The Cock Goes Up the Brain Goes Down—Stupidity in the Workplace
One of my favorite comedy routines is Bill Cosby’s “Chickenheart.” It is magically funny and when I first heard it in my 20s I laughed as hard as I ever laugh. Even after repeated hearings over decades (I introduced my son to it in 1976 and he loved it) it remained a comedy favorite. Listen for yourself: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Bill+Cosby%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CChickenheart.%E2%80%9D&view=detail&mid=5B1D6E640384D6583BC45B1D6E640384D6583BC4&FORM=VIRE . But once Cosby was accused by 58 women (to date) of sexually abusing them (typically by drugging their drinks and then making love to their limpid bodies) I dropped my attachment to “Chickenheart.” Its humorous bubble had burst and this once funny routine had no appeal shorn of the innocence that made it so endearing. I’m a liberal Democrat and I’ve admired Al Franken first as a very funny member of Saturday Night Live and then as an enlightened politician working hard to