I am officially an agnostic regarding the rape allegations against Bill Cosby. It doesn’t sound good, and it’s getting worse by the day, but I still don’t know what to believe. I don’t blame anybody else for making up their minds, but I haven’t yet.
However…
I remember listening to Cosby’s album “It’s True! It’s True!” years ago, but I forgot all about his “Spanish Fly” routine. Alan Scherstuhl at the Village Voice didn’t:
Cosby’s dozen-plus accusers tell similar stories: that, after having a drink with Cosby, they felt drugged and confused as he had his way with them. Curiously, Cosby himself once made such scenarios the center of a stand-up routine…
Here it is. It’s kind of tough to laugh along with him about it now:
Damn.
The whole thing is just so depressing. I really hope it’s not true.