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| 3 | ''The Bill Cosby Show'' ([[Series/TheCosbyShow no, not that one]]) is a live action comedy series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 1969 to 1971. It follows Creator/BillCosby's adventures as Chet Kincaid, a HighSchool gym teacher in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. |
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| 6 | !!Tropes: |
| 7 | * ChristmasEpisode: "A Christmas Ballad" |
| 8 | * ColdOpen: Each episode has a two- or three-minute opening scene before the main credits. |
| 9 | * DoItYourselfThemeTune[=/=]InstrumentalThemeTune: "Hikky-Burr", which had Cosby making various indecipherable vocalizations over a funky instrumental backing by Music/QuincyJones. |
| 10 | * ElevatorFailure: "The Elevator Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" |
| 11 | * TheEponymousShow |
| 12 | * LaughTrack: Averted, at Cosby's insistence. In an interview on the Season 1 DVD set, he discusses having to fight ExecutiveMeddling over this. |
| 13 | * MissingTheGoodStuff: "The Sesame Street Rumble" involves Chet's attempts to fix his TV set after it goes on the blink just as he and a houseful of guests are preparing to watch a big football game. |
| 14 | * PhysicalFitnessPunishment: As a P.E. teacher, Chet would often inflict this on his students. |
| 15 | * SitComic |
| 16 | * WordSaladLyrics: The theme song. |
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