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.
#1 - The Deluge (2)
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1970
Conclusion of a two part episode. Chet helps an expectant mother deliver her baby at home during a driving rainstorm.
#2 - The Lincoln Letter
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1970
Chet inherits a valuable letter which originally came from Abraham Lincoln. Only catch, the letter is misplaced and needs to be found.
#3 - The Old Man of 4-C
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1970
Will Geer guest stars in this episode as a lonesome elderly man looking for companionship. He befriends Chet, and becomes too demanding of Chet's time, but they end up compromising and spend some quality time together.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#7 - Really Cool
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/5/1970
Chet is asked to tell a few stories about his life for a forthcoming article in the Holmes High School newspaper.
#8 - This Mouth is Rated X
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/29/1970
Chet is having problems with a player on the high school basketball team who uses profane language on the court during games.
#9 - The Substitute
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1969
Chet starts dating a substitute teacher from the high school, and has difficulty finding time to spend alone with her.
#10 - A Word from Our Sponsor
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1969
Chet does a TV commercial for a morning breakfast cereal, with disastrous results. Classic episode. Gavin McLeod guest stars in this episode, Mike Farrell of M*A*S*H* fame also makes a brief cameo appearance.
#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.
#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.
#13 - Going the Route
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1969
Chet's nephew is in bed with a cold. Chet is asked and agrees to substitute for his nephew in the morning paper route.
#14 - Brotherly Love
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1969
Chet's brother Brian moves in with Chet after having an argument with his wife. Brian spoils Chet's plans for the evening, then hilarity ensues when they attempt to sleep in the same bed together.
#15 - 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.
#16 - The Blind Date
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1970
Chet reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date, and ends up falling in love. Cicely Tyson guest stars as Chet's love interest.
#17 - Driven to Distraction
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1970
Drivers ed instructor Chet tries to teach a nervous student how to drive. Very funny episode.
#18 - 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.
#19 - A Christmas Ballad
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1969
Chet helps a down on his luck old timer capture the spirit of Christmas. Rex Ingram guest stars.
#20 - Lullaby and Goodnight
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1969
Chet is having difficulty sleeping as a result of a neighbor's dog's incessant barking.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Each According to Appetite
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1971
Students at the high school organize a lockout of the teachers cafeteria, requesting that they have input over what foods go on the student menu. Chet helps the students and cafeteria manager reach a compromise. But when the same students have a grievance with Chet's gym class, Chet is not as willing to cooperate.
#24 - 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.
#25 - To Kincaid, with Love
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1969
Chet is receiving attention from a female student of the high school. He thinks she has a crush on him, but the girl is actually trying to set Chet up with her mother.