Goodbye Mr. Fish

"Goodbye Mr. Fish"
The Cosby Show episode
The Huxtable family attends a bathroom funeral for Rudy's pet goldfish, Lamont.
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 2
Directed byJay Sandrich
Written byEarl Pomerantz
Production code0102
Original air dateSeptember 27, 1984 (1984-09-27)
Running time24:08
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"Goodbye Mr. Fish"[1] or sometimes "Good-bye Mr. Fish",[2] "Goodbye, Mr. Fish"[3] or just "Mr. Fish"[3] is the second episode of the first season of the American sitcom The Cosby Show. The episode was directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Earl Pomerantz. "Goodbye Mr. Fish" originally aired in the United States on NBC on Thursday September 27, 1984, at 8:00 PM Eastern time.

The episode focuses on the death of Rudy's pet goldfish, which was difficult to explain to her and difficult for her to deal with. The episode was a critical and commercial success, achieving both high ratings and positive critical feedback. Its viewer ratings placed it third for the opening week of the 1984–85 United States network television season and it earned Primetime Emmy Award and Writers Guild Award nominations for its writing.

Several critics either describe this as the most memorable episode of the series or mention it first when describing the series' memorable episodes. Other critics as well as Bill Cosby include it on short lists of series highlights. Clips of this episode are included in the season 4 two-part "Looking Back" episode.

  1. ^ "The Cosby Show 1984-1991 TV-G Seasons 1-8". Netflix. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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  3. ^ a b "Mr. Fish (a.k.a. Goodbye, Mr. Fish)". TV.com. Retrieved May 8, 2012.