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Encyclopedia > Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Also known as The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Created by Bill Cosby
Directed by Hal Sutherland
Presented by Filmation
Voices of Bill Cosby
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Bill Cosby
Producer(s) Norm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 9, 1972December 14, 1985
Chronology
Preceded by Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (1969)
External links
IMDb profile

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was an animated television series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including the titular one. Filmation was the production company for the series. http://www. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Hal Sutherland was an animator who became a director of animated productions at Filmation in the late 1960s. ... The first Filmation logo. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... Norman Prescott, was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Studios. ... Lou Scheimer was one of the original founders of Filmation animation-company and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons (though only by name due to standardized crediting in most toons, Hal Sutherland received similar treatment). ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... William Henry Bill Cosby, Jr. ... The first Filmation logo. ...

Contents

Origins

Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in the inner city of West Philadelphia. In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator Ken Mundie brought Fat Albert to animation in a one-shot prime-time special entitled Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert. B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Revenge (1967) is the sixth album by Bill Cosby. ... The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... West Philadelphia is a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. ...


The special, which aired on NBC, was a hybrid of live-action and animation. The music for the special (and later the series) was written and performed by jazz pianist/keyboardist Herbie Hancock in 1969 and was released on the Warner Bros. album Fat Albert Rotunda. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning American jazz pianist and composer. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ...


The producers wanted NBC to bring Fat Albert to Saturday mornings, but they refused because the series was too educational. [1]. So, Bill Cosby and a new production company, Filmation Associates, took the property to CBS. This article is about the broadcast network. ...


The series, now titled Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, premiered on September 9, 1972 on CBS for a 12-year run (however, it was not in continuous production). It also spent another season in first-run syndication in 1984-1985. Several prime-time holiday specials featuring the characters were also produced. Like most animated series at the time, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids contained a laugh track. is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids received an Emmy nomination in 1974. Production of the series overlapped with the start of production of Cosby's live-action sitcom, The Cosby Show, which began airing in the fall of 1984. An Emmy Award. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ...

  • In 2002, Fat Albert was placed at number 12 on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time.

The Fat Albert Gang's character images were primarily created by the artist Randy Hollar with the assistance of one-time Disney animator Michelle McKinney, under the direction of Ken Brown. Also see: 2002 (number). ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... Disney redirects here. ...


Educational lessons and songs

Fat Albert was honored and noted for its educational content. During each episode, Fat Albert and his friends, collectively known as The Junkyard Gang, dealt with an issue or problem commonly faced by young children, ranging from stage fright, first loves ("puppy love"), medical operations, and skipping school to harder, more serious themes (toned down somewhat for young children) including smoking, stealing, racism, being scammed by con artists, child abuse, drug use, and gun violence. The cigarette is the most common method of smoking tobacco. ... Theft (also known as stealing) is, in general, the wrongful taking of someone elses property without that persons willful consent. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial quota... Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in the cafeteria at Columbine High School, shortly before committing suicide. ...


At the end of most episodes (there seem to have been exceptions in the case of particularly serious themes), the gang would sing a song about the theme of the day. This sequence, similar to those seen in other Filmation shows including The Archie Show, has often been parodied. The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montanas Archie characters. ...


Despite the reputation of educational children television series for being unpopular on commercial television, the series enjoyed one of the longest runs in the history of the Saturday morning cartoon timeslot. Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ...


Revamps and renames

In 1979, the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment titled "The Brown Hornet" detailing the adventures of a larger-than-life African-American crime fighter in outer space whose design resembled a caricature of Bill Cosby, who also performed vocal talents on the character. The way he talked seemed cut off in the middle of his sentences Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ...


