When Mr. Cosby made it a point to portray women on his show so respectfully and insisted that the character of Claire be accomplished and independent in her own right who set such a great example for her daughters AND son, it's very difficult for me to believe that he did what he's accused of doing. If he did, he had to have had a radical change of attitude between the 60's and the '80's.
dmreeoogdaq I believe he was framed... Hollywood, music industry all full of devil worshippers and witchcraft always trying to take down them who bring light and speak the truth. Smh 😥
Actually, men like Bill are the ones who do the sinister acts. Its usually not the bum on the streets but the one people look up to. That's how they stay covered and unnoticed. And, if they're notice none would ever believe what is uncovered. That's the sad truth.
My step father was a preacher who was sexually assaulting my older sister and she didn’t come out about it until she was 18 I don’t put nothing past anyone anymore it be the ones that you would least expect
Or... he’s a sociopath. Capable of being both people. I love this show. Love love love it. But there are SIXTY accusers. SIXTY. SIXTY. SIXTY. Believe it. SIXTY.
Kim Albrecht 1) i don’t drink 2) the video just hit my feed and 3) you said they don’t make them like that any more. As though elegant jazz singers have been discontinued like an old model of automobile. I assure you they still exist in the modern era. It’s not a lost art form. Does THAT make sense? Since you attempted to slander me with the booze remark, if this comment doesn’t make sense maybe I can find a crayon font that will make it more palatable for you’re apparently feeble mind.
Bill's reputation has been tarnished, but this scene justifies my love for this show and what it accomplished for beauty in black families and just the simple beauty of inspiration. Thank you.
Respectfully I say this just a cliche to your comment, not as an attack. The hell it has, there's nothing anyone can say or do to tarnish him. Ever!!! This is part of what has caused the Afro-American community to become so weakened and destitute. As soon as we hear some mess we run with it, except it and behave in it. Damn that!!! Dr. William Cosby, Ed. D and this show are still great. Our people are still great and will continue to be greater.
Notice she unlike all the singers now a days & these singing competitions did not have to yell sing to show how loud they can sing or even hold a really long note. My point is soft subtle story telling ways is so much better & profound. What a great performance here.
i agree or they lip sing like Maria Carey did on New Years night and then in the middle of the song they say screw it..lol Starz of Ms.Horne's day had to Sing,Dance and Act. Unlike most celebrities of today. You either can have the good looks and no talent. Or get on reality television fight, call everyone on the show your with every name that you can think of but the child of God, or you can become famous just by putting yourself on TH-cam and film yourself and your everyday regular like. We got it easy...lol
Her performance on this episode is the reason I know who Lena Horne was. The Cosby Show introduced me to a lot of people like this. What an extraordinary woman.
I will never forget seeing this rerun on many occasions when I was younger!! Thanks to shows like this Lena's legend has been able to remain alive for multiple generations!!
She is 67 or 68 years old here, believe it or not. Stunning looks, stunning voice. One of the true greats. If you look at some of the last TV appearances she did just twelve years later, she looked a great deal older---- but still a beauty, and still singing spectacularly even at age 80, just like she sang beautifully at age 25. A great artist & classy lady. She's retired now at age 92, but I hope she knows how much she is loved, respected, and appreciated.
MY LENA ... MY GRANDMA ( BEVERLY )DANCED AT THE COTTON CLUB WITH HER AND I KNEW HER.. MS LENA WAS AND ALWAYS WILL HAVE GREAT THNKS,,SHE OPENED THE DOOR .. MY LENA ... RIP MS HORN
The Great Lena Horne. Such a Touching performance. She lived to be 95 and was the most beautiful Star Ever. Her history is so interesting. Her Bravo performance in The Wiz I treasure.
Texas903G you are so right. however there's these shirts and bags depicting Marilyn Monroe but none of Lena Horne or Dorothy dandridge. they were gorgeous models as well.
One of the most important things this show did was expose my generation (Gen X) to the fabulous music of those fabulous singers of the 40s, 50s and early 60s.
I remember staying up late late in 3rd grade watching reruns of The Cosby Show and this video has touched my life and what I want in life. Timeless beauty, Timeless love, Timeless Lena Horne
The Cosby Show TRULY showed the CORRECT way "Black Lives Matter" was suppose to be. He didn't do it by downing others, causing division, or even talking about race. He simply decided to bring some of the beauty of black culture to prime time and let people have a taste. He just "Showed the Beauty" and NO ONE had to feel bad about themselves with it. ALL WERE WELCOME TO IT!! THAT was beautiful!!
