Episode

The Cosby Show: If the Dress Fits, Wear It

Name: The Cosby Show: If the Dress Fits, Wear It
Released: 1988-12-08
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashād, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam

The Cosby ShowSeason 51988-12-08

Overview

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.

Details

Series: The Cosby Show
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 9
Air date: 1988-12-08
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

If the Dress Fits, Wear It is Episode 9 in Season 5 of The Cosby Show. It aired on 1988-12-08. The runtime is 22 min.

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Episode 8: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 1988-12-01 | 22 min Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a toaster.

Episode 10: Is There a Hamster in the House? 1988-12-15 | 22 min Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

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Episode 12: Cliff Babysits 1989-01-12 | 22 min Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

Episode 5: Out of Brooklyn 1988-11-03 | 22 min Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

Episode 13: Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten 1989-01-26 | 22 min Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". Clair buys a new couch and Cliff tries to keep the old one. Clair's law firm is identified as Greentree, Bradley & Dexter.

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Episode 14: The Lost Weekend 1989-02-02 | 22 min With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.

Episode 3: Rudy's All-Nighter 1988-10-20 | 22 min Rudy's friend sleeps over.

Episode 15: No Way, Baby 1989-02-06 | 22 min Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.