The BEST episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids season 1

Every episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids season 1!

A group of urban adolescents who stick together through thick and thin, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids show us that if you put your imagination to work you can achieve anything!

Last Updated: 11/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Four Eyes
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - Four Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1972

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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Playing Hookey
star
8.50
2 votes

#2 - Playing Hookey

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1972

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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The Runt
star
7.73
11 votes

#3 - The Runt

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1972

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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Creativity
star
7.67
3 votes

#4 - Creativity

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1972

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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Moving
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7.33
3 votes

#5 - Moving

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1972

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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The Hospital
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7.33
3 votes

#6 - The Hospital

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1972

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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Lying
star
7.18
28 votes

#7 - Lying

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1972

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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The Stranger
star
7.00
5 votes

#8 - The Stranger

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1972

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

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Fish out of Water
star
6.00
1 votes

#9 - Fish out of Water

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1972

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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The Hero
star
6.00
2 votes

#10 - The Hero

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1972

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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The Prankster
star
6.00
1 votes

#11 - The Prankster

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1972

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

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Stagefright
star
6.00
1 votes

#12 - Stagefright

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1972

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.

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The Tomboy
star
5.00
1 votes

#13 - The Tomboy

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1972

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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Begging Benny
star
1.00
1 votes

#14 - Begging Benny

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1972

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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