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• Tim S

  
  When I was growing up, this was a definitive watch for the family and we laughed ourselves silly with it everytime. Whether he's being serious or just flat-out silly, Bill Cosby never misses his mark in what is considered by most to be his most definitive recorded performance… More
  When I was growing up, this was a definitive watch for the family and we laughed ourselves silly with it everytime. Whether he's being serious or just flat-out silly, Bill Cosby never misses his mark in what is considered by most to be his most definitive recorded performance (outside of his album To My Brother Russell, Whom I Slept With). Looking at Bill Cosby: Himself today, I still find it just as much fun and just as hilariously entertaining as I did when I was a child. For the most part, I can't relate to a lot of things that he talks about, but thankfully one isn't required many of the experiences that he talks about in order to laugh. The man is just funny as a storyteller and that's where the genius of his comedy comes from. This landmark concert film should be required viewing for anyone who claims to be a fan of stand-up comedy, or in Bill's case, sit-down comedy. It's hands down one of the funniest and most engaging performances ever committed to film.

• Alexander D

  
  Bill Cosby is the cleanest, most brilliant stand-up (or is it "sit-down"?) comedian. Hands down. A rarely-occurring situation of a stand-up comedy performance that was filmed and sent to theaters as a motion picture, the man (who credits himself under every crew role as… More
  Bill Cosby is the cleanest, most brilliant stand-up (or is it "sit-down"?) comedian. Hands down. A rarely-occurring situation of a stand-up comedy performance that was filmed and sent to theaters as a motion picture, the man (who credits himself under every crew role as "William H. Cosby, Jr.", as if that's going to make it seem like it was a two-man job) talks about his family in the most ridiculous ways possible. Actually, he starts out talking about people on drugs, and then he does a skit about dentists. THEN he makes us laugh at his family, and his comedic exaggeration (i.e. "I love it when mothers get so mad they can't remember your name: 'Come here, Roy, er, Rupert, er, Rutabaga...what is your name boy? And don't lie to me, 'cause you live here and I'll find out who you are!'", "My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, 'You know, I brought you into this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me: I'll make another one that look just like you.'"). If you love the stand-up comedy of brilliant people such as Daniel Tosh, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Gabriel Iglesias, and the like, but you don't want to hear all the foul and crude stuff that often offends more than making the audience laugh...rent BILL COSBY: HIMSELF.

• Michael G

  
  Funny stuff. The first stand-up I ever saw.

• Juan C

  
  a nonstop hillarious and spectacular comic event with bill cosby delivering huge laughes and entertainment in this comedic extravigent event for stand up comedy fans! A+

• Chad R

  
  Man! I watched this on my old man's stolen HBO when I was 8 and every time it came on for years. I still do the old quotes "Dad, Chocolate cake behind you!" that makes the GF look at me and shake her head and call me a dork. Come on! This is classic comedy! No… More
  Man! I watched this on my old man's stolen HBO when I was 8 and every time it came on for years. I still do the old quotes "Dad, Chocolate cake behind you!" that makes the GF look at me and shake her head and call me a dork. Come on! This is classic comedy! No swearing, no violence. And you all probably know this was the basis for starting the Cosby show. Comedy you can even watch with the kids!

• Sunil J

  
  Good times. One of the rare standups that you can watch with family without cringing.

• MJS M

  
  I?ve spent a good portion of my life hating Bill Cosby and everything he represents, especially when he?s complaining about the ?filth-flarin?-filth? of other people?s work. Still, it seems like every time I hear a stand up comedian being interviewed they seem to love him and cite… More
  I?ve spent a good portion of my life hating Bill Cosby and everything he represents, especially when he?s complaining about the ?filth-flarin?-filth? of other people?s work. Still, it seems like every time I hear a stand up comedian being interviewed they seem to love him and cite him as an influence. I finally got curious enough to check out what Cosby is like when doing standup, and this concert film is largely considered to be his definitive work. Did I find a new found respect for Cosby? Sort of, he at least seems like a reasonable comic here and not the curmudgeon I?ve come to know him as. Still, most of the material he?s talking about here are things I don?t really relate to, it?s comedy for and by middle aged people.

• Nate H

  
  Moderately funny anecdotes about Bill Cosby beating his children.

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