The Cosby Show: Season 5 [DVD]

I believe season five is my favorite season of the series. I especially love the theme song, and it's the most unique theme song from the series. And there were so many hysterical episodes, I especially love the episode "A Room With No View", Vanessa and Rudy have been fighting constantly and they on accidentally damage the roof during a big fight, and as a punishment Cliff decides to make them live in the basement until they learn to get along. And I love "Day of the Locusts", this is my favorite episode that includes Sondra, Sabrina Le Beauf plays Sondra and she did a great job in this episode. And there were also some big changes in season five, in "Out of Brooklyn" Denise decides she wants a job in Africa as a photographer's assistant, and in "The Birth" Sondra finally gives birth to twins. But as we have become accustomed to, there is no bonus material on this set. And the packaging is the same as usual, each disc is placed in a seperate slim case, and also included on the box are the episode titles but no episode descriptions. Below I'll list the episode descriptions for season five just in case someone is interested.Together Again and Again - Airdate: 10/6/1988 - As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College.The Physical - Airdate: 10/131988 - Cliff prepares for a physical.Rudy's All-Nighter - Airdate: 10/20/1988 - Rudy's friend sleeps over, but the two soon begin to argue.Move It - Airdate: 10/27/1988 - Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.Out of Brooklyn - Airdate: 11/3/1987 - Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa as a photographer's assistant.The Birth (Part One) - Airdate: 11/10/1988 - Sondra goes into labor, and meanwhile Elvin is a nervous wreck.The Birth (Part Two) - 11/10/1988 - Sondra gives birth to twins.Cyranoise de Bergington - 11/17/1988 - Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? - Airdate: 12/1/1988 - Vanessa and her friends want to be professional singers.If the Dress Fits, Wear It - Airdate: 1/8/1988 - Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.Is There a Hamster in the House? - Airdate: 12/15/1988 - Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend, but it soon dies of disease, so Cliff decides to try to replace the hamster with a new one.Truth or Consequences - Airdate: 1/5/1989 - Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her boyfriend.Cliff Babysits - Airdate: 1/12/1989 - While the family attends a Michael Jackson concert, Cliff babysits his grandchildren Nelson and Winnie.Mrs. Huxtable Goes to Kindergarten - Airdate: 1/26/1989 - Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled Retrospective.The Lost Weekend - Airdate: 2/2/1989 - With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.No Way, Baby - Airdate: 2/6/1989 - Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients; an expectant teenage mother with no other family.Can I Say Something, Please? - Airdate: 2/9/1989 - Rudy wants to change some of her rules, so Cliff and Clair experiment by letting her stay up as late as she wants.The Dead End Kids Meet Dr. Lotus - Airdate: 2/16/1989 - Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back, but the attempt fails with the ridiculously high prices.The Boys of Winter - Airdate: 2/23/1989 - Cliff's old basketball coach comes to visit.It Comes and Goes - Airdate: 3/9/1989 - Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.Theo's Women - Airdate: 3/16/1989 - After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.Birthday Blues - Airdate: 3/30/1989 - It's Clair's birthday.A Room with No View - Airdate: 4/13/1989 - Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, as a punishment Cliff makes them move into the basement.What He Did for Love - Airdate: 4/17/1989 - Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.Day of the Locusts - Airdate: 5/4/1989 - Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies. Sondra then gets highly upset at both her and Elvin's mother.57 Varieties - Airdate: 5/11/1989 - Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.The Cosby Show Season five is a fantastic season and even though this is only a decent release from Urban Works it's still a highly recommended buy.

Watched the show as a kid. Still love it as an adult.

The quality of the dvds are good so far!!

Hee we are at the fifth Cosby Show go-round. And, if the viewing audience thought things changed the year before, this season brought changes - to the changes. Lisa Bonet has left the cast of A Different World, and her character, Denise Huxtable struggles with dead end jobs and ends up hopping a plane to Africa as a photographer's assistant. (All this to allow her to give birth to her daugher with Lenny Kravitz, Zoe below the radar.) Also, Theo starts his college degree at NYU but neglects to turn in his dorm fee.But, why did I mention that first? The biggest change of all is the arrival of the next generation. At the season's opening, Sondra is nine months pregnant. Not with one child, as everyone thought, but with TWINS, Winnie and Nelson. (Only Sondra, Elvin and their doctor know this one piece of information prior to the birth.) Those two babies bring plenty of fun, drama and surrealistic comedy to the 5th season of The Cosby Show.[Also of note is the re-appearance of Clarice Taylor as Grandma Anna Huxtable; she didn't appear once in Season 4, even though we see plenty of Earl Hyman as Grandpa Russell.]

