Bill Cosby: A Man For All Seasons
Special To The Post
.. Bill Cosby’s approach to
his multitude of television
commercials is to make the
spots so enjoyable that the
scheduled program
appears to interrupt the
commercials rather than
the other way around! In
the cover story of the Sep
tember Right On-CLASS
magazine, the comedian
says that humor is the
universal language.
Cosby strives for the
humorous touch in all of his
commercials, which plug
everything from pudding to
auto parts. And, as millions
of viewers know, he is a
natural with youngsters.
une tning l demand in a
commercial with children
is that I have a rainbow of
kids - all colors. It creates
an American mood,” says
Co6by who is generally
given a free hand to
“improve on the com
mercial scripts.
One Madison Avenue
observer notes, "He under
stands his audience and his
style is far better than
anyone else who may be
writing for him.”
The higtflp^anicessful
actor and humorist grew
up in poverty in Philadel
phia and was forced to drop
out of high school in the
tenth grade. Yet, today
Cosby holds a doctorate in
education and champions
the cause of children finish
ing school.
For nearly three years,
youngsters have been
greeted in the early morn
ing by “Cos” on the CBS
television show, “Wake Up
For Effective
Advertising At
An Affordable
Cost,
The Number ■
To Dial Is...
Bill Cosby
...Plugs everything
with Captain Kangaroo.”
Cosby leads a five-minute
instruction segment on the
program, designed to
develop readiness skills in
pre-school children.
Most recently, the star
finished filming, “Bill
Cosby, Himself.” In addi
tion to his commercial and
nightclub work, he also
finds time to sit on several
boards of directors and is
national chairman of the
Sickle Cell Foundation.
Of his own style, Cosby
told Right On-CLASS that
personal contact is more
important in comedy, as
illustrated by the “real
life” experiences in his
routines.
“People of all races can
be brought together by
sharing my experiences
and laughing at them,” he
adds.
In the same issue, Right
On-CLASS also features in
terviews with Chicago
educator Marva Collins,
baseball great Hank
Aaron, boxing match
maker Harold Weston and
a tribute to photographer
James Vander Zee. The
new black magazine fo
X.
cuses on successful per
sonalities from all walks of
life and is published
monthly by D.S. Maga
zines, an Edrei Communi
cations Company based in
Cresskill, NJ.
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