UPDATE: Responding to Breaker's point below about iconic moments, I don't think this sort of thing could happen today. Media is just so fragmented.
I spent a lot of time railing against Obama/Cosby comparisons. But I think Obama's victory comes close in that sort of iconic way--I just won't forget all the pictures of crying black people. Of course that's politics, not entertainment. Man, am I glad that I was alive to see that...
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