Doug E. Doug Confirms Cosby Tried To Buy NBC: "He Told Me Why Deal Didn't Happen"

[TheAnointedOne]

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[Toe Jay Simpson]

nikka I resent you for making me watch a 12 min video with limited context

 

[ObsidianDev]

Only thing I know this guy for is "That Darn Cat"

 

[br82186]

Only thing I know this guy for is "That Darn Cat"

Class Act?

 

[c2daj]

Only thing I know this guy for is "That Darn Cat"

Cool Runnings?

 

[UpAndComing]

I knew it. They hate Powerful Black Men

 

[ObsidianDev]

Class Act?

Cool Runnings?

I'm under 30

 

[Elim Garak]

I'm not watching the video but it's well known he tried to buy NBC in the early 90s I think it was directly after The Cosby Show ended but when he went in for the meeting they told him it wasn't for sale and that's as far as it went.

 

[Stir Fry]

Only thing I know this guy for is "That Darn Cat"

Where I Live?

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Was this ever in doubt? It was in the news at the time. I remember seeing it on the news when I was a jit.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I'm not watching the video but it's well known he tried to buy NBC in the early 90s I think it was directly after The Cosby Show ended but when he went in for the meeting they told him it wasn't for sale and that's as far as it went.

Nah it was for sale. They just didn't want to sell to Cosby and his consortium which consisted of a lot of black people. NBC wound up being sold to someone else.

 

[Elim Garak]

Nah it was for sale. They just didn't want to sell to Cosby and his consortium which consisted of a lot of black people. NBC wound up being sold to someone else.

No it wasn't I remember reading the archived newspaper article around 10-15 years ago.

Bill Cosby, NBC's biggest star of the 80's, is trying to buy the television network from its current owner, the General Electric Company.

Norman Brokaw, the chief executive of the William Morris Agency and Mr. Cosby's personal agent for 30 years, confirmed yesterday that he had discussed Mr. Cosby's intention to make an offer for NBC with Robert C. Wright, the network's president.

Mr. Brokaw said he flew into New York last week expressly to meet with Mr. Wright. "I told him Bill is definitely interested in buying NBC, and Mr. Wright eventually said that NBC is not for sale."

For more than two years, NBC has been the subject of continuing rumors that it is for sale, especially since its ratings have gone into a steep decline.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Bill Cosby Trying to Buy NBC From G.E. (Published 1992)

www.nytimes.com