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| image = [[Image:Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.jpg|230px]]
| caption = Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, L. to R: Cluck, Bill, Rudy, Dumb Donald, Mushmouth, Fat Albert, Bucky, Russell, Weird Harold
| show_name_2 = The New Fat Albert Show The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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| creator = [[Bill Cosby]] Ken Mundie
| director = [[Hal Sutherland]]
| animation designers = [[Bob Bachman]] [[Dick Drew]] [[Lillian Evans]] [[Stan Green]] [[Bill Hajee]] [[Amby Paliwoda]] [[Len Rogers]] [[Leo Sullivan]]
| animation department = Bob Bachman Dick Drew Lillian Evans Stan Green Bill Hajee Amby Paliwoda Len Rogers Leo Sullivan
| creative_director = [[Don R. Christensen|Don Christensen]]
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| presenter = Bill Cosby
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*Bill Cosby
*[[Jan Crawford]]
*[[Gerald Edwards]]
*[[Eric Suter]]
*[[Demetra McHenry]]
*[[Erika Carroll]]
*[[Lane Vaux]]
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| theme_music_composer = Bill Cosby
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| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 110 + 4 specials ([[List of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids episodes|List of episodes]])
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| executive_producer = Bill Cosby
| producer = [[Lou Scheimer]] [[Norm Prescott]] (1972–84)
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| distributor = [[Westinghouse Broadcasting|Group W Productions]] (syndicated)
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| first_aired = September 9, 1972 – October 27, 1973 September 6, 1975 – October 30, 1976 September 8, 1979 – September 16, 1981 September 1, 1984
| last_aired = August 10, 1985
| status = Ended
| preceded_by = [[Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert]] (1969)
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'''''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids''''' is an [[list of animated television series|animated series]] created, produced, and hosted (in [[live action]] [[Bookend scene|bookends]]) by comedian [[Bill Cosby]], who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. [[Filmation]] was the production company for the series. The show premiered in 1972<ref name="cosby_dissertation">William Henry Cosby, "An Integration of the Visual Media Via "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning" (January 1, 1976). Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst. Paper AAI7706369. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI7706369</ref> and ran until 1985 (with new episodes being produced on an "on and off" basis during that time frame). The show, based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Albert (known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!"), and his friends.<ref name="CD liner notes">CD liner notes: Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records</ref>

The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments, and in early episodes the gang would usually gather in their [[North Philadelphia]] junkyard to play a rock song (summarizing the lesson of the day) on their cobbled-together instruments at the end of the show.<ref name="CD liner notes" />

==Origins==
The character Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby's [[stand-up comedy]] routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album ''[[Revenge (Bill Cosby album)|Revenge]]''.<ref>Cosby's character in the TV series _I Spy_, Scottie, when asked his name responded "Fat Albert!" while being interrogated. ["The Trouble with Temple", Season 2, 1967]</ref> The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in [[inner city]] [[North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|North Philadelphia]].<ref>Military.com. [http://www.military.com/Careers/Content1?file=trans_bill_cosby.htm&area=Content Transition Profiles — Bill Cosby]. Accessed 20 November 2008.</ref> In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator [[Ken Mundie]] brought Fat Albert to animation in a one-shot prime-time [[television special|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 was written and performed by [[jazz]] pianist/keyboardist [[Herbie Hancock]] in 1969 and was released on the [[Warner Music|Warner Bros.]] album ''[[Fat Albert Rotunda]]''. For the animated portion of the special, it was necessary to develop the actual appearance of each of the Fat Albert Gang's characters. For this, Ken Mundie relied on animator [[Amby Paliwoda]], a former Disney artist. Paliwoda not only created all the Gang's characters, but painted a "group portrait" which was eventually shown on the front page of ''[[TV Guide]]'' magazine shortly before the showing of the special.

The producers wanted NBC to bring Fat Albert to Saturday mornings, but they refused because the series was too educational.<ref>[http://www.tvparty.com/satfat.html tvparty.com]</ref> Bill Cosby and a new production company, [[Filmation Associates]], then took the property to [[CBS]]. The Fat Albert gang's character images were primarily created by the artist Randy Hollar with the assistance of one-time [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animator Michelle McKinney, under the direction of Ken Brown.

Retitled ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'', the series premiered on September 9, 1972 on [[CBS]]. Production lasted for 12, though not continuous, years. It also spent another season in first-run [[television syndication|syndication]] (1984–1985). Three prime-time holiday specials (Halloween, Christmas, and Easter) featuring the characters were also produced. Like most Saturday morning cartoons from the 1970s, ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' contained an adult [[laugh track]], which was eliminated during the final season. The series was rerun on [[NBC]] Saturday mornings and on the [[USA Network]] in 1989.

