Hannibal Buress, comedian, performing at the Trocadero, Philadelphia, Date: 2014-10-17, quoted in Dan McQuade (Date: 2014-10-17), "Hannibal Buress on Bill Cosby: “You’re a Rapist”", Philadelphia retrieved: 2014-12-01

And it's even worse because B‎ill Cosby has the fuckin' smuggest old black man public persona that I hate. He gets on TV, "Pull yo' pants up, black people. I was on TV in the '80s! I can talk down to you, cause I had a successful sitcom!" Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so, kinda brings you down a couple notches. "I don't curse on stage!" Well, yeah, you a rapist, so, I'll take you sayin' lots of motherfuckers on Bill Cosby: Himself if you weren't a rapist.

— Hannibal Buress

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "And it's even worse because B‎ill Cosby has the fuckin' smuggest old black man public persona that I hate. He gets on TV, "Pull yo' pants up, black people. I was on TV in the '80s! I can talk down to you, cause I had a successful sitcom!" Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so, kinda brings you down a couple notches. "I don't curse on stage!" Well, yeah, you a rapist, so, I'll take you sayin' lots of motherfuckers on Bill Cosby: Himself if you weren't a rapist." in the context of "Hannibal Buress, comedian, performing at the Trocadero, Philadelphia, Date: 2014-10-17, quoted in Dan McQuade (Date: 2014-10-17), "Hannibal Buress on Bill Cosby: “You’re a Rapist”", Philadelphia retrieved: 2014-12-01" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Bill Cosby

William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. Ed.D (born 12 July 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and author. He first found success as a standup comic before moving into acting. In the action series I Spy (1965-68) he was one of the first black actors to have a leading role on a regular American series, and in the 1980s and '90s The Cosby Show (1984-1992) was a major hit for NBC, being the most popular American television program for five consecutive seasons.