ext_104979 ([identity profile] captain-slinky.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] saturday_am_80s2013-05-22 08:09 pm
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1980 NOON on CBS: FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS



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!
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[personal profile] aurora77 2013-05-23 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean Pryor's Place? My dad wasn't too keen on it. He didn't think Richard Pryor should have been doing a kids show. I believe the words he used when explaining it to me were along the lines of "he's rude and crude and he uses lots of very bad language". I know I saw at least a little of Pryor's place, but I don't know that I watched even a whole episode. I was confused as to why they'd let someone like that do a show for us kids and I always leaned toward watching animation over live-action anyway.

[identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com 2013-05-23 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, he was a very softened, kid-friendly Richard Pryor and... it just didn't work. He seemed, I dunno... lost?

-TG

[identity profile] volare.livejournal.com 2013-05-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Talk about being put out of his element. I may be misremembering but I don't think it was his concept; he was put up to it by execs looking to ride Cosby's trend... So very bizarre when people often see Pryor and Cosby as being the two far ends of the spectrum, but don't know Cosby was just as foulmouthed when he chose to be, until he decided to take his act in the other direction.

Loved his comedy, understanding the context it came from.
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