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Premier :: 1972-09-01

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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

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+ Series 6

+ Episode 16 -
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+ Episode 15 -
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+ Episode 14 -
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+ Episode 13 - Watch That First Step
Aired - 16 September 1981

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Marcus, a new kid, tries to hide his father's alcoholism from the gang, but his secret is revealed when his father is drunk at a father-son football game. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 12 - Water We Waiting For
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Fat Albert and the gang, along with some other youngsters from Philadelphia, are being bused to the beach at Cedar Lake. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 11 - Parking Dog
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Fat Albert has doubts about the ability of his friends Cosgrove and Doreen to accept the responsibility of owning a new puppy. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - The Double Cross
Aired - 14 September 1981

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Fat Albert loses a friend to a racist group called Double Cross, but his heroic actions make her question her new ideas. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - Two by Two
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Fat Albert's teenage friends want to drop out of school and get married -- until they meet Mudfoot. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - The New Father
Aired - 13 September 1981

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Upset that her mom is remarrying, Buffy runs away to an old amusement park. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - Habla Espanol
Aired - 09 June 1981

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Rudy ridicules a shy Mexican-American classmate for her halting English, prompting Miss Wucher to announce a project aimed at illustrating that they all have a heritage of which to be proud. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - Pot of Gold
Aired - Air date unknown.

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After being tempted by a drug dealer, the kids realize that a smart classmate is failing because she has been smoking marijuana No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Heads or Trails
Aired - 10 December 1980

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Weird Harold's gambling habit gets the whole gang angry at him when he convinces them to get on a losing racehorse. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Good Ol' Dudes
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Richard's bad habit of "borrowing" his uncle's car gets him in trouble when he extends his habit to a neighbor's vehicle. Fat Albert reminds the kids of Brown Hornet's view of joyriding No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Easy Pickin's
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Two free-spending kids impress the gang until Fat Albert learns that they get their money by stealing. He helps them learn that theft hurts everyone -- including themselves. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - The Rainbow
Aired - Air date unknown.

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A white girl won't play with a boy from a biracial marriage, but when danger threatens them both, Fat Albert steps in with a message from the Brown Hornet No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - Pain, Pain, Go Away
Aired - Air date unknown.

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Fat Albert tells Darrell's parents that Darrell is always too exhausted to play and has a swollen neck. Darrell's parents take him to the doctor, and he's diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease, but because it's found early, Darrell will be all right. Darrell is, at first, mad because Fat Albert tells his parents something that he tries to keep private, but Fat Albert's action saves Darrell's life. Add your review
+ Series 5

+ Episode 11 - Little Girl Found
Aired - 06 November 1982

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Greta is a Teenage Runaway who steals the Gangs television and gets into more trouble. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - The Gunslinger
Aired - 25 October 1980

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Shawn gets a hold of his father's hidden gun showing it off to the Gang. The Cosby Kids are impressed with Shawn having a gun but not Fat Albert... No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - The Secret
Aired - 13 September 1980

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Beau and Francie are brother and sister. Out of nowhere Beau lets out a personal secret telling Francie she's adopted that stuns her and Fat Albert and his friends. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - Soft Core
Aired - 27 October 1979

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Rudy's friend Dustin gives Fat Albert and his friends the wrong sources on sex education. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - Free Ride
Aired - 20 October 1979

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Dumb Donald starts cheating in school to get better grades. He soon finds out the consequences. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - The Mainstream
Aired - 13 October 1979

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A neighborhood band challenges Fat Albert and his friends to a competition, the winner gets the clubhouse. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Poll Time
Aired - 06 October 1979

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2 Candidates in the school election, Hugo and Baron, both of different color, play race politics until Fat Albert and the gang come up with an alternative No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Sweet Sorrow
Aired - 29 September 1979

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Fat Albert's ice skating friend, Roberta, offers to help the kids with their ""hockey skills""(if you can call it that). Unfortunately, she seems troubled by other things on her mind. Her parents are getting divorced, so she takes her anger out on the team. She finally learns it's not her fault that their getting divorced. Roberta also learns she can enjoy both of her parents without having to enjoy them at the same time. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Spare the Rod
Aired - 22 September 1979