Bill always brought old entertainers, jass, rock, blues, and I love it! Wish Me TV would show these again. His Cartoons, Fat Albert and the gang, helped a lot of kids!
truly do not see color - someone asked me once 'Why do you watch this black show?' and I was really surprised. I never thought of it as a 'black show' just a funny show with great actors and funny episodes - like this one
Lena Horne, Ray Charles, Dizzy, Coltrane, Duke Ellington....just a FEW of the amazing artist I was introduced to by The Cosby Show!! ...even though I didn't know any of them by name at the time I LOVED what I was hearing and I was just in grade school.
You simply can't beat Cosby Shw and ADW when it comes to the celebrity appearances and this is one of many that kept me glued to the TV luv the extraordinary Lena Horne
man. play this during a war and i can bet that they'll stop shooting. its so calm. we young bucks were fortunate to have such a show as the cosby show that would showcase great artists such as ms horne. i am forever grateful.
What a beautiful lady she was. She died 3 years ago today. 25 years to the day that this episode aired on TV. You won't see her like again not in this world. God bless you Lena!
gotta give props to Bill Cosby, this how I heard of her, I think I was about 7 or 8, I thought she was so pretty, classy to the end, see sex doesn't sell, everyone will remember her, Diahnn Carroll, and Diana Ross as classy ladies, I don't know how we'll remember Christina Aguilera and Beyonce, that is if they stay around as long as these ladies have.
Oh my goodness this is one of my favorite episodes of the Cosby show. I love this show still to this day. I love Mrs Lena Horne as well just takes me back to my childhood when my mom was still alive! I miss the good old days. Not a care in the world!
This show was the best. It will always be the best show in TV for ME. I learned so much. Too many wonderful people contributed to this show like Phylicia Rashad, all the kids, the grandparents, cockaroach, Even Lena Horn, Blues Singer etc for me to throw the entire show away bcse of Bill Cosbys mistakes. No this show matters for me.
I believe you and I are on the page. Ironically enough, while visiting a Brigitte Bardo site, someone left some comments that were so rude about BBs present (probably non-surgically enhanced) appearance (she is 73) that I took exception, and we traded some nasty e-mails. Apparently Ms. Horne made different choices. When I read 'Nadrian's' comments, I wonder, what has he/she *ever* done to make the world take notice? At Ms. Horne's age I'll be happy just to be vertical.
I would give anything to sing like that... and Lena said really ? You know how to get to Carangie hall?? Practice... practice and greater than many many great singers... Your life is gone you live in song and class!! peace to you and your
Lena Horne never had a face lift BEN!!! And if you asked me (even though you didn't) she looks better than ever here. She aged better than any other black entertainer in history with NO plastic surgery.... She was 68 here and she looks about 45, 50.
When I was a child, her face actually used to scare me. This time in her life, was when I was first introduced to who she is. I didn’t grow up in a hole where culture and information were paramount. It wasn’t until later in life, I found out who she was. And I absolutely loved her story. Haha. I think her face scared me because I thought she looked like that old scary dude from poltergeist. She is beautiful though, Ofcourse. My little mind couldn’t see the difference. Lol.
I would definately make a movie about the Iconic Lena Horne she has a magnificent story from when she was a child to her days at the Cotton Club in Harlem Nyc I mean she had so much class and has had alot done to her but she still rose to the top, she needs a movie asap and I would put Alicia Keys to play the role of Lena Horne.
1/2 black version of Gloria Swanson with them scary facial expressions, whats with the little turnip for a nose on her face ? where's the rest of the nose ?
She DID THAT!!! This never gets old. Classiest lady that ever graced this Earth.
+NYC129 . . . Her and Diahann Carroll. ;-)
Don't forget phylicia rashad🗣🔥
When Mr. Cosby made it a point to portray women on his show so respectfully and insisted that the character of Claire be accomplished and independent in her own right who set such a great example for her daughters AND son, it's very difficult for me to believe that he did what he's accused of doing. If he did, he had to have had a radical change of attitude between the 60's and the '80's.
dmreeoogdaq I believe he was framed... Hollywood, music industry all full of devil worshippers and witchcraft always trying to take down them who bring light and speak the truth. Smh 😥
yeah it is also hard for me to equate the man I grew up watching as a big family man into a rapist that they say that he is.
Actually, men like Bill are the ones who do the sinister acts. Its usually not the bum on the streets but the one people look up to. That's how they stay covered and unnoticed. And, if they're notice none would ever believe what is uncovered. That's the sad truth.
My step father was a preacher who was sexually assaulting my older sister and she didn’t come out about it until she was 18 I don’t put nothing past anyone anymore it be the ones that you would least expect
Or... he’s a sociopath. Capable of being both people. I love this show. Love love love it. But there are SIXTY accusers. SIXTY. SIXTY. SIXTY. Believe it. SIXTY.
the great Lena Horne...they don't make'em like that any more.
