Bill Cosby & his drumming gig with Sonny Stitt

[TheSmileygirl90]

7: 50 I was in tears and by 8:08 I actually fell out of my chair.

[prc375]

hail cosby

[JamesAnimalHarrison]

Amazing Story, very funny! (and so true when you're a young drummer)



[JackN0VA]

He says Cherokee!

[WolfgangSenff]

He uses onomatopoeia better than any human being alive. "Shuck, shuck. Kick-a-boom."

[audiophelia]

Jack Benny falls out of his chair laughing! Nuff Said!!!

[lucialerendegui]

hahaha great

[smitty2106]

one of my favorite comedians



[marcdedouvan]

The way that Bill explains jazz drumming is so true, so respectful ,so emotional, so artistic and so funny in the same time!

Great lesson by contradiction and great man full of humility! Respect!

All drum students should listen to that carefully.

Greetings of a drum teacher from France .

[tommyt1971]

I think we've seen the origin of the Cosby sweater!!!!

[MegaSuzisuzi]

that was so funny ill have a hard time not thinking about it.

[Vitruvian42]

I love Bill Cosby talking about jazz almost as much as jazz itself.

[tommyt1971]

@Vitruvian42 Ever see the parody of him on the Simpsons? The ep where Bleeding Gums becomes ill & tells Lisa about his one & only appearance on The Cosby show. It's HILARIOUS.

[flojogrande]

Great banter and exchange. Jack Benny, Cosby and Cavett just keeps drawing it out. The era of the great talk shows Cavett, Gleason, Dean Martin, Mike Douglass. Bill had me grinning the whole time through-out the story. There is another great story Cosby tells on Johnny Carson about Shelby the great car maker, who gave him a gift of a car because he was a big fan of Cosby's during the I-spy period.

[callmesquigs]

* Lights cigar * Yes.

[jameslondon22]

the show hosts hardly said a word after the first minute of this video

[jameslondon22]

i like the young bill cosby more than the old bill cosby

[cavalierfan1995]

i tried to play metal in a band once but couldnt keep up

and i had to stop. my friend took my place and he got hired by the band

[jaysax90]

I can't believe this cat played with Stitt, Workman, and (for a few moments, haha!) Roach!

Alright, back to shedding Cherokee. :P

[spikerent]

All drummers can relate to this story. No worse feeling than knowing you are totally screwed behind the kit!!!

[spikerent]

All drummers can relate to this story. No worse feeling than knowing you are totally screwed behind the kit!!!

[vdeferens]

2 people hate humanity.

[euphoricelephants]

People were so laid back on tv back then...

[casaraku1]

smoking was cool esp. on the T.V., great product placement..before cancer became fashionable....

[TheTubePortal]

@casaraku1 Because of Groucho Marx whose trademark was a cigar every up and coming comedian would take up smoking the cigar. This is why you see so many, including the Cos, smoking stogies. They wanted to emulate the greatest comedian who ever lived - Groucho Marx.

[BulletWithYerName]

I think it's great that at one time, you could just light up a cigar on tv and nobody batted an eye; now-a-days, you'd get crucified for it.

[Vandal18]

WAP! hahah

[sidekickmarie]

Brilliant story. I had no idea young Bill Cosby was so cool. He looks like a 2011 hipster.

[bronxboomers]

that was so funny lol

[wahidgomez]

hahahaha bill cosby

[NicThornsberryDrums]

MAN! If only talk shows were like this nowadays......you'd have movie stars being like "yeah man, me and Meldau had a shed with Kurt Rosenwinkel last weekend." But instead, I just saw Rihanna on Chelsea Lately talking about how she didn't even write the song her and em did......What happened to real music?

[flippenpinoi]

this is Brian Blade if he was born in the 30s and was a comedian. But thank God Brian Blade is a drummer today and Cosby is a comedian ... though im sure Bill Cosby would have been great with some practice and i know for a fact that Brian Blade's hilarious

[ascott251]

why didnt max roach ever rescue me on a gig when i was starting out lol?

