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[–] mrpibb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bill Cosby comes to mind. Creepy and not at all funny. Never understood the appeal.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

If you can, seek out the docuseries "we need to talk about Cosby". As someone born in the mid 80s I never got the appeal because the Simpsons were the replacement TV family to supersede that generation of sitcom. The docuseries does a great job of giving the viewer the full picture and the first episode is mostly around why he was so successful. Honestly I got it. They played some of his stand-up bits and I found myself laughing despite knowing where the story was going. When he got the Cosby show, it was a revolution at the time to have an all black upper middle class family on TV, hence where you get the America's dad (in its time). It's all the more impactful when you spend the following episodes digging into his depravity.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Jello pudding thing was weird. The “boys pull up your pants” was also.

[–] Ithilwen@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The pants thing was due to the trend of sagging. I don't mean just riding low around your hips, i mean down to the knees having to hold it while you walk.

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I agree 'sagging' is incredibly dumb and an odd trend. It was the sanctimonious old-guy way he tried to lecture people about it, which seemed interesting when it turned out he was hardly a role model.