Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

September 9, 1972

Last aired

August 10, 1985

Episodes

151

Network

CBS

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Creators

Bill Cosby, Ken Mundie