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And, no really. prison team has the greatest football players in the world. mostly because they have nothing to lose. their starting 11 came off death row. they didnt care about nothing. just kill, tackle in the huddle, everywhere, you know. >> bill cosby felt it would work for him to come on stage and be the exact opposite of the stereotype of what an african-american comedian was about. he forced white audiences to accept him as a human being. >> ever calm, suave and sophisticated, mr. richard...

A bunion, then it is shoe is worn out. the negro have a callous around its soul. >> i would never stoop to the level to believe i could wipe out slavery and racism with some [ bleep ] jokes. i didnt go down there to tell jokes and make people laugh. i went there for liberation. >> white audiences accepted him. to just open the door for every african-american comedian who came after that. >> football can be combined with history. as i found out sitting in history class thinking of football. >> bi...

>> bill cosby speaks the idea of theres more than one style of black comedy. bill always said, i dont want just black to get my jokes. i want everyone to get my jokes. when he first started he talk race and he divided the crowd so he decided to make a choice. >> i played football. i played in service. we played a prison team. and, no really. prison team has the greatest football players in the world. mostly because they have nothing to lose. their starting 11 came off death row. they didnt care ...

Came after that. >> football can be combined with history, as i found out sitting in history class thinking of football. >> bill cosby speaks with more than one style of black comedy. bill cost my always said i dont want just black people getting my jokes i want everyone to get my jokes. when he started he did talk about racism and how divided the crowd. >> i played a lot of football when i was in the service we played a lot of different service. we played prison team. theyre the greatest footba...

Want just black to get my jokes. i want everyone to get my jokes. when he first started he talk race and he divided the crowd so he decided to make a choice. >> i played football. i played in service. we played pron team. and, no really. prison team has the greatest football players in the world. mostly because they have nothing to lose. theyre starting 11 came off death row. they didnt care about nothing. just kill, tackle in the huddle, everywhere, you know. >> bill cosby felt it would work fo...

theyre acting as though its today. is there any news in the last 50 or so minutes since we last spoke? >> reporter: since we last spoke, that impromptu meeting you and i were talking about between a bipartisan group of members of the super committee, that has broken p up. as members were leaving, senator max baucuss, facing a mass of reporters, the only way to describe it, he actually mentioned that theres possibly a new tax idea being floated possibly by senator john kerry. as you and...