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High Definition: Still Waiting for the Next Cosby

By Josh Jackson on 8:00 AM on January 12, 2010

As I steered my family from Atlanta to Chicago to visit friends over the New Year’s holiday, I could hear the familiar voices of Dr. Huxtable, Clair, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy coming from the DVD player. My wife had the brilliant idea of introducing our three children to The Cosby Show, and even without seeing the screen, I can tell you it’s aged just fine. As a kid, Thursdays were made better by the anticipation of great TV. But as I drove, I realized my kids having nothing like that....  read more

Found in: TV, Columns

The 40 Best Sesame Street Guest Spots So Far

By Christina Lee on 7:00 AM on January 11, 2010

The 40th season of Sesame Street premiered on Nov. 10, 2009, promising guest spots from notable figures such as...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Documentary to feature Bill Cosby, Steve Harvey, more

By Nikki King on 12:22 PM on April 28, 2008

Bill Cosby has joined the ranks of comedians featured in a documentary entitled Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy. The film is based on Darryl Littleton’s book that was released late in 2006 with a similar title. Robert Townsend will direct, and Littleton also has a hand in production. A stand-up comedian under the stage name D'Militant, Littleton’s lens is both first-hand and historical. “I feel like maybe in the last decade it has become a little bit more buffoonish than it was,” Littleton said to NPR. “My role models were people like Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor and...  read more

Found in: Movies, News

Bill Cosby's hip-hop Emergency to hit stores soon

By Liz Lawson on 3:35 PM on April 15, 2008

Despite reports back in January that America's favorite TV dad Bill Cosby would be joining the ranks of Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z and Rakim as the newest (and perhaps strangest) MC to take the mic, it appears that newsies may have jumped the gun with their reports. Today, it's been reported that, while the album does in fact exist, Cosby himself will not rap on it (news that likely disappointed music bloggers nationwide). The album, entitled Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency, has Cosby taking the reins as executive producer and co-writer, and is described as an "unflinching look at...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Bill Cosby to release rap album titled State of Emergency

By Liz Lawson on 10:09 PM on January 31, 2008

Since the dearly departed Cosby Show went off the air in 1992, actor, comedian, and Jell-O pudding pusher Bill Cosby has become a popular talking head, appearing most recently on MSNBC's Meet the Press to discuss the state of African-American culture in the 21st century: The much-loved television comedian (and one of the finest positive fatherly role models on any channel, now or then) has been subjected to a plethora of backlash in response to his very public criticism of young African-American males, and in particular to the statements he has made about gangsta rap. Cosby has been the subject...  read more

Found in: Music, News