Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)

Animation · Comedy · Family

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.

IMDb rating: 6.7 (2,829 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

7.57 avg 14 episodes 7.6 → 7.1 20 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lying	7.6	30
2	The Runt	7.7	21
3	The Stranger	7.3	20
4	Creativity	7.8	19
5	Fish Out of Water	7.1	23
6	Moving	7.3	21
7	Playing Hookey	7.9	21
8	The Hospital	7.2	17
9	Beggin' Benny	8.1	18
10	The Hero: Cool or Fool?	7.6	18
11	The Prankster	7.0	18
12	Four Eyes	8.4	16
13	The Tomboy	7.9	19
14	Stagefright	7.1	19

Season 2 (1973)

8.22 avg 5 episodes 8.2 → 7.5 21 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Bully'	8.2	15
3	Mister Big Timer	8.6	20
5	Dad's Job	8.8	16
7	How the West Was Lost	8.0	16
8	Sign Off	7.5	18

Season 4 (1976)

8.10 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 8.0 22 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Smoke Gets in Your Hair	8.2	16
4	Suede Simpson	7.8	16
7	The Shuttered Window	8.4	15
8	Junk Food	8.0	15