Bill Cosby, Himself

This is such a great way to have a good laugh at the realities of life, especially parenthood. Makes for a wonderful gift to new parents. Clean humor at its best. This truly is the best stand up comedy I have ever seen! lol

This is a must for any comedy fan. Bill Cosby had some of the best stand up ever. You can watch it with your older children and laugh for days!

I was three years old when Dr. Cosby gave this performance for HBO. The following year came the first season of The Cosby Show. It took me over twenty years to learn how closely connected Bill Cosby Himself was to the creation (and duration) of The Cosby Show (especially the pilot episode). For me during the 80's, it only mattered that this special didn't include Phylicia, Sabrina, Lisa, Malcolm, Tempestt or Keshia. (And of course, there wasn't Geoffrey, Deon or Raven.)

Then, we entered the 90's, and I fully awoke to the differences between situation comedy, film comedy and - ta da - stand-up comedy. Once I finally got the gist of stand-up routines, this show made all the sense in the world. And, I fully grew to love it. One of my favorite moments in the show is the segment, "Natural Childbirth." (It wasn't until right before I purchased my copy that I learned the origin of the cheer, "Push him out, shove him out, way out," which would appear in the Cosby Show pilot.) But, the reason I loved that segment best is that one of my siblings and I used to imitate Dr. Cosby's vigorous Lamaze breathing ("Push, push!). Between that chapter and the Dentistry topic, I almost started calling Bill "Bottom-Lip Cosby."

When this show was first recorded, I was so curious what it was like to fly on an airplane. After watching the "Little Jeffrey' chapter, I'm glad I didn't. I may not have behaved any better as a four-year-old than that kid, if I'd flown. Now, in my adulthood, that experience would just imbrue my joyous childhood recollections - even though I may have behaved no better than Dr. Cosby's actual children behaved. Now, how did some of you other Pepsi Generation kids behave with your parents or each other?

[And, it's not too often that you see envelope-controlled floodlights whose amplitude rises and falls based on what comes out of Bill's microphone.]

Well, it's time to head for the dentist. As the good doctor says, "Thank God for gravity!"


[On the way home, I'll probably stop at the pub to fill up my leg with liquar and befriend the toilet bowl. HA!!!]

I have seen this so many times in the 20+ years, but it still makes me laugh out loud! Bill Cosby at his best.

Buy it! Watch it with your whole family. Not one swear word and absolutely hilarious.