The cast of The Cosby Show recently reunited for TV Land Awards, where they were given the Impact Award. That TV series was incredibly popular in its day but many don’t know that it wasn’t the first sitcom to bear Bill Cosby’s name.
The Bill Cosby Show was the comedian’s first foray into television after his successful run on I Spy, costarring with Robert Culp. It debuted in September of 1969 and ran for two seasons, totaling 52 episodes.
In the show, Cosby plays bachelor Chet Kincaid, a physical education teacher in Los Angeles. Most episodes revolve around Chet’s experiences around the school, sometimes substituting for absent instructors. Unlike many other comedies of the era, The Bill Cosby Show didn’t use a laugh track.
Mill Creek has released a DVD set of 10 selected episodes from the first season of The Bill Cosby Show You can purchase the DVD set or you can also try to win a copy here. To enter, you need to merely post a comment below.You can enter once per day.
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Quite an interesting show. The theme song was a funky tune, with nonsense syllables and the official title was, “Hikky Burr”.
Cosby’s first show was quite the departure, but since he had some cache built up from his run on “I Spy”, he was allowed to run the show as he wished. It was guaranteed to run two seasons, however, bad ratings sank it. Not all the material was original: the “Rigor Mortis” routine was recycled for the show.
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