The WORST episodes of The Bill Cosby Show
Every episode of The Bill Cosby Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#4 - Is There a Doctor in the Hospital?
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1970
Chet injures his back during his gym class, and needs to be taken to the hospital. Upon arrival, he has difficulty trying to obtain medical service, until a young patient staying at the hospital assists Chet and helps him find a doctor.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Open House
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1970
One of Chet's fellow teachers from the high school is a part time real estate agent. Chet spends a weekend helping him out, trying to sell a house. Chet sells the house, but the couple who put the house up for sale change their mind.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Anytime You're Ready, C.K.
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1970
The Holmes High School football team is on a losing streak, so the team asks Chet if they can have game films to help determine what they're doing wrong. Chet borrows a movie camera from a friend, and films the teams practice sessions. Funny silent films result from Chet's experiments with trying out the camera. A side plot has Chet trying to help out a student and former player of the football team who can no longer play due to injury.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - How You Play the Game
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1970
Chet is in the running for the city handball championship. He defeats his semi-final opponent, using psychological tactics. In the final match however, Chet has the tables turned on him and loses the match while being psyched out by his opponent. By losing, Chet teaches a player on the high school football team a lesson in good sportsmanship.
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#12 - The Fatal Phone Call
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1969
While out jogging, Chet hears a public telephone ringing and answers it, leading to him getting involved in a dispute between an auto mechanic (Vic Tayback) and his wife and being detained by police in connection with a clothing-store robbery.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - The Return of Big, Bad, Bubba Bronson
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/1970
Big Bronson, an old high school classmate of Chet's, is coming to town for a visit. Chet recalls having a past dispute with Bronson, and fears revenge. Chet meets ex prize fighter Hurricane Smith, and asks for some boxing lessons to prepare himself for Bronson's arrival. Lou Gossett guest stars as Hurricane Smith, Don Pedro Colley guest stars as Big Bronson.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1970
Chet gets stuck inside an elevator at the high school along with one other faculty member and the school's cleaning lady. They entertain each other until help arrives. Henry Fonda and Elsa Lanchester guest star in this episode.
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#23 - The Deluge (1)
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1970
A driving rainstorm is pounding the Los Angeles area. Chet's next door neighbor is due to have her baby and is unable to get to the hospital, streets are flooded. Chet helps out as the woman prepares to have her baby at home. Part one of a two part episode.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - The Barber Shop
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1971
Chet visits the local barber shop for a haircut. While there, he gets involved in a dispute with the barber and another patron over baseball. The three of them end up going to a high rise hotel, where the barber claims he can catch a baseball dropped from a window of the hotel's top floor. Antonio Fargas guest stars as J.J. the barber, Arthur French is hilarious as Cartons. Funniest episode of the series, very well done.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The Sesame Street Rumble
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1971
Chet has a large TV antenna installed so he can watch the big Rams/Packers football game. Many teachers from the high school come over to see the game, but Chet's TV set goes out. Chet goes next door to try and borrow the neighbors TV set, but the boy at home refuses to let Chet borrow it, insisting that he wants to watch Sesame Street.
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