 12.5[9] |
| 4 | Wednesday 8:00 P.M. / Friday 8:30 P.M. (September 29, 1999 – April 28, 2000) | 21 | #82[10] | 8.36[10] |
Episodes[link]
Main article: List of Cosby episodes
Reruns/syndication[link]
The series was distributed by Carsey-Werner Distribution for broadcast syndication for the 2000–2001 television season, where it ran until the fall of 2004. TBS shortly thereafter ran reruns of the series for about two years. In March 2010, gmc (formerly Gospel Music Channel) television network began airing the show but removed the show in September. As of October 2011, it is back on the schedule.
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient |
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| 1997 | BMI Film & TV Awards | Won | BMI TV Music Award | Bill Cosby and Benny Golson |
| 1998 | BMI TV Music Award | Bill Cosby and Benny Golson | ||
| 1997 | Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Technical Direction/Camera/Video for a Series | Theodore Ashton, Neal Carlos, Tom Conkright, Stephen A. Jones, Ritch Kenney, Karl Messerschmidt, and J.A. Stuewe Prudden (For pilot episode) |
| 1998 | Won | Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series | Alan Walker (For pilot episode) | |
| 1997 | NAACP Image Awards | Won | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Phylicia Rashād |
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| 1998 | Nominated | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Doug E. Doug | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Phylicia Rashād | |||
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| 1999 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Doug E. Doug | |||
| Won | Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Jurnee Smollett | ||
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| 2000 | Nominated | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Doug E. Doug | |
| Won | Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Jurnee Smollett | ||
| 1997 | People's Choice Awards | Won | Favorite Television New Comedy Series |
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| 1999 | Satellite Awards | Nominated | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical | Phylicia Rashād |
| 1999 | TV Guide Awards | Nominated | Favorite Actor in a Comedy | Bill Cosby |
| 2000 | Favorite Actress in a Comedy | Phylicia Rashād | ||
| Favorite Actor in a Comedy | Bill Cosby |
References[link]
- ^ Levesque, John (1996-07-23). "CBS Sitcoms: Cosby Big on Tradition, Bochco's Not". seattlepi.com. http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1996/9607230033.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ Carter, Bill (1996-07-23). "A Chance to Swing the Bat". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CEED91639F930A15754C0A960958260. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "It's Crystal Clear: 'Living Color' Actress Joins 'Cosby'". The New York Daily News. 1996-08-19. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1996/08/19/1996-08-19_it_s_crystal_clear___living_.html. Retrieved 2008-11-10. [dead link]
- ^ Huff, Richard (September 21, 1996). "SHIELDS OUTDRAWS FOX AND COS". New York: NY Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/09/21/1996-09-21_shields_outdraws_fox_and_cos.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ a b c "CBS and Bill Cosby Announce Finale for 'COSBY'". CBS Television. 2000-03-24. http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-24-2000/0001173832&EDATE=. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (2000-03-27). "CBS Catalyst 'Cosby' Going". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4836203-1.html. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ "Complete TV Ratings 1996–1997". http://fbibler.chez.com/tvstats/recent_data/1996-97.html. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ a b "The Final Countdown". Entertainment Weekly Published in issue #434 May 29, 1998. May 29, 1998. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,283382,00.html. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ a b "TV Winners & Losers: Numbers Racket A Final Tally Of The Season's Show (from Nielsen Media Research)". GeoCities. June 4, 1999. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20080213010636/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b "Top TV Shows For 1999–2000 Season". Variety. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshows99&dept=TV. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
External links[link]
- Official website
- Cosby at the Internet Movie Database
- Cosby at TV.com
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This article is about the comedian. For the British governor of New York, see William Cosby.
| Bill Cosby | |
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.jpg) Cosby speaking at Riverside Church, New York City, in 2010 |
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| Born | William Henry Cosby, Jr. (1937-07-12) July 12, 1937 (age 74) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouse | Camille Hanks (1964–present) |
| Children | Erika Ranee, Erinn Chalene, Ensa Camille, Evin Harrah & Ennis William Cosby |
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| http://www.billcosby.com/ | |
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the situation comedy The Bill Cosby Show. He was one of the major characters on the children's television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the educational cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby has also acted in a number of films.
During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered to be one of the decade's defining sitcoms, The Cosby Show, which aired eight seasons from 1984 to 1992. The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent African-American family. He also produced the spin-off sitcom A Different World, which became second to The Cosby Show in ratings. He starred in the sitcom Cosby from 1996 to 2000 and hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things for two seasons.
He has been a sought-after spokesman, and has endorsed a number of products, including Jell-O, Kodak film, Ford, Texas Instruments, and Coca-Cola, including New Coke. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included him in his book, the 100 Greatest African Americans.[1]
In 1976, Cosby earned a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For his doctoral research, he wrote a dissertation entitled, "An Integration of the Visual Media Via 'Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids' Into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning".
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Early life[link]
Cosby was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is one of four sons born to Anna Pearl (née Hite), a maid, and William Henry Cosby, Sr., who served as a sailor in the U.S. Navy.[2][3] During much of his early childhood, Cosby's father was away in the U.S. armed forces and spent several years fighting in World War II. As a student, he described himself as a class clown. Cosby was the captain of both the baseball team and the track and field team at Mary Channing Wister Elementary School in Philadelphia, as well as the class president.[4] Early on, though, teachers noted his propensity for clowning around rather than studying.[5] At Fitz Simmons Junior High, Cosby began acting in plays as well as continuing his devotion to playing sports.[6] He went on to Central High School, an academically challenging magnet school, but his full schedule of playing football, basketball, baseball, and running track made it hard for him.[6] In addition, Cosby was working before and after school, selling produce, shining shoes, and stocking shelves at a supermarket to help out the family.[6] He transferred to Germantown High School, but failed the tenth grade.[7] Instead of repeating, he got a job as an apprentice at a shoe repair shop, which he liked, but could not see himself doing the rest of his life.[6] Subsequently, he joined the Navy, serving at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland and at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.[8]
While serving in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for four years, Cosby worked in physical therapy with some seriously injured Korean War casualties,[8] which helped him discover what was important to him. Then he immediately realized the need for an education, and finished his equivalency diploma via correspondence courses.[9] He then won a track and field scholarship to Philadelphia's Temple University in 1961–62,[10] and studied physical education while running track and playing fullback on the football team. Cosby also joined the school's chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.[citation needed]
As Cosby progressed through his undergraduate studies, he continued to hone his talent for humor, joking with fellow enlistees in the service and then with college friends. When he began bar tending at the Cellar, a club in Philadelphia, to earn money, he became fully aware of his ability to make people laugh. He worked his customers and saw his tips increase, then ventured on to the stage.[11]
Stand-up career[link]
Cosby left Temple to pursue a career in comedy, though he would return to collegiate studies in the 1970s. He lined up gigs at clubs in Philadelphia and soon was off to New York City, where he appeared at The Gaslight Cafe starting in 1962.[6] He lined up dates in Chicago, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. He received national exposure on NBC's The Tonight Show in the summer of 1963 which led to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, who released his debut LP Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!, the first of a series of popular comedy albums, in 1964.