[Morahman7vnNo2]

@ascott251 Because he wanted to see what this "cool looking dude" could do.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Well done, Mr Cosby.

[Hurricane333]

Daryl, this is a let down.

[talkingwall]

Cherokee - as soon as he said that I knew where this was going.

[Parvenu333]

Lollllll

[MsKatyDod]

Hilarious! AND he has Jack Benny cracking up and nearly falling of his chair! What a sign of a legendary story-teller/humorist!!!

[Nightlight35]

I've never seen him look this young, he looks like steve erkel on steroids.

[aliens563]

Blue tips are cool :-)

[Justinsorochan]

9:00 - Classic sax player look.

[ConcordBallet]

man...classic. interesting he came up around Lee Morgan, Reggie Workman, Archie Shepp around Philly on the same trip for awhile... and the nod to Elvin Jones (RIP). so good

[Siska0Robert]

Great story! :)

[gumonmyshoe16]

The left hand is frozen! LOL!!!!!!!!

[Gems2323]

Dr. Cosby is a wonderful person. I enjoy listening to him, I wish he was from my town. Philly is very fortunate to have him. Thank Cavettbiter for uploading this clip.

[SpiritLevelBubble]

Hahahaha! I'm dying! LOL

[bootsiebarnes]

Grew up with Coz in Philly. Was on his show twice.

[bovines36]

The left hand is the hip hand!

[ty2]

Bill Cosby is legendary. He does not even have to rehearse a bit to be funny. All he has to do is tell a story because he is the greatest story teller of all time. He is one of my favorite comedians of all time as well not just for the funny jokes, but because everything is wholesome too. His work on the stage is all about real life situations done in a very PG manner. He tells a story that you can learn life lessons from and makes it hilarious. He is a genius.

[spacepatrolman]

@ty2 another one that would do it off the top of his head was richard pryor

[a1saouse]

this is the coolest dude ever...

[MoGreensEye]

This guy ALWAYS takes ten minutes to tell a one minute story.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

@MoGreensEye True, but he does a convincing job. I'm 63 now and sometimes find myself in a family setting, trying to tell longer stories of old to a polite young audience. Have mercy on us grandfathers...

[tjalla]

4:00 - too hip to move his hands. haha

[haveatomato]

hilarious story, he really knows his jazz!

[rtarbinar]

whoooooo dawggy! what a story! *whew*

and all the more poignant, seein' as how i dabble in a bit o' drummin' meself!

them jazz men had been, have been, were, are, will be, and will be BEING LEGENDS FOREVER!

[PixelPivot]

Guy on the far left- Jack Benny?

[snickpickle]

@PixelPivot Yup -- Jack Benny! Now to see if Cavettbiter uploaded Jack Benny's segment of the same show! How 'bout that: TWO of the world's best comedians on one show! YOWZUH! :-)

[mortellebeaute]

That is one incredibly distracting sweater.

What an awesome guy.

[sprite0nation]

old dude is having heart attack. xD

[joealanouf]

THAT was a halarious and well told story . i lagghfed !

[bastlake]

Bill looks HUGE here

[twangbarfly]

Haven't laughed as hard for years - sheer brilliance!!!

[rgs1940]

Hilarious! Saw him do this routine in Davenport, Iowa back in the late 60's.

As a sax player and a devoted fan of Sonny Stitt, this was especially funny.

[rgs1940]

This is hilarious! I saw him do this routine in Davenport, Iowa in the late 60's. He's a great guy. As a sax player and a devoted fan of Sonny Stitt, this clip had serious meaning. Thanks.

[LyleAngelo93]

HE'S NOT DEAD! D:

anyways... I love Bill. He's hilarious and doesn't cus. Amazing.

