The Bill Cosby Show The Poet (Season 2, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

The Bill Cosby Show

The Poet (Season 2, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

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.

Director

Ivan Dixon

Writers

Ed. Weinberger (created by) | Michael Zagor (created by) | Bill Cosby (created by) (as William H. Cosby Jr.) | Art Wallace (written by)

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 20, 1970

Release date

Dec 20, 1970 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 nomination

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Cosby Chet Kincaid Chet Kincaid See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Joyce Bulifant Mrs. Marsha Patterson Mrs. Marsha Patterson See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Ric Carrott Johnny Johnny See fewer	Marathon Man (1976)
Isabel Cooley Miss Richards (as Isabelle Cooley) Miss Richards (as Isabelle Cooley) See fewer	Cleopatra (1963)
William Wintersole Mr. Halperin Mr. Halperin See fewer	Seconds (1966)
George Jacobs Wallace Wallace See fewer	The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
Jerry Fujikawa Gentry Gentry See fewer	Chinatown (1974)
Antone Curtis Bob Bob See fewer	The Tribe (1970)
Alonzo Brown Dave Dave See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Mark Hamill Henry Henry See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)