While many comics were using the growing freedom of that decade to explore controversial, sometimes risqué, material, Cosby was making his reputation with humorous recollections of his childhood. Many Americans wondered about the absence of race as a topic in Cosby's stories. As Cosby's success grew he had to defend his choice of material regularly; as he argued, "A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike. Right? So I figure this way I'm doing as much for good race relations as the next guy."[12]
Cosby remains an actively touring stand-up comedian, performing at theaters throughout the country.
Acting career[link]
[edit] I Spy
In 1965, when he was cast alongside Robert Culp in the I Spy espionage adventure series, Cosby became the first African-American co-star in a dramatic television series, and NBC became the first to present a series so cast. At first Cosby and NBC executives were concerned that some affiliates might be unwilling to carry the series. At the beginning of the 1965 season four stations declined the show; they were in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.[citation needed] But the rest of the country[vague] was taken with the show's exotic locales and the authentic chemistry between the stars, and it became one of the ratings hits of that television season. I Spy finished among the twenty most-watched shows that year, and Cosby would be honored with three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
During the run of the series, Cosby continued to do stand-up comedy performances, and recorded a half-dozen record albums for Warners. He also began to dabble in singing, recording Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings in 1967, which provided him with a hit single with his recording of "Li'l Ole Man".[citation needed] He would record several more musical albums into the early 1970s, but he continued to record primarily stand-up comedy work.
In June 1968 Billboard reported that Cosby had turned down a five-year, US$3.5 million contract renewal offer and would leave the label in August that year to record for his own record label.[13]
Tetragrammaton Records was a division of the Campbell, Silver, Cosby (CSC) Corporation, the Los Angeles based production company founded by Cosby, his manager Roy Silver, and filmmaker Bruce Post Campbell. It produced films as well as records, including Cosby's television specials, the Fat Albert cartoon special and series and several motion pictures. CSC hired industry veteran Artie Mogull as President of the label and Tetragrammaton was fairly active during 1968–69 (its most successful signing was British heavy rock band Deep Purple) but it quickly went into the red and ceased trading during 1970.[14]
[edit] Fat Albert, The Bill Cosby Show, and the 1970s
Cosby pursued a variety of additional television projects and appeared as a regular guest host on The Tonight Show and as the star of an annual special for NBC. He returned with another series in 1969, The Bill Cosby Show, a situation comedy that ran for two seasons. Cosby played a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high school. While only a modest critical success, the show was a ratings hit, finishing eleventh in its first season. Cosby was lauded for using some previously unknown African-American performers such as Lillian Randolph, Moms Mabley, and Rex Ingram as characters. According to commentary on the Season 1 DVD's for the show, Cosby was at odds with NBC over his refusal to include a laugh track in the show (he felt that viewers had the ability to find humor for themselves when watching a TV show). He was originally contracted with NBC to do the show for two seasons, and he believes the show was not renewed afterwards for that reason.
After The Bill Cosby Show left the air, Cosby returned to his education. He began graduate work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, qualifying under a special program that allowed for the admission of students who had not completed their bachelor's degrees, but who had had a significant impact on society and/or their communities through their careers.[citation needed] This professional interest led to his involvement in the PBS series The Electric Company, for which he recorded several segments teaching reading skills to young children.
In 1972, Cosby received an MA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was also back in prime time with a variety series, The New Bill Cosby Show. However, this time he met with poor ratings, and the show lasted only a season. More successful was a Saturday morning show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, hosted by Cosby and based on his own childhood. That series ran from 1972 to 1979, and as The New Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids from 1979 to 1984.[citation needed] Some schools used the program as a teaching tool,[citation needed] and Cosby himself wrote a dissertation on it, "An Integration of the Visual Media Via 'Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids' Into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning", as partial fulfillment of obtaining his 1976 doctorate in education, also from the University of Massachusetts.[6][15] Subsequently, Temple University, where Cosby had begun but never finished his undergraduate studies, would grant him his bachelor's degree on the basis of "life experience."[citation needed]
Also during the 1970s, Cosby and other African-American actors, including Sidney Poitier, joined forces to make some successful comedy films that countered the violent "blaxploitation" films of the era. Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975) were generally praised, but much of Cosby's film work has fallen flat. Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) costarring Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel; A Piece of the Action, with Poitier; and California Suite, a compilation of four Neil Simon plays, were all panned. In addition, Cos (1976) an hour-long variety show featuring puppets, sketches, and musical numbers, was canceled within the year. Cosby was also a regular on children's public television programs starting in the 1970s, hosting the "Picture Pages" segments that lasted into the early 1980s.
[edit] The Cosby Show and the 1980s
Cosby's greatest television success came in September 1984 with the debut of The Cosby Show. The program aired weekly on NBC and went on to become the highest ranking sitcom of all time. For Cosby, the new situation comedy was a response to the increasingly violent and vulgar fare the networks usually offered. Cosby is an advocate for humor that is family-oriented. He insisted on and received total creative control of the series, and he was involved in every aspect of the series. The show had parallels to Cosby's actual family life: like the characters Cliff and Claire Huxtable, Cosby and his wife Camille were college educated, financially successful, and had five children. Essentially a throwback to the wholesome family situation comedy, The Cosby Show was unprecedented in its portrayal of an intelligent, affluent, African-American family.
Much of the material from the pilot and first season of The Cosby Show was taken from his video Bill Cosby: Himself, released in 1983. The series was an immediate success, debuting near the top of the ratings and staying there for most of its long run. The Cosby Show is one of only three American programs that have been #1 in the Nielsen ratings for at least five consecutive seasons, along with All in the Family and American Idol. People magazine called the show "revolutionary,"[citation needed] and Newsday concurred that it was a "real breakthrough."[citation needed]
In 1987, Cosby attempted to return to film with the spy spoof Leonard Part 6. Although Cosby himself was producer and wrote the story, he realized during production that the film was not going to be what he wanted and publicly denounced it, warning audiences to stay away.[16]
In the 1990s and 2000s[link]
After The Cosby Show went off the air in 1992, Cosby embarked on a number of other projects, including a revival of the classic Groucho Marx game show You Bet Your Life (1992–93) along with the TV-movie I Spy Returns (1994) and The Cosby Mysteries (1994). In the mid-1990s, he appeared as a detective in black-and-white film noir-themed commercials for Turner Classic Movies. He also made appearances in three more films, Ghost Dad (1990), The Meteor Man (1993); and Jack (1996); in addition to being interviewed in Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls (1997), a documentary about the racist bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama, church in 1963.
Also in 1996, he started up a new show for CBS, Cosby, again co-starring Phylicia Rashād, his onscreen wife on The Cosby Show. Cosby co-produced the show for Carsey-Werner Productions. The show was based on the British program One Foot in the Grave.[citation needed] It centered on Cosby as Hilton Lucas, an iconoclastic senior citizen who tries to find a new job after being "downsized", and in the meantime, gets on his wife's nerves. Madeline Kahn costarred as Rashād's goofy business partner. Cosby was hired by CBS to be the official "spokesman" for the WWJ-TV during an advertising campaign from 1995 to 1998. In addition, Cosby in 1998 became the host of Kids Say the Darndest Things. After four seasons, Cosby was canceled. The last episode aired April 28, 2000. Kids Say the Darndest Things was also canceled the same year. Cosby continued to work with CBS through a development deal and other projects.
