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Subject: Bill Cosby

  • Local Comedian Hits The Big Screen

    September 25, 2008
  • Rock and Roll Dream Team

    Forget the office-football draft, dude. Here's a far cooler way to waste your time and your employer's money.

    August 26, 2004
  • Press Picks

    November 10, 1994
  • They Grow Up Fast

    August 8, 1996
  • Press Picks

    May 1, 1997
  • Night & Day

    May 14, 1998
  • To Bloom Again

    December 24, 1998
  • Bill Cosby Remembers A Segregated Houston

    Photo courtesy Houston SymphonyFrom time to time, Hair Balls talks to celebrities (real celebrities, not the "I invented a purple potato" type of pseudo-celebrities). And from time to time, those celebrities can be, oh, shall we say, unconventional. (Larry Harlow once slammed us for not being Puerto Rican.) So, we weren't too surprised when Bill Cosby booed us during a recent telephone interview. Cosby: "Where did you go to college?" Hair Balls: "Texas Southern University." Cosby: "Who was

    March 12, 2009
  • Cosby Says the Darndest Things

    April 29, 1999
  • Chitlins vs. Chekhov

    May 27, 1999
  • Bill Cosby and the Houston Symphony

    Don’t expect Dr. Huxtable – today it’s all about his storytelling stand-up

    March 12, 2009
  • Mr. Mom

    Eddie Murphy plays Daddy, once more, just be "Cos"

    May 8, 2003
  • Joe Rogan

    The host of Fear Factor and Man Show won’t let stealing slide

    February 21, 2008
  • The TSU Toronadoes

    The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

    December 13, 2007
  • Greyhound Racing

    Tracks and breeders struggle as attendance declines

    September 6, 2007
  • Godfrey

    This comedian went from pitching sodas to selling out comedy clubs

    August 16, 2007
  • Our top DVD picks for the week of August 22

    August 24, 2006
  • Let It Blow

    The Original Dirty Rapper is still coming up with new ways to scandalize

    December 1, 2005
  • No Redemption

    A child molester wants back into society and the American dream

    October 6, 2005
  • Forecast: Reign

    This is what it sounds like when local artists pay tribute to Prince

    June 9, 2005
  • Great Clips

    Tennessee schoolkids teach the world a lesson in an inspirational documentary

    February 24, 2005
  • Queen of Smack

    Ray Charles, Bill Cosby -- even herself -- Wanda Sykes dogs 'em all

    June 24, 2004
  • Who's on First?

    Mo Amer is an Arab-American and Muslim, but you might not know that

    April 15, 2004
  • Fly Spy

    Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

    October 31, 2002
  • The Great Divide

    Principal Lawrence Allen is a role model to some, an inept bumbler to others. Jones High School is split: Magnet-program parents versus the local community. It's up to Superintendent Kaye Stripling to make it right. Lucky her.

    March 7, 2002
  • Charity Case

    After the big split, HCC goes for the glamorous giving

    January 4, 2001
  • A Puff of Smoke

    Paul Wesolowski knows the secret word: Groucho

    June 8, 2000
  • Honor Thy Elders

    September 16, 1999
  • Shtick Figure

    In Barbara Kopple's documentary, Woody Allen plays Woody Allen

    April 30, 1998
  • Progress Report

    July 23, 2009
  • Turning the Screw: ESG and Friends, Chamillionaire, Dustin Prestige, 50, Eminem, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Jeezy, Rihanna, Lil' Flip, etc.

    Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Break Dem Boys Off," ESG feat. Slim Thug and Big Hawk Wire To Wire Chamillionaire continues to market himself as one of the smarter rappers in Houston, speaks on independent promotion within the music industry at Stanford. The Single of the Week reminded us of the same-named song from Dallas' B. Hardy

    November 9, 2009