Cosby His Life and Times 1st Edition by Mark Whitaker 145169797X 9781451697971
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ISBN 10: 145169797X
ISBN 13: 9781451697971
Author: Mark Whitaker
The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy. Far from the gentle worlds of his routines or TV shows, Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother. With novelistic detail, award winning journalist Mark Whitaker tells the story of how, after dropping out of high school, Cosby turned his life around by joining the Navy, talking his way into college, and seizing his first breaks as a stand-up comedian. Published on the 30th anniversary of The Cosby Show, the book reveals the behind-the-scenes story of that groundbreaking sitcom as well as Cosby’s bestselling albums, breakout role on I Spy, and pioneering place in children’s TV. But it also deals with professional setbacks and personal dramas, from an affair that sparked public scandal to the murder of his only son, and the private influence of his wife of fifty years, Camille Cosby. Whitaker explores the roots of Cosby’s controversial stands on race, as well as “the Cosby effect” that helped pave the way for a black president. For any fan of Bill Cosby’s work, and any student of American television, comedy, or social history, Cosby: His Life and Times is an essential read.
Table of contents:
Part One
1. Granddad Samuel’s Bible
2. A Place in the Projects
3. Lost in Germantown
4. The Navy Way
5. The Bar at Temple
6. “Noah” in the Village
7. Two Blind Dates
8. “Riggie” in Chicago
9. “Sheldon’s Folly”
10. “Television’s Jackie Robinson”
11. Mr. Crosley and Mr. Cups
12. A World of “Wonderfulness”
13. Bigger Than I Spy
Part Two
14. Black Is Beautiful
15. Bust in Beverly Hills
16. More Situation Than Comedy
17. Fat Albert’s New Home
18. Playboy of the West
19. The Art of Jell-O
20. “Meet Your New Family”
21. The Serfs of Flatbush
22. The Master at Work
23. “It’s Not an Invention”
24. “A Vein of Gold”
25. Ennis and Theo
Part Three
26. A Gift Marked Tiffany
27. Nightmare Off the 405
28. The Trials of “Job”
29. A Death in the TV Family
30. Prophet of Pound Cake
31. “The Cosby Effect”
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