do you watch "the bill cosby show"? [ cheers and applause ] i do, too. i love "bill cosby show."et the man before, but he called me up about a year ago and chastised me on the phone for being too dirty. [ applause ] i was pissed off. i was so mad, i called richard pryor's house up and said, "yo, richard, bill cosby just called me up and told me i was too dirty." [ laughter ] he said, "dude, do people laugh when you say what you say?" i said, "yes." he said, "do you get paid?" i said, "yes." he said, "well, tell bill i said have a coke and a smile and shut the [bleep] up." [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wherever you go. wherever you stay. all you need is one key. earn and use rewards across expedia, hotels.com, and vrbo. nicole: my daughter, natalie, she is the youngest of my five children, and she has neuroblastoma. she really didn't have any symptoms until one day she just stopped using her arm. andrew: by the time we realized that she was sick, it had grown into about a softball sized tumor and spread through her bone marrow, her lymph nodes. so it's a very fast, aggressive cancer. nicol

(laughs) (audience laughs) (muffled shouting) bill cosby was, to all of us, america's dad. nomically high numbers. (wesminster chime) it was that "mash" finale territory of just the biggest numbers you've ever seen on paper. (soft jazzy music) (audience applauds) - now, as far as who he is outside of the work, it's not to be ignored. - he's been controversial, absolutely. - [patrick] in 2018, bill cosby was convicted for drugging and violating a woman in 2004. - [female reporter] some 50 women have alleged similar sexual assaults. - the conviction was overturned and cosby was released, which, to him, was a vindication because he always had maintained his innocence. - so how do we celebrate bill cosby's legacy? - it has been hard. it's been difficult to reconcile the man versus the myth, the legend, the comedian, the star. - i think we have to look at bill cosby. i don't think we should look away. i think we should look at all of it, the good, the bad, the ugly. i think it's important. (mid-tempo r&b music) (muffled shouting) - "the cosby show" laid the groundwork for a lot o

(laughs) (audience laughs) (muffled shouting) bill cosby was, to all of us, america's dad. at its height, doing astronomically high numbers. (wesminster chime) it was that "mash" finale territory of just the biggest numbers you've ever seen on paper. (soft jazzy music) (audience applauds) - now, as far as who he is outside of the work, it's not to be ignored. - he's been controversial, absolutely. - [patrick] in 2018, bill cosby was convicted for drugging and violating a woman in 2004. - [female reporter] some 50 women have alleged similar sexual assaults. - the conviction was overturned and cosby was released, which, to him, was a vindication because he always had maintained his innocence. - so how do we celebrate bill cosby's legacy? - it has been hard. it's been difficult to reconcile the man versus the myth, the legend, the comedian, the star. - i think we have to look at bill cosby. i don't think we should look away. i think we should look at all of it, the good, the bad, the ugly. i think it's important. (mid-tempo r&b music) (muffled shouting) - "the cosby show" laid

(laughs) (audience laughs) (muffled shouting) bill cosby was, to all of us, america's dad. astronomically high numbers. (wesminster chime) it was that "mash" finale territory of just the biggest numbers you've ever seen on paper. (soft jazzy music) (audience applauds) - now, as far as who he is outside of the work, it's not to be ignored. - he's been controversial, absolutely. - [patrick] in 2018, bill cosby was convicted for drugging and violating a woman in 2004. - [female reporter] some 50 women have alleged similar sexual assaults. - the conviction was overturned and cosby was released, which, to him, was a vindication because he always had maintained his innocence. - so how do we celebrate bill cosby's legacy? - it has been hard. it's been difficult to reconcile the man versus the myth, the legend, the comedian, the star. - i think we have to look at bill cosby. i don't think we should look away. i think we should look at all of it, the good, the bad, the ugly. i think it's important. (mid-tempo r&b music) (muffled shouting) - "the cosby show" laid the groundwork for a

