The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show: Summary

Airs Next:NBC at Sunday 8:30 PM (30 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:September 14, 1969
Last Aired:August 29, 1971
Show Categories:Comedy

The Bill Cosby Show aired for two seasons on NBC, 1969-70 and 1970-71. There were 52 episodes made in the series. In this lighthearted comedy, Bill Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high school. The Chet Kincaid character was a bachelor, an average cool guy trying to earn a living, and help people out along the way. Many of the episodes involved Chet in various situations at the high school with his students and fellow teachers. In some episodes, Chet was asked to substitute, and fill in as algebra or english teacher. In one hilarious episode, Chet was the drivers ed instructor trying to teach a nervous student how to drive. Other episodes involved younger children, and some episodes involved family and adult characters. Different guest stars also appeared in various episodes thruout the series. The shows theme song- "Hikky Burr" was written by Bill Cosby and Quincy Jones with Cosby providing the vocals. The lyrics were hard to comprehend, but the song had a groovy tune and funky beat. For the second season, a more uptempo and jazzy version of the song was used. The show was entertaining, and did not use a laugh track, which is unique. The Bill Cosby Show was not your average, laugh-out-loud type of sitcom. The episodes were humorous, but the show emphasized warmth, intelligent character studies and plausible, real life situations. The plot of many episodes centered around a lesson in life learned, which was explained in the classic Cosby style.
The Bill Cosby Show aired for two seasons on NBC, 1969-70 and 1970-71. There were 52 episodes made in the series. In this lighthearted comedy, Bill Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high school. The Chet Kincaid character was a bachelor, an average cool guy trying to earn a living, and help people out along the way. Many of the...

The Saturday Game

Aired: Sunday March 21, 1971

A young Jewish boy joins Chet's little league baseball team. Saturday is the day of the big game, and the boy is forced to decide between playing in the game, or sitting out due to his religious beliefs, Saturday being the Jewish sabbath.

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Bill CosbyChet Kincaid
Fred PinkardMr. Kincaid
Joyce BulifantMarsha Peterson
Lee WeaverBrian Kincaid
Lillian RandolphRose Kincaid (1969-1970)

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hamyslick
member since: Feb 21, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Absolutely fabulous"
The family to end all families. These people really pulled off their characters. ...Continue »
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Nick1323
member since: Nov 23, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Bring it back!"
A Great show even though i haven't seen it I know it would be good because Bill Cosby is in it and so many other good actors ...Continue »
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