{"id":29399,"date":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/pilko-remembers-his-unfortunate-run-in-with-bill-cosby\/"},"modified":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"pilko-remembers-his-unfortunate-run-in-with-bill-cosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/pilko-remembers-his-unfortunate-run-in-with-bill-cosby\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilko remembers his UNFORTUNATE run in with Bill Cosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tony Pilkington recalls the brutal advice Bill Cosby gave him during the comic\u2019s Adelaide visit in the 70s.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhen Bill Cosby came here in about \u201974, \u201975 I was the opening act,\u201d Pilko told FIVEAA listeners on Friday. \u201cOnly because he didn\u2019t want a comedian, and he didn\u2019t want a musical item.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo it was just some turkey &#8212; a la me &#8212; gets up and for 10 minutes you had to talk whilst they balanced the microphone so that when Mr Cosby came on stage his microphone and the sound system would be superb.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pilko remembered Cosby was not impressed with Apollo Stadium as a venue&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe went crook after it because I didn\u2019t warn him of the fact that planes flew over. 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