==Characters==

===The Cosby Kids===
*'''"Fat" Albert Jackson''' (voiced by [[Bill Cosby]]) is based on Cosby's childhood friend Albert Robertson and fraternal twin of [[Precious]] . The main character in the series, he is the heart and soul (and often the conscience) of the Junkyard Gang. Though depicted as being obese, he is shown to enjoy sports, often playing in different games with the rest of the gang. Civic-minded and wise beyond his years, Fat Albert works hard to maintain integrity in the gang and with others, and is the lead singer as well as bagpipe-accordion (made from a funnel, radiator and an airbag) player in the Junkyard Band.
*'''Mushmouth''' (voiced by [[Bill Cosby]]) is a chinless, slack-jawed simpleton who always speaks in virtual [[Ubbi dubbi|Ubbi Dubbi]], tantamount to an overdose of [[novocaine]] in the mouth, which Cosby would later use in the "Dentist" monologue from his 1983 film, ''[[Bill Cosby: Himself|Himself]]''. He plays a homemade bass guitar in the Junkyard Band.
*'''"Dumb" Donald''' (voiced by [[Lou Scheimer]]) is a lanky but dimwitted fellow. He always wears a green long-sleeved [[jersey]] three sizes too big, and a pink [[stocking cap]] covering his entire face except his eyes and mouth. In the Junkyard Band, he plays a [[trombone]] made out of plumbers' pipe and a morning glory horn from an old [[Victrola]].
*'''William "Bill" Cosby''' (voiced by [[Bill Cosby]]) is a character based on Cosby himself. Like the others, Bill is an all-around good athlete, but more often he spends his time trying, though not always successfully, to keep his little brother Russell out of trouble. Like Fat Albert, Bill is usually the voice of reason in the gang, although at times a little more stubborn. He also acts as Fat Albert's second-in-command. In the Junkyard Band, he plays homemade drums made from a discarded foot-pedal trash can using spoons for sticks.
*'''Russell Cosby''' (voiced by [[Jan Crawford]]) is Bill's younger brother (based on his real-life brother—whom he often talked about in his routines) and the smallest and youngest of the Junkyard Gang. He always wears a heavy jacket, boots and a [[Ushanka]] winter hat regardless of the weather. Russell has a penchant for making blunt observations (much to his older brother's consternation). Russell often insults and antagonizes Rudy, usually when Rudy is being his typical arrogant self. His catchphrase is "No class." He plays the xylophone in the Junkyard Band (made out of empty cans and a discarded coat rack).
*'''"Weird" Harold''' (voiced by [[Gerald Edwards]]) is a tall, skinny, beady-eyed kid who always wears a beige dress blazer, a brown sock on one foot and a red sock on the other, and is usually clumsy. In the Junkyard Band, he plays a harp made from bedsprings, and on occasion plays a "dressmaker dummy" in the percussion section. (In the [[Fat Albert (film)|film adaptation]], he is called "Old Weird" Harold, like he was in Cosby's stand-up routines, rather than Weird Harold.)
*'''Rudolph "Rudy" Davis''' (voiced by [[Eric Suter]]) is a sharp dressed, smooth talking, somewhat antagonistic huckster whose smart-aleck attitude gets him into trouble more often than not. In fact, Rudy's poor attitude and dismissive demeanor is often the catalyst for a typical plot's conflict. But inside he has a good heart and often learns his lesson. In the Junkyard Band, he plays a makeshift banjo, whose parts include a broomstick handle and sewing-thread spool to hold the strings. However, when shown playing apart from the others, Rudy plays an electric guitar (personalized with a big "R"). He wears an orange [[flat cap]], purple vest, pink tuxedo, regular bell-bottom jeans, and boots.
*'''Bucky''' (voiced by [[Jan Crawford]]), as his name indicates, has a large [[overbite]]. He is shown to be really fast and flexible. Bucky plays a stovepipe [[Organ (music)|organ]] in the Junkyard Band.