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Mr. Tyrone wants to sell the junkyard, which could spell the end for Fat Albert and the Gang's clubhouse. Can they convince him to keep it. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - The Dancer
Aired - 15 September 1979

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Fat Albert and the gang meet a new kid, who is in dance class. Fat Albert joins the class and finds out he's not so graceful. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - In My Merry Busmobile
Aired - 08 September 1979

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The gang is bussed to an integrated school, finding it difficult to make new friends. Add your review
+ Series 4

+ Episode 11 - Junk Food
Aired - 30 October 1976

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Slim and Fat Albert eat too much junk food. Fat Albert decides to start eating healthy, but Slim continues to eat junk food and it slows him down. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - The Shuttered Window
Aired - 23 October 1976

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Undines Uncle passes away and has a hard time accepting death. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - TV or Not TV
Aired - 16 October 1976

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Monroe spends all his time watching Tv that he lets it ruin his life. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - Junk Food
Aired - 30 October 1976

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Slim and Fat Albert eat too much junk food. Fat Albert decides to start eating healthy, but Slim continues to eat junk food and it slows him down. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - The Shuttered Window
Aired - 23 October 1976

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Undines Uncle passes away and has a hard time accepting death. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - TV or Not TV
Aired - 16 October 1976

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Monroe spends all his time watching Tv that he lets it ruin his life. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Little Business
Aired - 09 October 1976

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The Gang goes into business so they can win a bike but then get tricked. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Suede Simpson
Aired - 02 October 1976

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Suede Simpson looks good but smells bad. Fat Albert and Russell have to tell Suede Simpson that it's important to keep yourself clean. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Readin', Ritin' and Rudy
Aired - 25 September 1976

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Rudy can't stand school and his teacher so he drops out.Then Mudfoot talks to him about how Important it is to be in school and thanks him. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - What Say?
Aired - 18 September 1976

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Rudy likes Shanna but can't get her attention. The gang thinks Shanna's stuck up until Fat Albert tells them Shanna has a hearing problem and understand. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - Smoke Gets In Your Hair
Aired - 11 September 1976

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The Cosby Kids smoke to be cool and Fat Albert is against it. The Gang learns that smoking isn't cool at all. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 0 -
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Series 3

+ Episode 6 - Little Tough Guy
Aired - 11 October 1975

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Dwayne is the new kid in school with a foot problem and Fat Albert and the Gang try to hide it. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - The Animal Lover
Aired - 04 October 1975

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Dulcie lets her dog Sanford free with no leash or collar. Fat Albert and the Gang are so upset that Dulcie doesn't care what happens to her dog. Sanford gets taken to the pound. Dulcie gets Sanford back then she tells her dog to chase the gang around town. She gets bit by another dog who may have rabies. The gang searched for the other dog who bit dulcie right away to have the dog checked out. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Take Two, They're Small
Aired - 27 September 1975

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Fat Albert's cousin, Justin, starts shoplifting. Harlow is a thief who tricked Justin into stealing. Justin realized it was wrong and helped the gang turn him into the police. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Fat Albert Meets Dan Cupid
Aired - 20 September 1975

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Fat Albert falls in love but is afraid to admit and the gang picks on him. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Ounce Of Prevention
Aired - 13 September 1975

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The gang tries to help Lucius, who has a problem with alcohol. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - The Fuzz
Aired - 06 September 1975

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A guy named Parker has no respect for people in a uniform. Add your review
+ Series 2

+ Episode 8 - Sign Off
Aired - 27 October 1973

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Cool Roy thinks it's awesome to move and change signs. Fat Albert tells him it's dangerous. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - How the West Was Lost
Aired - 20 October 1973

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - Mom Or Pop
Aired - 13 October 1973

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Flora's parents get a divorce. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - What Does Dad Do?
Aired - 06 October 1973

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - The Newcomer
Aired - 29 September 1973

