we are old days also old we remember bill cosby when he was young in that name was taken for the bill cosby character after joe namath but again of a trend of the times we tried to do something so all the zero club enough to have their representative because it will is a student activity and anyone could nominate people and i go through the stories. but the surprising part is that i won because i had never been in a pageant before. i have a lot of help from people. but i did win. i fell down the steps. they were bill well. [laughter] but they were not built wide enough to hold the chair in good girl sitting in it and ever ready running up on stage. almost have an accident. i did fall down but i fixed my crown and got back up. that that was the worst but nothing compared to the miss oklahoma up by jim. for jimmy waited until after i was ground. that is another story but just getting through the pageant was another story but after words i am crowned sitting there with my first press conference with the kiwanis club going up to the five-star restaurant and fortunately the press was not t

. >> right, he was bill cosby at first. audiences were not accepting of o him, so and then he had a faithful meeting with ishmael reid who taught him how to develop those characters as a great satirical writer who still lives in the california. and so, but, and so like you said, he was able to make those characters, a wino and so forth, human and that's why bringing it to the written, the written form is really important because it expresses the humor and humanity of our grandmothers. we all have a mom's mabeley in if our family or a crazy old uncle that we keep locked in the closet, or at least in my family. [laughter] but it's important to rejoice with those characters because they live with all of us. >> so, and i believe our diversity within our community is as important as diversity itself. you know? and so i love the diverse voices. >> yeah, exactly. >> now, let's get into one more thing before we begin to open it up for questions and answers. and we're talking about the history of african-american humor. we've refere

the last book i wrote "enough" was about bill cosby and cosby saying "we've got problems in the black community, out-of-wedlock births, high dropout rates, acceptance of the drug culture. we have to stop this." and cosby, all of a sudden he was labeled a bad guy, he's airing dirty laundry. look at what's going on in washington. a republican who says "maybe we should have some tax hikes. " now he's a rhino, a republican in name only. to be a real republican you have to stay with the club, believe what the crab tells you and don't deviate. so you can't have a debate with somebody else. you can't have a conversation. >> jon: are we confusing, though, criticism with persecution? are we overreacting to the criticism as well? you know... do you have five minutes to stick around? >> for you... >> jon: seven. >> that's a deal. >> jon: "muzzled" is up on the bookshelves right now. we'll have more on the comedian:e constructive criticism for ya. comedian: there's one thing i don't like about your commercials. comedian: everybody's always showing you their underwear. comedian: now me, i just got

the mayor spoke out how ghetto culture is a black to a major economic, what bill cosby said, and nices is a hit to eli manning, the giants quarterback, new york giant football quarterback saying he's in the same class as legendary quarterback tom brady. some claim this is going too far, but i think it's nice to

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we've had some role models in the black community, particularly bill cosby who has been sending thatll your pants up and get your act together message for a long time. there have been too many in the minority community, too many in the congressional black caucus, maxine waters-types who are excusers and rationalizers and have turned the perpetrators into the victims. this welfare state mentality where people's violent acts have been excused. we've seen that back to the '92 los angeles riots. they weren't willing to call them riots the pc term was civil unrest. >> sean: we've been watching the riots in great britain, similarly in grease, unrest in portugal, spain, -- in greece, unrest in portugal, spain, ireland. i keep making the argument if america keeps going down the path of europe, it going to come to america. to what extent are we brainwashing him advertising, use whatever term you want, creating a mindset of entitlement. when the entitlement state stops that would cause violence. i'm not connecting it to the flash mobs, i'm saying will we see an escalation of violence because o

rachael ray, bill cosby, sean penn, mariah carey, usher, this breaks my heart, jeremy piven, "entouragegned dvd as a tip at a restaurant with a $1,000 tab. lebron james comes in at number four, , parently tipped 10 bucks on an $800 bill. top three. barbara streisand, then madonna and then tiger woods came in as number one. >> well, he e st that $10 million endorsement deal. looks like he won't be tipping. >> plus he tips in other ways. >>> lets talk about gerard depardieu. a little le pee on le plane. apparently the inebriated actor decide that he couldn't wait for takeoff so he -- >> urinated in the aisle. let's just say what he did. he tinkled in the aisle. >> apparently he was mortified once he sobered up and realized what he had done. >> i think they turned the plane around and cleaned it up. >> he's french. he's french. i don't know. >> they took the plane -- >> le stink on le plane. >> they took the plane back and cleaned it up because urine tends to shift during flight. >> does it? wow. that's nothing you hear. >> just another lesson for the day. we'll be right back. >> just anot