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A series for preschoolers, Little Bill, made its debut on Nickelodeon in 1999. The network renewed the popular program in November 2000. In 2001, at an age when many give serious consideration to retirement, Cosby's agenda included the publication of a new book, as well as delivering the commencement addresses at Morris Brown College, Ohio State University, and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[17] Also that year, he signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a live-action feature film centering on the popular Fat Albert character from his 1970s cartoon series. Fat Albert was released in theaters in December 2004. In May 2007 he spoke at the Commencement of High Point University.
In the summer of 2009, Cosby hosted a comedy gala at Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival, the world's largest.
Socioeconomic views[link]
Main article: Pound Cake speech
In May 2004 after receiving an award at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that outlawed school racial segregation, Cosby made public remarks critical of African Americans who put higher priorities on sports, fashion, and "acting hard" than on education, self-respect, and self-improvement, pleading for African-American families to educate their children on the many different aspects of American culture.
In the "Pound Cake" speech, Cosby, who holds a doctorate in education, asked that African-American parents begin teaching their children better morals at a younger age. Cosby told the Washington Times, "Parenting needs to come to the forefront. If you need help and you don't know how to parent, we want to be able to reach out and touch" (DeBose, Brian).[page needed] Richard Leiby of The Washington Post reported, "Bill Cosby was anything but politically correct in his remarks Monday night at a Constitution Hall bash commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision."[18]
Cosby again came under sharp criticism and was again largely unapologetic for his stance when he made similar remarks during a speech in a July 1 meeting commemorating the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. During that speech, he admonished blacks for not assisting or concerning themselves with the individuals who are involved with crime or have counter-productive aspirations. He further described those who needed attention as blacks who “had forgotten the sacrifices of those in the Civil Rights Movement." [19] The speech was featured in the documentary 500 Years Later, which set the speech to cartoon visuals.[citation needed]
Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson wrote a book in 2005 entitled Is Bill Cosby Right or Is the Black Middle Class Out of Touch?[20] In the book, Dyson wrote that Cosby was overlooking larger social factors that reinforce poverty and associated crime; factors such as deteriorating schools, stagnating wages, dramatic shifts in the economy, offshoring and downsizing, chronic underemployment, and job and capital flight.[21] Dyson suggested Cosby's comments "betray classist, elitist viewpoints rooted in generational warfare."[20]
Cornel West defended Cosby and his remarks, saying, "he's speaking out of great compassion and trying to get folk to get on the right track, 'cause we've got some brothers and sisters who are not doing the right things, just like in times in our own lives, we don't do the right thing... He is trying to speak honestly and freely and lovingly, and I think that's a very positive thing."[22]
In a 2008 interview, Cosby mentioned Chicago; Atlanta; Philadelphia; Oakland; Detroit; and Springfield, Massachusetts among the cities where crime was high and young African-American men were being murdered and jailed in disproportionate numbers. Cosby stood his ground against criticism and affirmed that African-American parents were continuing to fail to inculcate proper standards of moral behavior.[23] Cosby still lectures to black communities (usually at churches) about his frustrations with certain problems prevalent in underprivileged urban communities such as taking part in illegal drugs, teenage pregnancy, Black Entertainment Television, high school dropouts, anti-intellectualism, gangsta rap, vulgarity, thievery, offensive clothing, vanity, parental alienation, single-parenting and failing to live up to the ideals of Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the African-American ancestors that preceded Generation X.
Humanitarian causes[link]
Cosby has become an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America.[24] Cosby became involved with the foundation in 2004. For several years, he has been a featured host for its annual benefit, A Great Night in Harlem, at the Apollo Theater in New York City.[25][26]
Personal life[link]
Cosby met his wife Camille Hanks Cosby while he was performing stand-up in Washington, D.C., in the early 1960s, and she was a student at the University of Maryland. They married on January 25, 1964, and had five children: daughters Erika Ranee (b. 1965), Erinn Chalene (b. 1966), Ensa Camille (b. 1973), and Evin Harrah (b. 1976), and son Ennis William (1969–1997). His son Ennis was shot dead while changing a flat tire on the side of Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on January 16, 1997. Cosby maintains homes in Shelburne, Massachusetts, and Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.[27]
Bill Cosby has hosted the Los Angeles Playboy Jazz Festival since 1979. An avid musician, he's best known as a jazz drummer although he can be seen playing bass guitar with Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis, Jr. on Hugh Hefner's 1970s talk show. His story "The Regular Way" was featured in Playboy's December 1968 issue.[28]
Bill Cosby is an active alumnus supporter of his alma mater, Temple University, and in particular its men's basketball team, whose games Cosby frequently attends.
Cosby is a devoted fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. In 2002, when the Eagles' starting and backup quarterbacks were both injured, Cosby sent a letter to head coach Andy Reid, joking that he was ready to play if needed.[citation needed]
Cosby also attends many public events, such as the 100th Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 2, 2007. His love for track and field athletics has also been shown with his long time sponsorship, and on-track work with the Penn Relays. For many years, Cosby has been known to work the finish line at Franklin Field and congratulate athletes.
During the 2009 NFL Draft, he celebrated the draft with former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Quan Cosby as a means of support, though the two are not related.[29]
Sexual harassment suit[link]
In August 2006 Cosby settled a lawsuit against him by a Canadian woman who claimed he had attacked her in his Philadelphia home in 2004.[27][30][31] The woman claimed she had been sexually assaulted after being given pills when she had complained of feeling stressed. The suit also alleged that at least 10 other women had been assaulted by Cosby in similar circumstances previously.[32]
Awards and honors[link]
- 1969: Received his third "Man of the Year" award from Harvard University's performance group, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals
- 1998: Received the Kennedy Center Honor[33]
- 2002: The Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to television
- 2003: The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award
- 2005: In a British poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders
- 2009: Presented with the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- 2011: Made an honorary Chief Petty Officer (Hospital Corpsman) in the United States Navy[34]
Emmys[link]
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series – Primetime Emmys
1966 I Spy – Alexander Scott
1967 I Spy – Alexander Scott
1968 I Spy – Alexander Scott
Outstanding Variety Or Musical Program – Primetime Emmys
1969 The Bill Cosby Special
Grammys[link]
Best Comedy Performance – Grammy Awards
1965 I Started Out as a Child
1966 Why Is There Air?
1967 Wonderfulness
1968 Revenge
1969 To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
1970 Sports
1987 Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
Best Recording for Children – Grammy Awards
1972 Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs
1971 The Electric Company – Cast member
Honorary degrees[link]
Cosby has received honorary degrees from more than a dozen colleges and universities:
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, December 5, 2008.[35]
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Carnegie Mellon University, May 20, 2007; he was also the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony.[36]
- Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music, May 8, 2004.[37] Cosby was also the host of the school's 60th Anniversary Concert in January 2006.[38]
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Baylor University, September 4, 2003, at the "Spirit Rally" for the Baylor and Central Texas communities.[39]
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Yale University, May 26, 2003.[40]
- Honorary Degree in 2003 presented by President William Harjo LoneFight from the Sisseton Wahpeton College on the Lake Traverse Reservation for his contributions to minority education.
