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The Bill Cosby Show Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
The Fatal Phone Call
Sun, Sep 14, 1969 30 mins
Chet becomes unwittingly embroiled in someone else's domestic squabble. Chet: Bill Cosby. Calvin: Victor Tayback. Mack: John Hawker. Policeman: Craig Chudy.
Episode 2
Lullaby and Goodnight
Sun, Sep 21, 1969 30 mins
Sleep is what Chet needs and can't get, thanks to a noisy neighborhood dog. Chet: Bill Cosby. Lou Welk: Howard Morton. Rona Williams: Fleurette Carter. Max: Joseph Perry. Schallert: Richard Eastham.
Episode 3
The Longest Hook Shot in the World
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 30 mins
The school counselor goes to bat for a short kid who didn't make the basketball team despite his amazing talent. Joey: Gregory Gordon. Chet: Bill Cosby. Marsha Patterson: Joyce Bulifant.
Episode 4
A Girl Named Punkin'
Sun, Oct 5, 1969 30 mins
Chet must alter his bachelor life to accommodate Punkin, a withdrawn youngster who followed him home from a local settlement house. Chet: Bill Cosby. Punkin: Arlyce Baker. Cathy: Ketty Lester.
Episode 5
Rules Is Rules
Sun, Oct 12, 1969 30 mins
Chet becomes snarled in red tape as he tries to requisition a new basketball valve needle. Chet: Bill Cosby. Marsha: Joyce Bulifant. Student: Johnnie Collins III. Mrs. Beal: Fran Ryan.
Episode 6
Let X Equal a Lousy Weekend
Sun, Oct 26, 1969 30 mins
Substituting for an algebra teacher adds a factor Chet didn't count on: he doesn't know the answers. Eddie Tucker: Hilly Hicks.
Episode 7
To Kincaid with Love
Sun, Nov 2, 1969 30 mins
"To Kincaid, with Love" finds Chet the object of a teenager's crush. Chet: Bill Cosby. Marsha: Joyce Bulifant. Tucker: Hilly Hicks.
Episode 8
The Killer Instinct
Sun, Nov 9, 1969 30 mins
Chet's in a bind as a gangster type tries to force his unathletic son onto the varsity football team. Byron: Nehemiah Persoff. Danny: Bill Borsella. Coach: Robert Rockwell.
Episode 9
The Substitute
Sun, Nov 16, 1969 30 mins
All goes wrong as Chet tries to woo an attractive substitute teacher. Ellen: Gloria Calomee. Chet: Bill Cosby. Brian: Lee Weaver. Verna: Olga James. Langford: Sid McCoy.
Episode 10
Brotherly Love
Sun, Nov 23, 1969 30 mins
Chet must juggle priorities when plans for his great date are destroyed by his lovesick brother (Lee Weaver). Beverly: Charlene Jones. Chet: Bill Cosby.
Episode 11
Going the Route
Sun, Nov 30, 1969 30 mins
A suffering Chet takes over his nephew's 5 A.M. paper route. Chet: Bill Cosby. Roger: Donald Livingston. Verna: Olga James.
Episode 12
A Word from Our Sponsor
Sun, Dec 7, 1969 30 mins
Chet is picked to star in a TV breakfast-food commercial. Chet: Bill Cosby. Miss Hardy: Kathleen Freeman. Jeff: Jon Walmsley. Director: Alan Oppenheimer.
Episode 13
A Christmas Ballad
Sun, Dec 21, 1969 30 mins
Rex Ingram appears as a down-on-his-luck old-timer during Christmastime. Mrs. McGinn: San Christopher.
Episode 14
The Home Remedy
Sun, Dec 28, 1969 30 mins
Chet's being deluged by friends offering cure-alls for his cold. Chet: Bill Cosby. Verna: Olga James. Mrs. Kincaid: Lillian Randolph.
Episode 15
Growing, Growing, Grown
Sun, Jan 4, 1970 30 mins
Chet's savoir-faire is somewhat damaged when he picks up his date in a garbage truck. Chet: Bill Cosby. Verna: De De Young. Diane: Issa Amal. Winona: Alice Nunn.
Episode 16
The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 30 mins
There's an interesting trio in the school's stuck elevator: Chet, a reserved English teacher (Henry Fonda) and a cleaning lady (Elsa Lanchester) who can't speak English.
Episode 17
A Lovers' Quarrel
Sun, Jan 18, 1970 30 mins
Jackie "Moms" Mabley and Mantan Moreland appear as Chet's squabbling aunt and uncle. Chet: Bill Cosby. Julie: Jean LaGuerra.
Episode 18
The Worst Crook That Ever Lived
Sun, Jan 25, 1970 30 mins
Chet counsels a youth who's been caught shoplifting. Chet: Bill Cosby. Raymond Carter: George Spell. Vic Sherman: Stuart Nisbet.
Episode 19
The Gum-Ball Incident
Thu, Jul 19, 2012 30 mins
Chet is accused of breaking into a gum-ball machine. Chet: Bill Cosby. Cookie Maharg: Tim Bosley. Gustaitis: John Harmon.
Episode 20
Good-bye, Cruel World
Fri, Jul 20, 2012 30 mins
Wally Cox joins Bill for a virtual two-man show. Wally portrays a shy fellow who can't land a date; Chet is the one to show him how. Angela: Alice Backes. Chet: Bill Cosby.
Episode 21
Driven to Distraction
Sun, Feb 15, 1970 30 mins
Chet tries to teach a nervous student to drive. Chet: Bill Cosby. Donna: Marsha Kramer. Harrison: James Milhollin.
Episode 22
The Blind Date
Sun, Mar 1, 1970 30 mins
Chet's trapped into a blind date---but what a blind date! Mildred: Cicely Tyson. Chet: Bill Cosby. Verna: Olga James.
Episode 23
How You Play the Game
Sun, Mar 8, 1970 30 mins
Chet, certain of victory in the city handball finals, invites two friends to cheer him on. Dave: Dan Clark. Vicki: Marlene Clark. Gene: Tony De Costa. Chet: Bill Cosby.
Episode 24
The Return of Big, Bad Bubba Bronson
Sun, Mar 22, 1970 30 mins
Bill Cosby directed this episode in which Chet asks an ex-fighter for boxing lessons. Hurricane Smith: Lou Gossett. Bronson: Don Pedro Colley.
Episode 25
This Mouth Is Rated X
Sun, Mar 29, 1970 30 mins
Chet tries to curb the blue language of his top basketball star. Chet: Bill Cosby. Marsha: Joyce Bulifant. Bob: Skip Burton. Mrs. Nicholson: Bobo Lewis. Gail: Carol Green. Players: Keone Young, Pandrant Netherly.
Episode 26
Really Cool
Sun, Apr 5, 1970 30 mins
A Cosby monologue about an all-time important track meet. Chet: Bill Cosby.