BILL COSBY
2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Robinson Center Music Hall. $40-$75.
The Cos. Take a moment to consider his cultural impact: He was the
first African-American to star in a dramatic role on network TV on “I
Spy”; the patriarch of the defining family sitcom of the ’80s; the
dedicated wearer of putrid rainbow sweaters; the creator of “Fat
Albert”; the spy in “Leonard Part 6”; the piano player on the great,
rare jazz-funk album “Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral
Marching Band”; the ghost dad in “Ghost Dad”; the goader in “Kids Say
the Darndest Things”; the Jell-O pudding man. Now he’s 70. In the last
couple years, he’s been in the news for criticizing poor blacks’
parenting skills (drawing enough of the ire of Michael Eric Dyson to
inspire the cultural critic to write a book called “Is Bill Cosby
Right?”) and for denouncing the content of rap music. If the Internet
rumor mill is to be believed, he’s even gearing up to release a clean
rap album of his own that’ll touch on social issues like teen pregnancy
and drug abuse. So keep your fingers crossed that polemicist Cos and
crotchety rapping Cos aren’t on tour.