Time Flies by author Bill Cosby

Book : Time Flies

Author : Bill Cosby

Publisher : Bantam Books

ISBN : 0 553 27724 3

Bill Cosby is one of America’s leading humorist and stand up comics. His TV Shows “The Cosby Show” and “Kids say the darndest things” are super hits. In the opinion of thebooksurgeon.blogspot.in Bill Cosby is an ace humorist and each of his books are a worth buy.

Bill Cosby brings his unique style of warmth and humour to this book and addresses head on the issue of growing old. He explores this subject with a lot of wisdom and wit. This subject is common to all of us and requires quite contemplation. Cosby takes a hilarious romp through the trials and tribulations and the fact of just being older.

You grow old. You have the luxury of acting senile. Your bones creak . But no one calls you lazy. When the doctor tells you , you have the body of a 49 year old man, you are atleast glad that he didn’t say a 49 year old woman. From time to time Cosby talks to the suits in his closet.

He humorously is happy about loss of memory, as its brings him closer to his mother as both of them forget things at the same time. Or as he comments : You can teach an old dog new tricks, you just don’t want to see the dog doing them. Immortality is a long shot, he admits, but someone has to be the first.

I was at the store buying alfalfa, bean sprouts and carrots and saw a pretty old guy pick up a pack of cigarettes. I went up to him and said- You smoke that? Youre gonna die soon……. He took a look at my sprouts and carrots and said- youre dead already .

As I have always said, every Bill Cosby book is a must buy and a must read.