The Bill Cosby Show: The Long Road Back

Bill Cosby, John Marley, Helena Hatcher (starring)
Coby Ruskin (director)
Art Wallace (screenwriter)

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1970. Final Draft script for Season 2 Episode 25 of the 1969-1971 television series. Copy belonging to actor Jack Naughton, with his annotations in manuscript ink on two leaves, denoting dialogue. Laid in with the script is a single-page call sheet dated September 30, 1970.

Not to be confused with the 1984-1992 sitcom "The Cosby Show."

The two-season series followed a beleaguered gym teacher at an inner-city high school in Los Angeles. In this installment, an eccentric millionaire enlists the teacher's help in reliving his youth by creating a life-size replica of his childhood neighborhood. The episode originally aired on March 14, 1971, on NBC.

Set and shot on location in Los Angeles.

Light green titled wrappers, noted as FINAL DRAFT and production No. 17088 on the front wrapper. Title page present, dated September 23, 1970, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Art Wallace. 37 leaves, with last page of text numbered 36. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.


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