This is what I look for in a Black woman: Beauty and Class. She's in her seventies, and looks like she in her forties.
Ahhhh... Her voice makes me feel so awsm... The lyrics of the song are so perfect... She is singing with so much feeling..
Actually there are plenty of great singers in the world in every generations so you’re statement is completely inaccurate
@@fezzik7619 your comment makes no sense. Maybe lay off the booze before you post anything. Or better yet...don't respond to a 3 year old post.
Kim Albrecht 1) i don’t drink 2) the video just hit my feed and 3) you said they don’t make them like that any more. As though elegant jazz singers have been discontinued like an old model of automobile. I assure you they still exist in the modern era. It’s not a lost art form. Does THAT make sense? Since you attempted to slander me with the booze remark, if this comment doesn’t make sense maybe I can find a crayon font that will make it more palatable for you’re apparently feeble mind.
Bill's reputation has been tarnished, but this scene justifies my love for this show and what it accomplished for beauty in black families and just the simple beauty of inspiration. Thank you.
Well said
It's such a shame. A heartbreaking shame. I didn't expect him to be perfect but I thought he was halfway decent. It's a great show.
It was only tarnished for white people! His own people Black folks still love him! Thank you.
Please speak facts!
Kathy (I'm white) -- and love the work, art, and inspiration of Bill Cosby.
Respectfully I say this just a cliche to your comment, not as an attack. The hell it has, there's nothing anyone can say or do to tarnish him. Ever!!! This is part of what has caused the Afro-American community to become so weakened and destitute. As soon as we hear some mess we run with it, except it and behave in it. Damn that!!! Dr. William Cosby, Ed. D and this show are still great. Our people are still great and will continue to be greater.
Notice she unlike all the singers now a days & these singing competitions did not have to yell sing to show how loud they can sing or even hold a really long note. My point is soft subtle story telling ways is so much better & profound. What a great performance here.
i agree or they lip sing like Maria Carey did on New Years night and then in the middle of the song they say screw it..lol Starz of Ms.Horne's day had to Sing,Dance and Act. Unlike most celebrities of today. You either can have the good looks and no talent. Or get on reality television fight, call everyone on the show your with every name that you can think of but the child of God, or you can become famous just by putting yourself on TH-cam and film yourself and your everyday regular like. We got it easy...lol
keep in mind she does do some yell singing and hold some really long notes. i've been watching all lena horne stuff all day lol
So true
kray usry wow, that sounds like a nice day
BBBYpsi amen Real talent needs no disguise
The day this aired she die exactly 25 years later
Her performance on this episode is the reason I know who Lena Horne was. The Cosby Show introduced me to a lot of people like this. What an extraordinary woman.
Me too
She sings my favorite ABCs on Sesame Street.
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Alicia Keyes should play her in a biopic.
Young blacks don’t care about her or old music unfortunately.
Style, grace, elegance, sensuality, culture, strength, integrity & beauty.
This was Lena Horne.
This is what is missing from today's "artists".
You all need to watch Stormy Weather if you haven't. Lena will take your breath away!
Outstanding song by an outstanding, legendary woman! The lyrics, Wow. Don't write them like those anymore, do they? 😈😒😡
i want this song played while i'm walking down the aisle and i'm looking into my husband's eyes and he's looking into mine!!! i love it
My children grew up watching the Cosby Show I have nothing but respect for the man becouse his show was very enlighting for young people.
I will never forget seeing this rerun on many occasions when I was younger!! Thanks to shows like this Lena's legend has been able to remain alive for multiple generations!!
How I miss Lena Horne!!
Don't we all
me to i miss her
This is back when we still had class and presented ourselves as such.
LENA HORNE=RESPECT!!!!!!
Cosby brought history on to this show all the time! The whole family could watch this show!
Lena Horn can sing real well
one of the very best scenes ever on television. i miss lena horne a lot.
This song makes me cry every time..
She is 67 or 68 years old here, believe it or not. Stunning looks, stunning voice. One of the true greats. If you look at some of the last TV appearances she did just twelve years later, she looked a great deal older---- but still a beauty, and still singing spectacularly even at age 80, just like she sang beautifully at age 25. A great artist & classy lady. She's retired now at age 92, but I hope she knows how much she is loved, respected, and appreciated.
MY LENA ... MY GRANDMA ( BEVERLY )DANCED AT THE COTTON CLUB WITH HER AND I KNEW HER.. MS LENA WAS AND ALWAYS WILL HAVE GREAT THNKS,,SHE OPENED THE DOOR .. MY LENA ... RIP MS HORN
SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!