i heard that in 2023, bill cosby is reportedly going on tour. and i was like what? of tour? an apology tour? [ laughter ] why would you pay money to see bill cosby so you can keep an eye on him? makes you feel better knowing where he's at, at all times? how are you going to sit in the audience, like this? [ laughter ] [ applause ] big no thank you so, then something very normal happened a politician got caught in a lie, and i was like what but then i found out it was republican representative george santos, and i was whaaat did he say so the answer is everything! all right. he said he was jewish, but then when pressed about it, he said "i'm not jewish, i'm jew-ish." [ laughter ] and i was are you stealing my boss's jokes >> seth: p people werere going o mymy mother-inin-law and s sayis seseth jewish?h? and shshe was saying, "he's jew-ish. [ laughter ] >> thievery! [ cheers and applause but, the lies didn't stop there. he lied about so many things that we've got to do one of these! look at all these lies ♪ ♪ ♪ >> so, then i took a good -- that was a real cigarette! [

." >> the character that bill cosby played, andrew scott, was suave, took missions outside of the u.s., very much equal to his wife counterpart. >> now, it does deal with there's two spies who are working really for truth, justice and the american way. >> and i suggest we use ec in dealing with these men. >> extreme caution. >> certainly. >> it is reflecting, now, that america is becoming more integrated and becoming more integrated in different areas. the executives at nbc like the pilot but they say can you get rid of the black guy? they did not feel cosbee would work. sydney refused. he stuck with cosby on that. >> this time, no element of surprise, no car crashes. >> he won an emmy for that. the series won a golden globe in 1967. >> certainly i think it say landmark moment but then you think how much time passed from the time he had that role and a notion of equal billing between the two, you know, it took forever to get back to that again. >> also, white america had to acknowledge that something had changed. not just on television but in america. >> immediately after "i spy" 1966

." - the character that bill cosby played on "i spy," alexander scott, was sharp, suave. took these missions outside of the u.s, and was very much an equal to his white counterpart. - and "i spy" does deal with these two spies who are working really for truth, justice, and the american way. - and i suggest we use ec in dealing with these men? - extreme caution. - certainly. - it is reflecting now that america's becoming more integrated, and becoming more integrated in different areas. the executives at nbc liked the pilot, but they said, "can you get rid of the black guy?" (chuckles) they didn't feel cosby would work. sydney sheldon refused. he really stuck with cosby on that. and it proved to be right. - this time, there's no element of surprise, no car crashes. - [hannah] cosby won an emmy for that portrayal. and the series went on to receive a golden globe in 1967. - certainly, i think it was a landmark moment. what's frustrating, is then you think about how much time passed from the time that he had that role, before there was the notion of equal billing, right? betwe

but i want to take you all the way back to bill cosby in "i spy" before his legal troubles.at he was doing on "i spy" and won three grammy awards. let's talk about diane carol and her amazing experience for julia. a black woman is not a housekeeper but a nurse, who made the ultimate sacrifice. her husband lost his life in vietnam and now she was raising her son as a single mother. we also get a show like "get christy love." that was an abc show in the '70s while short-lived, it had an african american in the lead. but as that ramped up, then you get to "roots." as you said, it was a tsunami, an earthquake. now we get to shondaland. we get to will packer. we get to all these different people who are telling our story, but there still aren't enough. >> not enough, but those shows certainly made a difference. and that's going to be the subject of tonight's "see it cloud." ken frazier, great to talk to you. thank you so much. >> always great tk to you. >> all right. 'lhave you back soon. don't miss see it loud: the history of black television. very important episode tonight only

i said, no, that was bill cosby. ed of late, it's like hugely disappointing to all of us. but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was. >> "the cosby show" had proven that the family sitcom was a viable genre again. >> by the late '80s, family sitcoms were very popular among the big three networks. there was this incredible resurgence. >> this is great. we should be mothers. >> oh, yeah. >> families tuned in to these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family can be. >> did i do that? >> "silver spoons" and "growing pains" and all of that, it's constant hugging and learning, right? >> with the family sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox started moving into the television arena. >> fox was new, building their network. they were one of the last majors to build a network. >> they decided they would use the family sitcom to do that and compete against the big three. >> al, look at our little girl. we don't really have to go to a recital, do we? >> they wound up going in a completely opposite dir

