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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

  • TV Series
  • 1972–1985
  • TV-Y7
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.7K
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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)
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The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.

  • Creator
    • Bill Cosby
  • Stars
    • Bill Cosby
    • Gerald Edwards
    • Lou Scheimer
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    • Creator
      • Bill Cosby
    • Stars
      • Bill Cosby
      • Gerald Edwards
      • Lou Scheimer
    • 22User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    • Miss Breyfogle (1972-1978)
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      • Bill Cosby
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    • Trivia
      The characters are based on Bill Cosby and his childhood friends growing up in North Philadelphia. Cosby often talked about his childhood experiences in his earlier stand-up comedy albums.
    • Goofs
      Fat Albert's voice sounds very different in the main show than it does in the opening sequence.
    • Quotes

      [intro to every "Brown Hornet" episode]

      Television Announcer: It's not a bird! It's not a bee! It's the BROWN HORNET...! Last time, as you recall, we left our hero the Brown Hornet and his trusty pal Stinger hopelessly trapped...! Using the Brown Hornet's superpowers, they naturally escaped unharmed! Now we pick up with our heroes as they face an even worse threat...!

    • Connections
      Featured in Saturday Night Live: Bill Paxton/Beck (1999)

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    the best black cartoon of the 1980s

    I remember watching this cartoon in the 4th grade. I had to finish my homework before 5:30 when it came on. Every episode back in the days, they either sang a song at the end of the cartoon or showed the Brown Hornet or Legal Eagle at the beginning of the cartoon. It took them 100 years to bring Fat Albert back. And they just started selling DVDs of SOME Fat Albert episodes. There are still some episodes that I have never seen and some episodes that I haven't seen in 21 years! The movie was nothing like the cartoon. No bickering between Rudy and Russell that we saw every episode of the cartoon. And if anyone saw the movie before seeing the cartoon, they are like school at midnight, "NO CLASS!"
    • leighabc123
    • Aug 31, 2001
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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The New Fat Albert Show
    • Production companies
      • Filmation Associates
      • Bill Cosby
      • CBS Studios
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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