She was so stunning, she is the epitome of class!
RIP to her....
Some women are cute
Some women are pretty
Some women are beautiful
And some are elegant
Lena Horne was one such woman. In a class all her own ❤️
I get chills listening to this … oh my gosh… this was a awesome era
The Great Lena Horne. Such a Touching performance. She lived to be 95 and was the most beautiful Star Ever. Her history is so interesting. Her Bravo performance in The Wiz I treasure.
Such Elegant Woman Lena Horne a trailblazer for black women and a Legend and Felicia Rashad Classy.
Texas903G Hi Texas903G
Texas903G you are so right. however there's these shirts and bags depicting Marilyn Monroe but none of Lena Horne or Dorothy dandridge. they were gorgeous models as well.
Phylicia *
One of the most important things this show did was expose my generation (Gen X) to the fabulous music of those fabulous singers of the 40s, 50s and early 60s.
@mothraheisei The name of this song is entitled "I'm Glad There Is You" which Lena recorded for her album "A Lady and Her Music".
Bless you
Such a soulful and angelic voice. Lena Horne, such beauty and class. She’s a phenomenal woman!
This was the first time I learned about her as a child, love the cosby show
What a stunning lady
"I'm Glad There Is You".
This song is good for an aniversery song
Claire (Phylicia) looked great in this episode.
I was too young to appreciate this scene then but she is a treasure! Rest easy, Miss Horne
I remember staying up late late in 3rd grade watching reruns of The Cosby Show and this video has touched my life and what I want in life. Timeless beauty, Timeless love, Timeless Lena Horne
The Cosby Show TRULY showed the CORRECT way "Black Lives Matter" was suppose to be. He didn't do it by downing others, causing division, or even talking about race. He simply decided to bring some of the beauty of black culture to prime time and let people have a taste. He just "Showed the Beauty" and NO ONE had to feel bad about themselves with it. ALL WERE WELCOME TO IT!! THAT was beautiful!!
Lena sings with her soul...love it!!
Lena Horne is FABULOUS! LURVE her in anything she's ever done.
MsTexas73 lurve -- 😃. Now I want to watch "Annie Hall"...
Does anyone else tear up listening to her sing. Rip cousin. I love lena and the Cosbys show.
Bill always brought old entertainers, jass, rock, blues, and I love it! Wish Me TV would show these again. His Cartoons, Fat Albert and the gang, helped a lot of kids!
truly do not see color - someone asked me once 'Why do you watch this black show?' and I was really surprised. I never thought of it as a 'black show' just a funny show with great actors and funny episodes - like this one
Bingo. It was just an American sitcom, family sitcom.
Lena Horne, Ray Charles, Dizzy, Coltrane, Duke Ellington....just a FEW of the amazing artist I was introduced to by The Cosby Show!! ...even though I didn't know any of them by name at the time I LOVED what I was hearing and I was just in grade school.
You simply can't beat Cosby Shw and ADW when it comes to the celebrity appearances and this is one of many that kept me glued to the TV luv the extraordinary Lena Horne
Lena Horne was a phenomenal person👑💕💕💕💕💕💕
Lena was GORGEOUS! OmG she was gorgeous at ANY AGE.
I wish I could have had the chance to see her perform live. She died before I found out about her. RIP Lena Horne! No one could sing like her!
I love this song... it captures the essence of true love
Thank you, Lena
6 years later and I still find myself revisiting this clip, LOVE
Back in the day Bill Cosby was a rollmodel for So meany an that's what matters to me
man. play this during a war and i can bet that they'll stop shooting. its so calm. we young bucks were fortunate to have such a show as the cosby show that would showcase great artists such as ms horne. i am forever grateful.
Its hard to believe that Miss Horne is in her 90's now...but she is a phenomenal woman!
We really NEED Lena Horne in 2020 more than ever!!!
in tv world claire and cliff are listening to ms horn now
and eating cake
cliff has a tear in his eye ...R.I.P
Excellent comments about Lena!! You guys hit the nail on the head, class!!!!
Women had such class and beauty and real talent what happened to that
Happy Birthday Miss. Horne
Lena Horne is a classic beauty! 💜😌
Lena Horne another gift from God for all of us to appreciate. The woman was beautiful and talented beyond words
What a beautiful lady she was. She died 3 years ago today. 25 years to the day that this episode aired on TV. You won't see her like again not in this world. God bless you Lena!
