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The Cosby Show Season 1 Episode 20

Back to the Track, Jack

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AIRED: 2/28/85

Cliff's college track coach recruits him to join the members of his old mile relay team for a grudge match against the Norton University team, who handed Cliff the only defeat of his career. Cliff made up a twenty-yard deficit on his anchor leg, but Norton's Tailwind Turner bumped him across the track and kept him from passing. Cliff struggles in his training and concludes that he cannot get in shape in time for the race. He changes his mind after Turner calls him up and taunts him. Cliff gets the baton with the lead, and gets revenge on Tailwind by bumping him to prevent him from passing. The race ends in a tie. An exhausted Cliff enjoys the praise of his family, but wonders if he'll ever be able to move again.moreless

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Lisa Bonet	Denise Huxtable
Bill Cosby	Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable
Keshia Knight Pulliam	Rudy Huxtable
Phylicia Rashad	Clair Huxtable
Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Theo Huxtable
Tempestt Bledsoe	Vanessa Huxtable

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Al Freeman Jr.	Coach Ernie Scott	Guest Star
Joshua Culbreath	Col. Sanford B. "Tailwind" Turner	Guest Star
Dhamiri Abayomi	Himself	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Goof: When race ends and the kids are cheering, you can hear Denise call Cliff "Bill" instead of "Dad".
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- For guys who ran college track they sure don't receive the baton very well. Even I know the correct technique.
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QUOTES (1)
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- Ernie: How much did you weigh in college?
  Cliff: A hundred and sixty-five.
  Ernie: And how much do you weigh now?
  Cliff: A hundred and sixty-five.
  Ernie: With your clothes on!
  Cliff: 206.
  Ernie: Whoa!
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NOTES (4)
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- Tempestt Bledsoe said that this episode was one of her favorites.
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- The scene when Cliff is training at the gym is a musical montage. This is the first time this happens on The Cosby Show.
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- The end credits of this episode feature slowed footage of the racing scene.
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- Josh Culbreath was a gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Coach Scott tells Cliff that the "masters track meet" will be held at the Meadowlands. The Meadowlands is an sports district in East Rutherford, New Jersey, that includes an outdoor NFL football stadium (for the New York Jets and Giants) and an indoor facility primarily used for NBA basketball's New Jersey Nets. Since the clips of the race in this episode were indoors, it should be inferred that it was held in the basketball arena and had been converted for Track.
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