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Where's Rudy?

  • Episode aired Nov 19, 1987
  • TV-PG
  • 21m
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Bill Cosby, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)
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The Huxtables head to the mall where Clair enters her garden squash in a contest. Theo and Vanessa are in charge of watching Rudy but they lose track of her. Rudy meets a girl her age and th... Read allThe Huxtables head to the mall where Clair enters her garden squash in a contest. Theo and Vanessa are in charge of watching Rudy but they lose track of her. Rudy meets a girl her age and they play together.The Huxtables head to the mall where Clair enters her garden squash in a contest. Theo and Vanessa are in charge of watching Rudy but they lose track of her. Rudy meets a girl her age and they play together.

  • Director
    • Tony Singletary
  • Writers
    • Ed. Weinberger
    • Michael Leeson
    • Bill Cosby
  • Stars
    • Bill Cosby
    • Phylicia Rashad
    • Sabrina Le Beauf
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
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    • Director
      • Tony Singletary
    • Writers
      • Ed. Weinberger
      • Michael Leeson
      • Bill Cosby
    • Stars
      • Bill Cosby
      • Phylicia Rashad
      • Sabrina Le Beauf
    • 2User reviews
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    Bill Cosby
    Bill Cosby
    • Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable
    Phylicia Rashad
    Phylicia Rashad
    • Clair Huxtable
    Sabrina Le Beauf
    Sabrina Le Beauf
    • Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux
    • (credit only)
    Geoffrey Owens
    Geoffrey Owens
    • Elvin Tibideaux
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    Malcolm-Jamal Warner
    Malcolm-Jamal Warner
    • Theo Huxtable
    Tempestt Bledsoe
    Tempestt Bledsoe
    • Vanessa Huxtable
    Keshia Knight Pulliam
    Keshia Knight Pulliam
    • Rudy Huxtable
    Louis Nye
    Louis Nye
    • Norman Kirby
    Marc Hardy
    • Danny Brenner
    Conrad McLaren
    • Judge
    Naoka Nakagawa
    • Kim Ogawa
    Ronald Yamamoto
    • Mr. Ogawa
    Marina Durell
    • Estelle Drake
    • Director
      • Tony Singletary
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      • Ed. Weinberger
      • Michael Leeson
      • Bill Cosby
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    7drexmaverick

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    When Theo and Vanessa get in trouble for Rudy's actions!
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    You won't hear "Poor Rudy" from me.

    Three siblings - Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy - all go against what was expected of them when they were permitted to browse the mall together. Two of them get punished with getting sent to the car. One gets rewarded with getting to go hang out with her friend.

    Theo and Vanessa failed in their responsibility to keep a close eye on Rudy at all times. But Rudy was not a baby. She made the choice to leave her siblings' sides and pet a stranger's dog, failing to first ask permission or make even one of them aware of what she was up to.

    By the way, the disorder Cliff diagnoses in which words get transformed between his kids' ears and brain is evidently hereditary, since he shows signs of it himself. In Cliff's case, he misinterpreted Theo's words "We were watching her; we really were." as "We let her go off on her own because we thought you told us to."

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      The exterior and interior shots of the mall are of Paramus Park located in Paramus, New Jersey

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    • Release date
      • November 19, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • USA
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      • Carsey-Werner Company
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      • 21m
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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