# Bill Cosby Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751 "2003-07-11T16:43:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/1 "2003-07-11T16:43:03Z")
How can a man who makes such memorable, excellent TV shows make movies that SUCK? During the premier of Lenoard, Part 6, he actually stood outside the movie house trying to bribe patron NOT to see the movie (unsubstantiated rumor I heard once;) . ---
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/2 "2003-07-11T17:15:08Z")
I think it has something to do with his TV shows being about him. What you get on the cosby show for instance is several actors doing a sitcom, and him doing standup comedy in the middle of it. So he’s got several straight men for his comedy bits on the show, whereas he might have to participate as a component of a movie/actually be an actor in the movies. Bill Cosby isn’t particularly appealing unless he’s “being funny” and when he is, I think he’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/3 "2003-07-11T17:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*During the premier of Lenoard, Part 6, he actually stood outside the movie house trying to bribe patron NOT to see the movie (unsubstantiated rumor I heard once;) . \*\* > [@](#): > > [IMDb](http://us.imdb.com/Trivia?0093405) > Apparently Bill Cosby was in agreement with those who thought this movie to be a complete stinker. It was not the project he expected it to be, but any actor under contract is obligated to complete that project or face legal action. However, as the film was about to be released, Cosby appeared on several talk shows denouncing it as a terrible movie and advising people not to waste their time or money on it. If true, you’re not far off. BTW: I went through his listing and _none_ of the feature films he was involved in got more than a 6.0. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/4 "2003-07-11T17:54:22Z")
Ok, time for me to come out of the closet. I liked Leonard, Part 6. Oh, and Ghost Dad too. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/5 "2003-07-11T18:21:28Z")
Are you nuts? **Uptown Saturday Night** and **Mother, Jugs & Speed** were fly! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/6 "2003-07-11T23:09:08Z")
Put down the pipe, **lost4life**! _Mother, Juggs & Speed_ might be the worst movie I’ve ever seen, and yes I’ve seen _Hot to Trot_ “starring” Bobcat Goldthwaite. (It could also go in the GQ thread about rape scenes being played for big laughs.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/7 "2003-07-12T16:24:10Z")
I saw Cos in some kind of weird “tolerance” video. It was just Cos, sitting in a chair, with some weird white paint on his face. (Cos in white-face!) Anyway, he goes down a long list of various ethnicities, telling how he doesn’t like them, but he doesn’t want to acutally do any harm to any of them, “Just put them on an island.” At the end, he says something like, “Yeah, I’m a bigot. There’s two of us, and I don’t even like the other one.” Anyone else ever seen this gem (I did in '77). ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/8 "2003-07-12T18:14:02Z")
We had to watch it in home room once back when I was in middle school. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/9 "2003-07-12T19:12:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker \* > \*\*I saw Cos in some kind of weird “tolerance” video. It was just Cos, sitting in a chair, with some weird white paint on his face. (Cos in white-face!) > > Anyway, he goes down a long list of various ethnicities, telling how he doesn’t like them, but he doesn’t want to acutally do any harm to any of them, “Just put them on an island.” > > At the end, he says something like, “Yeah, I’m a bigot. There’s two of us, and I don’t even like the other one.” > > Anyone else ever seen this gem (I did in '77). \*\* I did. There he is, sucking on a cigar, and each group he decried, the film tint changed a different color (quite artistic…aka odd;) ). What I remember most about the film was how he said something along the lines: “Let’s call 'em what they are: NIGGERS!” :eek: This out of the mouth of Cosby? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cosby-movies/187751/10 "2003-07-12T21:33:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enola Straight \* > \*\*How can a man who makes such memorable, excellent TV shows make movies that SUCK? > > During the premier of Lenoard, Part 6, he actually stood outside the movie house trying to bribe patron NOT to see the movie (unsubstantiated rumor I heard once;) . \*\* I swear I remember him doing a McDonalds(or Burger King) ad for this movie, promoting the toys(or whatever) that went with the movie.