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    Cosby, Bill

    In what month and year was Bill born?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      July 1937. His birth date is July 12th, 1937.

    Yes or No: Camille Cosby is a direct descendant of George Washington's mother?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      No . She is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.

    What favorite dessert for children is Bill most commonly associated with?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      Jell-O .

    On what talk show did Bill make his second television performance?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      'The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson'. According to imdb.com, he appeared on "The Andy Williams SHow" in 1964 and according to biography.com, he appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" in 1965.

    In what year did Bill graduate from high school?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      He never graduated. Bill never received his high school diploma. Instead he joined the Navy in 1956 and received his high school equivalency certificate (GED).

    True or False: All of his children's names begin with the letter E?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      True . Bill and Camille have five children. Their names are Erika, Erinn, Ensa, Evin, and Ennis (who was murdered in 1997).

    In 1997 one of his sons was murdered. What is that son's name?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      Ennis. Ennis Cosby was only twenty seven years old, when he was murdered while changing a flat tire on his car just off of the San Diego Freeway.

    In what year did Bill marry Camille?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      1964. Camille Hanks and William Cosby were wed in the year 1964. They have five children together.

    For what show did Bill receive Emmy nominations 3 years in a row and win all 3 of them?Life and Times of Bill Cosby

      'I Spy'. Bill was nominated (an won) in the category of Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series for 'I Spy' in the years 1966, 1967 and 1968.

    How did the shop teacher get a kid to confess to something?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Talk about his parents. The teacher had some psychology training so he talked about a kids parents until they told on themselves. Very slick!

    What did everything that Bill made in shop class eventually turn into?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Ashtray. Bill even tried making a shoe shine box and ended up putting two grooves in it and calling it an ashtray.

    Where did Sheldon take his bride on their honymoon?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Niagara Falls. This is where Sheldon decided to take a swim in near freezing water. After he dove in he told his wife to come in, the water is fine. She ended up doing a handwalk over the water and stood on the side of the lake and cussed Sheldon out.

    What show did Sheldon Leonard hire Bill for?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      I Spy. 'Sheldon Leonard played Nick the bartender in the holiday classic "It's A Wonderful Life" for the sole purpose of being able to buy Dodger baseball tickets.' From IMDb.com.

    Which class was Bill and all of his friends always trying to get into?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Special Class. The special class was always going on field trips while the rest of the school was sitting in classes.

    What did Bill set on fire to keep the Chicken Heart away from his house?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      The sofa. Bill's dad came home during the show slipped on the Jello and broke his leg, saw the sofa on fire and told Bill to turn the radio off!

    How many of the 287 knobs on the Philco radio actually worked?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      2 . The knobs that worked were the Off/On Volume Control and the station selector. The other 285 were in case you lost one you could replace it right away, you didn't have to go to the store.

    What scary radio show was Bill's favorite to listen to on the radio?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Lights Out. Bill was dumb enough to do whatever the guy on the radio told him to do like turn the lights out while listening.

    What did the cops do to Bill and the kids at the end of the race?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Put them in handcuffs. It backfired on them though because their wrists were so skinny that the cuffs kept falling off. They ended up thigh-cuffing them all together and marched them off to jail.

    Where did Bill take his driving music from?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      The Rough Riders. Weird Harold took his from the Lone Ranger and Cryin' Charlie took his from the Green Hornet.

    What type of wheels did Bill and his friends have to have for their go-carts?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Baby coach wheels. One night they stole 287 baby coach wheels. The odd one was because old wierd Harold had a Continental.

    What did Bill's mother try to kill him with?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Lumpy Cream of Wheat. She tried to disguise the lumps by putting raisins in the Cream of Wheat. But Bill wasn't fooled. She did the same thing to his lumpy mashed potatoes.

    What was the first piece of playground equipment that the grownups brought into the vacant lot to kill the kids?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Monkey Bars. The playground was a vacant lot with broken glass and rocks. They never lost a kid until the grownups brought in the monkey bars. They lost 124 kids on the first day.

    What were the names of the two boys in the hospital room with Bill?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      Rudy and Johnson. All three boys were in to have their tonsils removed the next day. The first one to be operated on was Johnson. When they came back to the room with him, Bill and Rudy thought that the doctors killed him.

    Why did Bill have to go to the hospital and stay overnight?Bill Cosby - Wonderfulness

      To have his tonsils taken out. Bill was terrified of staying in the hospital by himself until they told him that after the operation he could have (are you ready for the lie?) all the ice cream he could eat!

    What was the matter with the elephant that Noah brought aboard the ark?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      It was pregnant. "You let me bring in a pregnant elephant, you didn't even tell me it was pregnant, you give no manual for delivery or nothing and there's good old Noah waiting underneath the elephant." Splat. "Right on top of good old Noah. I've had enough of this nonsense." [Cue the thunder and lightning] "This is not a shower, is it? Ok, Lord, me and you, right. Because I knew all the time..."

    When Noah's neighbor asked him why he was building an ark Noah couldn't tell him but he did give him a hint. What was the hint?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      How long can you tread water?. Interestingly enough, God asked Noah this same question after he got a bit beligerent with the Big Guy.

    What did Noah's neighbor tell him to do with his ark?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      "Get it out of my driveway". Near the end, Noah's neighbors were laughing at him, picketing his house and calling him names. "Hey Tarzan, how's it going up there?"

    How long did God say he was going to make it rain?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      1000 days. Noah told God to save water by making it rain 40 days and 40 nights and wait for the sewers to back up. Right!

    Where was Noah when God contacted him?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      In the rec room. He was down there sawing away, making a few things for the home.

    What did the kid in the hair tonic commercial have to do before he could throw the football?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      Pick it up. This football player was not an English major..."OK now, throw it...the ball."

    Bill learned a move that he practiced at home on his brother until he wiped him out. Why didn't this move work in when he actually got mugged?Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!

      The mugger was a midget. The midget mugger told Cos to give him his dough or he'd blow his kneecaps off.

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