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14 episodes

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Season 1

First aired Sep 9, 1972Season 1

Browse all 14 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Lying

NR
Sep 9, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 2

The Runt

NR
Sep 16, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 3

The Stranger

NR
Sep 23, 197230 min

Fat Albert and the gang meet a new girl from the south.

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Episode 4

Creativity

NR
Sep 30, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 5

Fish Out Of Water

NR
Oct 7, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 6

Moving

NR
Oct 14, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 7

Playing Hookey

NR
Oct 21, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 8

The Hospital

NR
Oct 28, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 9

Begging Benny

NR
Nov 4, 197230 min

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.

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Episode 10

The Hero

NR
Nov 11, 197230 min

The Gang looks up to Scrap Iron because he's cool then gets them busted and realize he's not a hero.

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Episode 11

The Prankster

NR
Nov 18, 197230 min

Otis becomes the coolest kid on the block with his pranks that he doesn't care who he hurts.

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Episode 12

Four Eyes

NR
Nov 25, 197230 min

Heywood is the clumsiest person who can't see anything. Once Heywood got his glasses, the gang wanted to be just like him.

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Episode 13

The Tomboy

NR
Dec 2, 197230 min

A new Girl named Penny comes to town and tags along with Fat Albert and the Gang playing sports with them.

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Episode 14

Stagefright

NR
Dec 9, 197230 min

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.