About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. The Bully
Aired 8 September 1973 • 30 min
Slappy bullies the gang (when Fat Albert's not around) to get attention.
2. Smart Kid
Aired 15 September 1973 • 30 min
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.
3. Mister Big Time
Aired 22 September 1973 • 30 min
Fat Albert turns Muggles into the police for selling drugs.
4. The Newcomer
Aired 29 September 1973 • 30 min
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.
5. What Does Dad Do?
Aired 6 October 1973 • 30 min
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.
6. Mom Or Pop
Aired 13 October 1973 • 30 min
Flora's parents get a divorce.
7. How the West Was Lost
Aired 20 October 1973 • 30 min
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.
8. Sign Off
Aired 27 October 1973 • 30 min
Cool Roy thinks it's awesome to move and change signs. Fat Albert tells him it's dangerous.