In 2018, a customer secretly photographed Geoffrey Owens best known for playing Elvin on the Cosby Show working at a Trader Joe's in Clifton, New Jersey, and the images were published online in an attempt to "job-shame" him. Instead, he was able to get more work as an actor because of it.

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He went on to explain that most actors and indeed most entertainers are gig workers. For every a-lister many other actors work gig to gig and having steady work and a steady income that pays well is really hard because the field is so unpredictable. And many actors including many well know actors and artists have to have a secondary source of regular income between gigs and for most working entertainers it means getting a regular job and taking whatever roles you can get.

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I know. That was Cosby's reputation.

He shamed Eddie Murphy for using swear words in his act and Eddie turned it into a classic bit. Well before the general public was aware of Cosby's OTHER reputation. Of course, his bit is even funnier now that we know Bill was drugging and raping women the entire time.

Because it's SO shitty and hypocritical for someone doing that to act as some sort of moral authority.

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Bill Cosby had a joke in his standup about drugging women with Spanish Fly.

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Was that Eddie’s joke about Richard Pryor?
Iirc Bill criticized Richard also.

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He did both Eddie and Richard.

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I remember Eddie’s joke about Richard Pryor, something like, Have a Coke and a smile mf