we are also old, we remember bill cosby when he was young, you know? you know? and now was the name, doing the shaving commercials and stuff. cutting himself. but these were a group of guys that were the and club. again, the trend of the times, you know? spew on whatever we can and try to do something with the establishment. so these guys, although they were and unclog, they were clever enough to have a representative in the pageant because it was a student activity, and anyone could nominate people. they called me up and nominate me and i go to some of the stories and stuff on them. the surprising part was, that i won. because i had never been in the pageant before. i had lots of help from people all over. but i did win. i fell down the steps walking up the steps. of course, they had a big, and the guys that build the steps are here, so i better not say, they were built well, but they weren't dealt wide enough to hold a chair, and a girl sitting in and all the other people that suddenly run up on stage here anyway, we almost had an accident. i did fall down, bu

bill cosby will tell you your dirty laundry walks home every day at 3:00 and shows up on your doorstepd portend that african-americans if this president were white would be holding him to a very different standard. we tend to circle the wagons when we feel someone is being attacked from quote, unquote, the outside. we will say in a moment that he ain't perfect, but he's ours, it's about time that everyone starts holding everyone to the same high stand arse of putting this country back to work. goldie, nice see you this morning. >> good to see you, thomas. >> thanks so much. >>> wall street's wild ride has traders on an adrenaline rush. is there any sign of civility coming your way. a live report from cnbc coming up. >>> you what? kim kardashian had her big day and we'll bring you the guilty details of the dress, the bash, and the rest of the tv reality fanciness affair. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. ank of americawe know the impact that local bus

i would do bill cosby, the thing about the troll you take the -- and do whatever, you know. so i'd do the whole bit and i bombed. like you were saying, it was awful. so i was at the comic strip in new york city. bombed. tracy morgan got the job that year. two years later, they asked me back to audition again. they said, don't do the troll bit. we've seen that. think of something else. i did something else. i did a celebrity walk-a-thon, a bunch of celebrities walking for charity. so i do jerry seinfeld, i say, like, isn't this great? why don't we all take a bus. we're all in the same place. why are we all walking? we're all going to end up in the same place, you know. so i do that. i remember doing the audition for snl -- >> did you do your de niro? one of my favorites. >> i did not do the de niro. >> de niro is fantastic. >> excuse me? nope. okay. okay. yep. nope. okay. he's my first guest on our show. >> you see that as your dark street because you're known he's renowned to be this terrible guest. i would love to have him on because i love de niro. when you watch him, it's

are remembered listening to bill cosby tell a story once, he was talking about sammy davis jr. f and everyone talking about sammy davis jr. going bankrupt. would they do not remember is how much money loaned to people and helped people out over the maybe he had a big heart and helps a lot of people. ha never make fun of a guy until you know. when clark while >> area >> will listen to this, the this is a brilliant. when there are blue and dresses., for their first date.--listen to this, this is brilliant. this is a blue dress. great for your daughter for her first h >> hot a balloon and i will kill you. >> [laughter] haw >> 7:54 a.m.. we will be right back. >> skin environmental and neighborhood groups plan to hold a rally to call on the city to improve in an adequate environmental review for the 2013 america's cup. san francisco will host the international sailing race. >> 7:57 a.m.. we are back with more in a couple of minutes. callable old wooden water and an hold her coat hot >> where the truck yellow first hot spot of the morning. a motorcycle accident on 8 east south dalla

i am keeping the legacy of bill cosby alive. you just experienced cuss-free comedy.ake care, you all. >> please welcome mr. mark .oreal >> the afternoon. -- good afternoon. >> here afternoon. >> i am very honored to be here as master of ceremonies today. i want to welcome everyone to washington, d.c., for what is expected to be a great celebration and a great reaffirmation of our commitment to jobs, peace, freedom and what dr. king stood for. i also want to let all of you know that we have a plan for hurricane i rain, and it is to pray very hard so that she will dissipate and not hurt anybody. we are going to have the dedication on sunday at the martin luther king memorial. [applause] for everyone, very quickly, the martin luther king memorial is the first on the national mall to honor a man of hope, peace and color. the united states congress passed a joint resolution in 1996 authorizing the alpha phi alpha fraternity inc. to establish a memorial to dr. martin luther king. in december of 1999, the national capital planning commission and the u.s. commission of fine