Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids - Television Tropes & Idioms

alt title(s): Fat Albert

Bill Cosby created this Filmation series, based on his boyhood in Philadelphia (and, more directly, on his Stand Up Comedy routines of the '60s). Cosby also appeared on camera as a Narrator and performed some of the character voices, including Fat Albert himself.

In every episode, Fat Albert and his inner-city gang became involved in some comic misadventure, either learning a moral lesson or demonstrating a lesson for someone else. As on The Archie Show, every Fat Albert episode included at least one song. In later seasons, Fat Albert and his friends followed the exploits of their favorite TV superhero, the Brown Hornet.

At Christmas 2004, 20th Century Fox released a live action Fat Albert feature film.