I guess I should post some thoughts about Bill Cosby’s performance at Lipscomb April 30. It was sold out. Possibly upwards of 5,000 people there. I had bought our seats knowing that there might have been a chance we’d be staring at Bill Cosby’s back the entire time, since the usual setup would be to have the stage on one side of the arena. But fortunately it was round robin style.
Bill came out wearing a purple Lipscomb t-shirt with “Hello Friend” written on it. I later found out what “Hello Friend” meant. I wonder if Cosby ordered the shirt beforehand and had it printed on there. No mention of Hello Friend from Cosby. I guess he figured we’d look it up ourselves.
Before starting his routine Cosby saluted those who had been killed and wounded serving in the war and their families. There seemed to be enough standing ovations before he really got started I had wondered if too much time had elapsed. Cosby has a tendency to turn serious on you.
Cos brought two brothers on stage (ages 7 and 9) whom he had met in the dressing room area. He managed to do a great job improvising with them, by just asking them questions about why they get into arguments and how they share their drawer space. (Hint: their boxers are in the same drawer….The Horror!).
After they left Cosby went on about the Bible. It turned awfully silent as he mentioned the Bible and God, because at Lipscomb with a church of Christ crowd, there are some things that you don’t joke around with. Cosby kept mentioning that there must be some pages missing in the Bible since his helpmate wasn’t always the best. He did mention that seemingly just a short time after the woman had been created, that she starts to have a conversation with a reptile.
When being presented a picture from a fan, who mentioned the picture was of his 4 sons, who wouldn’t be here if it hadn’t been for Bill Cosby. Cosby seemed quite confused about it. “Was I in the bedroom?” he asked. Then he pointed out that he had been told that it was a Christian university and that he had to watch what he said. “But if you slip up, Christians know what you’re talking about…” he said.
Cosby ended his performance with his Dentist routine from “Himself”, a performance over 20 years old, but still gets the laughs even today.
In the middle of the Dentist routine I saw 6 Metro cops huddled around the steps of the stage. I really thought they might have caught a criminal who just happened to be in the VIP seat. As it turned out, they were just there to escort out Cosby. I wish I had know that. I spent the greater part of the time wondering who or what they were interrogating down there.
There were a couple of limos outside of the arena. I wondered if I hung around there long enough, would I see Cosby get into one of them?