Episode 1
The Bully
30m
Slappy bullies the gang (when Fat Albert's not around) to get attention.
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TV series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972TV-PG8 seasons6.7 / 10
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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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids premiered September 9, 1972. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
Season 2 episodes
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Episode 2
Smart Kid
30m
Thurmond is the smartest kid in school who loves to study but is terrible at sports. Thurmond shows Fat Albert and the Gang that studying is cool and they show him how to improve in sports.
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Episode 3
Mister Big Time
30m
Fat Albert turns Muggles into the police for selling drugs.
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Episode 4
The Newcomer
30m
Dumb Donald gets the shock of his life when his parents tell him that they're going to have another baby, and this news isn't sitting well with Donald at all. The gang tries to help smooth things over for Donald. When Donald's new baby sister finally arrives, he learns to cope with sharing his room and life with her.
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Episode 5
What Does Dad Do?
30m
The Gang makes up stories about what their Dads do and get busted. Mrs Breyfoglye suggest that the gang goes to work with their Dads for a day.
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Episode 7
How the West Was Lost
30m
Johnny is a new kid who's an American Indian from Arizona. The gang thinks that because Johnny's Indian that he can make a rain storm and do other tricks. Mudfoot tells the gang a fake story about him to show them how foolish they were being.
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Episode 8
Sign Off
30mfinale
Cool Roy thinks it's awesome to move and change signs. Fat Albert tells him it's dangerous.
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More about Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Cast
Bill CosbyMushmouth
Erika Scheimer
Lou ScheimerDumb DonaldEric SuterRudy Davis
Jan CrawfordRussell Cosby
Gerald EdwardsWeird Harold
Credits
- Created by
- Bill Cosby, Ken Mundie
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 110
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
CBSUnited States