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Mister Big Time
Aired - 22 September 1973

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Fat Albert turns Muggles into the police for selling drugs. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Smart Kid
Aired - 15 September 1973

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - The Bully
Aired - 08 September 1973

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Slappy bullies the gang (when Fat Albert's not around) to get attention. Add your review
+ Series 1

+ Episode 14 - Stagefright
Aired - 09 December 1972

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Fat Albert and the Gang perform in front of an audience and get stage fright. The Gang realized that It's Important to speak up when you're in front of others. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 13 - The Tomboy
Aired - 02 December 1972

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A new Girl named Penny comes to town and tags along with Fat Albert and the Gang playing sports with them. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 12 - Four Eyes
Aired - 25 November 1972

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Heywood is the clumsiest person who can't see anything. Once Heywood got his glasses, the gang wanted to be just like him. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 11 - The Prankster
Aired - 18 November 1972

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Otis becomes the coolest kid on the block with his pranks that he doesn't care who he hurts. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - The Hero
Aired - 11 November 1972

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The Gang looks up to Scrap Iron because he's cool then gets them busted and realize he's not a hero. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - Begging Benny
Aired - 04 November 1972

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Fat Albert's Cousin Benny comes to visit and mistreats all his friends. In the long run he learns what a real friend is all about. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - The Hospital
Aired - 28 October 1972

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Russell has a physical with the school doctor and learns he needs to have a tonsilectomy. In the process, it is discovered that Bill needs one, too. Thinking the operation will take their lives away, they give all their favorite posessions to their friends, only to find that they will pull through. They also find out that they will get ice cream afterwards and learn that it won't be so bad after all. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - Playing Hookey
Aired - 21 October 1972

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Fat Albert and the Gang think school is nothing but a waist of time so they decide to play hookey the next day. Dumb Donald told the gang he was going to school and thought he was joking but got made fun of and kept walking. Fat Albert and his friends had so much playing hookey knowing they wouldn't get caught.Later on that evening the Junkyard Gang met two homeless bums who didn't go to school telling them that if they didn't finish their education you won't be able to read and write letters. The Gang decide to stay in school realizing it's cool. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - Moving
Aired - 14 October 1972

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Fat Albert recieves news that he's moving away and the gang kicked him out of the club. The Cosby Kids missed Fat Albert so much that all they wanted was their friend back. Fat Albert moved around the corner in his neighborhood. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Fish Out Of Water
Aired - 07 October 1972

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The Gang goes to Camp Green Lane for the Summer meeting people that are different from them. Fat Albert and the gang learned meeting new people is cool. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Creativity
Aired - 30 September 1972

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The origin of the Junkyard Band. The gang tries doing odd jobs for money but they only made enough money to buy a broken drumstick but then they realize they could make their own instruments. Fat Albert makes an instrument out of an old radiator, a funnel, and a big potato bag. Bill makes a set of drums out of trash cans as well as turning old tin cans into chimes for Russell. Weird Harold turns a bed frame into a harp. Dumb Donald creates a trombone out of pipes and a horn from a grammaphone. Mushmouth takes an old bird cage and makes his own guitar. Bucky puts big pipes together to make an organ. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - The Stranger
Aired - 23 September 1972

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Fat Albert and the gang meet a new girl from the south. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - The Runt
Aired - 16 September 1972

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Fat Albert and the Gang meet a guy named Pee Wee who's very small that he feels left out of everything. The Gang and Pee Wee learned that It's not your size that matters but being who you are that counts. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - Lying
Aired - 09 September 1972

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Edward tells stories about wrestling with alligators. Fat Albert and the gang realize that Edward has been lying to them about everything and gets caught at the end. Add your review
+ Series Specials

+ Episode 3 - Fat Albert Easter Special
Aired - 03 April 1982

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Fat Albert Halloween Special
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Episode 1 - Fat Albert Christmas Special
Aired - 18 December 1977

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Fat Albert and his friends fight to save their junkyard clubhouse from demolition while also working on a Christmas pageant. No Reviews. Add your review

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