1980 NOON on CBS: FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS

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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was a Filmation animated series created, produced, and hosted (in live action bookends) by comedian Bill Cosby, who also did a huge chunk of the voices for the show (including Fat Albert himself). The show premiered in 1972 and *kind of* ran until 1985... See, up till 1983 they had been doing short-order seasons of the show - 6 to 8 new episodes per season - but then between 1984 and 1985 the cranked out some FIFTY NEW EPISODES of the cheaper, lower-quality "The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids".

It should also be noted that this was the year that they replaced the "Junkyard Rock Band" segments of the show with Fat Albert and the gang rushing to their clubhouse to watch the latest episode of "The Brown Hornet" (Also voiced by Cosby).

What do you think? Have any good memories or thoughts to share about Fat Albert and the gang? Come at me with comments and fun, and if you're not careful you might just learn something before we're done. So let's get ready, okay? Hey, hey, HEY!

Comments

[aurora77]

Dood. You know it's aired on every Saturday morning here, don't you? Channel 7.2, from 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Fat Albert, Ghostbusters (not The Real Ghost Busters), Archies, Bravestarr, She-Ra, He-Man, and Mr. Magoo. A decent Saturday morning lineup, plus little extras at the end of each episode, in the form of terrible quality or offensive racist shorts, like the old Pinocchio or Dick Tracy or Wizard of Oz shorts. Archies is terrible and the commercials aren't all that great, and you don't get the PSAs, but it's still pretty good overall.

I pretty clearly remember the episode about shoplifting, but not much else in particular. I also remember the difference in the episodes with The Brown Hornet. I was young at the time, but I could tell they weren't quite as good and was a little disappointed when they showed those. I guess I was already becoming a cartoon connoisseur. XD

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

What is the name of that channel? Because I WANT IT!

~*::Meow::*~

[aurora77]

It's a Seattle-area local broadcast channel called Retro TV.

[aurora77]

They have affiliates all over. Check their Affiliates section to see if there's one near you:
http://www.myretrotv.com/

[bonnie-rocks.livejournal.com]

I just did. It's a free over the airwaves channel in the area. Naturally, since I have cable, it hasn't come to me yet. Soooooooooon!

~*::Meow::*~