200 M.P.H.

Live album by Bill Cosby

Released

October 1968

Recorded

1968
Harrah's
Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Genre

Stand-up comedy

Length

36:15

Label

Warner Bros.

Bill Cosby chronology

To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
(1968)

200 M.P.H.
(1968)

It's True! It's True!
(1969)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

200 M.P.H. (1968) is the seventh stand-up comedy album by Bill Cosby, and his ninth album overall. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada and released by Warner Bros. Records.

Background

In 1967, Bill Cosby bought a Shelby Cobra Super Snake CSX 3303 from his friend, company founder Carroll Shelby. The CSX 3303 was one of two Super Snakes built, which is a modified 1965 Cobra Competition roadster retained by Shelby American as a PR car and then modified with the addition of two superchargers and a Ford C-6 automatic gearbox.^[2] Of the two cars built, one was retained by Shelby and the other was sold to Cosby. Side two of this album (side one on the cassette release) is a single routine that focuses on Cosby's love of sportscars and his experience with this car. The title, "200 M.P.H.", refers to Shelby's boast about the car's top speed; however, Cosby became so unnerved during a test drive that he returned it immediately afterward. Shelby American sold the car to S and C Motors in San Francisco, who in turn sold it to a customer named Tony Maxey. Maxey destroyed the CSX 3303 by driving over a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean; he died from his injuries a few days later. Brian Angliss purchased the vehicle and subsequently restored it. He plans to auction the car off.^[2]

In a recent late-night talk show appearance, Cosby briefly re-told this story and said that he had heard that Jimmy Webb (of "MacArthur Park" fame) eventually ended up with his Cobra.

While the majority of Cosby's Warner Bros. standup albums were regularly re-released on LP, and eventually issued on CD in April 1998, 200 M.P.H. was not reissued on vinyl (although it was available on cassette in the '80s). It did not see a CD release until 2005, mainly due to controversy over the main sketch's punchline: Afraid that the car was so powerful and hard to control that it would be lethal to the driver, Cosby decided to return it, saying, "Take the keys and this car, it's all paid for, and you give it to George Wallace." Wallace was a well-known pro-segregationist, and was running for President at the time.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mothers and Fathers"	4:20
2.	"The Wife"	1:48
3.	"The Grandfather"	4:08
4.	"Dogs and Cats"	3:01

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"200 M.P.H."	22:58

References

Bill Cosby

Comedy albums	Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! (1963) I Started Out as a Child (1964) Why Is There Air? (1965) Wonderfulness (1966) Revenge (1967) To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With (1968) 200 M.P.H. (1968) 8:15 12:15 (1969) It's True! It's True! (1969) Sports (1969) Live: Madison Square Garden Center (1970) When I Was a Kid (1971) For Adults Only (1971) Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby (1972) Fat Albert (1973) My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do? (1977) Bill's Best Friend (1978) Bill Cosby: Himself (1982) Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand (1986) Oh, Baby! (1991)

Music albums	Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967) Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968) Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971) Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971) Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972) At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974) Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) Disco Bill (1977) Where You Lay Your Head (1990) My Appreciation (1991) Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997) Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby – The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004) Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby – The New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004) State of Emergency (2009) Keep Standing (2010)

Compilations	The Best of Bill Cosby (1969) More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970) Bill (1973) Down Under (1975) Cosby and the Kids (1986) At His Best (1994) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001) The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)

Singles	"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" (1967) "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" (1970) "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" (1976) "Yes, Yes, Yes" (1976)

Television	I Spy (1965–1968) The Bill Cosby Special (1968) The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971) The Electric Company (1971–1977) The New Bill Cosby Show (1972) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1985) Cos (1976) The Cosby Show (1984–1992) A Different World (1987–1993) You Bet Your Life (1992–1993) The Cosby Mysteries (1994–1995) Cosby (1996–2000) Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998–2000) Little Bill (1999–2004) Fatherhood (2004–2005)

Stand-up comedy films and specials	Himself (1983) 49 (1987) Far from Finished (2013) Bill Cosby 77 (unreleased)

Family	Camille Cosby Ennis Cosby Erika Cosby

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