Friday is Bill Cosby's 76th birthday, so it's only appropriate that he give his fans a gift. Thankfully it's not a sweater. For the first time in 30 years, the comedian and groundbreaking actor will star in a TV concert special. Far From Finished hits Comedy Central on Nov. 24. Cosby's reason for returning? "Because... funny is funny," Cosby said in a statement. In 1983, Cosby performed Bill Cosby: Himself, a routine that covered the banality of family life with topics like weekends, dentists and raising children. In the now-classic stand-up (and sit-down) act, Cosby performed mostly while seated on a chair in the middle of a bare stage. The act laid the groundwork for what he's best known for, the Emmy-winning The Cosby Show, which premiered on NBC in 1984 and starred the Huxtable family, an upper-middle-class African-American family in Brooklyn. Far From Finished is compiled from Cosby's stand-up material from earlier this summer and will be directed by Robert Townsend. Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/07/12/bill-cosby-standup-comedy-central/2513715/
