Episode

A Different World: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You

Name: A Different World: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You
Released: 1987-11-19
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, Charnele Brown

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Overview

The girls plan Operation Yogi, a plot to steal the rival school's bear-head mascot, but a visit from Denise's grandfather makes a boo-boo inevitable.

Details

Series: A Different World
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 7
Air date: 1987-11-19
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You is Episode 7 in Season 1 of A Different World. It aired on 1987-11-19. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 6: Rudy and the Snow Queen 1987-11-05 | 30 min Rudy visits Hillman and becomes enchanted by Whitley, who tries to make her into the perfect little lady.

Episode 8: If Chosen, I May Not Run 1987-12-03 | 30 min In the family tradition of "Combustible" Huxtable, Denise is chosen for Hillman's track team, but after a few practices she starts running out of steam.

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Episode 9: Romancing Mr. Stone 1987-12-10 | 30 min A geology professor has every woman in the class fighting for his attention.

Episode 4: Those Who Can't... Tutor 1987-10-22 | 30 min Denise's calculus tutor Dwayne is caught sneaking out of Whitley's window after curfew.

Episode 10: The Gift of the Magi 1987-12-17 | 30 min Whitley's secret Santa surprises her with a visit from her newly separated daddy, who walks in with his youthful girlfriend.

Episode 3: Porky de Bergerac 1987-10-15 | 30 min Questionable tactics abound when Denise plays dating games and Jaleesa is elected dorm monitor.

Episode 11: Does He or Doesn't He? 1988-01-07 | 30 min Tired of being hit on by men, a grad student decides to turn the tables and seduce Dwayne.

Episode 2: Pilot 1987-10-01 | 30 min Denise's financial irresponsibility might get her and Jaleesa thrown out of the dorm.

Episode 12: Advise and Descent 1988-01-14 | 30 min During finals week, Denise's work suffers because she decides to be a peer counselor, and the girls' looks suffer under test stress.

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Episode 13: The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic 1988-01-21 | 30 min Hillman alumna Lettie Bostic fills in as dorm monitor, but her strongly voiced opinions have the girls considering mutiny.