This week comedian/sexual predator Bill Cosby went to prison. Even before Hannibal Buress helped call him out in 2014—Cosby peppered his work with a multitude of references to sexual misconduct.
Take his Spanish Fly routine from the 1969 comedy album, “It’s True! It’s True!.” Or his reference to his secret BBQ sauce recipe - that renders women helpless, from an episode of The Cosby Show. Not to mention his monologue where he cites knocking women out - in his 1971 PBS performance, Bill Cosby on Prejudice.
We do a deep dive into the creepy Cosby clues that were always there.
You can also check out my story about it in Vice.
The Cosby Show Season 7 Episode 3 (S07E03) "The Last Barbecue": Bill Cosby slips something special into his barbecue sauce and gets everyone in the mood.
In this routine, Cosby describes his childhood fascination with a drug, "Spanish fly," that supposedly makes women go crazy (or renders them incapacitated) if slipped into a drink. He says his fascination continued into adulthood, when he and "I Spy" co-star Robert Culp had the opportunity to go to Spain - and he became hopeful he might finally get his hands on some Spanish fly.
Uploaded by Philadelphia magazine on 2016-12-14.