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In every episode, Fat Albert and his inner-city gang became involved in some comic misadventure, either learning [[An Aesop|a moral lesson]] or demonstrating a lesson for someone else. As on ''[[The Archie Show]]'', every ''Fat Albert'' episode included at least one song. In later seasons, Fat Albert and his friends followed the exploits of their favorite TV superhero, the Brown Hornet.
In every episode, Fat Albert and his inner-city gang became involved in some comic misadventure, either learning [[An Aesop|a moral lesson]] or demonstrating a lesson for someone else. As on ''[[The Archie Show]]'', every ''Fat Albert'' episode included at least one song. In later seasons, Fat Albert and his friends followed the exploits of their favorite TV superhero, the Brown Hornet.


At Christmas 2004, [[Twentieth Century Fox]] released a live action ''[[Fat Albert Movie]]'' feature film starring Kenan Thompson <ref>The same Kenan Thompson who was on ''[[All That]]'', ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'', and is currently on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''</ref> in which the cast of the ''[[Fat Albert]]'' cartoon step out of the TV to make a little girl's life better. It wasn't received well by critics or the box office.
At Christmas 2004, [[Twentieth Century Fox]] released a live action ''[[Fat Albert (film)|Fat Albert]]'' feature film starring Kenan Thompson <ref>The same Kenan Thompson who was on ''[[All That]]'', ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'', and is currently on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''</ref> in which the cast of the ''[[Fat Albert]]'' cartoon step out of the TV to make a little girl's life better. It wasn't received well by critics or the box office.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rudy
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rudy
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey hey hey!"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey hey hey!"
* [[Christmas Special]]: Which somehow managed to combine the [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]] ''and'' [[Away in A Manger]] plots.
* [[Christmas Special]]: Which somehow managed to combine the [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]] ''and'' [[Away in a Manger]] plots.
** There was also a [[Halloween Special]], and an Easter Special to boot.
** There was also a [[Halloween Special]], and an Easter Special to boot.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All characters to an extent, but Weird Harold in particular.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All characters to an extent, but Weird Harold in particular.
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* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Living Crashpad]]: Fat Albert himself serves as one
* [[Living Crashpad]]: Fat Albert himself serves as one
* [[Long Runners]]: A 12 season run on Saturday morning network TV and syndication, albeit not always with new episodes each season, a great run for an ''educational'' series.
* [[Long Runners]]: A 12 season run on Saturday morning network TV and syndication, albeit not always with new episodes each season, a great run for an ''educational'' series.
* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: In the Brown Hornet segments.
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: In the Brown Hornet segments.
* [[Present Day Past]]: Kind of. Since the characters are supposed to represent figures from Bill Cosby's childhood (including his own youthful self), the show ought to be set in the late 1940s or early '50s. It sure looks, sounds and feels like [[The Seventies]], though.
* [[Present Day Past]]: Kind of. Since the characters are supposed to represent figures from Bill Cosby's childhood (including his own youthful self), the show ought to be set in the late 1940s or early '50s. It sure looks, sounds and feels like [[The Seventies]], though.
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: One 1980s syndication episode dealt with a terrifying "[[Scared Straight]]"-style tour of a prison.
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: One 1980s syndication episode dealt with a terrifying "[[Scared Straight]]"-style tour of a prison.
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[[Category:Western Animation]]
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[[Category:Western Animation of the 1970s]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 1980s]]

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Bill Cosby created this Filmation series, based on his boyhood in Philadelphia (and, more directly, on his Stand Up Comedy routines of the 1960s). Cosby also appeared on camera as a Narrator and performed some of the character voices, including Fat Albert himself. The show ran Saturday mornings on CBS from 1972 to 1984, followed by one additional season in first-run Syndication. In addition to a good income, Cosby also used this series to earn a Doctorate in Education, and become Dr. Cosby.

In every episode, Fat Albert and his inner-city gang became involved in some comic misadventure, either learning a moral lesson or demonstrating a lesson for someone else. As on The Archie Show, every Fat Albert episode included at least one song. In later seasons, Fat Albert and his friends followed the exploits of their favorite TV superhero, the Brown Hornet.

At Christmas 2004, Twentieth Century Fox released a live action Fat Albert feature film starring Kenan Thompson [1] in which the cast of the Fat Albert cartoon step out of the TV to make a little girl's life better. It wasn't received well by critics or the box office.

Tropes used in Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids include:
  1. ↑ The same Kenan Thompson who was on All That, Kenan and Kel, and is currently on Saturday Night Live
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