| Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | |
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| 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 |  United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Bill Cosby |
| Producer(s) | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | September 9, 1972 – December 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. William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. Hal Sutherland was an Animator who became a director of animated productions at Filmation in the late 1960's For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine. William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. Norman "Norm" Prescott ( January 31, 1927 - July 2 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Studios Louis Scheimer (born October 19, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American producer one of the original founders of CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. Filmation was the production company for the series. For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine.
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Origins
Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " 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. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Warner Bros The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in the inner city of West Philadelphia. The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis West Philadelphia is a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 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. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally
The special, which aired on NBC, was a hybrid of live-action and animation. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's 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. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970
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. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television 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). Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. It also spent another season in first-run syndication in 1984-1985. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through 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.
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids received an Emmy nomination in 1974. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. 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. The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984
- In 2002, Fat Albert was placed at number 12 on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming
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.
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. Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. In Criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person's Property without that person's freely-given List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Gun violence is the broadly defined category of Violence and Crime committed with the use of a Firearm; it does not include the safe lawful use of firearms
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 Montana
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. A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American
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. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The way he talked seemed cut off in the middle of his sentences
In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through 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. 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 which represent the most secure levels of 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. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's
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. FUBU is a clothing company It includes casual wear sports wear a suite collection eyewear belts and shoes
- 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. Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine.
- In 1998, a profane parody of Fat Albert appeared on an episode of South Park where he was referred to as "Fat Abbot. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) " Clubhouses " is the 25th episode of Comedy Central 's animated series South Park. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central " Another episode features a potential gang war between the Crips and Bloods being resolved peacefully through a Fat Albert-style musical number. The Crips are a primarily but not exclusively African American gang founded in Los Angeles California in 1969 mainly by 16-year-old Raymond The Bloods is one of the street Gangs originally founded in Los Angeles
- Saturday Night Live did a comedy sketch in 1999 entitled Fat Albert: Behind the Music. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In the sketch Albert, played by former castmember Tracy Morgan, recalls the downfall of the junkyard gang. Tracy Morgan (born November 10 1968) is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known for his role on the Sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live
- 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). The Boondock Saints is a 1999 action Crime drama film written and directed by Troy Duffy. Another character then jokingly asks if he is "O-bee kay-bee. "
- A live action film based on the TV show, entitled Fat Albert was released on December 25, 2004. Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action/animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The series was released on DVD beginning in 2005. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- A parody of Fat Albert made an appearance in 2006 on Comedy Central's Drawn Together as the master of ceremonies for the Season 2 episode Fat Camp Reunion dance. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November " A Tale of Two Cows " is the seventeenth episode of the animated series Drawn Together. Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang (renamed Phat Allen and his Junkyard Pals) were featured again much more prominently in Season 3 episode Toot Goes Bollywood. " Toot Goes Bollywood " (later changed to " Foxxy and the Gang Bang " on the DVD release is the thirty-fifth episode of the Animated television
- 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. NewsRadio is an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. 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". Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. MADtv, is an American Sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine Mad.
- One of the Blue Angels most prominent United States Navy aircraft, C-130T Hercules, is nicknamed Fat Albert. The United States Navy 's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and was the world's first officially sanctioned WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
- In the Fairly Oddparents movie Channel Chasers, a parody of Fat Albert appears and is named Heavy Hal.
- Characters based on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids make a cameo appearance in the first issue of the DC Comics Elseworlds series Kingdom Come as a criminal street gang, where they are apprehended by a Bat-Knight robot. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Elseworlds is the publication Imprint for a group of Comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon
- 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. " The Mook the Chef the Wife and Her Homer " Plot While driving Springfield Elementary School's student's to school Otto stops to meet the members Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. " 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. Scrubs is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning American Comedy-drama that premiered on October 2 2001 on NBC. The following is a complete episode list for the television show Scrubs, which began being broadcast on October 2 2001 Jonathan Michael " John " Dorian MD, better known as J 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. Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF) is an American Animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF) is an American Animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF) is an American Animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part 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. Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek, plural) is the established Belief or
- The rapper Method Man mentions Fat Albert in his song, M. E. T. H. O. D Man.
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. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance Ubbi Dubbi (also called Pig Greek or Double Dutch) is a language game spoken with English 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. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance Clumsy, except on the basketball court. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m
- 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. The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 While the character did not actually carry over, the name "Rudy" was given to youngest daughter, played by Keshia Knight Pulliam. Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, U
- Bucky - A kid with buck teeth
- MudFoot - A hobo in the park who constantly gave advice to the gang
- The Brown Hornet - Show-within-a-show about an African-American superhero (a parody of The Green Hornet), whose cartoons were watched by the group
- Legal Eagle - Another show-within-a-show, involving a crime-fighting cartoon bird and two lazy squirrel underlings. The Brown Hornet was a Show-within-a-show (or more accurately a cartoon-within-a-cartoon on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the A story within a story is a Literary device or Conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Green Hornet (also referred to as simply Green Hornet) is a masked fictional Crime fighter A story within a story is a Literary device or Conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story
Seasons and specials
- Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert — November 12, 1969
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids — 1972–73 (22 episodes), 1975–76 (14 episodes)
- The Fat Albert Halloween Special — October 24, 1977
- The Fat Albert Christmas Special — December 18, 1977
- The New Fat Albert Show — 1979–81 (23 episodes)
- The Fat Albert Easter Special — April 3, 1982
- The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids — 1984–85 (50 episodes)
(Total: 109 episodes + 4 specials)
In the Entertainment Rights listing, it states that "Series 1" (consisting of both Fat Albert and New Fat Albert) consists of 60 episodes. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created produced and hosted (in Live action bookends by comedian Bill Cosby, who also Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Entertainment Rights Plc is a global media company listed on the London Stock Exchange. 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.
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 now, all of Urban Works' DVD releases are 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 |
Specials
| 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). Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Space Academy was a live-action Sci-fi Children's television program produced by Filmation and airing on CBS television on Saturday |
| Fat Albert's Christmas Special | 1 | October 11, 2006 |
Other
- 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. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [1]
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. Gold Key Comics was an Imprint of Western Publishing created for Comic books distributed to Newsstands History Gold Key
- 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. TV Land (originally Nick at Nite's TV Land) is an American Cable television network launched April 29, 1996. The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 Fatherhood was an American Animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings inspired by the book of the
- Bill Cosby based the Fat Albert character after his friend Albert Robertson; Russell was based on Cosby's brother Russell.
See also
References
- ^ Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids DVD news: New DVDs Planned for Classic Cartoon Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com
External links
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids at the Internet Movie Database
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids at TV.com
- TV Party's Overview of the Series
- 80's Cartoon Central
- Opening Intro retrojunk
- Official Bill Cosby Site