Bill Cosby Satire

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This talented artist Bill Cosby is not just a comedian or actor but has a very sad story behind that smile he always wears. There is personal history in every one of his tales.
Bill Cosby real name is William Henry. Bill Cosby was born on July 12, of the year 1937 in philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bill now is 78 years old. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor , and an author. Cosby started to be a comedian in the 1960’s in a TV show called “I Spy”. He joined the U.S Navy during high school when he dropped out, he then enrolled in Temple University. During the 1800’s he started a television show called “The Cosby Show”, it was rated the best show in America for 5 years. He then was sexually assaulted since the year 2000 and he was accused for over 50 women of being raped.
Some of Bill’s literary works were, a TV series he animated called “ Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids”, then started a show called the “Cosby Show”, and “I Spy”. Bill Cosby used observational comedy which is a certain kind humor that makes fun in everyday life. He also included satire which is a way to criticize with humor. Surreal humor was also on his violations and illogical behavior. The last one of the genres Bill Cosby used is deadpan which is humor without a change in
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Bill Cosby has won three Emmy awards for his acting in “ I Spy”, a television show that is about two spies who pretended to be a tennis player and a coach. Bill cosby played the coach’s role. He also starred in “The Bill Cosby Show”, where he was a GYM teacher at Los Angeles High School. One of the most important shows i think Bill Cosby did was Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, because most episodes were inspired by his childhood . He also had gone through tough times when his only son passed away from being shot to death while changing a tire on a highway. During that time it affected his work in bad ways and was not able to

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