in october 2014, a stand-up comedy routine by hannibal buress, addressing allegations of rape against cosby, went viral on youtube. on november 10, cosby posted a message requesting meme images, using a hashtag of #cosbymeme, on his twitter feed. many of the images posted in response related to the allegations, which were fresh in the respondents' minds. after numerous women came forward as victims of cosby's alleged actions, a television special and a series in development were cancelled. cosby refused to address the situation; his lawyer said such actions would dignify "decade-old, discredited" allegations. many media outlets commented on the way such actions clashed with his image as "america's dad". one of the accusers felt nobody would believe her claims at the time of the alleged incident, given cosby's status in advertising. joan tarshis told the media that cosby was "mr america; mr jello, as i called him".