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"I Started Out As A Child" won the 1965 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for "Best Comedy Album" and in 2009 the record was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important."

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"I Started Out As A Child" won the 1965 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward MediaNotes/GrammyAward for "Best Comedy Album" and in 2009 the record was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important."
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* CoolPet: "My Pet Rhinoceros"
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* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt: When Cosby's father is at asleep he and his brothers go out and steal their father's dough.

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* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt: When Cosby's father is at asleep asleep, he and his brothers go out and steal all the loose change from their father's dough.pants pockets.



* ShootTheMedicFirst: The punchline to his "Medic!" routine

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* ShootTheMedicFirst: The punchline to his "Medic!" routine routine.



--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"I don't make house calls!"'']]

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--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"I don't make house calls!"'']]calls! Take two aspirin and mail in the five dollars!"'']]
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* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: "Neanderthal Man" is a story about a Neanderthal going hunting for sabertooth tigers.

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* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: "Neanderthal Man" is a story about a Neanderthal going hunting for sabertooth tigers.tigers[[note]]saber toothed ''cats'' are not closely related to tigers[[/note]].
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* ZanyScheme: During his "Street Football" routine from ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild'':

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* ZanyScheme: During his "Street Football" routine from ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild'':routine:

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'''Tracklist'''

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'''Tracklist'''
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!! ''I Troped Out As A Child''

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* SociopathicSoldier: In "Medic" Cosby joins the military, and becomes a medic because enemy soldiers won't shoot at medics according to the Geneva Convention. Or so he believes; a film he and several others are shown after they enlist shows that the enemy does not follow the Geneva Convention, and goes for the doctors first. So, when the war starts he ducks into a foxhole and looks at the war from a distance. [[spoiler: Then one of his friends is shot and fellow soldier decides to revenge him. When he gets shot he calls for a medic, but Cosby refuses to come out of his foxhole.]]

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* SociopathicSoldier: In "Medic" Cosby joins the military, and becomes a medic because enemy soldiers won't shoot at medics according to the Geneva Convention. Or so he believes; a film he and several others are shown after they enlist shows that the enemy does not follow the Geneva Convention, and goes for the doctors first. So, when the war starts he ducks into a foxhole and looks at the war from a distance. [[spoiler: Then one of his friends is shot and a fellow soldier decides to revenge him. When he gets shot he calls for a medic, but Cosby refuses to come out of his foxhole.]]
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'''I Started Out As A Child''' is the second album by Creator/BillCosby, released in 1964. It's a stand-up comedy album where he reflects on his childhood, while other tracks are more observational humor about varying topics. His routine about his childhood would later inspire the animated series ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'', where Cosby provided the narration, scripts and supervision.

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'''I ''I Started Out As A Child''' as a Child'' is the second album by Creator/BillCosby, released in 1964. It's a stand-up comedy album where he reflects on his childhood, while other tracks are more observational humor about varying topics. His routine about his childhood would later inspire the animated series ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'', where Cosby provided the narration, scripts and supervision.
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"I Started Out As A Child" won the 1965 GrammyAward for "Best Comedy Album" and in 2009 the record was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important."

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"I Started Out As A Child" won the 1965 GrammyAward UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for "Best Comedy Album" and in 2009 the record was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important."
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--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"My leg! My leg!"]]

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--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"My leg! My leg!"]]leg!"'']]
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* SociopathicSoldier: In "Medic" Cosby joins the military, and becomes a medic because enemy soldiers won't shoot at medics according to the Geneva Convention. Yet when the war starts he ducks into a foxhole and looks at the war from a distance. [[spoiler: Then one of his friends is shot and fellow soldier decides to revenge him. When he gets shot he calls for a medic, but Cosby refuses to come out of his foxhole.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"MEDIC! HELP ME!"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"What for?"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"I'm shot!"]]

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* SociopathicSoldier: In "Medic" Cosby joins the military, and becomes a medic because enemy soldiers won't shoot at medics according to the Geneva Convention. Yet Or so he believes; a film he and several others are shown after they enlist shows that the enemy does not follow the Geneva Convention, and goes for the doctors first. So, when the war starts he ducks into a foxhole and looks at the war from a distance. [[spoiler: Then one of his friends is shot and fellow soldier decides to revenge him. When he gets shot he calls for a medic, but Cosby refuses to come out of his foxhole.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"MEDIC! HELP ME!"'']]
''"MEDIC!"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"What for?"'']]
''"Whaddya want?"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"I'm shot!"]]''"My leg! My leg!"]]
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* ProductPlacement: On the cover, the Warner Brothers logo can be seen on the wall behind Cosby.


