Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
originally aired on CBS
Fat Albert first appeared in Bill Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator Ken Mundie brought Fat Albert to animation in a prime-time special entitled Hey, Hey Hey, It's Fat Albert. Retitled Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, the series premiered on September 9, 1972, on CBS. The show's success led Cosby to create a second animated series, Little Bill, in the late 1990s.