Bill Cosby: The Comedy Legend



The name of Bill Cosby is not unfamiliar to anyone who loves stand up comedy. He is an icon and an inspiration of stand up comedy for all the stand up comedians. Our today’s article is about this great comedy legend who has spent his years making people laugh.
As a child, Cosby did not like going to school. Due to his lack of interest in school, he failed and repeated his tenth grade. He dropped out of school but was able to complete it via a correspondence course when he was in the US army. Soon afterwards, he also left army and got admission in the Temple University. Cosby was always passionate about comedy and thus it was not long before he left the university as well began his career in comedy.
He started his career and earning by doing stage performances. At the start of his career, Cosby faced many hardships and struggled a lot in making a name for himself. However gradually, Cosby polished his comedy skills further. He earned acknowledgements through his performances in The Tonight Show with Johny Carson. His performances in the show caught the attention of a television producer Sheldon Leonard, who offered him a leading role in his new series. Thus, Cosby was the first ever African American to play a lead role in an American drama.
Sometime later, Cosby started his own stand up comedy show “The Bill Cosby Show” which earned fame and recognition in no time. Cosby then gave himself a brief break as a stand up comedian and started experimented with films. Hickey and Boggs was his debut film. In 1972, Cosby started working on television again with an animated television series called Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
For the next few years, Cosby did not appear much on television except his guest host appearance in The Tonight Show. In the meantime he got a master’s degree from the Massachusetts University his doctorate degree in education in 1977.
Cosby made a comeback on television and appeared in a sitcom in 1984. His sitcom and The Cosby Show got amazing ratings and were ranked amongst the top television shows in America. Through his TV appearances, Cosby earned a handsome amount of 60 million dollars per annum, which made him the most highly paid television celebrities in entire America.

Bill Cosby is one of the most talented and accomplished stand up comedians of all time. He contributed a lot for the stand up comedy industry and marked new dimensions of comedy. His name will always be remembered with love and respect. 

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