Spanish Fly-where in it, he joked being a 13 year-old boy having first learned about [the then named for a date rape drug] called “Spanish Fly” and what it does to women. In the segment, Cosby jokes of having hypothetical conversation about going to a party, seeing five girls standing alone and saying “boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish Fly I’d light that corner up over there!”.

Considering how it was delivered in spirit of humor (versus alarming or serious), then, it really didn’t frown any brows or raise any concerns that now (considering all dots being connected to the history of allegations), a stand up segment having joked about drugging women and eventually, literally being accused of doing just that; obviously the court of public opinion has a good frame of reference [to take the joke serious…today].

What This Means for Cosby:

CUTE (off subject) SIDENOTE (that you may not have known): Find Alicia Keys among one of those kids in that segment…need help? Look for Egypt.

The fact of the matter is: the legacy is gone. The legacy of good ole “Dr. Huxtable” being played by the creator of an educational cartoon about life lessons (Fat Albert) who too, was trusted around children in Jello Pudding commercials and deemed trustworthy enough to give leg pony rides is no more.

That dream was killed.

The dream was actually over when out of nowhere and without warning Bill Cosby woke up one day and decided that black youths were nothing but sagging pants wearing, foul-mouth, uneducated scums of the earth and that the black community as a whole needed lots of correcting that he felt he had the remedy for. The black community was quite taken aback by his public scorn and this relentless, merciless, ongoing attack of his caught many black men and the black community as a whole quite by surprise (especially considering the fact that most had grown to love, respect, and hold Bill Cosby in high regard–an idol of sorts).

He hurt a lot of people-yes, but mostly, he hurt + confused a lot of black men [like comedian Hannibal Buress].

The high, the hope, and the image of who they thought they were to Bill Cosby was blown.

He killed the dream and made a lot of men (and women) of the black community feel like all those years of watching the record-breaking TV dad-he really never liked or had love for them after all.

As atypical a family and family dad as he was, many in the black community saw him as a dad in their heads-whether there were fathers in home or not. So considering having come to the stark-raving realization that “Dr. Huxtable” actually had no love for them after all, even before getting a fair trial or chance to prove himself, these “allegations” will never stand the chance of getting the benefit of the doubt as being prefaced with the word “alleged”-taking into consideration that now, an actual celebrity has come out accusing Bill Cosby of the same thing.

In addition to that, the fact that “Dr. Huxtable” killed dreams, and as “Bill Cosby”-himself-he crusaded around the world spear chucking young black youth; in the court of public opinion he is as toast as these unknown women/accusers victims ought to be glad that a celebrity has now popped up which (believe it or not) officially validated their claims.

The Repercussions as a As a Result of All This:

Well we know all this is no extravagant publicity stunt as, Cosby already lost two talk show spots on the Queen Latifah Show and as well, the David Letterman Show.

On November 27, Cosby was also due to premier a new show on Netflix and as well the network that brought us all The Cosby Show (NBC) canceled the new show-due to premier this fall [that they so proudly spoke about just this past July]. On this new show, it was not going to be quite like The Cosby Show, but in keeping in line with his beloved (and once believed persona) , Cosby was supposed to play the father of a multi-generational family who shares his wisdom and experiences with his family.

Additionally, Comedy Central canceled a special that was supposed to be aired on November 30 (ironically) called

“Bill Cosby: Far From Finished.”

Welp…

We shall see about that, right?