Sunday, May 23, 2004
JHU Commencement 2004
JHU being Johns Hopkin University.
Went down there on Wednesday night, returned on Friday evening. Bill Cosby (see bad photo below) was a funny speaker. He talked about the need for perseverance and self-confidence. You know, the usual commencement speech stuff. He used his own past as example, talking about how he struggled to be a successful comedian.
He left abruptly though. He said he was shooting a movie in LA. IMDb tells me he's the producer/writer of Fat Albert (2004). Dunno why the crowd cheered at that. Must be some reference to the Cosby Show.
Actually, IMDb also reports that he caused a some controversy last week. He "embarrassed the National Association For Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) at a gala on Monday (17th) - by attacking lower class African-Americans.". The full article may be found in IMDb's news page archives for 21st May 2004.
More photos from the trip may be found at my photos.yahoo.com account. Details on request.
Went down there on Wednesday night, returned on Friday evening. Bill Cosby (see bad photo below) was a funny speaker. He talked about the need for perseverance and self-confidence. You know, the usual commencement speech stuff. He used his own past as example, talking about how he struggled to be a successful comedian.
He left abruptly though. He said he was shooting a movie in LA. IMDb tells me he's the producer/writer of Fat Albert (2004). Dunno why the crowd cheered at that. Must be some reference to the Cosby Show.
Actually, IMDb also reports that he caused a some controversy last week. He "embarrassed the National Association For Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP) at a gala on Monday (17th) - by attacking lower class African-Americans.". The full article may be found in IMDb's news page archives for 21st May 2004.
More photos from the trip may be found at my photos.yahoo.com account. Details on request.
