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  • TV-Y7
  • CBS
  • Oct 20, 1979
  • 22 m
  • TV-Y7
  • CBS
  • Oct 20, 1979
  • 22 m

Summary 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 '60s stand up comedy monologues about his childhood. The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons lear...

Written By: Sam Simon

  • TV-Y7
  • CBS
  • Oct 20, 1979
  • 22 m
  • TV-Y7
  • CBS
  • Oct 20, 1979
  • 22 m
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
S5 • Episode 7
Free Ride
Air Date: Oct 20, 1979
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Summary 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 '60s stand up comedy monologues about his childhood. The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons lear...

Created By: Bill Cosby

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 8, 1979 • 21 m
In My Merry Busmobile
When the gang is sent to a new school due to integrated busing, they have a hard time being accepted by their new classmates because of their race.
Episode 2 • Sep 15, 1979 • 21 m
The Dancer
Episode 3 • Sep 22, 1979 • 22 m
Spare the Rod
Fat Albert inadvertently sees bruises on his girlfriend Patrice's body and realizes she may be suffering abuse at her mother's hands. Albert urges Patrice to get help before her mother injures her more seriously.
Episode 4 • Sep 29, 1979 • 22 m
Sweet Sorrow
Episode 5 • Oct 6, 1979 • 22 m
Poll Time
Fat Albert helps mediate a bitterly partisan school election, where two candidates running for president -- one white and the other black -- play the race card during the campaign.
Episode 6 • Oct 13, 1979 • 22 m
The Mainstream
A young boy named Dennis, who has a mild form of autism, teaches the gang that he can rise above his disability with plenty of abilities of his own, using the school art show as his showcase.
Episode 7 • Oct 20, 1979 • 22 m
Free Ride
The gang and their skateboarding friend Lawanda get a scary lesson in hitchhiking.
Episode 8 • Oct 27, 1979 • 22 m
Soft Core
Rudy's friend, Dustin, gives the gang the wrong information on sex education when he gives them pornographic magazines and shows them dirty movies. Rudy's mother intervenes and points the boys in the right direction.
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