1980 NOON on CBS: FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

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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[aurora77]

Full and complete, from the 70s through the 80's?

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[volare.livejournal.com]

Yep. 'S why the thing's the size of a cinderblock and over $100...

AMAZON PRE-ORDER LINK (http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Albert-And-Cosby-Kids/dp/B007RMQ56M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369318083&sr=8-1&keywords=fat+albert+and+the+cosby+kids+the+complete+series)

SHOUT! FACTORY LINK (http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/174776)

"Shout! Factory has announced details for its complete collection for Bill Cosby’s educational comedy Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on DVD. The release will collect all 110 episodes of the Filmation cartoon on a 15 disc set, including those episodes produced under the titles The New Fat Albert Show and The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. For extras the collection will include still galleries and the one-hour documentary “Hey, Hey, Hey…It’s The Story of Fat Albert”, as well as three audio commentaries:

* “Gang Wars” – with Storyboard Artist Tom Tataranowicz
* “Have A Heart” – with Writer Robby London
* “Lying” – with Bill Cosby and Storyboard Artist Michael Swanigan. Hosted by Wally Wingert

Shout! Factory has scheduled the DVD collection for June 25th, 2013, selling for a MSRP Price of $119.99."

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[aurora77]

Yeouch. A bit pricey. I would guess there will be some good sales eventually, though.

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[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Those Shout Factory DVD's rarely go down in price if I remember correctly... they know the audience that they're catering to :)

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[volare.livejournal.com]

Yeah, suckers like me.... ¬_¬

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