Fat Albert cartoon opening theme

[rabies79]

to much KFC :P

[backbeyond]

would be awesome if they made a new fat albert cartoon... featuring him eating pizza, and drinking coca cola xD Just lol eating modern junkfood :D

[TheAngelface8]

omg i remember this show! i used to watch it every time it came on! i miss seeing this on TV

[Bhastet]

The great thing about these cartoons is while they featured mostly black people the morale messages behind each cartoon (personal responsibility, honesty, and comity etc...) was applicable to every child in every neighborhood.

[WatchVenusSpa]

Greatest cartoon intro ever!

[mjn76]

This show would never see the light of day in 2011, which is unfortunate.

[SaudaFeyikemi]

Hey I remember this...Classic!:-)

[maxthunder72]

This show was Cosby's PhD Dissertation. Say what you want about his sweaters - the guy's a f'in genius.

[Brinah]

@maxthunder72 did you ever read it? 

[8584zender]

I had to be an adult before it dawned on me "hey, these kids are playing in a f'ing junkjard!" As a kid, it just seemed like a cool idea, with all kinds of stuff to play with, musical instruments made of trash, what could be better? Can you imagine promoting kids playing in a junkard on a show these days?

Anyway, Cosby says pull up your pants and speak proper English.

[dethklok745]

Well at least I have a couple shows on DVD :)

[scienceman64]

Fat Albert turned into Albert with chronic obesity and chronic diabetes.

[malosi415]

Definitely a great educational show. This was the first cartoon (that I know of anyways) to ever tackle the subject of VD. I was in the 7th grade and learned about VD from Fat Albert. Lol! Nowadays that would be taboo with all of PC and sensitive organizations our children have.

[snootzie78]

Na, Na, Na, Gonna have a good time! Man, I miss these old school cartoons!

[dennisaugusta]

They just dont make cartoons like the ones in the 1980s anymore

just brings me back to saturday mornings

[Reverendjim1]

I like Rudy!

[4life1971]

i loved this and other old skool cartoons let's turn back the hands of time

[Bruno7734]

I remember how they would all get together and start jamming after the show...

CLASSIC!

[Xxmonkey58xX]

LOOKS LIKE ALBERT...

... HAD TOO MUCH JELLO PUDDIN!

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

it was a decent show..i liked it. simple as that.

[beachgrad98]

Can you imagine how politically incorrect it would be to have a cartoon character named Fat Albert?  I bet Rosie O'Donnell would be all over this one!

[ShadowFox909]

@beachgrad98 whats politically incorrect about it? hes fat

[AnARTIST719]

everything he makes is awesome isint it?

[AnARTIST719]

isnt every thing about bill cosby wonderful? thumbs up if you love what he does

[lilly2kool]

Now days it wouldn't be PC to call him Fat Albert.

Just like they say Road Runner is too violent...or that Donald Duck should wear trousers.

The PC crowd are ruining everything that was great about growing up in the 70's....and turning our world these days into a pasteurised and homogenised mess.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

My favorite educational cartoon ever.

[MsJadexa]

Still one of my favorite cartoons from childhood. I remember watching this back in the late 70's and early 80's.

[bsbanks]

why did I think Sly Stone sang the theme ? LOL

[jfilesbooks]

ok, lets see..first i got my cereal, then i watched superfriends, then i watched bugs bunny, then i saw shazam, then i topped it off with fat albert....oh, memories...i'd give anything to relive those days.

[rlanning0927]

fat albert is skinny compared to the average american

[Smartboy8877]

@rlanning0927

Yet another poster with a great sense of humor! Glad to know you!

[elvinee1]

Damn, almost 40 years ago when this came out. I feel old. This and shows like it were so good. Cartoons back then were simply magical.

[Lupton2000]

RIP Michael Gray

[Lupton2000]

RIP Micahel Gray.

[CanyonTide]

Memories..:)

[jfilesbooks]

@CanyonTide first i got my cereal, then i watched superfriends, then i'd watch bugs bunny or pink panther, then shazam, after that it was fat albert....id give anything to go back in time.

[Westyrulz]

how dey make da paint brush real den cartoon den real agin?

[LoraGW]

They don't make em like that anymore!

[GreekGuy9999]

Greatest cartoon Intro of all times.

[smoke10108]

Too bad I was not born in the year where this show was running then! 

[bamarine247]

we gonna have a good time!

