Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Name: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Genre: Comedy, Animation, Kids
Released: September 9, 1972

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Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids

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CBS | Release Date: September 9, 1972

Summary: Live action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's '60s stand up comedy monologues about his childhood.
The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons learnedLive action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's '60s stand up comedy monologues about his childhood.
The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons learned by Albert and his friends. Topics ranged from social issues to personal introspection and were blended with humor and music. Among the many great characters that inhabited Fat Albert's world were Rudy, Mushmouth, Donald, Bill, Weird Harold and Russell.
In 1979 the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment called The Brown Hornet, a send-up of superhero cartoons starring a larger-than-life African-American crime fighter in outer space.

In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby kids. It ended the same year.

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids enjoyed one of the longest careers in Saturday morning cartoon history.

There are plans to release the whole series on DVD over the course of 2005.

Theme song
"Hey, hey, hey! It's Fat Albert!"
And I'm gonna sing a song for you
And Bill's gonna show you a thing or two
You'll have some fun now with me and all the gang
Learning from each other
While we do our thing
Nah, nah, nah -- gonna have a good time (hey, hey, hey!)
Nah, nah, nah -- gonna have a good time

"This is Bill Cosby coming atcha with music and fun
And if you're not careful, you may learn something before it's done! (1984 version: So get ready)
Hey, hey, hey!"

Nah, nah, nah -- gonna have a good time
Nah, nah, nah -- gonna have a good time
Nah, nah, nah -- gonna have a good time… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Kids

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S8:E50. Attitude of Gratitude
Air Date: August 10, 1985
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S8:E49. No News Is Good News
Air Date: August 3, 1985
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S8:E48. Say Uncle
Air Date: July 27, 1985

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Stumble_James69

Sep 12, 2023

Peak fiction this series saved my life and brought back my wife and kids also fat albert is canonically the strongest character in fiction wouhouuuu

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: September 1, 1984
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  S8:E50. Attitude of Gratitude
  Air Date: August 10, 1985
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  S8:E49. No News Is Good News
  Air Date: August 3, 1985
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  S8:E48. Say Uncle
  Air Date: July 27, 1985
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  S8:E47. Cable Caper
  Air Date: July 20, 1985
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  S8:E46. Write On
  Air Date: July 13, 1985
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  S8:E45. Faking the Grade
  Air Date: July 6, 1985
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  S8:E44. Wheeler
  Air Date: June 29, 1985
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  S8:E43. Rudy and the Beast
  Air Date: June 22, 1985
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  S8:E42. Painting the Town
  Air Date: June 15, 1985
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  S8:E41. Superdudes
  Air Date: June 8, 1985
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  S8:E40. We All Scream for Ice Cream
  Air Date: June 1, 1985
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  S8:E39. Computer Caper
  Air Date: May 25, 1985
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  S8:E38. Gang Wars
  Air Date: May 18, 1985
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  S8:E37. Amiss With Amish
  Air Date: May 11, 1985
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  S8:E36. You Don't Say
  Air Date: May 4, 1985
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  S8:E35. The Jinx
  Air Date: April 27, 1985
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  S8:E34. Not So Loud
  Air Date: April 20, 1985
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  S8:E33. No Place Like Home
  Air Date: April 13, 1985
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  S8:E32. Hot Wheels
  Air Date: April 6, 1985
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  S8:E31. Double or Nothing
  Air Date: March 30, 1985
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  S8:E30. The Birds, the Bees and Dumb Donald
  Air Date: March 23, 1985
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  S8:E29. Rules Is Cool
  Air Date: March 16, 1985
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  S8:E28. What's the ID?
  Air Date: March 9, 1985
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  S8:E27. Three Strikes and You're In
  Air Date: March 2, 1985
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  S8:E26. Funny Business
  Air Date: February 23, 1985
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  S8:E25. Call of the Wild
  Air Date: February 16, 1985
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  S8:E24. Millionaire Madness
  Air Date: February 9, 1985
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  S8:E23. The Whiskey Kid
  Air Date: February 2, 1985
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  S8:E22. Read Baby Read
  Air Date: January 26, 1985
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  S8:E21. Harvest Moon
  Air Date: January 19, 1985
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  S8:E20. Film Follies
  Air Date: January 12, 1985
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  S8:E19. Teenage Mom
  Air Date: January 5, 1985
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  S8:E18. Kiss and Tell
  Air Date: December 29, 1984
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  S8:E17. Second Chance
  Air Date: December 22, 1984
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  S8:E16. The Joker
  Air Date: December 15, 1984
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  S8:E15. Long Live the Queen
  Air Date: December 8, 1984
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  S8:E14. You Gotta Have Art
  Air Date: December 1, 1984
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  S8:E13. Video Mania
  Air Date: November 24, 1984
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  S8:E12. The Runner
  Air Date: November 17, 1984
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  S8:E11. Don't Call Us
  Air Date: November 10, 1984
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  S8:E10. Never Say Never
  Air Date: November 3, 1984
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  S8:E9. It All Ads Up
  Air Date: October 27, 1984
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  S8:E8. Busted
  Air Date: October 20, 1984
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  S8:E7. Handwriting on the Wall
  Air Date: October 13, 1984
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  S8:E6. Sinister Stranger
  Air Date: October 6, 1984
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  S8:E5. Rebop for Bebop
  Air Date: September 29, 1984
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  S8:E4. Justice Good as Ever
  Air Date: September 22, 1984
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  S8:E3. Cosby's Classics
  Air Date: September 15, 1984
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  S8:E2. Watch Thy Neighborhood
  Air Date: September 8, 1984
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  S8:E1. Have a Heart
  Air Date: September 1, 1984
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 6, 1981
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 7, 1980
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 8, 1979
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 11, 1976
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 6, 1975
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 8, 1973
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 1972