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Cosby honoured with Mark Twain prize

Bill Cosby's humour may seem a little dusty and tired in the post-Raw age of Chris Rock, but as The Mark Twain Prize 2009 reminds us, Cosby blazed the trail that would be followed by slash-'n'-burn comedians of colour, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and... Full Article at Canada.com

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