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The Fat Albert animated cartoon TV show's theme song from season 1 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.

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 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.

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.

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  • My favorite character was the white guy.

  • my favorite character was Rudy!! i used to dig the way he played that guitar when they used to sing at the end of the show. i was 4yrs old when it debuted on CBS in '72 but i still remember it like yesterday!

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  • What's sad? This show's considered politically incorrect...

  • @Sheri451

    Thank you for the information! I will probably watch it in a day or so.

  • @Smartboy8877 You're Welcome. and I saw that episode on Hulu last night. It was called Mister Big Timer.

  • @Sheri451

    Thank you for the heads-up!

  • @Smartboy8877 I think you can see this episode on HULU

  • @Sheri451

    I agree that any show that teachers a lesson regarding drugs would be helpful to children today!

  • @Smartboy8877 I'd love to find that episode somewhere. They need to show it to children even now.

  • @SLBON

    It was one of my favorites too!

  • @Sheri451

    I remember that song. I thought that episode that it was from told a great story!

  • Love this show! It was one of my absolute faves as a kid!

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