[fallbread]

that was a great cartoon when i was a kid 

[chipps1963]

Most of anything that's on tv today is not worth watching. I wouldn't let my dog or cats watch them. Most of today's shows aren't even fit for an animal to watch.

[Smartboy8877]

@chipps1963

As hostile as you appear do be, I can understand where you are coming from! Especially with reality TV!

[unclefestus]

HEY HEY HEY! I TOTALLY remember this.

[Getrealpeeps]

OOOOOH YEAH, I REMEMBER THIS...... R I P GOOD CARTOONS

[stevenscottoddballz]

I like the show, but I could NEVER understand "Mush Mouth"!

[over9000christian]

Fear GOD who hath power to cast you into HELL(Luke 12:5)! Fear God and depart from evil(Proverbs 3:7)! God is ANGRY with the wicked everyday(Psalm 7:11)! Jesus Christ is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, there is NO OTHER WAY to be saved(John 14:6)! For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved(John 3:17)! TURN FROM YOUR SINS AND SUBMIT 2 THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST NOW! DON'T BOAST OF HAVING TOMORROW! Proverbs 27:1

[TobyHalicki089]

I remember Fat Albert reruns as a kid, but cartoons these days are nothing but computer graphics.

[blacklexo8]

i feel u skormak

[littlemssunshine2010]

I love the theme song.

[gnomeking678]

now days thell proply say big albert insted of fat albert

DANG YOU MCDONADlS

[headchew]

was that orange or blue paint?

[CadillacL]

HEY, HEY, HEY! They sure don't make cartoons like this, today.

[sixstringvoodoo]

Background vocals from Kim Carnes??

A little different than "Bette Davis Eyes"

[MrMedusaLvamp]

Hey Hey......... Heart disease, diabetis, high blood pressure, Sleep apnia, weak legs, bad knees, weak ankles, skin irritations, rashes, hernias, poor circulation,kidney failure, heart attacks, early death...ect ect ect...have another cheese burger!

[MrMedusaLvamp]

Hey Hey......... Heart disease, diabetis, high blood pressure, Sleep apnia, weak legs, bad knees, weak ankles, skin irritations, rashes, hernias, poor circulation, heart attacks, early death...ect ect ect...have another cheese burger!

[MikeLutton]

fat albert is now on the world harvest Network Channell for direct tv dish network subcrisbers channell 323 check local listings it on at 5 am saturday mornings

[TrevonRyan]

that show rocks loved it as a kid

[wokani]

My favorite episode was about "Beggin Benny".

"Beggin Benny

He'll borrow any thing youve got

A shoe

A lamp

A greasy stamp

Or a coffee pot......." LMAO!

[TomRoykouffVideos]

Hey, hey, hey!

It's Fat Albert!(I just had to say that)

I remember growing up

on this cartoon back in the 70s!

[gtz1975]

Didn't Dwain from What's Happening have that catch phrase "Hey-Hey-Hey"? Come to think of it, so did Jack Brickhouse. Although he said "Hey-Hey"...

[jvlivs2]

Haven't seen this in years. This overlapped the first season of the Cosby Show according to Wikipedia.

Good 2 C this again after all these many years!

[TB4000]

This song and the Sanford and Son theme....funkiest songs ever created. Full stop.

[pukingcatthemoive]

Cartoons these days suck =(

[lauranmary]

Saturday morning cartoons rocked...me and my brother and cold pizza

[360whiplash]

This cartoons were better back then. I miss the classics from Saturday mornings.

[anxresi]

I've learnt something alright.. never to hire Bill Cosby to paint my front room (even if he could do with the work these days) He never cleans up after himself..

[maddiemasonjustice]

I think kids today would enjoy the good ol' toons of yester years too. Don't you?

[humongousaldo]

Why can we laugh at someones weight but not race?

[RX552VBK]

Do anyone know who provided thne "singing voice" for Fat Albert? I know Cosby did his speaking voice on the show.

[ria1313]

Watched this every saturday when I was a kid, Bill Cosby is a genius.

[contessakitty]

I bought a DVD of the best of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids but the laugh track bugged me and it might have been the thing to do in the 70s but it creeps me out now.

[Icepacalapse]

Damn rocking track.

[PatrioticPirate]

When I was a kid, I thought Bill Cosby threw that sign, and the Cosby Kids actually caught it!

[alicen639]

"Rudy, you just like school in summer."

"How's that, Fat Albert?"

"No class."

