He does this in Cosby's hometown, no less, at the Trocadero Theatre in Center City Philadelphia. Burress, also black, was then 31 years old, so he was in the generation in question at the time Cosby began making those admonitions.
Buress had been doing this for about 6 months. This time, it was posted on Philadelphia magazine's website, and it went viral from there. People began looking things up, and found accusations from women that had previously gone nowhere.
Soon, cable networks that had been airing Cosby's films and reruns of his various TV shows (The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, I Spy, etc.) began dropping them from their programming. In December 2015, he was indicted on 3 charges. In June 2017, his 1st trial ended in a mistrial. On April 26, 2018, his 2nd trial ended when he was found guilty on all 3 charges. He was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in the Pennsylvania State Penitentiary, and served 3 years, before his conviction was overturned on a technicality.
The Giants get 2 men on against Michael Wacha, the Most Valuable Player of the previous year's NLCS, and then Travis Ishikawa -- with considerably less pressure, as the Giants lead the Cards 3 games to 1 -- does what Bobby Thomson did, 63 years earlier and 2,910 miles to the east: He hits a home run that means, "The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy!" I have a separate entry for this event.
Buress had been doing this for about 6 months. This time, it was posted on Philadelphia magazine's website, and it went viral from there. People began looking things up, and found accusations from women that had previously gone nowhere.
Soon, cable networks that had been airing Cosby's films and reruns of his various TV shows (The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, I Spy, etc.) began dropping them from their programming. In December 2015, he was indicted on 3 charges. In June 2017, his 1st trial ended in a mistrial. On April 26, 2018, his 2nd trial ended when he was found guilty on all 3 charges. He was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in the Pennsylvania State Penitentiary, and served 3 years, before his conviction was overturned on a technicality.
Somebody said recently that the future didn't turn out like we thought it would in the 1980s: Bill Cosby, O.J. Simpson and Pete Rose went to prison, Rose has been banned from baseball, he's not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, neither is Darryl Strawberry, neither is Dwight Gooden, neither is Keith Hernandez, neither is Don Mattingly, Mel Gibson is a pariah, Bruce Jenner is a woman, and Donald Trump is President.
A 2019 episode of the YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History was advertised as George Carlin, played by "Nice" Peter Shukoff, against Richard Pryor, played by rapper Valin Zamarron, a.k.a. ZEALE. The episode turned into a "battle royale," with Gary Anthony Williams playing Cosby; comedian Jackie Tohn playing Joan Rivers; and "Epic" Lloyd Ahlquist playing Robin Williams.
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October 16, 2014 was a Thursday. Game 5 of the National League Championship Series was played at AT&T Park (now Oracle Park) in San Francisco. Joe Panik and Michael Morse hit home runs for the San Francisco Giants, but the St. Louis Cardinals get homers from Matt Adams and Tony Cruz, and the game goes to the bottom of the 9th tied.
The Giants get 2 men on against Michael Wacha, the Most Valuable Player of the previous year's NLCS, and then Travis Ishikawa -- with considerably less pressure, as the Giants lead the Cards 3 games to 1 -- does what Bobby Thomson did, 63 years earlier and 2,910 miles to the east: He hits a home run that means, "The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy!" I have a separate entry for this event.
Also on this day, Salvador Pérez hits a home run, Edinson Vólquez pitches 6 shutout innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0, and take Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Kauffman Stadium.
There were 2 games played in college football. The University of Pittsburgh beat Virginia Tech, 21-16 at Heinz Field (now Acrisure Stadium) in Pittsburgh. And Number 20 Utah beat Oregon State, 29-23 at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.
The NBA season began 12 days later. There were 7 games played in the NHL:
* The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden.
* The New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks, 4-3 in a shootout at the Nassau Coliseum.
* The New Jersey Devils lost to the Washington Capitals, 6-2 at the Verizon Center (now the Capital One Arena) in Washington.
* In an "Original Six" matchup, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins, 6-4 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
* The Ottawa Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche, 5-3 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.
* The Dallas Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2 at the Consol Energy Center (now the PPG Paints Arena) in Pittsburgh.
* And the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues, 1-0 in a shootout at the Staples Center (now the Crypto.com Arena) in Los Angeles.
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