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Article: COSBY CONFIDENT 'GHOST DAD' WON'T DISAPPEAR LIKE 'LEONARD'.(Preview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1990
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Byline: Thomas D. Elias Scripps Howard
Bill Cosby is certain his newest movie "Ghost Dad," opening nationally Friday, will not repeat "Leonard Part 6," the 1987 box-office bomb.
"In that one," Cosby says, "I became an actor for hire after the first week. The things I had asked for were just not there. I made the movie because my choice was either to shut down the company or make it for hire."
But "Ghost Dad" is very different, Cosby said.
"This time we had collaboration, we had people with the sense to know that Bill Cosby didn't get to be where he was or who he was by not knowing something about comedy. And there was a director ...