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The_Kuru ago

I recognized something back when I was very young. Only one man could routinely get away with having kids sit on his lap and lick the jello pudding off the kid's face on national television and the nation wouldn't even wince about it. Can you guess who that person was?

Intheknow ago

umm cosby?

OrwellKnew ago

Joe Biden? /only half kidding

jml1201 ago

Richard Dawson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TRBwKFfJv4

How did he get away with this bullshit?

Psalm100 ago

This is the guy: Fergie Olver, a Canadian:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie_Olver

Psalm100 ago

I don't think that's Richard Dawson, but whoever he is, he certainly reminds me a lot of Joe Biden.

The_Kuru ago

I'm saying that during the time that Savile was the most trusted teflon-personality in England, Bill Cosby was the most trusted teflon-personality in the US.

Psalm100 ago

I don't remember THAT commercial but know who you're talking about. Do you have a link to it?

The_Kuru ago

Link to Cosby being the most trusted man that you'd let babysit your kids in America 25 years ago? No, I just can easily tell you that it is a fact. I'm a old dude who was around back then. I appreciate that some of you youngsters don't have an understanding of what the media was pushing on us back then. Come to think of it, I'm thinking there was an actual program with Cosby interacting with little children back then, and that was the basis of the program. There were only like three things you could watch on the television back then so I know anyone my age can back me up that I'm not bullshitting.

Psalm100 ago

I'm no youngster myself. I remember watching Fat Albert. I just thought from your comment that there was an actual Jello pudding commercial of what you described. It would hardly surprise me. Many of those old commercials are on YouTube so I thought you might have a particular one in mind. On a program where Cosby interacted with children, I only remember the commercials. I know on Fat Albert he would actually appear in the part of the show. He also did some records and possibly children were involved with those. Just looking at Wikipedia, though, I see he was on the Electric Company for awhile.

And this is interesting. He gave his record company the name "Tetragrammaton," which represents YHWH, God's Name that the Hebrews were forbidden to say:

"Tetragrammaton Records was a division of the Campbell, Silver, Cosby (CSC) Corporation, the Los Angeles-based production company founded by Cosby, his manager Roy Silver, and filmmaker Bruce Post Campbell. It produced films as well as records, including Cosby's television specials, the Fat Albert cartoon special and series and several motion pictures..."

"Tetragrammaton Records was an American record label founded in the late 1960s by entertainment manager Roy Silver, Bruce Post Campbell, Marvin Deane, and comedian Bill Cosby (whose manager was Roy Silver). The term "Tetragrammaton" refers to the unspeakable Hebrew name of God."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton_Records

The_Kuru ago

I'm just saying, and anyone older than 35 can back me up, that only one person in mass media was allowed to interact with little kids and bounce them on their knee and nothing he could do with the kid could ever be considered suspect. The next closest person to Cosby who could have done the same was Pee Wee Herman. And of course I don't got links to all these things with Cosby with the kids cuz I don't think there was a way of recording that shit back then. The networks have it I'm sure and wouldn't release it unless it fits a purpose they want to promote.

eyeVoated ago

No, there were many other children's shows with trusted adults—dozens or more. And when cable tv came out, the market exploded.