12 Things You Might Have Forgotten About Bill Cosby

9. He Didn’t Let Flops Stop Him From Trying Again

While The Cosby Show was one of the most successful television programs of all time, not everything Cosby touched turned to gold. In fact, he’s had quite a lot of duds throughout the years, yet he kept at it. I Spy and Fat Albert aside, he’d had a string of mediocre TV flops prior to the 80s, including The Bill Cosby Show, (a sitcom), The New Bill Cosby Show (a variety show), and Cos (a sketch comedy series). Even after his big sitcom success, his subsequent projects didn’t always find an audience. You Bet Your Life, a revamp of the old Groucho Marx game show, was canceled midway through season one. The Cosby Mysteries got the ax soon out of the gate. Only Cosby managed to last four years, but was never a big ratings hit. His work on the big screen also failed to impress, even at the height of his sitcom glory. Who remembers 1987’s Leonard Part VI or 1990’s Ghost Dad? Cringe. You could say the man’s been persistent in his career and his pursuit of women.