“There are times when bosses decide that a person has too much power,'”-BILL COSBY (1994)

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“There are times when bosses decide that a person has too much power,'” he says, avoiding any personal reference.

“So they set in motion a whole bunch of people with one philosophy — 'Don't give him everything he wants, because he's got too much power, he doesn't know everything and he'll go crazy.

How did he get to be this star? We don't know, but we're gonna stop that right now.' So they send in all these C-grade people.”:francis:

In any case, Cosby showed the bosses and critics what a big deal it really was when he made several bids over the past year to buy NBC. An actor buying a network? Clearly, many thought, this was the attack of the killer ego, a delusionist who thinks he can play with the big boys.

“What you have to understand is, I wasn't the only one,” Cosby explains. “I was the only one as far as the press was concerned, and then finally they had to name the other partners. The excitement of it was this entertainer, who is an African-American, was out to try and raise money to run a network. And then it comes down to, 'Can he run a network?' Well, what is the question really?'”

He forces the question again, directly to his interviewer. Given a reply that most network heads are guys in suits and not performers, he hammers, “They're white. That's the issue. What makes an entertainer any dumber than some executive? I mean, can you even tell me why they keep saying TV is the way it is and now an entertainer decides to try and run a part of the network and he's gonna do worse? You tell me I can't run a network? :whew:

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In any case, Cosby showed the bosses and critics what a big deal it really was when he made several bids over the past year to buy NBC. An actor buying a network? Clearly, many thought, this was the attack of the killer ego, a delusionist who thinks he can play with the big boys. “What you have to understand is, I wasn't the only one,” Cosby explains. “I was the only one as far as the press was concerned, and then finally they had to name the other partners. The excitement of it was this entertainer, who is an African-American, was out to try and raise money to run a network. And then it comes down to, 'Can he run a network?' Well, what is the question really?'”

He forces the question again, directly to his interviewer. Given a reply that most network heads are guys in suits and not performers, he hammers, “They're white. That's the issue. What makes an entertainer any dumber than some executive? I mean, can you even tell me why they keep saying TV is the way it is and now an entertainer decides to try and run a part of the network and he's gonna do worse? You tell me I can't run a network? Bring me an old wreck that's beat up and you say, 'You can't run this?' The question should be, 'Why would you wantto?'”

Power, yes — but not just for power's sake. “There are people, regardless of race, color, creed, who are not being seen, heard, mainly because they don't fit into the C-grade media mold,” he says. “If a guy wants to sell pop or beer [on TV], he doesn't care what the IQ is of the woman or man who buys it. So it leaves [programming] open for people with no particular moral convictions.” Will he take another stab at staking claim of NBC? “No, it's over,” he answers. “Couldn't get it.”

But he will keep fighting, despite recent accusations of putting his moral foot in his mouth. He lambasted HBO, a network that has given hard-edged black comics a voice withRussell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, for not supporting minority comics “unless you become what they think is black.” He also took shots at Fox's hit Living Single for its black female characters, who, in his opinion, do little more than sit around and talk about men.
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He was with the shyt. it's crazy how cacs wouldnt sell it to him:wow:
 
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I didn't know he wanted to buy NBC :ohhh: how the fukk did he raise the funds for that? Its easily worth like 20 billion? maybe more.
 
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