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** On the cover the picture on the wall behind Cosby shows UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte sitting on a chair, an image from a painting by Eugene Delaroche.
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* TheGiant: "The Giant" is a routine about how Cosby and his brothers perceive their drunk father as a giant and call him that. At night they steal his money. [[spoiler: When their dad awakes he says: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk "Fee Fei Fo Fum? Who stole my dough?"]]

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* TheGiant: "The Giant" is a routine about how Cosby and his brothers perceive their drunk father as a giant and call him that. At night they steal his money. [[spoiler: When their dad awakes he says: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk "Fee Fei Fo Fum? Who stole my dough?"]]dough?"]]]]
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* ShootTheMedicFirst: The punchline to his "Medic!" routine


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* ZanyScheme: During his "Street Football" routine from ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild'':
--> ''Here's a guy with an ingenious mind. He'd call a football play like this...."Now, listen to this, now. Uh, Arnie, go down, uh, ten steps and cut left behind the black Chevy. Filbert, you run down to my house and wait in the living room. Cosby, you go down to 3rd Street, catch the "J" bus. Have him open the doors at 19th Street. I'll fake it to you." They always have one fat kid they never throw it to, says, "What about me?" He says, "You go long."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''You know, that kinda thing...'']]

'''I Started Out As A Child''' is the second album by Creator/BillCosby, released in 1964. It's a stand-up comedy album where he reflects on his childhood, while other tracks are more observational humor about varying topics. His routine about his childhood would later inspire the animated series ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'', where Cosby provided the narration, scripts and supervision.

"I Started Out As A Child" won the 1965 GrammyAward for "Best Comedy Album" and in 2009 the record was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry for being "historically, culturally and aesthetically important."

'''Tracklist'''

[[AC: Side one]]

# "Sneakers" (1:56)
# "Street Football" (1:22)
# "The Water Bottle" (0:51)
# "Christmas Time" (1:44)
# "The Giant" (2:29)
# "Oops!" (0:58)
# "The Lone Ranger" (3:07)
# "Ralph Jameson" (1:53)

[[AC: Side Two]]
# "Medic" (3:45)
# "My Pet Rhinoceros" (0:46)
# "Half Man" (0:47)
# "Rigor Mortis" (2:47)
# "The Neanderthal Man" (3:16)
# "T.V. Football" (1:13)
# "Seattle" (3:48)

!! ''I Troped Out As A Child''
* AlbumTitleDrop: The first line on the album is the title.
* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: "Neanderthal Man" is a story about a Neanderthal going hunting for sabertooth tigers.
* CoolPet: "My Pet Rhinoceros"
* FaceOnTheCover: Bill's face.
* TheGiant: "The Giant" is a routine about how Cosby and his brothers perceive their drunk father as a giant and call him that. At night they steal his money. [[spoiler: When their dad awakes he says: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk "Fee Fei Fo Fum? Who stole my dough?"]]
* GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt: When Cosby's father is at asleep he and his brothers go out and steal their father's dough.
* LiveAlbum: All tracks are recorded live, but compiled from several performances.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Cosby tells funny stories about street football, drinking from water bottles in refrigerators, Christmas time
* NostalgiaFilter: Bill tells stories about his childhood during the first side of the album.
* SantaClaus: In "Christmas Time" Cosby tells how he and his childhood friends got to bed at three o' clock in the afternoon just to have Santa Claus appear and bring presents as quickly as possible.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Ralph Jameson" is about a man looking for the right apartment door at night. Cosby imitates the sound effects of descending up and down the stairs. In "Medic" he imitates explosions and military warfare.
* ShoutOut:
** "The Lone Ranger" imagines what the Lone Ranger would do if there was no crime in the city. [[spoiler: They would get drunk.]]
** "Seattle" namedrops lion tamer Clyde Beatty.
* SociopathicSoldier: In "Medic" Cosby joins the military, and becomes a medic because enemy soldiers won't shoot at medics according to the Geneva Convention. Yet when the war starts he ducks into a foxhole and looks at the war from a distance. [[spoiler: Then one of his friends is shot and fellow soldier decides to revenge him. When he gets shot he calls for a medic, but Cosby refuses to come out of his foxhole.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"MEDIC! HELP ME!"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"What for?"'']]
--> [[spoiler: '''Soldier''': ''"I'm shot!"]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Medic''': ''"I don't make house calls!"'']]
* SpeechBalloon: Cosby says the album title on the cover with use of a speech balloon.
* SuperBreedingProgram: "Seattle" is about zoo keepers trying to make a gorilla mate.
* SuperSpeed: Rudy whose sneakers make him run so fast nobody can keep track of him.
* TalkingAnimal: The sabertooth tigers discuss how they are going to defend themselves against the Neanderthal sneaking up on them.
* VerbalTic: Cosby uses "you know, that kinda thing" and "this is the truth" a lot.
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