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State fair accepts, then rejects Bill Cosby portrait made from rapeseed
09.02.2015
08:59 am
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Rapeseed, more commonly known in the U.S. as “canola,” can be used to make vegetable oil, bio-diesel, animal feed, or—apparently—portraits of Bill Cosby, the famous comedian accused of drugging and having non-consensual sex with nearly 50 women.

The Minnesota State Fair accepted Nick Rindo’s rapeseed portrait of Bill Cosby as an entry into its crop art competition—but before it could become a blue-ribbon prize-winner, it was removed by Fair administrators after complaints came rolling in.

Rindo’s portrait had the word “rapeseed” in parentheses on the portrait’s label, and was allowed entry into the competition after the Fair’s crop art superintendent made one small alteration—covering the word “rapeseed” with a piece of tape. According to superintendent Ron Kelsey: “We call everything canola in this country.”

Apparently the tape was not enough to keep controversy away. Outraged emails poured in. One even called the portrait “pro-rape,” which was not Rindo’s intention at all.

Rindo stated on his Facebook page, “The guy in charge let it in. The Administration received too many angry emails, so they came down and removed it. I imagine it’s in a corner of shame somewhere.”

A second seed-portrait by Rindo, of Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, was allowed to remain in competition.
 

 
Via: Twincities.com

Posted by Christopher Bickel
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09.02.2015
08:59 am
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Bill Cosby on drugs
12.05.2014
11:44 am
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For a generation now, Cosby has played an uneasy role in the African-American community as the most unforgiving variety of scold, getting on Eddie Murphy for his foul language as well as countless other examples of same—the standup routine of Hannibal Buress that started the whole “Bill Cosby is a rapist” news story explicitly referenced this side of Cosby’s persona. (As it happens, I’ve seen Buress perform many times in person and I dig his style of standup. I also admire his bravery in bringing the, er, highly litigatable subject up.) Cosby’s forays into music, including the remarkable 1968 album Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (which we covered here), show a restlessness and ambition and willingness to try anything that is fairly admirable while also, perhaps, conforming more to the picture of Cosby that has emerged in the last few weeks, that of someone who takes what he wants—this might be a stretch, but the point is that Cosby didn’t necessarily listen to those around him who might have dissented with his plans. Of course, 400 million dollars later, he might have had a point. Then there’s this interesting report from seasoned sitcom writer and showrunner Ken Levine (M*A*S*H, Frasier, etc.), which asserts that working on The Cosby Show was a terrible gig because Cosby treated his writers like shit. (To be fair, a writer who worked on the show in the show’s final year opines in comments that it wasn’t all that bad—at least in Season 8.)

Chalk up to Cosby’s history of questionable decisions the putative subject of this post, his exceedingly strange 1971 album Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs, which—indeed—consists mostly of Bill Cosby talking to kids about drugs and singing some half-baked (sorry) songs. I own this album on LP, and it is a really weird album. Believe it or not, after winning a ridiculous six consecutive Grammies for “Best Comedy Performance,” this album won a Grammy as well, but for “Best Album for Children.”

Here’s the introductory track, which eventually resolves into an aural representation of how downers and uppers feel (hint: the speed is adjusted):
 

Introduction/Downers and Uppers by Bill Cosby on Grooveshark

 
More Cosby on drugs after the jump…

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Posted by Martin Schneider
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12.05.2014
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Purple JELL-O®: Bill Cosby covers Jimi Hendrix
10.12.2013
07:47 pm
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1968 was a very good year for Bill Cosby. He won his third consecutive Emmy for Best Actor in a TV Drama for his work in I Spy—a feat equaled only by Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad—and he was in the middle of his run of six consecutive Grammies for Best Comedy Recording, a feat you’d have to imagine will never be equaled. He also found time to release his second music album, Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!

The album is a shambolic and funkadelic and frankly amateurish treat. Backed by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, the Cos takes on the Beatles (“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”) and the Stones (“Satisfaction”). Interestingly, the title track, “Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!,” is actually a strange parody of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze”—even though Hendrix is not credited as a composer on the track.
 

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Puddin’ Pops: Bill Cosby covers ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Bill Cosby hoodie

Posted by Martin Schneider
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10.12.2013
07:47 pm
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It rubs the puddin’ on its skin: Buffalo Bill Cosby
06.24.2013
02:15 pm
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We’ve featured Justin Hager‘s work here on Dangerous Minds before, but not THIS piece titled “Buffalo Bill Cosby.”

I’m rendered speechless by this one.

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Danzig with Wolves: Illustrated funnies with famous bands and musicians

Via reddit

Posted by Tara McGinley
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06.24.2013
02:15 pm
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Should Bill Cosby be worried about this???
03.21.2013
11:39 am
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This is one of those inexplicable images that makes it onto reddit where I just pause and ask myself “WAT?” Besides the obvious photo of Bill Cosby in the middle of a pentagram, what’s up with the light bulbs (why go through all that trouble, just use candles!) and the misspelled “Pokeyman”?

I’m so confused.

Redditor TXT_ME points out:

The Chant of Praise:
Zip Zop Zoobity Bop
Zip Zop Zoobity Bop
Zip Zop Zoobity Bop
Zip Zip Bop

Below, “The Billy Cosby Pokémon Rap”:

 
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Bill Cosby hoodie

Puddin’ Pops: Bill Cosby covers ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’

Via reddit

Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.21.2013
11:39 am
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Puddin’ Pops: Bill Cosby covers ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
02.14.2012
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This is so unbelievably bad, it’s…bad. From the 1968 album Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! Zip zop zoobity bop!
 

 
Via Cynical-C

Posted by Tara McGinley
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02.14.2012
01:45 pm
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Bill Cosby hoodie
02.01.2012
03:36 pm
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Unfortunately, I just discovered that this excellent Bill Cosby hoodie is no longer available from the online made to order website HeadHoods. Maybe if you write them, they’ll make you one? 

Oh, and if you’re a Grace Jones fan, they have a hoodie of her, too!

Below, a GIF that serves no real purpose:
 

 
(via reddit)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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02.01.2012
03:36 pm
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