- Honorary Doctorate from West Chester University of Pennsylvania during the 2003 graduation ceremony.
- Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Haverford College, May 2002.[41]
- Honorary Degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[17] and the University of Cincinnati in 2001.
- Honorary Doctorate from Amherst College, May 1999. (Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa)
- Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California, May 8, 1998.[42]
- Cosby served as the commencement speaker [43] and received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, 18 May 1996.[44]
- Honorary LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 1990.[45] He also served as the commencement speaker in May 1997.[46]
Works[link]
Discography[link]
Singles[link]
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | |
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| US | US R&B | ||
| 1967 | "Little Ol' Man (Uptight—Everything's Alright)" | 4 | 18 |
| 1970 | "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" | 70 | — |
| 1976 | "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" | — | 59 |
| "Yes, Yes, Yes" | 46 | 11 | |
Books[link]
- Cosby, Bill (1986). Fatherhood. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-23410-8. OCLC 15686687.
- Cosby, Bill (1987). Time Flies. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-24040-6. OCLC 16081611.
- Cosby, Bill (1989). Love and Marriage. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-24664-4. OCLC 18984758.
- Cosby, Bill (1991). Childhood. New York: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-13647-4. OCLC 23650310.
- Cosby, Bill (1998). Kids Say the Darndest Things. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-11043-2. OCLC 39498709.
- Cosby, Bill (1999). Congratulations! Now What?: A Book for Graduates. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-7868-6572-7. OCLC 40979923.
- Allen, Dwight William; Cosby, Bill (2000). American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge. New York: IPublish.com. ISBN 978-0-7595-5000-1. OCLC 48915448.
- Cosby, Bill; Booth, George (2001). Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-7868-6810-0. OCLC 46359836.
- Cosby, Bill (2003). I Am What I Ate ... and I'm Frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy. New York: HarperEntertainment. ISBN 978-0-06-054573-4. OCLC 52387894.
- Cosby, Bill; Cosby, Erika (2003). Friends of a Feather: One of Life's Little Fables. New York: Harper Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-06-009147-7. OCLC 52206847.
- Cosby, Bill; Poussaint, Alvin F. (2007). Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-59555-092-7. OCLC 153581209.
- Cosby, Bill (2011). I Didn't Ask to Be Born (But I'm Glad I Was). New York: Center Street. ISBN 978-0-89296-920-3. OCLC 707964887.
See also[link]
- List of comedians
- List of Omega Psi Phi brothers
- List of Temple University people
- List of University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
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- ^ The Washington Post. The Injustice Bill Cosby Won't See (Map). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001631.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ Cornel West radio clip played on Tavis Smiley edition "Bill Cosby: Airdate May 26, 2004"
- ^ "The Breaking Point » Bill Cosby: Race man, pariah, hero". Diamondsuite.net. http://www.diamondsuite.net/index.php/?p=420. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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- ^ "Commencement: Speakers Since 1938". University of Pennsylvania. http://www.upenn.edu/commencement/hist/speakers38.html. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
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- Morano, Marc. "Bill Cosby was hounded by President Nixon." World Entertainment News Network. May 1, 2000. 2 Mar 2006. www.imdb.com
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- Wu, Frank H. "Brown at 50: Keeping Promises." Black Issues in Higher Education. May 20, 2004: 49
- "Biography — William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr.". Biographies in Naval History. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. June 22, 2006. http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/cosby_bill.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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| Place of birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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 Letterman performing on his show in June 2011. |
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| Pseudonym | Earl Hofert |
| Born | (1947-04-12) April 12, 1947 (age 65) Indianapolis, Indiana, United States[1] |
| Medium | Stand-up, talk show |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, surreal humor, deadpan |
| Subject(s) | Self-deprecation, everyday life |
| Influences | Steve Allen,[citation needed] Johnny Carson,[2] Jack Paar,[citation needed] Paul Dixon[3] |
| Influenced | Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon |
| Spouse | Michelle Cook (1969–1977) Regina Lasko (2009–present) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Regina Lasko (1986–2009) |
| Notable works and roles | Host of The David Letterman Show (NBC) Host of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) Host of Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) |
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| Website | CBS.com/latenight/lateshow |
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| Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series 1981 The David Letterman Show Outstanding Individual Achievement — Writers 1981 The David Letterman Show Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program 1984 Late Night with David Letterman 1985 Late Night with David Letterman 1986 Late Night with David Letterman 1987 Late Night with David Letterman Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series 1994 Late Show with David Letterman |
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| American Comedy Awards | |
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David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian.[1] He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Letterman recently surpassed friend and mentor Johnny Carson for having the longest late-night hosting career in the United States of America.[4]
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network follow-up The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
In 1996, David Letterman was ranked #45 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.[5]
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Early life and career[link]
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman (April 1915 – February 1973),[6] was a florist of British descent; his mother Dorothy Letterman (née Hofert, now Dorothy Mengering), a Presbyterian church secretary of German descent, is an occasional figure on the show, usually at holidays and birthdays.
Letterman lived on the north side of Indianapolis (Broad Ripple area), not far from Speedway, IN, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he enjoyed collecting model cars, including racers.[7] In 2000, he told an interviewer for Esquire that, while growing up, he admired his father's ability to tell jokes and be the life of the party. Harry Joseph Letterman survived a heart attack at age 36, when David was a young boy. The fear of losing his father was constantly with Letterman as he grew up.[8] The elder Letterman died of a second heart attack[9] at age 57.
Letterman attended his hometown's Broad Ripple High School at the same time as Marilyn Tucker (future wife of Dan Quayle) and worked as a stock boy at the local Atlas supermarket.[10] According to the Ball State Daily News, he originally had wanted to attend Indiana University, but his grades weren't good enough, so he decided to attend Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana.[11] He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and he graduated from what was then the Department of Radio and Television, in 1969. A self-described average student, Letterman endowed a scholarship for what he called "C students" at Ball State.[12]
Though he registered for the draft and passed his physical after graduating from college, he was not drafted for service in Vietnam due to receiving a draft lottery number of 352 (out of 365).[13]
Letterman began his broadcasting career as an announcer and newscaster at the college's student-run radio station—WBST—a 10-watt campus station which now is part of Indiana Public Radio.[14] He was fired for treating classical music with irreverence.[14]
Letterman then became involved with the founding of another campus station—WAGO-AM 570 (now WWHI, 91.3).[15]
Letterman credits Paul Dixon—host of the Paul Dixon Show, a Cincinnati-based talk show also shown in Indianapolis while Letterman was growing up—for inspiring his choice of career:[3]
- "I was just out of college [in 1969], and I really didn't know what I wanted to do. And then all of a sudden I saw him doing it [on TV]. And I thought: That's really what I want to do!"
