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TVFactFan · 12-03-2014, 05:05 PM

Bill Cosby was someone I looked up to since I was 9 years old and then I was a fan of his show. Now with all these women coming out with these stories I just don't know how I can watch the show again. As soon as I see him that's all I will think about.

Anyone else find it hard to watch the Cosby show after this?

tlc38tlc38 · 12-03-2014, 05:08 PM

I can and still will watch the show because it wasn't just about him. Many other VERY talented actors were involved in the show and they shouldn't be punished for what one man does/did/is doing. And besides, Cliff Huxtable is a character not a real person.

TVFactFan · 12-03-2014, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

I can and still will watch the show because it wasn't just about him. Many other VERY talented actors were involved in the show and they shouldn't be punished for what one man does/did/is doing. And besides, Cliff Huxtable is a character not a real person.

A character played by Bill Cosby who I can't look at without thinking about what he did

SitcomsOffline · 12-03-2014, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

I can and still will watch the show because it wasn't just about him. Many other VERY talented actors were involved in the show and they shouldn't be punished for what one man does/did/is doing. And besides, Cliff Huxtable is a character not a real person.

Agreed.

Evil Zebra · 12-03-2014, 08:31 PM

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Agreed.

DITTO

What ever happened to innocent until PROVEN guilty??

Not saying he didn't do anything..... but also saying maybe he didn't!

Take it,
EZ

tvfan25 · 12-03-2014, 08:52 PM

I will still watch "The Cosby Show" because I like it and always will. I don't even know if Bill Cosby is guilty or not. If this happened with all of these different girls, why did they all wait until the same time to accuse him?

TVFactFan · 12-03-2014, 09:13 PM

well right now while all this is still going on I can't watch the man

Mr. Television · 12-03-2014, 09:25 PM

I think he did it and I can understand not being able to watch it especially since you've idolized him for so long. It will be hard not to be able to watch the show without thinking about it. I really haven't watched the show that much since it left the air so it won't affect me much. I have been able to watch programs with OJ in them so I can adapt.

Fontaine · 12-03-2014, 09:44 PM

It's the same for me with Bill Clinton. When Juanita Broderick said he raped her, I could never even look at him again.

SitcomsOffline · 12-03-2014, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil Zebra

DITTO

What ever happened to innocent until PROVEN guilty??

Not saying he didn't do anything..... but also saying maybe he didn't!

Take it,
EZ

For the record, I tend to believe he did what the women are alleging.

If you read the below link from Snopes, back when these allegation first surfaced years ago, Cosby gave the exact same story these women gave when they tried to press criminal charges, except he claimed everything that happened was consensual.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/billcosby.asp

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There's nothing funny about the accusations against Cosby that Montgomery County, Pa., prosecutors are investigating. They are considering bringing charges against Cosby stemming from a complaint by a former employee at Temple University — Cosby's alma mater — that the comedian drugged and molested her. Cosby's lawyer Walter Phillips Jr. called the accusation "utterly preposterous."

In mid-January 2004 she accepted Cosby's invitation to his home in Cheltenham, Pa. The woman told police she complained of stress and Cosby offered her some pills. After taking them, she said, she became dizzy. Police said the woman's memory of what happened next is hazy, but she remembered Cosby's touching her breasts and forcing her to fondle him. When she awoke around 4 a.m., her bra was undone and her clothing in disarray.

Investigators probing the sexual misconduct allegations have concluded there was sexual contact between the entertainer and the woman, but they are trying to determine whether it was consensual, a source close to the investigation said.

[The source said] that Cosby's version of what happened between him and the woman and his accuser's story are similar in many ways. The dispute, the source said, is whether the contact between Cosby and the woman was consensual.

Of course I'm not a lawyer, judge or jury, and he's not on a criminal trial, but based on everything we know so far (including what has come out recently), I'd wager he's more likely than not guilty of the accusations.

What I will say is that everyone has skeletons in their closets. Some folks are able to take those skeletons with them to their graves, some folks clean out their skeletons themselves for the world to see, and others have those skeletons that should stay in the closet mercilessly dragged out by folks who want to tarnish their reputation.

But back to the discussion about The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby's rape allegations aside, it's still a classic, family-friendly and even lesson-filled sitcom that had a wonderful ensemble cast of great people who shouldn't be punished because of controversy in Cosby's personal life.

noveel · 12-04-2014, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

I can and still will watch the show because it wasn't just about him. Many other VERY talented actors were involved in the show and they shouldn't be punished for what one man does/did/is doing. And besides, Cliff Huxtable is a character not a real person.

