I started watching it as--"First African American Star On TV history".
I am addicted.
Yes it was Racially pioneering. Yes Bill Cosby can be funny.
He can also act.
And the stories are not the happy ever after Bond films.
One wrapped around a drug addicted jazz singer. It is one of the most realistic depictions of drug addiction shown during the 60's. Eartha Kitt is the addict I believe. In the ends she prefers her heroin to the hero's attempts to save her.
In another, the threat is Germ war-fare--and they got much of the science correct.
Just a suggestion, but check it out.
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I thought you meant the series of books with photographs in them and rhyming questions that challenged you to find things in those photographs. We used to do them with my nieces. Those were really fun.
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I haven't seen the series, but I bet it's an interesting bit of history. Other than the fact that the biggest star was billed as the sidekick, are there other little racist gems in them that show you how far our society has come since then?
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Actually very little jumps out at you as racial mistakes, other than if the girl of the week has dark skin, she falls for the African American spy. If she has light skin, she falls for the Caucasian American spy. If she's oriental, well, she still falls for the Caucasian spy.
On the other hand the last episode I watched there was a African American doctor who saves the day with his unquestioning patriotism and intelligence.
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