The BEST episodes of The Bill Cosby Show
Every episode of The Bill Cosby Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Bill Cosby Show!
Bill Cosby plays Chet Kincaid, a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high school who gets involved in various comedic adventures with his students and fellow teachers.
#1 - Goodbye Cruel World
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1970
Wally Cox guest stars in this episode as a shy man lacking in self confidence. With Chet's help, he builds up the nerve to ask a woman out on a date. She rejects him, and he wants to commit suicide. Chet helps to restore the man's confidence and self esteem.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Worst Crook That Ever Lived
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1970
Chet is asked to help straighten out Raymond, a youngster who has a penchant for stealing. In an effort to keep Raymond out of trouble, Chet finds a spot for him on his little league baseball team. But Raymond steals the money that Chet had saved up which was intended to buy uniforms for the team. In the end, Raymond realizes what he did was wrong and returns the money to Chet.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Growing Growing Grown
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1970
Chet is asked to chaperone at a high school dance. Chet's car is not available, he ends up borrowing his brothers garbage truck to drive his date to the dance. At the dance, Chet teaches one student a lesson in the importance of physical appearance.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - There Must Be a Party
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1970
A female student at the high school is convinced she is destined to be an actress and is certain she will win an acting contest she has entered. Chet then tells her about the time he missed his own surprise birthday party to try and teach her a lesson about anticipation and being overconfident.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - A Dirty Business
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1971
Chet is at odds with a student at the high school who wants to be a spy. Because the student is a fast runner, Chet wants him to join up with the school's track team. But the student wants no part of it, preferring to remain out of the spotlight.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - The Saturday Game
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/21/1971
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - A Girl Named Punkin
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1969
Chet does volunteer work for the local community center, a place for underpriviledged children. He is having problems with Punkin, a young girl who is unresponsive and stays to herself. Chet eventually breaks through, and Punkin comes around. A touching scene where Chet tells Punkin a bedtime story and teaches her a lesson in love and caring at the same time is the high point of this episode.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Lover's Quarrel
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1970
Chet tries to get his ever arguing aunt and uncle to stop fighting and treat each other with kindness and respect. Veteran actors Mantan Moreland and Jackie "Moms" Mabley guest star and give classic performances as the bickering old couple.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Let X Equal a Lousy Weekend
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1969
Chet is asked to be substitute teacher in an algebra class. Chet and the students have a difficult time arriving at the answer for one particular problem involving candy being sold at varying amounts per pound. Chet spends the weekend trying to solve the problem, he even visits a candy store to try and purchase the correct amounts of candy.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - The Poet
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1970
A male student at the high school enjoys writing poetry, but doesn't want his friends to find out, fearing ridicule. Chet (who has also written some poetry) tells the student he shouldn't be concerned with what other people think, to go ahead and do what he enjoys doing. Chet then gets in a bind when he is mistaken as the author of a poem he copied in his youth, and the poem is scheduled to be published in the school newspaper.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Miraculous Martin
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1971
Dick Van Dyke guest stars in this episode as Miraculous Martin, an out of work magician who's trying to stay sober and planning to get married.