i said no, it was bill cosby. cosby was number one.hugely disappointing to all of us, but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was. jim colucci: the cosby show had proven that the family sitcom was a viable genre again. [audience laughter] lynn: i'm mr. belevedere! gerrad hall: by the late 80s family sitcoms were very popular among the big three networks. gerrad hall: there was this incredible resurgence. jesse: this is great, we should be mothers. joey: ah yeah! ethan alter: families tuned into these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family life could be. urkel: did i do that? jennifer keishin armstrong: shows like silver spoons and growing pains and all that. it's constant hugging and learning, right? [audience clapping] ethan alter: with the family sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox started moving into the television arena. cedric: fox was new, building their network. they were one of the last majors to build a network. patrick gomez: they decided they were going to use the family sitcom to do that and

i said no, it was bill cosby. cosby was number one.inting to all of us, but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was. jim colui: the cosby show had proven that the family sitcom was a viable genre again. [audience laughter] lynn: i'm mr. belevedere! gerrad hall: by the late 80s family sitcoms were very popular among the big three networks. gerrad hall: there was this incredible resurgence. jesse: this is great, we should be mothers. joey: ah yeah! ethan alter: families tuned into these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family life could be. urkel: did i do that? jennifer keishin armstrong: shows like silver spoons and growing pains and all that. it's constant hugging and learning, right? [audience clapping] ethan alter: with the family sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox started moving into the television arena. cedric: fox was new, building their network. they were one of the last majors to build a network. patrick gomez: they decided they were going to use the family sitcom to do that and compete against

now, bill cosby is not new to tv. he has had other tv shows, but, the cosby show is very different.ing else he was on. >> they talked about parenting. previous shows, the kids were cool and the parents were idiots. cosby says the parents are in charge, and that is something new. >> instead of acting disappointed because i'm not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am, and love me anyway because i'm your son. >> that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard in my life. >> the casting helps, and the kids were just great. >> if you were the last person on earth, i still wouldn't tell me. >> you have to tell me what you did, just tell me what they're going to do to your. >> unlike every other show on tv, it's showing an upper- middle-class black family. this was not all in the family, they were not tackling deep issues, but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. >> the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless it is real, it does not seem like it moves anybody. if somebody is feeling something, you get to the heart and the mind. if you can h

. - which, at the time-- and i stress "at the time"-- was bill cosby as the shining example. - ♪ didver know that you're my hero? ♪ - the stuff they got away with because it's a cartoon. the father strangling the child. - why, you little-- [grunting] - [choking] - we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like the simpsons. - huh? - we go to a completely bizarre period of time in 1992, when a sitting president is raging against a sitcom. - [screams] - they have dealt with politics, they have dealt with popular culture, they've dealt with all kinds of issues of racism, of sexism. - don't ask me, i'm just a girl. [giggles] - right on. say it, sister. - it's not funny, bart. millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act. - they have found a way to talk about everything that's going on in our lives through the filter of "the simpsons." - them "immigants," they want all the benefits of living in springfield, but they ain't even bothered to learn themself the language. -

now, bill cosby's not new to tv. he's had other tv shows. but "the cosby show" is very different. scrambled. coming right up. mandabach: they talked about parenting. previous to that, on television the kids were cool and the parents were idiots. and then cosby says the parents are in charge and that was something new. instead of acting disappointed because i'm not like you, maybe you can just accept who i am and love me anyway because i'm your son. that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard in my life! shales: you know, it helps, the casting of anything helps a lot in television. and the kids were just great. if you were the last person on this earth, i still wouldn't tell you. you don't have to tell me what you did. just tell me what they're gonna do to you. graham: unlike every other show on tv, it's showing an upper-middle-class black family. this wasn't "all in the family." they weren't tackling, you know, deep issues. but that was okay. the mere fact that they existed was a deep issue. mandabach: the decade was waiting for something real. in other words, unless it's real it doe

