Jerry Lewis a film so radical that it makes comedy out of the situation of a comedian who isn't funny." The final scene of "The Patsy" is famous for revealing to the audience the movie as a movie, and Lewis as actor/director. Lewis wrote in "The Total Filmmaker", his belief in breaking the fourth wall, actors looking directly into the camera, despite industry norms. More contemporary comedies such as "The Larry Sanders Show", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "The Office" continue this method. Robert DeNiro and Sandra Bernhard (both of whom starred with Lewis in "The King of Comedy") reflected on his death,
The Cosby Mysteries expressed hope that "The Cosby Mysteries" would fare better than Cosby's previous two ventures, "Here and Now" and the game-show remake, "You Bet Your Life". "The Cosby Mysteries" only lasted 18 episodes. "The Cosby Mysteries" has been re-run in the United Kingdom on digital channel ITV1, and in the US on A&E, Starz! Mystery and TVOne. The Cosby Mysteries The Cosby Mysteries is an American television mystery series that starred Bill Cosby. It is the first television series to star Cosby since "The Cosby Show" (which ended in the spring of 1992) and lasted one season (1994–1995). Actor/comedian Mos Def