This past October, a segment of Buress’ stand-up routine about Bill Cosby being a rapist went viral, sparking public interest as it had never been sparked before in Cosby’s predatory sexual behavior. The irony, as Buress himself has pointed out, is that his Cosby riff was not particularly topical either. Rumors and allegations of Cosby’s misconduct were out there; that’s how Buress knew about them. In his routine, Buress even recommends that people google Cosby and rape, telling them they will get more results for that than for “Hannibal Buress.” But after decades of rumors, it was still Buress’ joke that catalyzed Cosby’s precipitous freefall from grace.