Weatherman[link]
Letterman began his career as a radio talk show host on WNTS (AM), and on Indianapolis television station WLWI (now called WTHR) as an anchor, and weatherman. He received some attention for his unpredictable on-air behavior, which included congratulating a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane and predicting hail stones "the size of canned hams."[16] He would also occasionally report the weather and the day's very high and low temps for fictitious cities ("Eight inches of snow in Bingree and surrounding areas.") while on another occasion saying that a state border had been erased.[17] ("From space you can see the border between Indiana and Ohio has been erased. I'm not in favor of this.") He also starred in a local kiddie show, made wisecracks as host of a late night TV show called "Freeze-Dried Movies" (he once acted out a scene from "Godzilla" using plastic dinosaurs),[18] and hosted a talk show that aired early on Saturday mornings called "Clover Power,"[19] in which he interviewed 4-H members about their projects.[20]
In 1971, Letterman appeared as a pit road reporter for ABC Sports' tape-delayed coverage of the Indianapolis 500.[21] David initially is introduced as Chris Economaki in his job as a corner reporter. Letterman interviews Mario Andretti who has just crashed out of the race and asks him a question about traffic on the course.
Move to Los Angeles[link]
In 1975, encouraged by his then-wife Michelle and several of his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers, Letterman moved to Los Angeles, California, with hope of becoming a comedy writer.[22] He started off by writing material for comedian Jimmie Walker.[23] He also began performing stand-up comedy at The Comedy Store, a proving ground for unknown comics.
In the summer of 1977, Letterman was a writer and regular on the six-week summer series The Starland Vocal Band Show, broadcast on CBS.[24] He hosted a 1977 pilot for a game show entitled The Riddlers[25][26] that was never picked up and co-starred in the Barry Levinson-produced comedy special Peeping Times that aired in January 1978. Later that year, Letterman was a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore's variety show, Mary.[27] Letterman made a guest appearance on Mork & Mindy (as a parody of EST leader Werner Erhard[28]) and appearances on game shows such as The $20,000 Pyramid,[29] The Gong Show, Password Plus[30] and Liar's Club, as well as talk shows such as The Mike Douglas Show.[31] He was also screen tested for the lead role in the 1980 film Airplane!, a role that eventually went to Robert Hays.[32]
His dry, sarcastic humor caught the attention of scouts for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Letterman was soon a regular guest on the show. Letterman became a favorite of Carson's and was a regular guest host for the show beginning in 1978. Letterman credits Carson as the person who influenced his career the most.[2]
NBC[link]
Morning show[link]
Main article: The David Letterman Show
On June 23, 1980, Letterman was given his own morning comedy show on NBC, The David Letterman Show. It was originally 90 minutes long, but was shortened to 60 minutes in August 1980.[33] The show was a critical success, winning two Emmy Awards, but was a ratings disappointment and was canceled in October 1980.
[edit] Late Night with David Letterman
Main article: Late Night with David Letterman
NBC kept Letterman under contract to try him in a different time slot. Late Night with David Letterman debuted February 1, 1982; the first guest on the first show was Bill Murray.[34] Murray also guested on January 31, 2012 – 30 years later. The show ran Monday through Thursday at 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time, immediately following The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (a Friday night broadcast was added in June 1987). It was seen as being edgy and unpredictable, and soon developed a cult following (particularly among college students). Letterman's reputation as an acerbic interviewer was borne out in verbal sparring matches with Cher[35] (who even called him an asshole on the show), Shirley MacLaine,[36] Charles Grodin, and Madonna. The show also featured comedy segments and running characters, in a style heavily influenced by the 1950s and 1960s programs of Steve Allen.[37] Although Ernie Kovacs is often cited as an influence on the show,[38] Letterman has denied this.[2]
The show often featured quirky, genre-mocking regular features, including "Stupid Pet Tricks[39] ", dropping various objects off the roof of a five-story building,[40] demonstrations of unorthodox clothing (such as suits made of Alka-Seltzer,[41] Velcro[42] and suet), a recurring Top 10 list, the Monkey-Cam[43] (and the Audience Cam), and a facetious letter-answering segment.[44] The Top 10 list, several "Film[s] by My Dog Bob" in which a camera was mounted on Letterman's own dog[45] (often with comic results), Stupid Human Tricks,[46] Small Town News,[47] and Stupid Pet Tricks[48] (which had its origins on Letterman's morning show) all eventually moved with Letterman to CBS.
Other memorable moments included Letterman using a bullhorn to interrupt a live interview on The Today Show, announcing that he was the NBC president while not wearing any pants; interrupting Al Roker on WNBC-TV's broadcast of Live at Five by walking into their studio (which occupied the same floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza as Letterman's studio); and staging "elevator races", complete with commentary by NBC Sports' Bob Costas. In one infamous appearance, in 1982, Andy Kaufman (who was already wearing a neck brace) appeared to be slapped and knocked to the ground by professional wrestler Jerry Lawler (though Lawler and Kaufman's friend Bob Zmuda later revealed that the event was staged.)[49] In another memorable exchange, sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer included cucumbers in a list of handy sex objects that women could find at home. The following night, guest Ted Koppel asked Letterman "May I insert something here?" and Dave responded "OK, as long as it's not a cucumber."[citation needed]
[edit] Late Show with David Letterman
Main article: Late Show with David Letterman
In 1992, Johnny Carson retired, and many fans believed that Letterman would become host of The Tonight Show. When NBC instead gave the job to Jay Leno, Letterman departed NBC to host his own late-night show on CBS, opposite The Tonight Show at 11:30 p.m., called the Late Show with David Letterman. The new show debuted on August 30, 1993 and was taped at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater, where Ed Sullivan taped his eponymous variety series from 1948 to 1971. For Letterman's arrival, CBS spent $8 million in renovations.[50] In addition to that cost, CBS also signed Letterman to a lucrative three-year, $14 million/year contract,[51] doubling his Late Night salary. The total cost for everything (renovations, negotiation right paid to NBC, signing Letterman, announcer Bill Wendell, Shaffer, the writers and the band) was over $140 million.
But while the expectation was that Letterman would retain his unique style and sense of humor with the move, Late Show was not an exact replica of his old NBC program. Recognizing the more formal mood (and wider audience) of his new time slot and studio, Letterman eschewed his trademark blazer with khaki pants and white sneakers wardrobe combination in favor of expensive shoes, tailored suits and light-colored socks. The monologue was lengthened and Paul Shaffer and the "World's Most Dangerous Band" followed Letterman to CBS, but they added a brass section and were rebranded the "CBS Orchestra" as a short monologue and a small band were mandated by Carson while Letterman occupied the 12:30 slot. Additionally, because of intellectual property disagreements, Letterman was unable to import many of his Late Night segments verbatim,[52] but he sidestepped this problem by simply renaming them (the "Top Ten List" became the "Late Show Top Ten", "Viewer Mail" became the "CBS Mailbag", etc.)
