Is Laughter the best medicine? We attempt to answer this and other pressing questions in Doctor Vs Comedian. Dr Asif Doja is a pediatric neurologist and Ali Hassan is a stand up comedian and actor (CBC‘s Laugh Out Loud, Designated Survivor, Goon) who are each fascinated by what the other one does. In each episode, Asif picks a topic for Ali from comedy and entertainment and questions Ali about it. Then Ali picks a topic from medicine and health and grills Asif on that subject. We talk about serious subjects in an unserious way. If you want to hear about comedy, entertainment, health and wellness and don‘t want to have to choose between being entertaining AND informed, then this show is for you.
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Friday Mar 04, 2022
Friday Mar 04, 2022
Content Warning: Sexual Assault
Today, the guys discuss the new documentary series ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby” (1:12). They discuss director W. Kamau Bell and the reasons why he chose to make the series. They discuss how the documentary highlights the Bill Cosby’s accomplishments including his stand up comedy, his revolutionary role in ‘I Spy’, his influence on Black stunt people in Hollywood, his Civil Rights work and his promotion of historically Black colleges. Ali and Asif then discuss Cosby’s roles in ‘The Electric Company’, ‘Picture Pages’ and ‘Fat Albert’, as well as the legacy of “The Cosby Show’. They then talk about how Hannibal Buress’ comedy act called out attention to the allegations against Cosby. They guys then take a digression and Ali asks Asif about Spanish Fly, Rohypnal, GHB and Quaaludes (20:36). The guys then conclude by discussing the crimes Bill Cosby is accused of and the 60 women who have come forward (35:31).
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Show Notes:
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We Need to Talk About Cosby: https://www.sho.com/we-need-to-talk-about-cosby
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‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/arts/television/bill-cosby-documentary-w-kamau-bell.html
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We Weren’t Wrong to Love ‘The Cosby Show’: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/opinion/cosby-show-documentary.html?searchResultPosition=1
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Cosby's legacy is a third rail conversation we need to have. W. Kamau Bell is ready: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/14/1080066719/bill-cosby-w-kamau-bell
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We Need to Talk About Cosby: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/we-need-to-talk-about-cosby-tv-review-2022
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‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ Explores the Sickening Double Life of ‘America’s Dad’: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-reviews/we-need-to-talk-about-cosby-review-1290186/
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Jerry Seinfeld Talks Steve Bannon and Bill Cosby at New Yorker Festival Q&A: https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/jerry-seinfeld-bill-cosby-new-yorker-festival-1202583520/
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Is "Spanish Fly" really an aphrodisiac?: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-and-nutrition-you-asked/spanish-fly-really-aphrodisiac
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Cantharidin for molluscum contagiosum: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292508/
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Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB): A Newer Drug of Abuse: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/1201/p2478.html
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Drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA): a serious underestimated issue: https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/10577-10587.pdf
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