[TheCatQ]

Bill himself had a nice rebuttal to the rumors of his death. Google him and go to his official website to see his "news". BTW: awesome story. Sonny Stitt and Max Roach - incredible!

[juanete4ever]

best storyteller EVER.

btw...he's not dead folks.

[al28283]

@juanete4ever he was in Ghost Dad

[jahenx94]

What a great comic... RIP

[Zeethr]

RIP BILL COSBY

[Sorkijan]

R.I.P. Bill Cosby 1937-2010

[digitaldown]

the cos!

[jimbones0]

Hilarious!!

Bill Cosby: will there ever be a better story teller?

[digitaldown]

that's why he's so great. he didn't really ever write jokes. he just talked about his life. gotta the love cos!

[ninjadrummist]

Hilarious! Every drummer has experienced this at least once in their life lol!

[pleasmarryme]

@ninjadrummist yup you get up there looking all big and bad lol

[UtBDan]

And the saxophone player would have to say,

"WOOOOOOOOW!"

hilarious.

[talkinjazz]

3:43 biddedihiddl!

this is just great! was laughing to tears!

[Drumcam]

That is the funniest drum story I've ever heard!

[tuxguys]

This vid is one of the most-watched (I mean students and staff CROWDING around the desk to watch it) in the office of the Guitar Dept. at the college where I teach.

It is gratifying to me to see Jack Benny's reactions to Cosby's story, going back and forth between falling down laughing at it, and rapt admiration on Benny's face as he watches Cos tell it.

It is saddening to me that, when asked, none of those same students has any idea who Jack Benny is.

[gilgamess]

Jack Benny, according to his writers, was always very appreciative of good humor. They say that he would fall out of his chair and slap the floor when he thought something was really funny. As one would suspect, his writers enjoyed working for such a great boss.

[tuxguys]

I have also heard it said that whenever Benny and George Burns went out together, by prearrangement, Burns would have to drive, as he would have Benny laughing so hard that Benny would actually drive off the road if he were behind the wheel.

[TheTubePortal]

@tuxguys Jack died in late 1974, almost two years after this Cavett appearance. George Burns gave the eulogy at the funeral home, but couldn't finish it because he started bawling so Bob Hope had to take over. Jack and George were best friends.

[sutoncicero]

this viedo was posted on my brith day

[grotonhomie]

haha saved by max roach

[440864]

Hysterical and oh so true.

[sb8888]

One of the funniest things I've seen in a long, long time.

[Mumbo137]

this is brilliant

[mdzebar]

absolutely amazing story.. made me cry..

[DrPrezident]

He had Jack Benny CRACKING UP! This is HILARIOUS. Saw this last night on PBS.

[Migueltio]

This was hysterical!

[petecellar]

Classic, right up to the lighting of the cigar...

[sawsomething]

That's a stupid comment.

[petecellar]

I think you misunderstood my comment.

I loved the whole thing, including how he lit the cigar at the end...

[TomMSTie]

My parents couldn't afford to give me drum lessons as a kid, so I used to tap everything with drumsticks. When I was older, I bought myself a set of drums and taught myself to play.

[TomMSTie]

Thank you for posting this. I love this bit, and the video I had in my favorites was recently removed.

[deetdeet7]

He's not making up the masters he mentions. What a great city and what great masters he mentions.  Mr. Cosby... a truly great story teller ... a gift to all.

[jamsterX]

Classic...LOL

[koucak]

huge !

[BenskyBen]

3:59 Was Bill Cosby the actual voice for the Swedish Chef on the Muppets? :O

[MuzikJunkyAES]

No, it was Jim Henson. ;) Peace.

[BenskyBen]

Lol, I know. I was having a go at him.

[PhuckHue2]

this foot went into automatic spasm lol

[myspaceisforfags82]

great story lol

[audionautix]

holy cow. what a master. and 80% of that I guarantee he made up on the spot.

[chapaev36]

Fantastic.