Bill Cosby has been a family favorite ever since we became a family! Hubby and I, with his parents, saw him in a theater in West Covina, California shortly after we were married—before he was a big hit. We still talk about how my father-in-law practically rolled on the floor during some of the routines. When hubby was in graduate school we didn’t have a TV, but every Monday night we went to our friend’s apartment, had pot luck dinner and watched I Spy. We had all of his comedy records which our children grew up on; by the time they were in school they could recite most of the routines and when “The Cosby Show” was on TV in the mid-‘80s it was the only show allowed on our TV on a school night—we all watched it together. This book was published when that show was in its hey-day. I was it on the Friends of the Library book sale shelf this morning for a dollar and couldn’t resist. Hubby and I had a lot of “running around” to do today and I became the “audio book” narrator as we learned about Bill Cosby’s life and his philosophy of humor and were reminded of many of the shows and comedy routines we enjoyed during those early years of our marriage. One thing new we learned was that Cosby was responsible for Electric Company on PBS which taught our older son to read (without our realizing it at first) before he entered preschool. If you can find it, I would recommend this book for any fan of Bill Cosby. It illuminates why he was so beloved and so influential from the ‘60s through the ‘80s and gives a glimpse into his life. ( )