UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 10, Page 7
November 5, 1992
Bill Cosby recounts tales of marriage, children, college

     Bill Cosby, the architect of NBC's tremendously successful The
Cosby Show, host of nationally syndicated game show You Bet Your Life
and all-around multi-talented entertainer charmed a sell-out crowd of
more than 5,000 people Oct. 30 at the Bob Carpenter Center.
     For more than 90 minutes, Cosby regaled the audience with stories
of his family and higher education. He also touched on politics and
marriage and feigned dribbling into a dentist's "toilet-like" rinsing
bowl before finishing his act to a standing ovation.
     A major portion of the show was a description of his and his
wife's dreams of college educations for their children. "And we saw
our life in a dream, dedicated to our child, our children," Cosby
said. "That the children would graduate from college, get married,
have grandchildren and my wife and I would die. Well, it's not going
to be like that, because the children haven't done it."
     Cosby described his oldest child as a "professional 'C' student,"
explaining, "She'd get a 'B' in English and take a 'D' in biology to
balance it out. She'd get an 'A' in English-take an incomplete in
something else. She had it smoothed out-professional."
     Over a steady stream of  laughter from the audience, he recounted
her college career, from application ("And the letters were coming
back: 'Sorry, we don't think you can keep up with us.' And she kept
saying, 'Well that's a trash school anyway. Who wants to go there?' ")
to moving in ("I don't care how fit a person is, ladies and gentlemen.
Especially the father, you will carry your kid's luggage, up three
flights of stairs into a room the size of myself.") to her
graduation.
     Dressed in forest green trousers and a University of Delaware
track sweatshirt, Cosby also drew laughs for his recollections of his
daughter's college commencement, including his muffled impersonation
of the college president who spoke at the ceremony.
     Before beginning his act, Cosby received a Delaware letter in
track and field.
     Cosby recalled visiting the University of Delaware as a member of
Temple University's freshman basketball team 32 years ago. "We lost
something like 130-44," he said.