I miss this show. Smh I really do
This lady was absolutely beautiful with an ageless voice. She was 70 here. You will be missed Ms. Horne.
gotta give props to Bill Cosby, this how I heard of her, I think I was about 7 or 8, I thought she was so pretty, classy to the end, see sex doesn't sell, everyone will remember her, Diahnn Carroll, and Diana Ross as classy ladies, I don't know how we'll remember Christina Aguilera and Beyonce, that is if they stay around as long as these ladies have.
She was a true beauty, and a true diva- without the rude attitude. We love you, Lena. You will be in our hearts forever.
Oh my goodness this is one of my favorite episodes of the Cosby show. I love this show still to this day. I love Mrs Lena Horne as well just takes me back to my childhood when my mom was still alive! I miss the good old days. Not a care in the world!
This show was the best. It will always be the best show in TV for ME. I learned so much. Too many wonderful people contributed to this show like Phylicia Rashad, all the kids, the grandparents, cockaroach, Even Lena Horn, Blues Singer etc for me to throw the entire show away bcse of Bill Cosbys mistakes. No this show matters for me.
Lena had such CLASS & style. Anything she sang she OWNED!
i love the way she sung this song..beautiful RIP Ms. Lena Horne
Are you a comedian? Please be realistic and let Ms. Horne be a human being. She's obviously has it all done - nose, face eveything, so?
I have this playing on my TV and phone at the same time 😊
I really have chills after hearing that... Lena is truly a classic icon that will forever reign in the halls of time! WHAT A LEGEND!
I believe you and I are on the page. Ironically enough, while visiting a Brigitte Bardo site, someone left some comments that were so rude about BBs present (probably non-surgically enhanced) appearance (she is 73) that I took exception, and we traded some nasty e-mails. Apparently Ms. Horne made different choices. When I read 'Nadrian's' comments, I wonder, what has he/she *ever* done to make the world take notice? At Ms. Horne's age I'll be happy just to be vertical.
I would give anything to sing like that... and Lena said really ? You know how to get to Carangie hall?? Practice... practice and greater than many many great singers... Your life is gone you live in song and class!! peace to you and your
Lena Horne never had a face lift BEN!!! And if you asked me (even though you didn't) she looks better than ever here. She aged better than any other black entertainer in history with NO plastic surgery.... She was 68 here and she looks about 45, 50.
When I was a child, her face actually used to scare me. This time in her life, was when I was first introduced to who she is. I didn’t grow up in a hole where culture and information were paramount. It wasn’t until later in life, I found out who she was. And I absolutely loved her story. Haha. I think her face scared me because I thought she looked like that old scary dude from poltergeist. She is beautiful though, Ofcourse. My little mind couldn’t see the difference. Lol.
What's missing from today's artists. . .today's people. . .GRACE.
People like this you wish lived forever thank you for documenting this for future generations to marvel at and be inspired ❤.
When the network couldn't say no to Bill. "I'm just going to have 10 minutes of jazz instead of comedy."
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what exactly is she known for doing besides putting grownups to sleep or scaring children with her scary faces she makes when she sings
Sad for this current world but am I nuts to think that all races loved this show in the 1980s? Why have we fallen so hard?
AS SOON AS i HEARD QUEEN LENA DiED i HAD TO COME AND LiSTEN TO HER SiNG THiS SONG!! SHE WiLL GREATLY BE MiSSED R.I.P MAMA!!!
I would definately make a movie about the Iconic Lena Horne she has a magnificent story from when she was a child to her days at the Cotton Club in Harlem Nyc I mean she had so much class and has had alot done to her but she still rose to the top, she needs a movie asap and I would put Alicia Keys to play the role of Lena Horne.
Ironically, Bill is being released from jail on Mrs. Honre's Birthday
Yes it is. I think the voice covered over everything else though.
-response to emnutkin
When she sings this it just makes me cry... because whe gives this song a life of its on.
I remember her singing 🎶 that song on The Muppet Show
Sheesh.....wonderful.
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What's with all these condensed episodes? Can't you just put up the whole thing?
Y’all she was about 67-68 in this video. She looked nothing like that tho.
Lena Horne sure looked young for her age here. She was 67 when this aired.
haha, she has a great voice, but she looks like jim carrey in the mask!
Wasn't this in the 80's? She TOTALLY has the 50's poodle-haircut!
The most beautiful white woman ever wirh class and talent to match.
Rest in Paradise Lena Horne The Soul Songbird
I loved Lena! So beautiful and classy!
1/2 black version of Gloria Swanson with them scary facial expressions, whats with the little turnip for a nose on her face ? where's the rest of the nose ?
NadrianATRS "we're glad there is you"...
He kissed Denise 🤔 maybe that's why he had a problem with her