[jackful6]

I remeber this show, this was the first black cartoon show that both black and white kids enjoy.

[angelwithin91]

I loveeee this cartoon!! i still need to buy the complete series!

[rifham]

I heard the Cosby kids really didn't play on their recordings.

[rocker38210]

best show ever

[kotraquin]

this came on right before american bandstand...saturday mornings in the 70's = pure innocence

[andenisa]

Good Old days, when cartoons actually had a meaning.

[bunnybooties]

I think the politically correct term is gravity-challenged. lol i liked the Fat Albert Halloween Special the best!:)

[brohouzer]

@bunnybooties actually, the term is horizontally expanding.

[dadslbm]

@bunnybooties Actually the correct term for all cartoon characters is dimensionally challenged.... :-)

[grubeci]

whenever I hit the studio this is the only thing I can think of. That damned bass line!

[ctdsnark]

I'll tell you what sucked---that live-action movie!!!

They came out of the TV set and start to "lose their color"?!?The Cosby Kids follow Fat Albert around like a pack of lost sheep?!?Mushmouth learns to speak without his trademark speech impediment?!?Weird Harold removes his hat?!?

What the HELL was that??!!??

[JC3727]

HEY HEY I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH

[lonelyboy03]

this show taught me not to be a racist as a kid. thanks bill, u were and are a genius.

[spiderdragon1969]

Back when Bill was funny. Before that God awful Cosby Show in the '80's.

[longboi15]

I love this cartoon theme song....make u wanna get on da 1 and 2's and stratch this tune off a mixtape..

[EvingaAngel]

awesomeway to paint xD haha.

[zapkvr]

Hey did you see the send up they did on South Park, Fat Abbott. I'll pop a cap in your ass.

[Skormorak]

Cartoons these days suck. All the Saturday morning shows seem to consist of is people saving the world through card games. What the hell?

Oh, and let's not forget mentally challenged ninjas with constant blond moments who wear orange jump suits.

[CyberLance26]

You havent actually watched any of the new cartoons right?

Your probably just like most people that say new cartoons suck. You hate them only because they are different from the stuff you used to watch as kids.

Cartoons today are far superior to the old ones when it comes to storytelling and characters.

[Gold753]

Aurghhhhhhh! Get off my lawn!

*waves cane*

[JakesNotDrinking]

ROFL naruto isnt that bad.

[BrionyCoote]

Not to mention little monsters like Pokemon and Digimon.

[only257]

Skormorak i agree!

[xfighter85]

@Skormorak

I don't know whats better, awful card game shows or crappy 13 episode Filmation cartoons with stock laughs and cheap animation techniques.

You could use the same defense on how cartoons sucked in the 70s if you were a fan of cartoons from the 50's.

[sldl04]

@Skormorak

Which is why I don't watch current TV anymore.  My TV watching consists of DVD sets from the 70's....

[Getrealpeeps]

@Skormorak THEY SUUUUURE DO!!!!

[Akira625]

Funkiest cartoon theme song EVER! :D

[Pact1017]

NO NO NO! jackson 5 is better

[blackfalconsungodzzz]

love that black funk....got up every saturday

to watch this joint.

[tsungihornist12]

Black funk? Anyone can have soul!

[AllisonTheSNLGuru]

My brother and I used to watch this in syndication during the late 1980s (I forget which channel) - this was one of the many cartoons we liked that aired before we were born (whch was in late 1982).

[Kelski1998]

I saw this in syndication too usd to come on in Chicago on WFLD Ch. 32 between 2 or 2:30. WFLD was Multimedia 32 then now its Fox 32 and NO CARTOONS! Robbed a whole generation of watching good positive type programming

[mustang196583]

Good old Field Broadcasting... Banana Splits, reruns of Hogan's Hero's.. those were the days. I say bring back the good house keeping seal of approval

[SteveCarras]

..btw, Warner Bros.Records [sister to Buigs's home WB CArtoons] had Fat Albert...I mean, Bill Cosby under exclsuive record contract in the laste 60s, and when they did those hit and miss Seven Arts shorts, WB signed with Bill Cosby as a producer at an independent studio and made a carton title "The Door" [not affiliated with the then current ROCK group..] BTW Bill Cosby before Fat Albert USED to be FUNNY.

[SteveCarras]

Morbidly Obese Alberrtt IS correct for these polticially correct times namewise.

BTW I was a kid in that time and you know what?---FAT ALBERT SUCKED!! I liked Bugs and such

[75andalive]

By far the greatest cartoon show in my book !!HEY HEY HEY !