Popularity[link]
The main competitor of The Late Show is NBC's The Tonight Show, which was hosted by Jay Leno for nearly 16 years, but from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, was hosted by Conan O'Brien. In 1993 and 1994, The Late Show consistently gained higher ratings than The Tonight Show. But in 1995, ratings dipped and Leno's show consistently beat Letterman's in the ratings from the time that Hugh Grant came on Leno's show after Grant's arrest for soliciting a prostitute.;[53] Leno typically attracted about 5 million nightly viewers between 1999 and 2009. The Late Show lost nearly half its audience during its competition with Leno, attracting 7.1 million viewers nightly in its 1993–94 season and about 3.8 million per night as of Leno's departure in 2009.[54] In the final months of his first stint as host of The Tonight Show, Leno beat Letterman in the ratings by a 1.3 million viewer margin (5.2 million to 3.9 million), and Nightline and The Late Show were virtually tied.[55] Once O'Brien took over Tonight, however, Letterman closed the gap in the ratings.[56][57][58] O'Brien initially drove the median age of Tonight Show viewers from 55 to 45, with most older viewers opting to watch The Late Show instead.[59]
Following Leno's return to The Tonight Show, however, Leno has regained his lead.[60]
Letterman's shows have garnered both critical and industry praise, receiving 67 Emmy Award nominations, winning 12 times in his first 20 years in late night television. From 1993–2009, Letterman ranked higher than Leno in the annual Harris Poll of Nation's Favorite TV Personality 12 times.[61] For example, in 2003 and 2004 Letterman ranked second in that poll, behind only Oprah Winfrey, a year that Leno was ranked fifth.[62] Leno was higher than Letterman on that poll three times during the same period, in 1998, 2007, and 2008.[61]
Hosting the Academy Awards[link]
On March 27, 1995, Letterman acted as the host for the 67th Academy Awards ceremony. Critics blasted[63] Letterman for what they deemed a poor hosting of the Oscars, noting that his irreverent style undermined the traditional importance and glamor of the event.[citation needed] In a joke about their unusual names (inspired by a similar joke by Woody Allen), he started off by introducing Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey, and then both of them to Keanu Reeves: "Oprah...Uma. Uma...Oprah," "Have you kids met Keanu?"[64] This and many of his other jokes fell flat.[citation needed] Although Letterman attracted the highest ratings to the annual telecast since 1983, many felt that the bad publicity garnered by Letterman's hosting caused a decline in the Late Show's ratings.[65]
Letterman recycled the apparent debacle into a long-running gag. On his first show after the Oscars, he joked, "Looking back, I had no idea that thing was being televised." He lampooned his stint two years later, during Billy Crystal's opening Oscar skit, which also parodied the plane-crashing scenes from that year's chief nominated film, The English Patient.
For years afterward, Letterman recounted his hosting the Oscars, although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued to hold Letterman in high regard and they had invited him to host the Oscars again.[66][67] On September 7, 2010, he made an appearance on the premiere of the 14th season of The View, and confirmed that he had been considered for hosting again.
Heart surgery hiatus[link]
On January 14, 2000, a routine check-up revealed that an artery in Letterman's heart was severely obstructed. He was rushed to emergency surgery for a quintuple bypass.[68]
During the initial weeks of his recovery, reruns of the Late Show were shown and introduced by friends of Letterman including Drew Barrymore,[58] Ray Romano, Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Megan Mullally, Bill Murray, Regis Philbin, Charles Grodin, Nathan Lane, Julia Roberts,[58] Bruce Willis, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, Steven Seagal, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Danny DeVito, Steve Martin, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Subsequently, while still recovering from surgery, Letterman revived the late night tradition that had virtually disappeared on network television during the 1990s of 'guest hosts' by allowing Bill Cosby, Kathie Lee Gifford (recommended by Regis Philbin, who was asked first but had no time in his schedule), Dana Carvey, Janeane Garofalo, and others to host new episodes of The Late Show. Cosby—the show's first guest host—refused to sit at Letterman's desk out of respect, using the couch instead; Garofalo followed suit, utilizing a set of grade-school desks instead.
Upon his return to the show on February 21, 2000, Letterman brought all of the doctors and nurses on stage who had participated in his surgery and recovery (with extra teasing of a nurse who had given him bed baths—"This woman has seen me naked!"),[69] including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who frequently appears on the show. In a show of emotion, Letterman was nearly in tears as he thanked the health care team with the words "These are the people who saved my life!" The episode earned an Emmy nomination. For a number of episodes, Letterman continued to crack jokes about his bypass, including saying, "Bypass surgery: it's when doctors surgically create new blood flow to your heart. A bypass is what happened to me when I didn't get The Tonight Show! It's a whole different thing." In a later running gag he lobbied his home state of Indiana to rename the freeway circling Indianapolis (I-465) "The David Letterman Bypass." He also featured a montage of faux news coverage of his bypass surgery, which included a clip of Dave's heart for sale on the Home Shopping Network. Letterman became friends with his doctors and nurses. In 2008, a Rolling Stone interview stated "he hosted a doctor and nurse who'd helped perform the emergency quintuple-bypass heart surgery that saved his life in 2000. 'These are people who were complete strangers when they opened my chest,' he says. 'And now, eight years later, they're among my best friends.' "[4]
Additionally, Letterman invited the band Foo Fighters to play "Everlong",[70] introducing them as "my favorite band, playing my favorite song."[71] During a later Foo Fighters appearance, Letterman said that Foo Fighters had been in the middle of a South American tour which they canceled to come play on his comeback episode.
Letterman again handed over the reins of the show to several guest hosts (including Bill Cosby, Brad Garrett, Elvis Costello, John McEnroe, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Bonnie Hunt, Luke Wilson and bandleader Paul Shaffer) in February 2003, when he was diagnosed with a severe case of shingles. Later that year, Letterman made regular use of guest hosts—including Tom Arnold and Kelsey Grammer—for new shows broadcast on Fridays. In March 2007, Adam Sandler—who had been scheduled to be the lead guest—served as a guest host while Letterman was ill with a stomach virus.[72]
Re-signing with CBS[link]
In March 2002, as Letterman's contract with CBS neared expiration, ABC offered him the time slot for long-running news program Nightline with Ted Koppel. Letterman was interested as he believed he could never match Leno's ratings at CBS due to Letterman's complaint of weaker lead-ins from the network's late local news programs, but was reluctant to replace Koppel.[73] Letterman addressed his decision to re-sign on the air, stating that he was content at CBS and that he had great respect for Koppel.
On December 4, 2006, CBS revealed that Letterman signed a new contract to host The Late Show with David Letterman through the fall of 2010. "I'm thrilled to be continuing on at CBS," said Letterman. "At my age you really don't want to have to learn a new commute."[74] Letterman further joked about the subject by pulling up his right pants leg, revealing a tattoo, presumably temporary, of the ABC logo.
"Thirteen years ago, David Letterman put CBS late night on the map and in the process became one of the defining icons of our network," said Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation. "His presence on our air is an ongoing source of pride, and the creativity and imagination that the Late Show puts forth every night is an ongoing display of the highest quality entertainment. We are truly honored that one of the most revered and talented entertainers of our time will continue to call CBS 'home.'"[75]
According to a 2007 article in Forbes magazine, Letterman earned $40 million a year.[76] A 2009 article in The New York Times, however, said his salary was estimated at $32 million per year.[77] In June 2009, Letterman's Worldwide Pants and CBS reached agreement to continue the Late Show until at least August 2012. The previous contract had been set to expire in 2010, and the two-year extension is shorter than the typical three-year contract period negotiated in the past.[77] Worldwide Pants agreed to lower its fee for the show, though it had remained a "solid moneymaker for CBS" under the previous contract.[77]
On the February 3, 2011, edition of the Late Show, during an interview with Howard Stern, Letterman said he would continue to do his talk show for "maybe two years, I think."[78]
2007–2008 writers' strike[link]
The Late Show went off air for eight weeks during the months of November and December because of the Writers Guild of America strike. Letterman's production company—Worldwide Pants—was the first company to make an individual agreement with the WGA,[79] thus allowing his show to come back on air on January 2, 2008. On his first episode since being off air, he surprised the viewing audience with his newly grown beard, which signified solidarity with the strike.[80] His beard was shaved off during the show on January 7, 2008.
