Bill Cosby,

-Bill Cosby, a stand-up performance sitting down.

Thanks to a patron saint, my wife and I were comped tickets to see comedian Bill Cosby perfom live at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ this past weekend. I have always wanted to see Bill Cosby perform because I respect an act that can shine without a single expletive.

The 68-year-old icon shows no signs of slowing down mentally. Physically, however, Bill Cosby looked tired and weathered. Pot-bellied now, he sat slouched for the entire performance. The irony of a stand-up comedian sitting down on the job did not escape me. In many ways, Cosby looked no different than the average grandfather, a role he has reluctantly accepted and almost exclusively parodied for the 90 minute routine. Hey, hey, hey! My words are intended to be descriptive and are not meant to be unkind. If I even get to Cosby's age, I might be battling the earth's gravitational pull and Fat Albert's obesity!

While his appearance and perspective on life may have changed, Bill Cosby is still naturally funny. He can tell a homespun family yarn with the best of them. That alone is Cos...to celebrate.