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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Premier :: 1972-09-01

on CBS

Genre :: Animation
9/10


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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 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 longe

Latest Episode

Series 7 - Episode 20 - Film Follies
Aired - 19 January 1985

Episode summary:

The gang enters a kids film festival where they can make their own movie and submit it for a chance to win a cash prize. They decide to make a film on the Brown Hornet with Rudy directing. A number of mishaps occur during the making of the movie, which gets Rudy frustrated with the rest of the gang. Mudfoot advises him that if he treats them more kindly, he'll get better results. Rudy returns to finish directing, indeed putting on his kinder face. They become suspicious of what he's up to and find out for sure on the night of the film contest. Rudy plans to give a speech putting down the gang's bad efforts, calling them amateurs. Surprisingly, the Brown Hornet film wins and before Rudy goes on stage to accept the trophy, Fat Albert tells him it was a full team effort. Rudy has a change of heart and complements the rest of the gang, apologizing for the way he acted before. They all come out on stage with him as they join in their victory together.

Watch Episodes Online - Episode Guide

+ Series 7

+ Episode - 23 Cosby's Classics Aired - 29 September 1984
+ Episode - 20 Film Follies Aired - 19 January 1985
+ Episode - 19 Teenage Mom Aired - 12 January 1985
+ Episode - 18 Kiss and Tell Aired - 05 January 1985
+ Episode - 17 Second Chance Aired - 29 December 1984
+ Episode - 16 The Joker Aired - 22 December 1984
+ Episode - 15 Love Live the Queen Aired - 15 December 1984
+ Episode - 14 You Gotta Have Art Aired - 08 December 1984
+ Episode - 13 Video Mania Aired - 01 December 1984
+ Episode - 12 The Runner Aired - 24 November 1984
+ Episode - 11 Never Say Never Aired - 17 November 1984
+ Episode - 10 It All Ads Up Aired - 10 November 1984
+ Episode - 9 Busted Aired - 03 November 1984
+ Episode - 7 Sinister Stranger Aired - 20 October 1984
+ Episode - 6 Rebop for Bebop Aired - 13 October 1984
+ Episode - 4 Watch That First Step Aired - 15 September 1984
+ Episode - 3 The Double Cross Aired - Air date unknown.
+ Episode - 2 Two By Two Aired - Air date unknown.
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Release Date:
2005-03-08

Publisher:
Urban Works

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2004-12-14

Publisher:
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Buy Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1

Release Date:
2005-03-08

Publisher:
Urban Works

The Original Animated Series, Vol. 1 (with Bonus CD) poster

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