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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Also known as
Fat Albert
The New Fat Albert Show
The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Genre
Comedy drama
Educational
Created by
Bill Cosby
Directed by
Hal Sutherland
Creative director
Don Christensen
Starring
Bill Cosby
Voices of
Bill Cosby
Lou Scheimer
Jan Crawford
Gerald Edwards
Eric Suter
Demetra McHenry
Erika Carroll
Lane Vaux
Theme music composer
Ricky Sheldon
Edward Fournier
Opening theme
"Gonna Have A Good Time (Fat Albert Theme)" (Performed by Michael Gray)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
8
No. of episodes
110 + 5 specials (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
Bill Cosby
Producers
Lou Scheimer
Norm Prescott (1972–84)
Production location
United States
Production company
Filmation
Original release
Network
CBS (1972–84)
First-Run Syndication (1984–85)
Release
September 9, 1972 (1972-09-09) – August 10, 1985 (1985-08-10)
Related
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (1969)
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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (often referred to simply as Fat Albert) is an American 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 Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972[1] and aired until 1985 (with new episodes being produced sporadically during that time frame). The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, focused on Fat Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends.[2]
The show features an educational lesson in each episode, emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments. In addition, at the end of the early episodes, the gang typically joins in their North Philadelphia junkyard to play a song on their cobbled-together instruments, summarizing the show's lesson.[2]
The New York Times noted that the show "enjoyed enormous success" throughout its run.[3] The show's success led Cosby to create a second animated series, Little Bill, in the late 1990s.[4]Little Bill was intentionally designed to be visually different from Fat Albert, while retaining similar educational lessons and roots in Cosby's childhood experiences.[4]
^William Henry Cosby, "An Integration of the Visual Media Via "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning" (January 1, 1976). Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst. Paper AAI7706369. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI7706369
^Dargis, Manohla (December 24, 2004). "Return of the Rotund Guy (No, Not Santa)". The New York Times.
^ abOwen, Rob (November 29, 1999). "'Little Bill' takes aim at kids, not merchandise". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 26 episodes (52 stories) in its first season
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