Pure Genius at Work: Bill Cosby's "Chicken Heart"

[binaryalchemist]

When I was a kid I LOVED my mom's Bill Cosby records--and if I can tell a story at all it's because I listened to this kind of genius.
This is part of his most brilliant tale, "Chicken Heart". The scene: Little Bill has been left to stay home while his parents go out for the evening. He's been BAD before, watching monster movies and listening to scary stuff on the radio and scaring the crap out of himself---so badly that one night he even smeared Jello all over the kitchen floor to trip the monsters that came after him--which caused his dad to slip and hurt himself. Mom has put Bill to bed with the warning not to listen to "Lights Out"--telling him that invisible snakes will bite him if he tries to get out of bed.
Having proven this to be total bullshit--he creeps over to the radio....and turns on "Lights Out..."
Seriously--if you are a writer---you NEED to hear this!!!

Comments

[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

So I have been doing some repetitive tasks all afternoon and just came across this post. Have been listening to various bits for the last 20 minutes. LOL! Too funny for words. Thanks for the respite.

Hugs

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

It's funny how people can quote Cos lines and just bust out laughing:
"Go faster, go faster--you fool, you fool!"
"Chocolate cake!"
"Who are YOU goin' round, the big Jello sheriff of the house?"
"Little...tiny...hairs!"
"The BELT...was nine feet long...eight feet wide...and it had HOOKS on it...and it would rip the meat right off your body if it ever hit you..."
"Go-carts!"
"Let me show you my dumb kid"
"Junior Baaaaaaarnes.....you gunky!"
and my favorite:
"Tonto?"
"Yeah?"
"You go to town."
"You go to hell, Kimosabe..."

[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

How did I miss this?

One of my personal favourites with respect to parenting.

"I brought you in. I will take you out!"

Gonna be using that I am sure lol!

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

...along with "I am sick.."
"...and tired.."
"I don't remember nothin' after that...."
I had an incident when I was thirty. My mom was a big Cagney and Lacey fan and one of the catch phrases was "cut to the chase, Christine!". Mom--a double Sagittarius--had a habit of taking forever to say something because she would ramble on wierd tangents (you wonder where I get it from?? From MOM!). Mom was off on one of her wild-blue-yonders and I got frustrated and quipped, "cut to the chase, Christine!"....and like Bill, "...I don't remember NOTHIN' after that!"

[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

LOL! In my home the mad ramblings are called "chickens".