Episode
The Cosby Show: Cliff in Charge
Overview
Cliff is in charge when Clair leaves for 10 days.
Details
- Series
- The Cosby Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1986-12-18
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Cliff in Charge is Episode 12 in Season 3 of The Cosby Show. It aired on 1986-12-18. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 11: War Stories
Cliff and his father's friend play a challenging game of cards. Venesa prepares to go to a skating party with date Robert Forman, soon find a very cute guy will cross her path Earle Hyman as Russell.
Episode 13: Monster Man Huxtable
Elvin helps Theo with some wrestling moves, although he and Sondra have made plans for the weekend, and reveals that he is thinking of marrying her. Geoffrey Owens as Elvin.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: A Girl and Her Dog
Rudy and Peter find a dog and attempt to take care of it without her parents knowing. Peter Costa as Peter.
Episode 14: Rudy Spends the Night
Cliff establishes the Huxtable Men's Club when the women are away to help Theo get over his sadnes of a lost date. Venessa is very excited that big sister Denise is letting her go to the Village with Denise's college friends.
Episode 9: Denise Gets a D
Denise's college career starts with a D, but Denise is to scared to show her parents. Clair needs to rest in bed because of a pinched nerve. Rudy portrays "the wind" in a school play. Rosalind Cash as Dr. Hughes (The episode is preceded by a 30-second anti-drug public service announcement featuring Bill Cosby).
Episode 15: Say Hello to a Good Buy
Cliff buys a new car. Rudy cuts some animal pictures out of Cliff's expensive books for school. Guest appearance by Sinbad, who would later portray Walter Oakes on the Cosby Show spinoff, A Different World.
Watched by almost 65 million viewers when it originally aired, "Say Hello to a Good Buy" was the series' highest rated episode.
Episode 8: Vanessa's Rich
Friends call Vanessa a stuck-up rich girl at school. Guest appearance by Essence Atkins.
Episode 16: Denise Gets an Opinion
Denise has a blind date, but is really scared. So she asks Theo to grade him for her!!!! But this soon leads to a big hilarious mix up.
Episode 7: Theo's Flight
Theo and Cockroach decide they want to learn to fly, but Cliff doesn't want to waste his money on another dream of his son's. Carl Anthony Payne II as Cockroach. First appearance of Deon Richmond as Kenny, a.k.a. "Bud".
Episode 17: Calling Doctor Huxtable
Cliff is called to the hospital for 3 deliveries, Malinda Williams appearance, Patricia Richardson appearance.
Episode 6: The March
Theo writes a report on the March on Washington. But gets a poor grade and is asked to redo his project. Much to his surprise he learns more about the march from his family than he did from books. Meanwhile Vanessa is worried about asking a boy to the turn-around dance. Earle Hyman as Russell. Clarice Taylor as Anna. Joe Williams as Al Hanks. Ethel Ayler as Carrie Hanks.
Episode 18: You Only Hurt the One You Love
Rudy gets hurt from Theo's rough games. Rudy cries. Theo gets punished. Clair goes to a doctor and gets the same advice that Cliff gave her. Cliff learns that the woman who cleans up the Doctor's Lounge at the hospital (Rita Moreno) has been fired.
Absent: Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable and Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable.