Fat Albert and Cosby Kids are an American animated series created, manufactured and hosted (in the live action manual) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lends his voice to a character number, including Fat Albert himself. Filmization is the production company for this series. The show aired in 1972 and lasted until 1985 (with new episodes sporadically produced during that time period). This show, based on Cosby's memories of his childhood gang, centered on Fat Albert (known for his slogan "Hey hey hey!"), And his friends.
The show features educational lessons in each episode, emphasized by Cosby's direct action segment. In addition, by the end of the initial episode, gangs usually gather in their North American junkyard to play the songs on the instrument together, summarizing the lesson of the show.
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Origins
Fat Albert's character first appeared in the standby comedy routine Cosby "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 Revenge album. The stories are based on Cosby's stories about growing up in the innermost city of North Philadelphia. In 1969, Cosby and anime animator Ken Mundie took Fat Albert to an animation in a prime-time show titled Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert .
In particular, broadcast on NBC, is a combination of direct action and animation. The music for this special occasion was written and performed by jazz/keyboardist pianist Herbie Hancock in 1969, and released on Warner Bros. album. Fat Albert Rotunda . For the special animation section, it is necessary to develop the actual appearance of each character Fat Albert Gang. For this, Ken Mundie relies on animator Amby Paliwoda, a former Disney artist. Paliwoda not only created all of the Gang characters, but painted "group portraits" that finally appeared on the front page of the TV Guide magazine shortly before the show.
Producers wanted NBC to bring Fat Albert to Saturday morning, but the network program manager refused because the series was too educational. Bill Cosby and the new production company, Filmation Associates, then took the property to CBS. The image of Fat Albert's gang character is mainly created by artist Randy Hollar with the help of one-time Disney animator Michelle McKinney, under the direction of Ken Brown.
Under the title Fat Albert and Cosby Kids , the series aired on September 9, 1972, on CBS. Production lasts for 12 years, though not continuing, for years. He also spent another season in the inaugural syndication (1984-85). Three special holidays (Halloween, Christmas, and Easter) display the characters that are also produced. Like most Saturday morning cartoons of the era, Fat Albert and Cosby Kids contained adult songs, which were omitted during the last season. The series was played back on Saturday morning NBC and in USA Network in 1989.
Lou Scheimer, Erika Scheimer, Keith Allen, Lane Vaux, Pepe Brown, Dementra McHenry, Eric Suter, and Gerald Edwards provide additional votes.
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Episode
Education lessons and songs
Fat Albert is respected and noted for his educational content, including Cosby earning his Doctoral Degree in Education. In every opening ceremony, Cosby will cheerfully warn:
This Bill Cosby comes to you with music and fun, and if you're not careful you can learn something before it's over
So, let's get ready, okay? (Fat Albert's voice) Hey, hey, hey!
During each episode, Fat Albert and his friends (aka The Junkyard Gang), deal with problems or problems commonly faced by children, ranging from stage fright, first love, medical surgery, and personal hygiene to more serious themes ( though softened for young people) including vandalism, stealing, racism, smoking, cheated by impostors, sexually transmitted diseases, child abuse, kidnapping, drug use, gun violence and death.
At the end of most episodes (with some exceptions in the case of a very serious theme), gangs will sing songs about the theme of the day. This sequence, similar to that seen in other Filmasi shows including The Archie Show , is often parodied. The music sequence was dropped during the Brown Hornet / Legal Eagle year.
The series will enjoy one of the longest journeys in Saturday morning cartoon history.
Cancel and rename
In 1979, the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment titled "The Brown Hornet" detailing the adventure of an African-American crime fighter in outer space whose design resembles a caricature of Bill Cosby, who also performs vocal talents on the characters.
In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed to Albert's Ice and Cosby Kids Adventures . The lack of network restrictions allows the producer to investigate a more mature subject. The famous episode ("Busted") shows children who have an unintentional brush with the law and provides Scared Straight! - the maximum occupied security prison style tour, even containing pronunciations (by prison inmates) of the words "fucking" and "bastard" (Cosby has appeared at the beginning of the episode advising viewers that the words will be used as part of the story's dialogue to realistically portray prison life). Another famous episode, "Gang Wars", featured a boy who was shot and killed. Another segment added: "Legal Eagle", a feloning eagle with a pair of awkward police squirrels. The production of new episodes stopped in 1985.