My husband and I were newly married back in 1984 when this series first aired. Thursday nights were definitely the "must see" TV people talk about primarily due to this show. We rarely missed an episode and when we weren't going to be home, we recorded it on our VCR (remember those?).Fast forward many years and with a daughter added to our family, we bought these in 2007 and watched the first three seasons again. Earlier this year, we pulled out season 1 and laughed our way through it and are continuing on through the rest of the seasons. My daughter is 17, my husband 55, and I am 50 -- a wide range of ages and yet all of us are laughing from beginning to end and appreciating what a comic genius Bill Cosby is. The cast is incredible, the characters full of quirks and personality, the writing is stupendous.If you haven't seen these before and are looking for good, clean fun give them a try. If you saw these years ago, give them another go since this is definitely a series that has stood the test of time.

Why I gave my review this title? Cause honestly I don't remember seing it depressingly funny the first time around. & I mean when it first came out & when I wtached the rerun too.When i bought the dvd set & watched episode by episode,my GOD it was depressing,probably because of the fact that I was depress I manage to identify myself with Lisa Bonet's character. Or the pains of growing up & dealing with it in Vanessa & Rudy's case. Or the fact that Cliff & Clair were counting down how many kids were left in thw house & many were out. Or the fact that Sondra & Elvin dropped college to open a wilderness business.But honestly the whole season I found it depressing but it never lost that COSBY SHOW touch! So it was funny & family oriented as usual.

I have seasons 3,5,6 & 7 so far and I think this one is the best yet! I love them all, but this one is by far the funniest! Bill is wonderful and I just roar when Phylicia Rashad gets mad at the kids. I can relate, I have 3 kids! Besides being a joy for me to watch this is also fun for the kids and I don't have to worry about any inappropriate scenes. I highly recommend The Cosby show to adults and children, you'll love it!

Been a big fan of Cosby for so many years. The Cosby Show was always a happy fun moral and good show, wish we had those kinds of shows now, So much of today's shows are garbage! All about sex with friends, and more sex sex and sex! UGH. So many great shows have been either canceled after only a few episodes that have come out and gone in a flash, WHY??? Cosby will always be the best family oriented with good morals! LOVE IT!

Absolutely love the cosby show! And this season doesn't disappoint! I recommend all seasons of the cosby show, a classic!

Really funny great entertainment

Die Cosby-Show ist wie (meistens) einfach eine gute, sehr humorvolle Unterhaltung. Sie zeigt alle möglichen Facetten einer oberen Mittelschicht-Familie, in der die Moral manchmal fast altmodisch anmutend daher kommt, aber nichts desto trotz giert man schier nach diesen geregelten und liebevollen "Lektionen" durch Vater Cliff und Mutter Claire. Bill Cosby ist einzigartig mit seiner Mimik und seinem Humor!Selbst wenn mir ganz klar ist, dass die romantische und äußerst liebevolle und aufmerksame Art, wie Cliff und Claire auch nach 23 Jahren Ehe noch miteinander umgehen, eher nicht der Realität entspricht (zumindest kenne ich niemanden...), ist es immer wieder ein seelisches Ölbad, die beiden gemeinsam zu sehen. Dieses Paar wäre doch mal ein echtes Vorbild...Ebenso schmunzelt mein Mutterherz jedesmal, wenn die Kinder bereits nach der ersten Aufforderung ohne Gemotze das tun, was die Eltern von ihnen verlangen...Diese Serie vereint bei mir zuhause meinen 18-jährigen Sohn, meine 14-jährige Tochter und mich einstimmig vor dem Fernseher.Mein Fazit:Wirklich gute Unterhaltung, die man immer wieder gerne sieht.

Ich liebe diese Serie. In meiner Kindheit habe ich diese Serie immer nachmittags geguckt. Auch jetzt noch finde ich sie absolut großartig. Ich persönlich finde den Originalton der auf der DVD drauf ist besser als die Synchronisation. ich kann mir die deutsche Fassung nicht mehr anhören, da ich mich so an die Original-Stimmen der Schauspieler gewöhnt habe. In der englischen Version ist die Serie sogar noch lustiger. Kann ich mir sicher noch anschauen, wenn ich eine Oma mit Enkelkindern bin. Super Familienserie. Wird niemals aus der Mode kommen.

So happy that I was able to purchase this on Amazon...went to numerous stores and could not find it. It was purchased as a gift. Only stressful thing was that the product arrived on the last day that it was expected to. I was worried that the product was not going to arrive on time, but it did (just).