[rang3r34]

Man, this one takes me WAY back! Another timeless classic from my childhood!! 5 stars!!

[phillygrl69]

Nah, nah nah..gonna have a good time!!! Hell yeah!!! Saturday mornings back then were THE best!!!!!

[t12444]

like i say kids have the better toys but we had the better saturday morning cartoons.

[kittybumfuck]

hahaha bill cosby at 0:41 what a guy! hahahahaha

[liljoej]

Dude before katrina hit, my cousin used to have all of the episodes on dvd, and this was all we watched. good time man good times.

[ladyxyannis]

Point of note on this show... it was based on Bill Cosby's childhood with his friends He also used his childhood friendships in his stand up comedy bits.

[anynamewilldo500]

I loved this show. I never missed it as a kid in the 70s!

[blaquebarbee08]

hey hey HEY...........i didnt know bill made this show

[USAGiant]

Wow. They dont make family orietnted cartoons programs like this anymore.

[zoojamp009]

hey hey hey, its morbidly obese Albert!

[detroitbuffalo]

Does anybody have the prime time Fat Albert cartoon that this series was based on? Where Fat Albert was about a block wide and he was a football player?

[thisblackgirl]

I LOOOVE THE FIRST 10 SECONDS OF THIS SONG. I KEEP REWINDING IT. The rest of the song isnt as funky as the beginning.

[Bizarronumber4]

I always loved the Fat Albert theme. It sounds a lot like a Sly & the Family Stone song.

[Dablkwid0w2008]

Does anybody have the Fat Albert Halloween special. I only seen it once when I was a kid.

It had that classic line "What can you get for .63 cent?"

[moxie96]

I've seen the Christmas show Special about 7 years ago on NBC They say it was made before the full series of Fat Albert and Al Roker admitted that he hoped nobody saw that show in '69 when he was about 12 years old but they all did and started teasing him with it. I had a classmate who dressed like him everyday (no other clothes?) and didn't know it or forgot and didn't get why everybody would sing the Fat Albert song at him all the time. EVEN strangers on the street broke out with it at him!

[70sHippy]

well i hope that was a joke.

[riceboy1701e]

This is one of the few Scheimer/Prescott things that actually worked and made sense.

And I sooooo totally agree...this was the GOOD OLD DAYS of Saturday mornings! Bugs Bunny/Road Runner, Cosby, and Froot Loops...WOOHOO! I'm an eight year old again! Today's Sat AM is too...dumbed down, educational and computerized GARBAGE!

[Dancerintraining76]

Bill cosbey was HOTT!

[ratesforless]

Ah, now these were the days. Back when Saturday mornings MEANT something in this country. You'd get up, fix a big bowl of your favorite cereal and watch Fat Albert, the Super 7, Bugs Bunny, Star Blazers, etc. and parents could have 'quality time' and not have to worry about what Jr. was watching. Kids today wouldn't know what to do if their parents didn't get up and cater to them as if they were in a Golden Corral.

How did things get so far gone???

[vlunney]

aMEN sir!!!!! true were adults but sat morning is all about being educational and politically correct.

[blueblood757]

Yeah. SMH! What was the name of that other show that Bill had...I think that he was drawing or something and the pen would make noise? Do you know?

[knowsthatknowledge]

the show was called picture page. it aired on nickelodeon.

[kd4adv]

"Picture Pages" on Captain Kangaroo on weekday mornings on CBS! I used to watch Capt. Kangaro.

[mrsooline]

The best time I had with my dad was watching Johnny Quest every Saturday morning.

[Qiller138]

awesome..............

[lepoetress]

This was the show!!!!! I LOVED the fights with that Rudy and Russell had because those zingers were on point and they did give wonderful life lessons. Kids today missed a treat!!!

[fierospeeder]

use to watch this on fox, or what is now fox. They had great cartoons back in the 80s. Now it's all morning news shows for 4 hours straight.

[KL58383]

This show is a classic! Nuff said!

[zrulz]

Russell: "Rudy you're like school in summer".

Rudy: "School in summer?"

Russell: "Yeah - No Class"

Gang: "Ahhhh Haaaa"

Those were simple times....

[FaytLinegod]

God Bless You, Bill Cosby.

[Gravelbone]

damn i miss being a kid

[gene2usa2003]

You barely seen a cartoon with a black character, yet here is a story with a group of very young, black kids with a junk yard for a play ground. Yet this simple story line was one of a very few shows that lasted for so long Saturday mornings. How great is that?

