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That Time Bill Cosby Sucker-Punched Another Comedian at the Playboy Mansion

Hugh Hefner reportedly had to step in to separate the pair.

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Bill Cosby is no stranger to criticizing other comedians, but in the 1970s, he allegedly found himself on the receiving end of a little criticism of his own. Who would’ve had the nerve to go after Cosby at that stage in his career, you ask? Well, as it turns out, Tom Smothers, one-half of the popular Smothers Brothers comedy team, was one of Cosby’s most vocal detractors in those days. By most accounts, the two didn’t care for one another at all and had what was described as a “running disagreement” from the moment they first met.

Smothers appears to have been the instigator of the feud, which he said stemmed from the fact that Cosby didn’t have anything........

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