Longtime pal Joe Brancatelli writes…
Check it out: the difference between a Ph.D. and Ed.D in education is one without a distinction now. In fact, there no longer are any substantial standards between universities about what constitutes a Ph.D. track and an Ed.D track.
Bottom line, though, Cosby is a Doctor of Education. As far as we know, he earned it. (That's one of the real problems with these kinds of accusations. After a while, you start questioning everything about the guy. I gotta check to make sure he was actually in I Spy. Maybe it was a doppelganger…)
Okay, I officially drop all discussion of college degrees, a topic about which I know nothing. And I'm trying to stop thinking (and therefore, writing) about the Cosby matter but boy, that's difficult. It's just getting worse and worse for that guy.
Well, since I brought it up, I got this from a reader named Briggs…
It bothers me that The Cosby Show is off the air. Doesn't that hurt a lot of people who aren't Bill Cosby? They didn't stop running those Police Squad movies when the public turned against O.J. Simpson. Do you think The Cosby Show will be seen again?
Yeah, as soon as advertisers are willing to have their commercials appear in it. That might take a while but I think it'll be back. (By the way, the Aspire channel, which programs for a black audience, is still running episodes of I Spy and Cosby's 1969 sitcom.)
You're right that there are other people who profit from the rerunning of The Cosby Show and they're losing some income. Then again, some other show is now airing in its old time slots so someone else is profiting. That's kind of the way the game is played. And it's very difficult to boycott anything without some innocent party getting harmed.