Theme song
Theme song, "Gonna Have a Good Time", composed by Ricky Sheldon and Edward Fournier, and performed by Michael Gray (vocals), Kim Carnes (vocal background) and Edward Fournier (vocal background).
A cover of the event theme song, performed by Dig, is included in the tribute album 1995 Saturday Morning: The funniest hits cartoon, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. The choir song ("Na-na-na, will have fun!") Was also a sample for 1998 hit song "Praise You" from Fatboy Slim.
Reception
Fat Albert and Cosby Kids were named the 82nd best animated series by IGN.
Fat Albert and Cosby Kids received the Emmy nomination in 1974. The final season's production of this series overlapped with the commencement of the production of Live-action sitcom Cosby, The Cosby Show , which began airing in the fall of 1984.
In 1993, the TV Guide named Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids as the best cartoon series of the 1970s in its 40-year publication on television.
In 2002, Fat Albert placed 12th in the TV Guide list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time.
Availability
Syndication
In 2013, Fat Albert was seen Saturday morning on the Retro Television Network (RTV), TheCoolTV, and workdays and Saturdays and Sundays on Bounce TV, both digital networks. It can also be seen working days at Angel Two (ANGL2), Kids & amp; TV Teenagers (KTV), and World Harvest Television. Fat Albert is also available online streaming from www.HallmarkSpiritClips.com. In July 2015, Fat Albert is no longer in the Bounce TV lineup. Bounce TV has previously pulled the Cosby comedy series from their ranks behind the alleged sexual assault by Bill Cosby, but it is unclear whether the cancellation of the Fat Albert episode is linked to this allegation. However, a few months after bringing back the December 2016 The Cosby Show , Bounce TV secretly added Fat Albert back to his schedule in March 2017, until finally removed from the schedule again at the end of April 2018.
Release home video
During the mid-1980s, Thorn EMI Video released several volumes of Fat Albert and Cosby Kids in VHS as part of their "Children's Matinee" animation program, with each cassette usually containing three episodes. Additional volumes were released later in the decade by Video Treasures, including three holiday specials.
In 2004, Urban Works secured the rights to the series, after which released several DVDs of Fat Albert and Cosby Kids including a two-volume collection featuring 24 episodes, as well as all specials coinciding with theatrical releases. of feature film adaptations. Volume 1 contains two DVDs with episodes 1-12 (airdate 9/9-11/25/1972), along with a CD containing the opening theme, cover theme, and 12 songs from each of the 12 episodes shown in vol. 1 Volume 2 contains two discs with episodes 13-24 (airdates 12/2/1972-9/13/1975), along with a CD containing the opening theme, cover theme, and 12 songs from each of the 12 episodes featured on vol. 2. In addition, Urban Works released the Greatest Hits four-disk box and the best five episodes tuned through Ventura Distribution . In 2008, Urban Works lost distribution rights and as a result all releases of Urban Works DVDs are now out of print.
In 2008, Classic Media obtained the rights to the series and stated at the time that they intend to release the entire series on DVD. Unfortunately this never happened because they just re-released The Fat Albert Halloween Special and The Fat Albert Easter Special on DVD through Genius Products distribution partner.
On April 6, 2012, it was announced that Shout! The factory has obtained the rights to the series (under license from Classic Media) and plans to release a complete set of series boxes on DVD. The DVD set was released on June 25, 2013.
On September 4, 2012, Classic Media re-released three holiday specials together in a collection titled "Hey Hey Hey Holiday Collection" on DVD in Region 1.
Other media
Gold Key Comics adapts comic books from Fat Albert, which runs for 29 issues, from 1974 to 1979.
Movie adaptation
In 2004, 20th Century Fox released an adaptation of the series titled Fat Albert . The film stars Kenan Thompson as Fat Albert, Kyla Pratt, and Bill Cosby. The film acts as a sequel to the series in which Fat Albert and children travel to the real world after jumping out of television to help a lonely girl named Doris (Kyla Pratt) with social anxiety. The kids enjoy being in the real world but after meeting with the creator, Cosby, Fat Albert is told that if he and the others do not immediately return to television, they will turn into celluloid dust.
See also
- Small Bill
References
External links
- Fat Albert and Cosby Kids on IMDb
- Fat Albert and Cosby Kids on TV.com
- Fat Albert and Cosby Kids in The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Fat Albert and Cosby Kids in Toonopedia Don Markstein. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016.
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