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Zombie Bill Cosby Hypnotically Stares Down Audience On Live TV

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On Wednesday morning’s Today show, comic legend Bill Cosby appeared in a daze as he appeared on deck for an interview. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb announced the comedian was “in the house” but apparently the comedian was caught in deep thought, or perhaps a daydream, as producers zoomed in on the comedian’s face.

RELATED: Anchorwoman Nervously Tries To Wake Sleeping Harry Belafonte On Live Television

It wasn’t clear if Cosby’s audio wasn’t working or if he was joking, but the cameras kept uncomfortably rolling as the comedian peered off in a catatonic state.

Watch Cosby get caught in the headlights on the Today Show via NBC:

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  • Anonymous

    He must have been channeling Harry Belafartie!

  • Anonymous

    Bill Cosby used to be a great comedian…but now he’s a caricature of his former self. 

  • Anonymous

    True- he needs to be in a home for the washed-up comedians of the world.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A4OJ2F7ADXSD7OMEUUEQDQDZ2Y Dustin Baker

    Heck, I saw him perform 5-6 years ago and he could hardly hold a train of thought.  He even repeated a long story twice.  He’s…… just getting old.

  • Anonymous

    Have you seen the once great B.B. King? MG- he has been telephoning it in for over 10 years!

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    OMG – you changed ‘Bellafonte’ to ‘Bellafartie’.   That is F’ing genius – and definitely the wittiest thing I’ve seen on the internet in the past 20 years.  There’s no way Jon Stewart and his staff of 18,000 writers would ever come up with the comic genius you just produced on your own.  

  • Anonymous

    Thanks, Mr. Dbag- I knew you would enjoy that since you are the Father of Flatulence.

  • Anonymous

    mmmmmmm…puddin’ pops

  • http://twitter.com/JCP1975 JCP1975

    Holy shit, another gem!  You sir, are comic gold!  Have you ever thought of doing stand up routine at daycare centers?  I hear fart jokes are all the rage amongst the pre-teen crowd.

  • Guyoxim

    Stoner - 

    Just curious. Is there anything you DON’T hate?

  • Anonymous

    You are pretty as a picture and we’d love to hang you.

  • Anonymous

    Nice false premise- as false as your teeth I bet.

    Why do you hate God?

  • Wake up America

    These of course are your smart black libs. First Belafonte, now Cosby. That’s the way the Dems like them. Cain is the bad Apple of course, everybody can see that with his Masters in math. And Cosby and Belafonte can read TelePrompTers like the other black genius in the White House. Yes sir re this is the way the Dems like their blacks.

  • Redleaf

    The stage manager is supposed to tell Cosby that they’re about to get a shot of him. They do this so Cosby (or any guest) doesn’t pick his nose or walk away while the cameras on him.

    So either the stage manager didn’t tell Cosby to straighten up or Cosby is just old and out of it and didn’t care.

    Those shots always look weird because the guest just sits there smiling stupidly while people off-camera talk about them.

    By the way, can I be thanked for not using the race card in my comment? That’s gotta be worth a medal.

  • Anonymous

    What a racist!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

    liberals have trained me to spot even the most subtle forms of racism…  if i may:

    “manager is supposed to tell cosby…”, implication being that blacks have to be managed…

    “…so cosby doesn’t pick his nose…”, implication being that blacks are uncouth…

    “…and didn’t care.”, code for lazy…

    “…smiling stupidly…”, code for, well, stupid…

    frankly, this is one of the most offensively racist comments i’ve read in quite some time and i’ve reported it to mediaite for moderation…  thanks pc liberals!…

  • Anonymous

    I saw his racism immediately- it was so blatant- no one, including Al Sharpton, could have missed it.

    I mean referring to Mr. Cosby as “Cosby” was truly a racist epithet!

    It was so sickening to read.

  • Anonymous

    @__@…….I get it, man… I get it.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t believe so. Blacks are what he definatlely nates.

  • Anonymous

    There is a god?

  • Anonymous

    Blacks? Who care about someones race?
    Only the righties from what I can read here.

  • Anonymous

    Speak for yourself Drag Queen.

  • Anonymous

    Race,Race ,Race…….WTF?

  • Anonymous

    You must be channeling David Duke.

  • Anonymous

    You could go there!

  • Anonymous

    Someone dragged you along?

  • Anonymous

    You are already at the home for washed up (-)s!

  • Anonymous

    Not for you- you were hard farted!

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    Say it in English next time, dullard!

  • Anonymous

    No, you must have had rectal surgery again.

  • Anonymous

    Say it in English, you racist lib!

  • Anonymous

    Why do they put the colonoscope down your throat?

  • Jason

    That’s what it looks like when someone is contemplating the stupidity of having supported Barack Hussein Obama. A cold, empty-headed stare. Poor Bill, care for a jell-o pudding pop?

  • Anonymous

    So much for not shooting at sitting ducks.  Apparently, some folks enjoy taking candy from babies.  Growing old is our best possible scenario. and then,only if we’re lucky.  Nobody gets out alive.

  • Claudia Higginbotham

    This site has the most boring, off the topic posts of anybody on the internet. Personal attacks are not funny or interesting.

  • Bob

    Cain isn’t fit to process Cosby’s Kodak film.

  • http://spacegod.tumblr.com/ spacegod

    I am so sick of that bullshit meme.

    EVERYBODY on TV uses a teleprompter!
    It’s the high-tech version of cue cards.
    From politicians to news anchors to late night comics:  
    EVERYBODY uses a telemprompter. 

    Grow a brain.

  • http://spacegod.tumblr.com/ spacegod

    YOU are sickening to read.

  • http://spacegod.tumblr.com/ spacegod

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