[PatOShea]

How awesome is the bass line in this song...

[SuperDookieness6000]

totally

[AskingForIt182]

This show was educational and taught you how to be a good person. Too bad all the kids wanna watch now is power rangers, which I can't say really has a message.

[boofdfast]

Exactly, well said. You always were taught right and wrong after these episodes. Even the Superfriends taught us how to build lil projects to make at home. LOL

Nowadays cartoons are more about marketing toylines or gimmicks. WTF does Hannah Montana teach??

Fat Albert had no toys, it was a cartoon just to teach kids how to be a better person or not to join the wrong crowd.

[mkeogh76]

The cool thing about "Fat Albert" is that is loosely based on Bill Cosby's actual childhood. He's a character (the "Bill" of the show is supposed to be young Bill Cosby) and so is his actual younger brother Russell. Further, the other characters of the show are based on kids he knew growing up in a tough Philadelphia neighborhood.

[ajwrangler1977]

Seeing this is bittersweet.... a time when life was simpler and more innocent. I am so glad I grew up in those days. I feel for kids today.

[SaryYoutu]

I'm a "Kid of Today" (:D) and i love this show it's just so amazing, and you're right, the movies and shows were innocent. But now it's just violence, like "Power Rangers", or and TvShows were ther are fights, ...

:(

[SexyGirl79]

Although I was born in 1979, I remember watching the reruns during the 80s before I went to school. Also, I remember his finger used to scare me. lol

[SaryYoutu]

His finger, haha. :DD

[stevedizzle007]

The good ole days

[JBOTTSIOWA]

OH SNAP, THIS BRINGS ME WAAAAY BACK!

[rollrock47]

the brown hornet

[INTIMEFILMPRODUCTION]

I remember this when I was a kid. I had the privilege of meeting Bill Cosby last week before he did his stand-up comic routine-a real nice person---Chris

[TheCoolProfessor]

The show was good but his standup where he told about Fat Alberts new car was awesome!

[bostonscholar]

Classic. This- Pinwheel- Today's Special- miss the 80s!

[poppy77]

romper room, captain kangaroo, lol

[murdercycles]

You are like school in the Summertime....No Class!

Rudy dressed like a pimp.

[fhcollector]

I watched this a lot as a kid. I'll be 39 this year! Thanks for the memories!

[INTIMEFILMPRODUCTION]

I just had the privilege of meeting Bill Cosby today here in Saskatoon before a stand-up show---a real nice person.

[BaronVonBlixberg]

I used to love Fat Albert when I was a kid...they just don't make cartoons like that anymore.

[Noosic]

Sadly enough, it's all about money now. Kids are exposed to adult themed subjects and cartoons like this are considered "Uncool and corny" I feel so bad because I had a blast growing up. My kids living in these days aren't having nearly as much fun.

[mhuki]

you hit the nail on the head

[greentreefrog22]

I agree too.

[AMWYESHUASAVESAMW]

Fat Albert was highly entertaining.

[Karenmb]

Fat Albert was a wicked show. It takes me back to a good place in my life. A time of innocence.

[Chanticleer]

what a great memory!

[TheEnviousParrotHead]

Modern cartoons still try to "improve" their young viewers, but the only ethic that said cartoons endorse is that of vigorously maintaining a high standard of self-esteem. It's hard not to like a children's show that teaches the value of humility and responsibility. Also, I like the character of Fat Albert. He's perhaps the only instance in a cartoon of an overweight character being talented and likable.

[TheEnviousParrotHead]

It's hard not to admire a children's TV show that taught the importance of responsibility and humility. Modern cartoons still try to "improve" their young viewers, but the only ethic they endorse is that of maintaining self-esteem. Children are born with a natural high of self-esteem, so it's kind of a waste of morality to give them more.

Also, the character of Fat Albert is charming. He's quite possibly the only talented, likable overweight person I've ever seen in a cartoon.

[kimosabi6180]

Has it been 36 years? Man Im getting old

[tails1428]

fat albert looks and dances like my sister in-law

[OJSMOKE]

Fat Albert was a seriously boring Cartoon Show

[Ihearyoucalling]

All I can remember is the theme

[ipunchbabies4]

i like fat abbot better

[vicodin75]

I remember watching these like in 1983.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

1983 must be when it was coming to the end of its run.