Controversy over jokes about daughter of Sarah Palin[link]
On June 8 and June 9, 2009, Letterman told a sexually-themed joke on his show each night about a daughter of Sarah Palin.[81] Palin was in New York City at the time with her fourteen year-old daughter, Willow, and the jokes were said to be aimed at the daughter, never named, who was visiting New York City with her mother.[81] Palin criticized the jokes, saying in a statement posted on the internet that "I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter," and "laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl" is "disgusting."[82] On June 10, Letterman responded to the controversy on his show by stating that the jokes were meant to be about Palin's eighteen year-old daughter, Bristol, whose pregnancy as an unmarried teenager had caused controversy during the 2008 Presidential election, and that "(t)hese are not jokes made about (Palin's) 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl."[82] His remarks didn't put an end to the public criticism, however, with the National Organization for Women, who supported Palin in a statement, noting he had given only "something of an apology."[81] With the controversy not subsiding, Letterman addressed the issue again on his June 15 show, faulting himself for the error and apologizing "especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke."[83]
Letterman and Carson[link]
In spite of Johnny Carson's clear intention to pass his title to Letterman, NBC selected Jay Leno to host The Tonight Show after Carson's departure.[84] Letterman maintained a close relationship with Carson through his break with NBC. Three years after he left for CBS, HBO produced a made-for-television movie called The Late Shift, based on a book by New York Times reporter Bill Carter, chronicling the battle between Letterman and Leno for the coveted Tonight Show hosting spot. Letterman would mock the film for months afterward, specifically on how the actor playing him, John Michael Higgins, did not resemble him in the least.[citation needed]
Carson later made a few cameo appearances as a guest on Letterman's show. Carson's final television appearance came May 13, 1994, on a Late Show episode taped in Los Angeles, when he made a surprise appearance during a 'Top 10 list' segment. The audience went wild as Letterman stood up and proudly invited Carson to sit at his desk. The applause was so protracted that Carson was unable to say anything, and he finally returned backstage as the applause continued (it was later explained that Carson had laryngitis, though Carson can be heard talking to Letterman during his appearance).
In early 2005, it was revealed that Carson still kept up with current events and late-night TV right up to his death that year, and that he occasionally sent jokes to Letterman, who used these jokes in his monologue; according to CBS senior vice president Peter Lassally (a onetime producer for both men), Carson got "a big kick out of it."[85] Letterman would do a characteristic Johnny Carson golf swing after delivering one of Carson's jokes. In a tribute to Carson, all of the opening monologue jokes during the first show following Carson's death were written by Carson.
Lassally also claimed that Carson had always believed Letterman, not Leno, to be his "rightful successor."[86] Letterman also frequently employs some of Carson's trademark bits on his show, including "Carnac the Magnificent" (with Paul Shaffer as Carnac), "Stump the Band" and the "Week in Review."
Letterman and Oprah Winfrey[link]
Letterman and Oprah had a 16 year feud which according to Letterman started when he and his girlfriend decided to skip out on a bill, tricking the waiter into thinking Oprah agreed to pay it.[87]
On September 10, 2007, Letterman made his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He shared pictures of his son and live-in girlfriend. The so-called feud between Letterman and Winfrey apparently ended in 2005 when Winfrey appeared on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman on December 2, in an event Letterman jokingly referred to as "the Super Bowl of Love".[88] Winfrey had previously appeared on Letterman's show when he was hosting NBC's Late Night on May 2, 1989.
Winfrey and Letterman also appeared together in a Late Show promo that aired during CBS's coverage of Super Bowl XLI in February 2007, with the two sitting next to each other on the couch watching the game. Since the game was played between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis-born Letterman wears a Peyton Manning jersey, while Winfrey—who tapes her show in Chicago—is in a Brian Urlacher jersey.[89] Three years later, during CBS's coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, the two appeared again, this time with Winfrey sitting on a couch between Letterman and Jay Leno. The appearance was Letterman's idea: Leno flew to New York City in an NBC corporate jet, sneaking into the Ed Sullivan Theater during the Late Show's February 4 taping wearing a disguise, meeting Winfrey and Letterman at a living room set created in the theater's balcony where they taped their promo.[90]
Response to Internet death threat[link]
On August 17, 2011, it was reported that a Muslim militant had posted a death threat against Letterman on a website frequented by Al-Qaeda supporters, calling on American Muslims to kill Letterman for making a joke about the death of an Al-Qaeda leader killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in June 2011.[91] In his show on August 22, Letterman joked about the threat, saying "State Department authorities are looking into this. They're not taking this lightly. They're looking into it. They're questioning, they're interrogating, there's an electronic trail—but everybody knows it's Leno."[92]
Appearances in other media[link]
Letterman appeared in issue 239 of the Marvel comic book The Avengers, in which the title characters are guests on Late Night.[93] A parody of Letterman, named "David Endochrine," is gassed to death along with his bandleader named "Paul" and their audience in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.[94]
Letterman appeared in the pilot episode of the short-lived 1986 series "Coach Toast", and he appears with a bag over his head as a guest on Bonnie Hunt's ca. 1993 sitcom The Building. He also appears in The Simpsons, as himself in a couch gag when The Simpsons find themselves (and the couch) in "Late Night with David Letterman." He had a cameo in the feature film Cabin Boy, with Chris Elliott, who worked as a writer on Letterman's show. In this and other appearances, Letterman is listed in the credits as "Earl Hofert", the name of Letterman's maternal grandfather. He also appeared as himself in the Howard Stern biopic Private Parts as well as the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, in a few episodes of Garry Shandling's 1990s TV series The Larry Sanders Show and in "The Abstinence", a 1996 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. Letterman also made an uncredited appearance in the first episode of the third season of the sitcom The Nanny.
Letterman provided vocals for the Warren Zevon song "Hit Somebody" from My Ride's Here,[95] and provided the voice for Butt-head's father in the 1996 animated film Beavis and Butt-head Do America.
In 2010, a documentary Dying to Do Letterman was released directed by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina featuring Steve Mazan, a stand up comic, who has cancer and wants to appear on the Letterman Show. The film won Best Documentary and Jury Awards at the Cinequest Film Festival.[96] Steve Mazan published a same-titled book (full title, Dying to Do Letterman: Turning Someday into Today) about his own saga.[97]
Known for rarely giving television interviews, Letterman appeared as an exclusive guest on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight on May 29, 2012. He was interviewed for one full hour by a long-time friend and fellow television host Regis Philbin, who guest hosted the show during Piers Morgan's leave during that week.
Other projects[link]
Worldwide Pants[link]
Letterman started his own production company—Worldwide Pants Incorporated—which produced his show and several others, including Everybody Loves Raymond, The Late Late Show, and several critically acclaimed, but short-lived television series for Bonnie Hunt. Worldwide Pants also produced the dramedy program Ed, which aired on NBC from 2000–2004. It was Letterman's first association with NBC since he left the network in 1993. During Ed's run, the star, Tom Cavanagh, appeared as a guest on The Late Show several times.
