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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Failure!

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

Bill Cosby - William Henry Cosby was born on July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an American author, writer and actor. He is well known as an American comedian. He is one of the popular and influential US' entertainers and performers. He established his own TV show series called the Bill Cosby Show in 1969 (about middle-class African American), as he created the educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, acted in some films, hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things and continued appearing on the stand-up circuit to perform his brand of comedy.

Bill Cosby earned the nickname of America's Dad for his own creation of show materials from different tales, he made often while dealing with his own family. He has been sought-after spokesman for products like Pudding, Coca-Cola and Jell-O.

Bill Cosby studied physical education at Temple University, Philadelphia in 1961 and left it to pursue his career in comedy. He exposed nationally on NBC's Tonight Show on NBC in 1963 and released Very Funny Fellow Right a series comedy album in 1964. He starred with Poitier on the New Bill Cosby Show. He pursued his education at the University of Massachusetts.

Bill Cosby received some Honorary Doctorates from some universities: from the University of Cincinnati on 2001, from West Chester University of Pennsylvania on 2003, and from Baylor University on 2003. He received also some other Honours and Rewards like Kennedy Centre Honours on 1998, Presidential Medal of Freedom on 2002, Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berkley College of Music on 2004 and he won Bob Hope Humanitarian Award on 2003.

Bill Cosby criticizes the Black Americans in May 2004 at Washington's Constitution Hall while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education, for putting higher priorities on sports and fashion than on education, and the way they're speaking English. He said about the lower economic, that African Americans are willing to pay $ 500 for sneakers but not half that amount for educational tools.

Bill Cosby donated millions of Dollars to black colleges and black causes.

As a successful comedian, he also has works in Books such as:
Fatherhood - Time Flies - Love and Marriage - Kids Say the Darndest Things - Congratulations! Now What? A Book for Graduates - I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened - Friends of a Feather - and, Childhood. You can find these books at amazon as you can find other vidoes and DVDs.

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