In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. In those episodes, the lack of network restrictions allowed the producer to delve into previous forbidden subject matter such as when the kids have an inadvertent brush with the law and are given a terrifying Scared Straight!-style tour of an occupied maximum security prison. Another new segment was added: "Legal Eagle", a crime-fighting eagle with a pair of bumbling police squirrels. The new episodes ended in 1985. In 1989, NBC aired reruns for a few months during that summer. This article is about the year. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Scared Straight! was a documentary directed by Arnold Shapiro and released in 1978. ... Supermax is the name used to describe control-unit prisons or units within prisons, representing the most secure and austere levels of custody in the prison systems of the United States and other countries. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the television network. ...


Cultural influences

  • In the mid-90s to early 2000s, Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang were prominently displayed on clothing from urban clothier FUBU as well as other T-shirt producers.
  • Animaniacs featured a parody of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ("Obese Orson") in the episode "Back in Style", where they mocked Filmation's cheap animation techniques.
  • In 1998, a profane parody of Fat Albert appeared on an episode of South Park where he was referred to as "Fat Abbot." Another episode features a potential gang war between the Crips and Bloods being resolved peacefully through a Fat Albert-style musical number.
  • Saturday Night Live did a comedy sketch in 1999 entitled Fat Albert: Behind the Music. In the sketch Albert, played by former castmember Tracy Morgan, recalls the downfall of the junkyard gang.
  • The 1999 action film The Boondock Saints has a scene where one character pulls on a homemade ski mask and is incorrectly told he resembles "Mush Mouth from Fat Albert" (the character mistakes Mush Mouth for Dumb Donald, who was always shown wearing a pink stocking cap pulled down to the bridge of his nose, with eyeholes cut into it so that he could see). Another character then jokingly asks if he is "O-bee kay-bee."
  • NewsRadio featured an episode ("Zoso") where Beth came up with a scheme to produce face-covering hats with eye-holes like the one Donald wore. Donald was continually confused with Mushmouth by the characters (done intentionally by the writers as a joke) in descriptions of the hat.
  • In 2005, Mad TV did a spoof of Fat Albert entitled "Morbidly Obese Albert".
  • In "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer", a 2006 episode of The Simpsons, the Simpson family is introduced to Fat Tony's son, Michael, while carpooling and Lisa quickly befriends the quiet boy after all of the other kids avoid him." Whilst Homer is eating at Fat Tony's mansion, he says that the Italians speak like "that kid from Fat Albert" (Mushmouth), and then imitates how Mushmouth speaks. (Ubah-Ebah-Eebah)
  • In a first season episode of Scrubs titled, "My Day Off", Turk makes a few jokes that J.D. thinks sound like they come from Fat Albert. Each time Turk makes one of these jokes J.D. imagines Turk and The Junkyard Gang laughing at the joke.
  • In the television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force when Master Shake becomes "Drizzle"(A Superhero); Frylock and Meatwad make a Prank phone call based on the "Prince Albert in a Can" pranks. Meatwad ruined the prank by repeatedly asking for "Fat Albert in a Can".
  • In a deleted scene from Dogma, when a gang threatens to kill Jay and Silent Bob, Silent Bob ends the confrontation by singing the Fat Albert theme song.
  • The rapper Method Man mentions Fat Albert in his song, M.E.T.H.O.D Man.

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Characters

  • Fat Albert - Main Protagonist - Catchphrase: "Hey Hey Hey"
  • Mushmouth - spoke in virtual Ubbi Dubbi, same as the effect of too much novocaine in the mouth, according to Cosby's "Dentist" monologues
  • Dumb Donald - Wore a pink stocking cap over part of his face. Prone to poor judgment.
  • Russell - Bill's laid-back younger brother (named for Cosby's real-life brother Russell). Always dressed for the winter, as he was seen wearing a hat; jacket; and boots. Catchphrase: "No class" (usually used to insult Rudy)
  • Weird Harold - a tall, skinny kid who always wears a shirt and jacket. Clumsy, except on the basketball court.
  • Bill - based on Bill Cosby himself
  • Rudy - Flamboyantly-dressed smooth-talker and braggart who constantly ends up with "egg on his face". His family is implied to be significantly more well-off than the others, as he is the only band member with a real musical instrument (the others use home-made variations). Bill Cosby originally intended to introduce "Rich Rudy" on The Cosby Show as one of the Huxtable children. While the character did not actually carry over, the name "Rudy" was given to youngest daughter, played by Keshia Knight Pulliam.
  • Bucky - A kid with buck teeth
  • MudFoot - A hobo in the park who constantly gave advice to the gang

