‘Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids’ debuts on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour (1972)


Video: 'Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids - Episode 1'

(Saturday, September 9, 1972, 12:30 p.m. EDT)Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, an animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, based on Cosby’s remembrances of his childhood gang, debuted today on CBS-TV.