Series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
AnimationComedy
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972 and ran until 1985. The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Albert, and his friends. The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments, and in early episodes the gang would usually gather in their North Philadelphia junkyard to play a rock song on their cobbled-together instruments at the end of the show.
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Seasons & episodes
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1Lying9 Sept 1972 · 30mEdward tells stories about wrestling with alligators. Fat Albert and the gang realize that Edward has been lying to them about everything and gets caught at the end.
2The Runt16 Sept 1972 · 30mFat Albert and the Gang meet a guy named Pee Wee who's very small that he feels left out of everything. The Gang and Pee Wee learned that It's not your size that matters but being who you are that counts.
3The Stranger23 Sept 1972 · 30mFat Albert and the gang meet a new girl from the south.
4Creativity30 Sept 1972 · 30mThe origin of the Junkyard Band. The gang tries doing odd jobs for money but they only made enough money to buy a broken drumstick but then they realize they could make their own instruments. Fat Albert makes an instrument out of an old radiator, a funnel, and a big potato bag. Bill makes a set of drums out of trash cans as well as turning old tin cans into chimes for Russell. Weird Harold turns a bed frame into a harp. Dumb Donald creates a trombone out of pipes and a horn from a grammaphone. Mushmouth takes an old bird cage and makes his own guitar. Bucky puts big pipes together to make an organ.
5Fish Out Of Water7 Oct 1972 · 30mThe Gang goes to Camp Green Lane for the Summer meeting people that are different from them. Fat Albert and the gang learned meeting new people is cool.
6Moving14 Oct 1972 · 30mFat Albert recieves news that he's moving away and the gang kicked him out of the club. The Cosby Kids missed Fat Albert so much that all they wanted was their friend back. Fat Albert moved around the corner in his neighborhood.
7Playing Hookey21 Oct 1972 · 30mFat Albert and the Gang think school is nothing but a waist of time so they decide to play hookey the next day. Dumb Donald told the gang he was going to school and thought he was joking but got made fun of and kept walking. Fat Albert and his friends had so much playing hookey knowing they wouldn't get caught.Later on that evening the Junkyard Gang met two homeless bums who didn't go to school telling them that if they didn't finish their education you won't be able to read and write letters. The Gang decide to stay in school realizing it's cool.
8The Hospital28 Oct 1972 · 30mRussell has a physical with the school doctor and learns he needs to have a tonsilectomy. In the process, it is discovered that Bill needs one, too. Thinking the operation will take their lives away, they give all their favorite posessions to their friends, only to find that they will pull through. They also find out that they will get ice cream afterwards and learn that it won't be so bad after all.
9Begging Benny4 Nov 1972 · 30mFat Albert's Cousin Benny comes to visit and mistreats all his friends. In the long run he learns what a real friend is all about.
10The Hero11 Nov 1972 · 30mThe Gang looks up to Scrap Iron because he's cool then gets them busted and realize he's not a hero.
11The Prankster18 Nov 1972 · 30mOtis becomes the coolest kid on the block with his pranks that he doesn't care who he hurts.
12Four Eyes25 Nov 1972 · 30mHeywood is the clumsiest person who can't see anything. Once Heywood got his glasses, the gang wanted to be just like him.
13The Tomboy2 Dec 1972 · 30mA new Girl named Penny comes to town and tags along with Fat Albert and the Gang playing sports with them.
14Stagefright9 Dec 1972 · 30mFat Albert and the Gang perform in front of an audience and get stage fright. The Gang realized that It's Important to speak up when you're in front of others.
Details
- Created by
- Bill Cosby, Ken Mundie
- First aired
- 9 Sept 1972
- Last aired
- 10 Aug 1985
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- CBS
- Episodes
- 110
- Votes
- 37 on TMDB
Cast
Bill CosbyBill Cosby- Bill CosbyFat Albert Robertson
Erika Scheimer
Lou ScheimerDumb Donald- EEric SuterRudy Davis
- JJan CrawfordRussell Cosby
- Bill CosbyMushmouth
- JJan CrawfordBucky
- GGerald EdwardsWeird Harold