Cliff Huxtable is about as real as Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor

noveel · 12-04-2014, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by tvfan25

I will still watch "The Cosby Show" because I like it and always will. I don't even know if Bill Cosby is guilty or not. If this happened with all of these different girls, why did they all wait until the same time to accuse him?

because Coz had more power in Hollywood when those things might have happened

Patty Duke · 12-04-2014, 01:02 AM

I can't and won't watch him on anything again because I think he's guilty. It has nothing to do with the character he portrayed or the others that were on the show because for me.....I couldn't watch without having flashbacks/painful memories and thinking about what he did to those women.

TVFactFan · 12-04-2014, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SitcomsOffline

For the record, I tend to believe he did what the women are alleging.

If you read the below link from Snopes, back when these allegation first surfaced years ago, Cosby gave the exact same story these women gave when they tried to press criminal charges, except he claimed everything that happened was consensual.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/billcosby.asp

Of course I'm not a lawyer, judge or jury, and he's not on a criminal trial, but based on everything we know so far (including what has come out recently), I'd wager he's more likely than not guilty of the accusations.

What I will say is that everyone has skeletons in their closets. Some folks are able to take those skeletons with them to their graves, some folks clean out their skeletons themselves for the world to see, and others have those skeletons that should stay in the closet mercilessly dragged out by folks who want to tarnish their reputation.

But back to the discussion about The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby's rape allegations aside, it's still a classic, family-friendly and even lesson-filled sitcom that had a wonderful ensemble cast of great people who shouldn't be punished because of controversy in Cosby's personal life.

It was family friendly lol

Edward216 · 12-04-2014, 04:49 AM

I agree with you TVFactFan. But I haven't watched an episode of the show in many years anyhow. I think many of the episodes are too "preachy" about the subject they're dealing with, and I've realized I just don't like some of the characters that much. I've never liked Bill Cosby that much either, it just seems like I have one more reason not to.

Ed.

12-03-2014, 05:05 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,040	Reply here if you know you can't watch the Cosby show again Bill Cosby was someone I looked up to since I was 9 years old and then I was a fan of his show. Now with all these women coming out with these stories I just don't know how I can watch the show again. As soon as I see him that's all I will think about. Anyone else find it hard to watch the Cosby show after this?

12-03-2014, 05:08 PM	#2
tlc38tlc38 Every day’s a Dolly day! Forum Star Join Date: May 02, 2008 Location: I’m just travelin’ thru Posts: 19,257	I can and still will watch the show because it wasn't just about him. Many other VERY talented actors were involved in the show and they shouldn't be punished for what one man does/did/is doing. And besides, Cliff Huxtable is a character not a real person.
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12-03-2014, 09:25 PM	#8
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I think he did it and I can understand not being able to watch it especially since you've idolized him for so long. It will be hard not to be able to watch the show without thinking about it. I really haven't watched the show that much since it left the air so it won't affect me much. I have been able to watch programs with OJ in them so I can adapt.
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12-04-2014, 01:02 AM	#13
Patty Duke Good night, John Boy Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 09, 2013 Location: The Land of Milk and Honey Posts: 788	I can't and won't watch him on anything again because I think he's guilty. It has nothing to do with the character he portrayed or the others that were on the show because for me.....I couldn't watch without having flashbacks/painful memories and thinking about what he did to those women.
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12-03-2014, 08:52 PM	#6
tvfan25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 634	I will still watch "The Cosby Show" because I like it and always will. I don't even know if Bill Cosby is guilty or not. If this happened with all of these different girls, why did they all wait until the same time to accuse him?

12-03-2014, 09:13 PM	#7
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,040	well right now while all this is still going on I can't watch the man

12-03-2014, 09:44 PM	#9
Fontaine Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 16, 2013 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 160	It's the same for me with Bill Clinton. When Juanita Broderick said he raped her, I could never even look at him again.

12-04-2014, 04:49 AM	#15
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,634	I agree with you TVFactFan. But I haven't watched an episode of the show in many years anyhow. I think many of the episodes are too "preachy" about the subject they're dealing with, and I've realized I just don't like some of the characters that much. I've never liked Bill Cosby that much either, it just seems like I have one more reason not to. Ed.