200 Mph [Original recording remastered]

Bill Cosby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0007N19D2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #65 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bill Cosby Classic, May 7, 2005

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S. Seigel (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 200 Mph (Audio CD)

This contains lots of the tightly scripted, rapid format, clean comedy that was Bill's early trademark. As well as many sidesplitting routines, you get more insight into Bill, the man, and the Cosby family (arguably his favorite subject.)

The title routine involves Bill's love of fast cars and his having been persuaded by Carroll Shelby to switch over from his "foreign" Ferrari to a Shelby special that scared the #(*&# out of Bill. This routine alone is worth the price.

If laughter does the heart good like a medicine, then Bill Cosby is digitalis!

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You're the gas man, find the gas tank!", June 13, 2005

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Keith Paynter "videoplusdvd" (Regina, Sask. CANADA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 200 Mph (Audio CD)

With the bulk of Cosby's classic WB albums available on CD for some time, it's a surprise that this excellent album from 1968, one of the last of Cosby's 60's standup albums released on the WB label, has finally been released.

The non-re-release of this album for many years was due primarily to the politically charged punchline of the title track routine. Cosby, a sports car fanatic, relays the story of a specially built 427 twin Paxton Cobra, which, when simply idling, scares the crap out of Coz. Looking for a car that was "faster than anything Steve McQueen owns", a dishevelled Cosby tells the carmaker to give the fully paid car to George Wallace (former Governor of Alabama in 1962 - and again in 1970 - and a hard-line segregationalist who tried a run for the presidency in 1968).

With the release of "200 MPH" and "It's True! It's True!" in March 2005, Cosby's legendary 60's WB catalogue is now completely available. "200 MPH" made the P2P circuit for years on sites like Kazaa, which may also have had an effect on the decision to release this album, out of print on vinyl for over 35 years, and only available on cassette until recently.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Bill's finest, March 1, 2005

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Timothy Jarrett "blogger" (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 200 Mph (Audio CD)

This live concert album is a combination of high-energy renditions of some of Cos's earlier material with an album-side-long rap about Bill's passion for sports cars, and what happens when you buy more racing machine than your body can handle. The routine, featuring one of Cos's few political punchlines, is one of the funniest things the man has ever put on record. It's a beautiful thing that this is available on CD.