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The Best Episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Every episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids!

Best episode
S2E5 What Does Dad Do?
8.816 votes
Worst episode
S6E7 Pot of Gold
6.418 votes
Top season
Season 2
8.2avg
Binge time
2d 6h
110 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 2 Episode 5 - What Does Dad Do?
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    S2:E5

    The Gang makes up stories about what their Dads do and get busted. Mrs Breyfoglye suggest that the gang goes to work with their Dads for a day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 2 Episode 3 - Mister Big Time
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    S2:E3

    Fat Albert turns Muggles into the police for selling drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 12 - Four Eyes
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    S1:E12

    Heywood is the clumsiest person who can't see anything. Once Heywood got his glasses, the gang wanted to be just like him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 3 Episode 1 - The Fuzz
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S3:E1

    A guy named Parker has no respect for people in a uniform.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 4 Episode 7 - The Shuttered Window
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S4:E7

    Undines Uncle passes away and has a hard time accepting death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 4 Episode 1 - Smoke Gets In Your Hair
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S4:E1

    Suede Simpson looks good but smells bad. Fat Albert and Russell have to tell Suede Simpson that it's important to keep yourself clean.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 2 Episode 1 - The Bully
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    S2:E1

    Slappy bullies the gang (when Fat Albert's not around) to get attention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 5 Episode 6 - The Mainstream
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    S5:E6

    A neighborhood band challenges Fat Albert and his friends to a competition, the winner gets the clubhouse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 9 - Begging Benny
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 2 Episode 7 - How the West Was Lost
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    S2:E7

    Johnny is a new kid who's an American Indian from Arizona. The gang thinks that because Johnny's Indian that he can make a rain storm and do other tricks. Mudfoot tells the gang a fake story about him to show them how foolish they were being.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 4 Episode 8 - Junk Food
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    S4:E8

    Slim and Fat Albert eat too much junk food. Fat Albert decides to start eating healthy, but Slim continues to eat junk food and it slows him down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 7 - Playing Hookey
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 13 - The Tomboy
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    S1:E13

    A new Girl named Penny comes to town and tags along with Fat Albert and the Gang playing sports with them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 4 - Creativity
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 4 Episode 4 - Suede Simpson
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    S4:E4

    Suede Simpson looks good but smells bad. Fat Albert and Russell have to tell Suede Simpson that it's important to keep yourself clean.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 2 - The Runt
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 1 - Lying
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hero
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Gang looks up to Scrap Iron because he's cool then gets them busted and realize he's not a hero.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 2 Episode 8 - Sign Off
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    S2:E8

    Cool Roy thinks it's awesome to move and change signs. Fat Albert tells him it's dangerous.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 3 - The Stranger
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 6 - Moving
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 8 - The Hospital
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 14 - Stagefright
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 5 - Fish Out Of Water
    7.1/10(23 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Season 1 Episode 11 - The Prankster
    7.0/10(18 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"What Does Dad Do?" is the best rated episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. It scored 8.8/10 from 16 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 6, 1973. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mister Big Time".

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