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Seasons and specials

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In the Entertainment Rights listing, it states that "Series 1" (consisting of both Fat Albert and New Fat Albert) consists of 60 episodes. Therefore, there is one episode missing. It is unknown whether or not this "missing" episode refers to the one-off special from 1969. "Series 2" refers to the 80's syndicated episodes. Entertainment Rights Plc is a global media company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. ...


DVD releases

Urban Works has released several Fat Albert DVDs including all episodes of the original animated series in 3 volumes, as well as all the Fat Albert specials. Ventura Distribution released a Greatest Hits 4-disc box set and a 5-best episodes set in 2004, while the Urban Works releases came out starting in 2005, after they had obtained the distribution rights to the show. As of July 2007, all of Urban Works' DVD releases are now out of print.


Original Animated Series (1972–73)

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Vol 1 12 March 8, 2005
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Vol 2 12 October 11, 2005
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Vol 3 12 July 11, 2006

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DVD Name Ep # Release Date Additional Information
Fat Albert's Easter Special 1 March 8, 2005
Fat Albert's Halloween Special 1 September 6, 2005 During the movie theater scene, the screen is not seen but the music and dialogue heard in the film indicate that the movie sounds are reused from an episode of Space Academy (another Filmation show).
Fat Albert's Christmas Special 1 October 11, 2006

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  • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Fat Albert's Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection 4 Disc Set: (released December 14, 2004)

Genius Products has reportedly acquired the DVD rights to the Fat Albert series from Entertainment Rights and is currently planning a DVD release sometime in 2008.[1] is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Miscellaneous

  • In the original network episodes, the microphone Fat Albert used in the introduction featured a "CBS" sign. In later versions, the microphone has no label.
  • Gold Key Comics did a comic book adaptation of Fat Albert, which ran for 29 issues, from 1974–79.
  • Contrary to what the movie suggested, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids has never aired on TV Land, though many other shows produced by Bill Cosby, including The Cosby Show and Fatherhood, have.
  • Bill Cosby based the Fat Albert character after his friend Albert Robertson; Russell was based on Cosby's brother Russell.

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See also

Little Bill is a TV show for preschoolers on Nickelodeons Nick Jr. ...

References

  1. ^ Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids DVD news: New DVDs Planned for Classic Cartoon Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com

External links

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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids : Comics SuperHeroes Cartoons (575 words)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was an animated television series conceived of, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including the titular one.
In it, the kids have a brush with the law; although the police realized they were completely innocent in the matter, they are still subjected to a frightening tour of an occupied high security prison where they are verbally accosted by the inmates.
Fat Albert and his friends try to help other kids with their problems while they take out time to play a little music.
Fat Albert Movie Review at Hollywood Video (1356 words)
Sadly, Fat Albert, the movie, is not that clever, instead becoming a fish-out-of-water Austin Powers / The Brady Bunch Movie gag in which Albert (played with incredibly accuracy by SNL's Kenan Thompson) and the rest of his junkyard gang wander North Philadelphia as relics of a funkier, squarer time.
The short-circuit results in Fat Albert (Kenan Thompson, in a lumpy fat suit) and the rest of the '70s toon-crew diving (or squeezing) through the TV screen and into Doris' living room, where Albert is determined (in typical Albert fashion) to help Doris with her social problems.
Fat Albert, with its affable main character and a decent, wholesome message at its core, might hold the interest of your young 'uns (thankfully, there are no poo-poo jokes or sexual innuendoes to be found).
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