A Little Recognition for the OTHER Mr. C ....

O.K. So we don't appear completely Culp-o-centric here .... here's a posting about our other Mr. C.


I just ran across this video of the opening of "The Bill Cosby Show" with Quincy Jones' super-fun "Hicky Burr" theme song ...






The Bill Cosby Show is the series Bill went into right after I SPY ... from 1969 - 1971.
This is the series where he plays high school teacher Chet Kincaid.
(I never saw the show, did any of you?)





and here's the direct link, also ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvypTYWmFn4


You can also hear Quincy Jones' "Hicky Burr" at

http://www.last.fm/music/Quincy+Jones/_/Hicky+Burr



Well, you know how much Tatia loves I SPY "connections" - well there are lots here ...


Did you see the I SPY alumni listed in the credits in the video??


Alan Oppenheimer (a.k.a. Col. Benkovski)




and someone named Lee Weaver ....




Can anyone name which two I SPYs the above pictures are from??


And I have no idea why this stuck in my brain, but doesn't the cute bellboy from "SO LONG PATRICK HENRY" call out "Lee Weaver" when he wanted to pass a note onto Scotty???





Did I remember that right?? Must have been an inside joke .... like the "Fleet Southcott" aside Bill & Bob used in the Lucas Hilton "Cosby" episode.


And according to the TV.com site ...

"When Bill Cosby guest hosted The Tonight's Show in 1968, each night Lee Weaver was announced as a guest. But Mr. Cosby pretended to run out of time and invited him back the next night. Weaver became so angry that he trashed his dressing room."





I guess all was forgiven, because the next year Mr. Weaver was appearing on "The Bill Cosby Show" series as Brian Kincaid, Chet Kincaid's brother.

But there's more connections ... the 3 creators of "The Bill Cosby Show" were Bill, Ed Weinberger (who also created "The Cosby Show" - and was the producer and writer of "Taxi" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), and Michael Zagor .

Besides being one of the creators of "The Bill Cosby Show," Mr. Zagor's, whose name should be ringing some bells, also wrote several episodes.





And the reason for the bell-ringing is that Mr. Zagor also wrote " Trial by Treehouse ," "Tonia," "A Day Called 4 Jaguar," "A Room with a Rack," "Let's Kill Karlovassi," and "Anyplace I Hang Myself Is Home" for I SPY! Great stories .....


But wait!! (as they say on the Infomercials) there's more!! In Season 2, they had a different actress play Chet Kincaid's Mom, Rose - this time they used MOM ... Scotty's "Mom" - the wonderful Beah Richards !!





... and here's even more connections between I SPY and "The Bill Cosby Show" ( and Bill's other shows) translated into "I SPY-ese." He certainly knew how to take advantage of the vast gene pool of talent associated with I SPY!!


The Bill Cosby Show (Chet Kincaid - 1969)

Wally Cox - Herbie Rimstead in "Casanova from Canarsie"
Cicely Tyson - Princess Amara in "So Long Patrick Henry & Vickie Harmon "Trial by Treehouse."
Dane Clark - Jack Gannon in "1000 Fine" & Mike Woods "Spy Business"
Rex Ingram - Dr. Bingham in "The Weight of the World"
Will Geer - Uncle Henry in "Home to Judgment"
Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales - Jaime the driver in "The Conquest of Maude Murdock"
Byron Morrow - Bentley Reed in "No Exchange"
Dale Ishimoto - Mr. Oshira in "Time of the Knife"


"The Cosby Show" (Dr. Huxtable and family - 1984)

Marge Redmond - Bernie's Mom Nettie in "Trial by Treehouse"
Leslie Uggams - "Tonia"
Sheldon Leonard
Robert Culp


"The Cosby Mysteries" (Guy Hanks - 1994)

Michael Constantine - Plotkin in "A Gift from Alexander" & Col. Halouf in "Sparrowhawk"


"Cosby" (Lucas Hilton - 1996)

John Fiedler - Andrew in "Suitable for Framing"
Michael Constantine - Plotkin in "A Gift from Alexander" & Col. Halouf in "Sparrowhawk"
Robert Culp


Any comments or more connections??


Whew! One more posting on Cosby tomorrow ....


As always,

Tatia



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