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Eye-bogglingly complex sweaters are the first things that come to mind when someone comes up in our face and whispers, "Bill Cosby." Not Pudding Pops, not that "Dad is great, give us chocolate cake" song he sang, and certainly not Fat Albert. Sweaters are what Cosby is about, and if you don’t think so, you don't have eyes.
It's hard to reach a consensus as to whether Cosby sweaters are atrocious, attractive, or the product of a visionary mutant alien with knitting...