Bill Cosby

Add to favorites Examiner Bio November 18, 11:25 AM St. Louis Parenting Teens Examiner Pennee Struckman Previous Next Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe Subscribe Help to keep parents smiling                    MSclipart I was standing in the kitchen with my grandson. He smiled down on me and said, Wow, Mimi, when I was little you were Huge." I grinned up to his 6-foot eyes. Parents are HUGE in the eyes of children. It starts early. When a two year old is trying to sneak around, a parent can hear. The child is amazed to be found. He doesn’t understand that sound travels, so he thinks the ... Read Full Story

Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work. When the lights went out for the start of the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Cosby filled the dark silence Monday night. "Hellooo?" he called out at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. And once again, he had his audience laughing. Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld saluted their fellow funny man with the nation's top comedy prize, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Bill Cosby doesn't rap or sing on his latest project, but he gathered together people who do. "Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency" is a socially conscious hip-hop CD that focuses on the critical issues affecting young people. The independent project will launch Monday (October 19) during a virtual town hall meeting in New York. Presented in association with Ustream, the town hall (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) will air on urban radio station Web sites across the country, on Cosby's Facebook page (http://facebook.com/billcosby ) and on BillCosby.com. Hosted by comedian/actor/educator/author Cosby and the Cosnarati Band, the event ... Read Full Story

Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld will salute fellow funny man Bill Cosby with the nation's top humor prize at the Kennedy Center, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Tribute performances Monday night will range from standup to orchestra and jazz as Cosby receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Wynton Marsalis is slated to perform, as well as Willie Nelson. Of all his work, the 72-year-old Cosby says he's most proud of "The Cosby Show." He says he carefully crafted the hit TV show the way he wanted it to look. Cosby has won other big ... Read Full Story

Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny, like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink water from plastic bottles that could be toxic. But he says the nation has some serious problems to tackle. The 72-year-old who has long drawn laughs for his wisecracks will receive the nation's foremost humor prize Monday at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Sinbad and other top entertainers will line up to honor him with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. It's a prize Cosby has turned down twice before. He said he was disgusted with profanity and N-words thrown around ... Read Full Story