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- Chet Kincaid, gym teacher at an inner-city Los Angeles high school, deals with students, Principal Langford and counselor Marsha Peterson. He lives with his mother Rose, brother Brian, and sister-in-law Verna, who focus on his social life.
- A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations.
- Sketch comedy series hosted by Bill Cosby.
- A veteran American espionage agent is sent with a new partner to Italy, in order to track down 100 pounds of missing plutonium before it can be obtained by terrorists.
- After the Civil War, a black ex-union soldier, his wife, and his son settle in Arizona Territory to homestead and build their lives. At first, Caleb Revers race doesn't seem to matter, but then things change.
- An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.
- OBKB is a candid series starring Bill Cosby interviewing children across the country. The premise of the show is that Bill Cosby would pose a question to a child (around the age of 4-12) who would usually respond in an endearing way. Questions asked by the host dealt with bullying, learning, secret crushes, aspirations, etc.
- Needing someone to play Santa Claus for the community center, Chet bribes a surly old man who was recently fired from his job selling Christmas trees.
- 1969–197125m6.3 (18)TV EpisodeStudents 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.
- Chet convinces a shy cafeteria worker to get up the nerve and ask a waitress out on a date. When he is turned down, Chet must find a way to talk him out of committing suicide.
- After he encounters a competitive player who exhibits a disregard for sportsmanship, Chet tries to teach him a lesson by inviting him to his handball game and observe proper sportsmanship.
- When Chet is forced to fill in as a substitute algebra teacher, he comes across a word problem that he is unable to solve for the class. So, he spends most of his weekend trying to find the solution.
- Chet intervenes in the relationship between his perpetually bickering aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, at school, he copes with a student who refuses to participate in gym class.
- For a children's party, Chet hires a magician named "The Miraculous Martin". Too bad Martin is also a drunkard.
- A repossessor is intent on snatching Chet's TV set.
- Chet learns that being honored as Teacher Of The Year isn't all that's it's cracked up to be.
- While Chet visits the local barber shop for a haircut, 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 barberclaims he can catch a baseball dropped from a window of the hotel's top floor.
- 1969–197130m8.3 (36)TV EpisodeChet must figure out ways to kill time when he is trapped overnight in an elevator with a fellow teacher and a cleaning lady.
- Chet gets himself into a jam when he answers a pay phone and then tries to locate a guy who doesn't want to be found.
- Chet's father stays with him, while his mother is out-of-town.
- Chet inherits his great-aunt's estate including a prized letter from Abraham Lincoln, and it brings him lots of unwanted attention and headaches.
- John Marley guest stars in this episode as a wealthy, eccentric man who wants to relive his childhood. He seeks Chet's help to make his wish come true.
- Chet's life is turned upside down by a pesky neighbor, who is an insufferable bore.
- Chet gets in a bind when he is mistaken as the author of a poem he copied in his youth, and the poem is scheduled to be published in the school newspaper.
- An eccentric woman recruits Chet to help save a tree from being cut down at a construction site.
- 1969–197130m6.4 (22)TV EpisodeChet gets word that a former classmate, "Big Bad Bubba" Bronson, whom Chet recalls has a grudge against him, is coming to town to even the score. Chet's solution is to seek boxing lessons for self-defense -- by hiring a down-on-his-luck boxer named Hurricane Smith. But the solution soon seems worse than the cure when Smith not only talks Chet into paying him for his time, but also moves in with him.
- Chet has a super-duper TV antenna installed, so he can pick up the big game, which has been locally blacked out. With a houseful of eager teachers, Chet's TV set breaks down right before opening kickoff, so he must quickly hunt down another set.
- Chet is unsure how to handle one of his basketball players who is constantly letting profanities slip out of his mouth.
- A student breaks up with her boyfriend and begins sending gifts to Chet.
- A friend leans heavily on Chet to help him quit smoking cigarettes.
- In exchange for a custom-built stereo cabinet, Chet agrees to teach American history and civics to a Mexican carpenter hoping to become an American citizen.
- Chet complains bitterly when his sister-in-law Verna sets him up on a blind date with Mildred, an employee of an airline who is in town for a few days. He discovers, however, that she's an attractive, intelligent woman who shares many of his interests -- so that confirmed bachelor Chet is surprised to find himself falling in love.
- An autistic eight-year-old girl nicknamed Punkin unexpectedly shows up on Chet's front doorstep.
- Chet tries a number of remedies, including a set of earplugs that painfully don't work, to deal with a neighbor's barking dog that's continually robbing him of sleep.
- Young Raymond decides to become an easy rider by running away from home to San Francisco, so Chet gives him a ride.
- As an assistant football coach, Chet finds himself in a tough situation when he is "asked" by a suspected mobster to make sure that his hardly athletic son makes the team.
- Chet's brother and his sister-in-law are having some marital difficulties, leading his brother to move in with Chet -- straining his relationship with Chet, too.
- Unfortunate circumstances lead to Chet having to drive his date to the dance in his brother's garbage truck.
- Chet is approached by a student who is profiling Holmes High School's teachers for the school newspaper, and wants to make Chet the subject of his next article. Chet writes up a summary of his past exploits as an athlete, but begins to embellish it as he and the student review Chet's recollections, so that he soon portrays himself as a star at baseball, football, basketball, boxing, and track.
- Chet trys to convince a talented student to join the school's struggling track team, but the student has no interest in joining for personal reasons.
- Chet helps out a talented youngster who wants to become an artist. Chet balks however, when the youngster chooses Chet as subject matter for his painting which will be on display at the art fair.
- Holmes High's football team is having trouble on the field, and the players suggest that Chet film their scrimmages to help them correct their mistakes. At first he resists the suggestion, but then borrows a camera and its equipment and begins experimenting with it. In the meantime, a former star football player named Alex returns after a career-ending leg injury. Chet is distressed that Alex plans to drop out of school because his football-playing days are over, and suggests that Alex become his assistant coach instead.
- A severe storm with flooding has Chet stranded at home without telephone or electrical service. To make matters worse, a neighbor has just gone into labor, and Chet is in a quandary as to what to do.
- Dolores enters advanced stages of labor, and Chet enters advanced stages of unease.
- Chet tries his luck at selling Real Estate, with memorable results.
- Jealousy rears its ugly head when Chet's girlfriend carries on a business association with an old boyfriend, who is now a rich doctor.
- 1969–197125m7.3 (17)TV EpisodeChet hurts his back while showing his class how to use the parallel bars. A fellow gym teacher helps him get to the hospital, but Chet discovers that that's only the beginning of his problems, as he deals first with health insurance issues, and then has encounters with just about everyone at the hospital - except a doctor who knows how to treat an injured back.
- Chet tells the story of his surprising surprise birthday party.
- Chet is in charge of a group of youngsters and is supposed to take them on an overnight camping trip. They set out for their destination, but mishaps occur and they end up staying over at Chet's apartment.