Just Because: Chubby Peter's 'Cosby Show' Horsey Ride

Posted at 1:00 PM Nov 14, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

Last week, NCDSUV began broadcasting a new feature known as "Just Because," highlighting something inane, obscurely amazing or just plain jaw-dropping from the outlines of pop culture and viral content.

These differ from, say, insanely retarded local ads, or eccentric YouTube karaoke performers, which can be grouped into their own self-referencing regular spotlights. Nor do they need to be burdened by standards of timeliness or having been as-yet-unearthd.

They are the standalone wonders of the cybersphere that made us all get a computer in the first place, and occasionally need to be inserted into a day of normal online programming. Just because.

So while "Just Because" debuted with a an expletive-exclusive mash-up of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, this week brings us to a program that provided endless reels of family friendly hilarity.

It's a testament to The Cosby Show's timelessness that most of us remember not only the rather extended nuclear family, but the peripheral characters, whether that's recent Awesome Celebrity Birthday entrant Wallace Shawn or little Rudy's many elementary-age friends.

So, enjoy this clip of unforgettable chubster Peter Costa (aka Peter Chiara on the show) getting a giggly giddy-up on Bill Cosby's knee. Because it's not only ironically perverse in hindsight, but also because it's a reminder of the days when primetime TV could be both PG and genuinely hilarious all at once. And, well, just because.

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