—- >> you know, and we see a lot of convictions getting overturned like like bill for like like bill cosby, who's now exonerated and man. and a free man. >> wasn't exonerated. >> he wasn't exonerated. there's something get something else. you don't get exonerated . and his conviction exonerated. and his conviction was you get found was overturned. you get found not not guilty at the same not not, not guilty at the same thing. okay. >> not on cosby, but >> well, we're not on cosby, but we've got this is another set of love thanks, louis. love story. yeah. thanks, louis. get in. we've get your catchphrase in. we've got on now, though, to got to move on now, though, to saturday's what's saturday's guardian. and what's this about media studies being a waste lewis yeah. was waste of time? lewis yeah. was that your degree ? that your degree? >> actually, it was. i was an american studies major, which is basically studying american stuff. >> american studies. >> american studies. >> is that a thing in america ? >> is that a thing in america? it was at that time it was considered to be a i don't k

—- >> you know, and we see a lot of convictions getting overturned like like bill for like like bill cosbyo's now exonerated and man. and a free man. >> wasn't exonerated. >> he wasn't exonerated. there's something else. you don't get exonerated . and his conviction exonerated. and his conviction was you get found was overturned. you get found not not guilty at the same not not, not guilty at the same thing. okay. >> we're on cosby, but >> well, we're not on cosby, but we've got this is another set of love thanks, louis. love story. yeah. thanks, louis. get in. we've get your catchphrase in. we've got on now, though, to got to move on now, though, to saturday's and saturday's guardian. and what's this being this about media studies being a waste lewis yeah. was waste of time? lewis yeah. was that degree ? that your degree? >> actually, it was. i was an american studies major, which is basically studying american stuff. >> american studies. >> american studies. >> is that a thing in america ? >> is that a thing in america? it was at that time it was considered to be a i don't know if i can

cosby. i remember my mother being between me and bill, and he was very chatty with my mother. >> jimmy: alls webster. >> yes. emanuel lewis was doing webster on the family lot where my sister was doing family ties and i liked to cruise around and bop into other stages and say hi to folks. so, i got myself a relationship with emanuel lewis, and we were buddies for a while. >> jimmy: what would you guys do together? >> i think this was before video games so, i don't know, read comic books or something. something stupid. but hello to him. >> jimmy: tattoo from "fantasy island." >> no, but i would have loved do "sfafantasy island." >> i'm not that old. f you, jimmy. >> jimmy: i can see you saying, hey, son, slow it down. >> that's "love boat." i would have loved to do that. ricardo. >> jimmy: you never met him? >> ricardo, no. >> jimmy: hulk hogan. >> no, but i did hit a screaming line drive past a sprinting lieu ferrigno at dodger stadium. >> jimmy: i have played baseball with lou ferrigno as well. he's big. he's got quite a physique. also called me brian the whole day. michael jackson. >> ric

. ♪ malcolm-jamal warner: for the first time, the cosby show forced america to recognize the black middle class. bill a ninety-five-dollar shirt and i have a job. beretta smith shomade: the reagan-esque narrative allowed everyone to not see race and just to see this all-american family that you could emulate. alice leppert: ronald reagan did say that cosby was his favorite show. so, go figure. tracy: where i come from, my neighborhood? i didn't buy that, because i had never seen a black doctor, so i didn't really identify and relate with that show. malcolm-jamal warner: because of everything going on with mr. cosby now. of course, the legacy's been tarnished. but the show definitely inspired, generations of people of colour who pursued higher education. denise: i'm going to hillman! ♪ i know my parents love me ♪ beretta smith shomade: and so then you have denise who is going to go to an hbcu, historically black college and university. jasmine guy: it's the story of leaving home for the first time. and i was the snotty bitch that messed with denise huxtable. whitley: do you know how to give foot massa