History of Bill Cosby's Creepy Comedy Bits

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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.

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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.

History of Richard Pryor and Comedians Who Attempt Comebacks

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Part Two of our history of comedians who f-up and attempt comebacks. We dive into the greatest comeback of all time - with Richard Pryor who lit himself on fire while freebasing and then came back and filmed the standup masterpiece, Live on the Sunset Strip.

Along with this, we cover the worst comedy comeback of all time with Michael Richards - after he had a meltdown on stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.