Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an American animated television series that aired on CBS from 9 September 1972 to 10 August 1985. Live-action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's stand-up comedy monologues from the 1960s about his childhood, and its episodes followed the daily life lessons learned by Albert and his friends, blending social issues and personal introspection with humor and music. Characters included Rudy, Mushmouth, Donald, Bill, Weird Harold and Russell. In 1979 it was retitled The New Fat Albert Show and added a segment called The Brown Hornet, and in 1984 it was syndicated as The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.