Rating: Summary: A Charming Collection Review: The true measure of a talented comdian is often said to be the ability to be funny without foul language. Cosbyology is a series of short essays about observations of life and recollections of the past. While not necessarily as funny as some of his other work, it is a charming collection.
As usual Cosby has found stories the masses can identify with. As a failed skier, I enjoyed the chapter, "Why I Don't Like Melting Snow Going Down the Crack of My Back". As an educator, "To Mr. Sapolsky with Love" was a treat. Although this story reminded me of the television show where the teacher seems to follow the kid from 1st grade through college. My personal favorite chapters were the descriptions of going to the bathroom at night in "Oh, Baby' and "Ingrown Hair". In "Ingrown Hair", Cosby gives meaning to the guilty pleasue of popping the strange growth on you find on your body which bugs the heck out of you.
Cosby's works continue to be observant and witty. I still have a few more of his books to read and I genuinely hope he continues to write more of his edgy and intelligent humor.
Rating: Summary: Good, but not great Review: Your money is better spent buying old Cosby albums. The first two "essays" in this collection are almost word-for-word transcriptions from the two bits on his "Oh Baby!" that lose a lot of their pop in written form.Better yet, just buy the Himself VHS.
Rating: Summary: Good, but not great Review: Your money is better spent buying old Cosby albums. The first two "essays" in this collection are almost word-for-word transcriptions from the two bits on his "Oh Baby!" that lose a lot of their pop in written form. Better yet, just buy the Himself VHS.
Rating: Summary: Good, but not great Review: Your money is better spent buying old Cosby albums. The first two "essays" in this collection are almost word-for-word transcriptions from the two bits on his "Oh Baby!" that lose a lot of their pop in written form. Better yet, just buy the Himself VHS.
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