In 2005, Worldwide Pants produced its first feature film, Strangers with Candy, which was a prequel to the Comedy Central TV series of the same title. In 2007, Worldwide Pants produced the ABC comedy series, Knights of Prosperity.
Worldwide Pants made significant news in December 2007 when it was announced that Letterman's company had independently negotiated its own contract with the Writers Guild of America, East, thus allowing Letterman, Craig Ferguson, and their writers to return to work, while the union continued its strike against production companies, networks and studios who had not reached an agreement.
Record company[link]
In late April 2010, several music industry websites reported that Letterman started a record label named Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music and signed his first artist, Runner Runner.[98][99] Lucy Walsh announced on her MySpace page that she has been signed by Letterman and Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music and is working on her album.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing[link]
Main article: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLLR) is an auto racing team that currently races in the American Le Mans Series, and part-time in the Indy Racing League. It is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, businessman Mike Lanigan, and Letterman himself, and is based in Hilliard, Ohio. The team won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 with driver Buddy Rice. Letterman was a pit reporter for ABC in the 1971 Indianapolis 500.[21]
American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming[link]
Main article: American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming
American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming is Letterman's private foundation. Through it, Letterman has donated millions of dollars to charities and other non-profits in Indiana and Montana, celebrity-affiliated organizations such as Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, universities such as Ball State, and other organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, and Doctors Without Borders.
Personal life[link]
Marriages and long-term relationships[link]
In 1969, Letterman married Michelle Cook; the marriage ended by divorce in 1977.[100] He also had a long-term relationship with former head writer and producer on Late Night, Merrill Markoe. Markoe was the mind behind several Late Night staples, such as "Stupid Pet/Human Tricks".
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Letterman has a son, Harry Joseph Letterman (born on November 3, 2003), with Regina Lasko. Harry is named after Letterman's father.[101] In 2005, police discovered a plot to kidnap Harry Letterman and ransom him for $5 million. Kelly Frank, a house painter who had worked for Letterman, was charged in the conspiracy.[102]
Letterman and Lasko, who had been together since 1986, wed on March 19, 2009, during a quiet courthouse civil ceremony in Choteau, Montana, where he purchased a ranch in 1999.[103][104][105] Letterman announced the marriage during the taping of his March 23 show, shortly after congratulating Bruce Willis for getting married the previous week. Letterman told the audience he nearly missed the ceremony because his truck became stuck in mud two miles from their house.[106] The family resides in North Salem, New York, on a 108-acre (44 ha) estate.[107]
Stalking incident[link]
Beginning in May 1988, Letterman was stalked by Margaret Mary Ray, a woman suffering from schizophrenia. She once stole his Porsche, repeatedly broke into his house, and camped out on his tennis court. Her exploits drew national attention, and Letterman occasionally joked about her behavior in his show, although never mentioning her name. After she committed suicide in 1998, Letterman told the New York Times that he had had great compassion for her,[108] and publicly expressed sympathy.[109]
[edit] Extortion attempt and revelation of affairs
On his October 1, 2009, show, Letterman announced that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt by someone threatening to reveal that he had had sex with several of his female employees, and at the same time, he confirmed that he had had such relationships.[110] He stated that three weeks earlier (on September 9, 2009) someone had left a package in his car with material he said he would write into a screenplay and a book if Letterman did not pay him $2 million. Letterman said that he contacted the Manhattan District Attorney's office, ultimately cooperating with them to conduct a sting operation involving giving the man a phony check.[111] Subsequently, Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, a producer of the CBS true crime journalism series 48 Hours, was arrested after trying to deposit the check. He was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury and pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny on October 2, 2009.[112] Eventually, on March 9, 2010, he pleaded guilty to this same felony and served a 6-month jail sentence, followed by probation and community service.[113]
A central figure in the case and one of the women Letterman had had a sexual relationship with was his longtime personal assistant Stephanie Birkitt, who often appeared with him on his show. She had also worked for 48 Hours.[114] Until a month prior to the revelations, she had shared a residence with Halderman,[115] who allegedly had copied her personal diary and used it, along with private emails, in the blackmail package.[116]
On October 3, 2009, a former CBS employee, Holly Hester, announced that she and Letterman had engaged in a year-long "secret" affair in the early 1990s while she was his intern and a student at New York University.[117]
In the days following the initial announcement of the affairs and the arrest, several prominent women, including Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of NBC's Today Show, and NBC news anchor Ann Curry questioned whether Letterman's affairs with subordinates created an unfair working environment.[118] A spokesman for Worldwide Pants said that the company's sexual harassment policy did not prohibit sexual relationships between managers and employees.[119] According to business news reporter Eve Tahmincioglu, "CBS suppliers are supposed to follow the company's business conduct policies" and the CBS 2008 Business Conduct Statement states that "If a consenting romantic or sexual relationship between a supervisor and a direct or indirect subordinate should develop, CBS requires the supervisor to disclose this information to his or her Company's Human Resources Department..."[120]
On October 5, 2009, Letterman devoted a segment of his show to a public apology to his wife and staff.[121][122] Three days later, Worldwide Pants announced that Birkitt had been placed on a "paid leave of absence" from the Late Show.[123] On October 15, CBS News announced that the company's Chief Investigative Correspondent, Armen Keteyian, had been assigned to conduct an "in-depth investigation" into Halderman's blackmail of Letterman.[124]
Awards and honors[link]
Awards[link]
Main article: List of David Letterman awards
In his capacities as either a writer, producer, performer, or as part of a writing team, Letterman is among the most nominated people in Emmy Award history with 52 nominations, winning two Daytime Emmys and five Primetime Emmys since 1981. His nomination record is second only to producer Jac Venza, who holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for an individual (57). Letterman has been nominated every year since 1984, when he first appeared on late night television as the host of Late Night with David Letterman. Additionally, he has won four American Comedy Awards. Letterman was the first recipient of the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at The Comedy Awards in 2011.
David Letterman Communication and Media Building[link]
On September 7, 2007, Letterman visited his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, for the dedication of a communications facility named in his honor for his dedication to the university throughout his career as a comedian. The $21 million, 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) David Letterman Communication and Media Building opened for the 2007 fall semester. It features state-of-the-art recording equipment and facilities. Thousands of Ball State students, faculty, and local residents welcomed Letterman back to Indiana.[125] Letterman's emotional speech touched on his struggles as a college student and his late father, and also included the "top ten good things about having your name on a building", finishing with, "if reasonable people can put my name on a $21 million building, anything is possible."[126]
At the same time, Letterman also received a Sagamore of the Wabash award given by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, which recognizes distinguished service to the state of Indiana.[125]
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| First | Host of Late Night Feb. 1, 1982 – June 25, 1993 |
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| First | Host of The Late Show Aug. 30, 1993 – present |
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Host of the Academy Awards 1995 |
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| Name | Letterman, David |
| Alternative names | Letterman, Dave |
| Short description | American television personality |
| Date of birth | April 12, 1947 |
| Place of birth | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
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