Bill Cosby drumming video

stasz · #1 01-06-2009, 09:15 PM

There's a new video up on DW of Bill Cosby on the Dick Cavett show where he talks about when he played the drums as a kid. If you haven't yet seen the video on Youtube or somewhere else yet, you've got to make sure to watch it. The way bill talks about drumming is too good.

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/b...ydrumming.html

Thanks to Bernhard for uploading this video to the website.

That Guy · #2 01-06-2009, 09:26 PM

This video has been circulated through the forum many times. No matter how many times I see I laugh. It's a great video and it was fun to watch it again.

Wheres my 20 bucks and pair of sticks starsz?

stasz · #3 01-06-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by That Guy

Wheres my 20 bucks and pair of sticks starsz?

Nowhere can I escape your reach!!! Maybe I can paint the tips of the sticks blue? lol

That Guy · #4 01-06-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by stasz

Nowhere can I escape your reach!!! Maybe I can paint the tips of the sticks blue? lol

Ya, that would be dope! And yes... I'm everywhere.. lol

drummer girl09 · #5 01-07-2009, 04:42 AM

That was another drummer sittin with Cosby right? Who was that? Not the host, but the guy laughing his head off. He looks familiar

bonzolead · #6 01-07-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by drummer girl09

That was another drummer sittin with Cosby right? Who was that? Not the host, but the guy laughing his head off. He looks familiar

No Drummer but a violin player & comic Jack Benny

Bonzolead

drummer girl09 · #7 01-07-2009, 10:51 PM

Oh...my bad.

This message is to short. Please length it to atleast 20 characters.

Class A Drummer · #8 01-09-2009, 02:35 AM

Ridiculous... in a good way.

gusty · #9 01-10-2009, 12:47 PM

My sax player showed me this a while ago, i love it! Such a funny video.

drummer girl09 · #10 01-11-2009, 03:26 AM

It's interesting because I showed my mom this video, and she hardly laughed at all. When I first saw it I laughed a lot and stuff. It's weird that I guess non-musicians can't see that much humor in it. They can't relate to it nearly as much as we can.

(Yeah, I know that is an obvious statement, but I just thought it was interesting)

Stixxicus · #11 02-19-2009, 01:31 AM

oh billy, your such a wise sage.

Vipercussionist · #12 02-20-2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by stasz

There's a new video up on DW of Bill Cosby on the Dick Cavett show where he talks about when he played the drums as a kid. If you haven't yet seen the video on Youtube or somewhere else yet, you've got to make sure to watch it. The way bill talks about drumming is too good.

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/b...ydrumming.html

Thanks to Bernhard for uploading this video to the website.

It's good that we're lightening up a bit about "hilarious" videos around here!!
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TenPastTen · #13 02-23-2009, 04:54 AM

That's a master storyteller giving us a wonderfully entertaining view of an awkward situation we would all be so lucky to have been in.

Translation: That's funny. I wish it were me.

JulietteKlonk · #14 01-05-2010, 12:52 PM

I love Bill Cosby show.
Thank you for share and thanks to Bernhard for uploading this video to the website.

tomgrosset · #15 01-05-2010, 05:04 PM

I love listening to this story. Bill is simply hilarious!

jordanz · #16 01-05-2010, 07:41 PM

I saw this one, too. Hilarious!

Scorched · #17 01-06-2010, 01:02 AM

Ahaha that was awesome. Blue Tips

bobdadruma · #18 01-06-2010, 01:10 AM

I stumbled on that vid a while back. I l enjoyed it! Bill is also an entertaining tennis player.
He seems like he would be a great guy to hang out with!

beatsMcGee · #19 01-09-2010, 11:02 PM

hahaha that was awesome! Cosby is the best

Pollyanna · #20 01-10-2010, 02:09 AM

No doubt they saw this cocky kid with his blue tips and decided to give him a workout to see if he could back up his swagger with action.

That would have hurt when they started up Cherokee! Maybe he could have just played quarters as part of a funk groove, and then claimed he was being creative? :)

drumhead61 · #21 01-12-2010, 12:56 AM

I've seen this one around as well and find it funny~Bill just knows how to make it that way!

timebandit · #22 01-12-2010, 03:37 PM

Never seen that before, Bill Cosby is hillarious! I know that feeling! Thanx!

muckypops · #23 02-18-2010, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by stasz

There's a new video up on DW of Bill Cosby on the Dick Cavett show where he talks about when he played the drums as a kid. If you haven't yet seen the video on Youtube or somewhere else yet, you've got to make sure to watch it. The way bill talks about drumming is too good.

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/b...ydrumming.html

Thanks to Bernhard for uploading this video to the website.

OMG rigor mortis starts settin' in... too funny. I forgot how funny that cat is.

unfunkyfooted · #24 02-18-2010, 06:51 AM

the saxophone player would have to say "Wow !!!" and Get UP !!!!

eddrummer05 · #25 01-25-2011, 06:25 PM

hahahahaha this is real funny

Red Menace · #26 01-26-2011, 09:54 PM

That's great! Reminds me of trying to keep up with faster rock stuff when I joined my first band as a drummer, Push/pull saved my life.

Pardon me for being young but what is Cherokee? Is that a song?

specgrade · #27 01-26-2011, 10:24 PM

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Pardon me for being young but what is Cherokee? Is that a song?

Educate me too, please!

DrumEatDrum · #28 01-26-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Menace

Pardon me for being young but what is Cherokee? Is that a song?

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Educate me too, please!

Yes, it is a song from the late 1930's that is considered a jazz standard.

Red Menace · #29 01-27-2011, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DrumEatDrum

Yes, it is a song from the late 1930's that is considered a jazz standard.

Thanks! We never stop learning. Found a few videos for perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEgesK0KKQ

Here's a full band playing it. I can see what he was talking about, it's all fast jazz triplets on the right hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3cGKLlGE_0

And here's a cat playing it on guitar. Any fans of Django Reinhardt here?

#30 01-28-2011, 01:11 PM

Thats great, I can relate to the band mate turning around and looking at you during a song..LOL for me it was the bass player during magic carpet ride when I totally lost the groove during the bo diddley shuffle part..

I wonder if Bill still plays?

pearlygates · #31 01-30-2011, 05:40 PM

Great stuff! I had not seen this.

RedeyeSPR · #32 02-01-2011, 10:10 PM

Hilarious!

I always veto Cherokee and Night in Tunisia when my guys want to do them. Way too much can go wrong.

hellao · #33 05-21-2012, 05:20 AM

hehehehe well that's the way the cookie crumbles!

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Hilarious!

I always veto Cherokee and Night in Tunisia when my guys want to do them. Way too much can go wrong.

rdb · #34 05-21-2012, 01:17 PM

And bonzolead is correct: the guy laughing his head off is Jack Benny. I know that for certain since he was my grandfather.

Piebe · #35 05-22-2012, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pollyanna

No doubt they saw this cocky kid with his blue tips and decided to give him a workout to see if he could back up his swagger with action.

That would have hurt when they started up Cherokee! Maybe he could have just played quarters as part of a funk groove, and then claimed he was being creative? :)

I was wondering am i the only one being skeptical here? I'd pay good money to see him back it up! These are probably the fruits one picks for being in contact with his feminine side! :D

dmacc · #36 05-22-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by rdb

And bonzolead is correct: the guy laughing his head off is Jack Benny. I know that for certain since he was my grandfather.

Wow!!!! I love Jack Benny. He was a heck of a violin player wasn't he?

NerfLad · #37 05-30-2012, 05:05 PM

"Whap!"

Classic video.

Anthony Amodeo · #38 06-19-2012, 01:33 AM