Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Within the past the month, legendary comedian and entertainer Bill Cosby has been in some hot water after over a dozen rape allegations against him have surfaced. Since then, many of the alleged victims have come forth telling their stories of the sexual abuse suffered at the hands of the comedian. The story became fodder for many mainstream publications after comedian Hannibal Buress shed light on Cliff Huxtable’s shady past in one of his recent stand-up sets. Much to his chagrin, the clip went viral and the uproar does not look like it will be dying down anytime soon. Last weekend, the comedian sat down with NPR’s Weekend Edition, and the shows host Scott Simon asked the million dollar question, to which Cosby opted to plead the fifth.
Today though, the ish has hit the proverbial fan as writer Alan Scherstuhl printed a piece in the Village Voice uncovering a bit in Cosby’s 1969 album It’s True! It’s True!, where he joked about drugging women’s drinks. In the routine, which had the audience in stitches, Cosby makes reference to using the aphrodisiac Spanish Fly to bed women. This of course, matches the story told by many of the comedian’s alleged victims.
Cosby describes being a kid and hearing about a wonder drug — “Spanish Fly” — that would make a girl go crazy once it was put into her drink. He presents this as a horny/goofy lark of an idea, a myth that kids buy into all over the world. More disturbingly, Cosby then describes his adult interest in such a drug, especially on a trip he took to Spain with Robert Culp of I Spy — both Culp and Cosby, he claims, were desperate to get their hands on some Spanish Fly.
With each week that passes, Bill Cosby’s name and reputation has been going down in flames. Opting not to address these allegations directly hasn’t been helping his case either. Now that a part of his stand-up routine is being leveraged against him in the court of public opinion, there may be no going back for The Cos. Take a listen to the audio in question below. Sidenote: how ironic is it that the name of the album is It’s True! It’s True!.
