The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show (no, not that one) is a live action comedy series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1971. It follows Cosby's adventures as Chet Kincaid, a gym teacher in Los Angeles.

This show provides examples of:

 * Cold Open: The show has a two or three minute cold open before the main credits.
 * Do It Yourself Theme Tune / Instrumental Theme Tune: "Hikky-Burr", which had Cosby making various indecipherable vocalizations over a funky instrumental backing by Quincy Jones.
 * The Eponymous Show
 * Laugh Track: Averted, at Cosby's insistence. In an interview on the Season 1 DVD set, he discusses having to fight Executive Meddling over this.
 * Physical Fitness Punishment: As a P.E. teacher, Chet would often inflict this on his students.
 * Word Salad Lyrics: The theme song.