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Fat Albert and the Cosby kids aired from 1972 to 1984 and
enjoyed one of the longest and most successful runs in Saturday morning cartoon
history. 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 60's stand up comedy monologues about his childhood. The episodes
revolved around the daily life lessons learned by Fat 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. |
