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Bill Cosby: Himself

  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 45m
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8.1/10
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Bill Cosby: Himself (1983)
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A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations.A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations.A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations.

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    • Bill Cosby
  • Writer
    • Bill Cosby
  • Star
    • Bill Cosby
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    • Director
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    • Writer
      • Bill Cosby
    • Star
      • Bill Cosby
    • 38User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Trivia
      According to Bill Cosby, he improvised the part when his children sing "Dad is great/Gave us the chocolate cake!"
    • Goofs
      When referring to his child who just takes whatever it is in the house she wants, and he makes the sibling that it belongs to give it up for peace and quiet, he says she's three. However, throughout the rest of the show, he says that his youngest child is four.
    • Quotes

      Bill Cosby: It was because of my father that from the ages of seven to fifteen, I thought that my name was Jesus Christ and my brother, Russell, thought that his name was Dammit. "Dammit, will you stop all that noise?" And, "Jesus Christ, sit down!" One day, I'm out playing in the rain, and my father yelled, "Dammit will you get back in here!" I said, "Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!"

    • Crazy credits
      During the end credits, one of Bill Cosby's daughters is heard asking, "Daddy, can we go to the school dance?" To which Bill replies, "What? Well, what did you mother say? Well, tell her to don't bother me with that. Now take your sister's clothes off and don't wear 'em anymore. Yes, I know. What? Now what do you want? Where's your mother? Well, don't come to me with that 'cause I'm busy doing things. And get the dog out of here. The dog does not belong... Who took my socks? Did you take my soc... I don't care what they're wearing these days, take the socks off. And you take off my shirt, too. I've never seen a seven-year-old boy wear a size 13 shoe. Oh..."
    • Alternate versions
      Some video versions of the movie begin and end with the song "It Was a Good Idea At the Time." The version generally shown on television does not. Other prints of the film, such as the one that is on the DVD, begin and end with Bill Cosby singing "Just the Slew of Us," a parody of Grover Washington Jr.'s "Just the Two of us."
    • Connections
      Edited into Tosh.0: Pixee Fox (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Just the Slew of Us
      Performed by Bill Cosby (as Himself)

      Based on "Just the Two of Us" (uncredited)

      Written by Ralph MacDonald (uncredited), William Salter (uncredited), and Bill Withers (uncredited)

      [theatrical and DVD releases]

    User reviews38

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    9/10

    Funny and truthful.

    When I saw this film in the 80's,I was but a teenager who knew nothing about life.The jokes about child rearing were a riot to me.Now,I am 39 years old,married and a father of two.As I watch the film now,I find they are not only funny,but downright truthful as well.I can not only laugh,I can also say to myself,"He's absolutely right".I once heard Bill Cosby joke that HBO had run this movie "way too much",and that they needed to stop it.However,to me personally,it never gets old.I watch at least once a year and it is just as fresh and funny to me now as it was then.I admire Bill Cosby because he is living proof that you don't need vulgarity to be funny.He is truly the last of his kind.
    • SmileysWorld
    • Jan 12, 2005
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    • Release date
      • May 20, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bill Cosby, Himself
    • Filming locations
      • Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Bill Cosby
      • Jemmin Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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