Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

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.

First Air Date: 1972-09-09

Last Air Date: 1985-08-10

Number of Seasons: 8

Number of Episodes: 110

Created By: Bill Cosby, Ken Mundie

Networks: CBS

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Top Cast

Bill Cosby as Fat Albert Robertson
Jan Crawford as Bucky
Erika Scheimer as N/A
Lou Scheimer as Dumb Donald
Eric Suter as Rudy Davis
Gerald Edwards as Weird Harold

Seasons

Specials (1977) - (3 Episodes)

Season 1 (1972) - (14 Episodes)

Season 2 (1973) - (8 Episodes)

Season 3 (1975) - (6 Episodes)

Season 4 (1976) - (8 Episodes)

Season 5 (1979) - (8 Episodes)

Season 6 (1980) - (8 Episodes)

Season 7 (1981) - (8 Episodes)

Season 8 (1984) - (50 Episodes)

Specials (1977)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Fat Albert Christmas Special (1977-12-18)

Fat Albert and his friends fight to save their junkyard clubhouse from demolition while also working on a Christmas pageant.
Ep. 2: Fat Albert Halloween Special

After a night filled with more tricking than treating, Rudy and his friend Devery plan one last prank for spooky Mrs. Bakewell. But when two of the kids disappear into the old widow's house, Fat Albert and the crew set out to find their missing friends.
Ep. 3: Fat Albert Easter Special (1982-04-03)

Fat Albert and the gang lends a helping hand out to their old friend, Mudfoot, but Rudy decides to play a little joke on the gang which goes haywire when Mudfoot get hurt and is sent to the hospital. This incident puts Rudy in a horrible situation with the gang.