===Other characters===
* '''Miss Berry''' is the kids' first teacher and mentor, a matronly black woman, later replaced by '''Mrs. Breyfogle'''. In later seasons, the kids went to a different school where their teacher and mentor was '''Miss Wucher''', a blonde [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]]. (All three characters were voiced by the same actress, [[Jay Scheimer]], wife of executive producer Lou Scheimer.)
* '''Mudfoot Brown''' (voiced by Cosby) is an old sage and unemployed vagrant who gives advice to the gang, often using [[reverse psychology]] to get his point across. (He makes a minor appearance in the [[Fat Albert (film)|film adaptation]], at the beginning and end of the film, voiced by [[Earl Billings]]—however, he is never referred to by name in the film.)
*'''Cluck''' A duck that followed the gang regularly in early episodes but stopped appearing after season 1.
* '''[[The Brown Hornet]]''' (Voiced by Cosby) is the title character of a [[Show-within-a-show|show]] about an [[African-American]] [[superhero]] (a parody of ''[[The Green Hornet]]''), whose cartoons were watched regularly by the gang.
** '''Stinger''' (voiced by [[Lou Scheimer]]) is the Brown Hornet's beefy sidekick whose gruff exterior masks a soft heart.
** '''Tweeterbell''' (voiced by [[Erika Scheimer]]—daughter of Lou and Jay) is a female robot assistant to The Brown Hornet and Stinger.
* '''Legal Eagle''' (voiced by [[Lou Scheimer]]) is another [[show-within-a-show]], involving a crime-fighting cartoon bird and two lazy, klutzy squirrel underlings, '''Moe and Gabby'''.
* '''Margene''' (voiced by [[Erika Scheimer]]) is a white classmate and good friend of Fat Albert's. In one episode she and Albert ran for co-president of the Student Council and beat out two other candidates, both of whom were running on platforms of racism (one was black, the other Caucasian). A straight-A student, Margene occasionally got in with the wrong people but always managed to rebound; in a different episode she got hooked on drugs, and in another she got innocently involved in a violent white supremacy cult.
* '''Dennis''' is a skinny kid who follows all the bigger kids around.
* '''The Three River Blockbusters''' are the Junkyard Gang's main rival when it comes to competing in sports such as baseball and football. The Blockbusters stole the title of being champions in a competition called "buck buck".
* '''Pee Wee''' (voiced by [[Erika Scheimer]]) is a small boy who looks up to Fat Albert and the gang. While being small in stature, his best athletic skill is kicking a football at a long distance. When the bigger kids could not get anything out of a tight crevice, Pee Wee is there to retrieve it.

==Episodes==

===Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids===

====Season 1 (1972-73)====

*Lying
*The Runt
*The Stranger
*Creativity
*Fish Out of Water
*Moving
*Playing Hooky
*The Hospital
*Begging Benny
*The Hero
*The Prankster
*Four Eyes
*The Tomboy
*Stagefright
*The Bully
*Smart Kid
*Mister Big Timer
*The Newcomer
*What Does Dad Do?
*Mom or Pop
*How the West Was Lost
*Sign Off

====Season 2 (1975-76)====

*The Fuzz
*An Ounce of Prevention
*Fat Albert Meets Dan Cupid
*Take Two, They're Small
*Animal Lover
*Little Tough Guy

*Smoke Gets in Your Hair
*What Say?
*Readin', Ritin' and Rudy
*Suede Simpson
*Little Business
*TV or Not TV
*Shuttered Window
*Junk Food

===The New Fat Albert Show===

====Season 3 (1979-81)====

*In My Merry Busmobile
*The Dancer
*Spare the Rod
*Sweet Sorrow
*Poll Time
*Mainstream
*Free Ride
*Soft Core
*The Secret
*The Gunslinger
*Little Girl Found
*Pain, Pain, Go Away
*The Rainbow
*Easy Pickins
*Good Ol' Dudes
*Heads or Tails
*Pot of Gold
*Habla Espanol
*The New Father
*Parking Dog
*Water You Waiting For?
*Two by Two
*Double Cross
*Watch That First Step

===The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids===

====Season 4 (1984-85)====

*Justice Good as Ever
*Rebop for Bebop
*Sinister Stranger
*Handwriting on the Wall
*Busted
*It All Adds Up
*Never Say Never
*Don't Call Us
*The Runner
*Video Mania
*You Gotta Have Art
*Long Live the Queen
*The Joker
*Second Chance
*Kiss & Tell
*Teenage Mom
*Film Follies
*Watch Thy Neighborhood
*Cosby's Classics
*Harvest Moon
*Read Baby Read
*The Whiskey Kid
*Millionaire Madness
*Call of the Wild
*Funny Business
*Three Strikes, and I'm In
*What's the I.D.?
*Have a Heart
*Rules is Cool
*The Birds, the Bees and Dumb Donald
*Double or Nothing
*Hot Wheels
*No Place Like Home
*Not So Loud
*The Jinx
*You Don't Say
*Amiss with Amish
*Gang Wars
*Computer Caper
*We All Scream for Ice Cream
*Superdudes
*Painting for the Town
*Rudy and the Beast
*Wheelie
*Faking the Grade
*Write On
*Cable Caper
*Say Uncle
*No News is Good News
*Attitude is Gratitude

==Educational lessons and songs==
''Fat Albert'' was honored and noted for its educational content, which included Cosby earning a [[Doctorate in Education]]. In every show's opening Cosby would playfully warn:
<blockquote>
"This is Bill Cosby comin' at you with music and fun, 
and if you're not careful you may learn something before it's done. 
So let's get ready, OK? ''(Fat Albert voice)'' Hey, hey, hey!"
</blockquote>
During each episode, Fat Albert and his friends (aka The Junkyard Gang), dealt with an issue or problem commonly faced by young urban children, ranging from stage fright, first loves, medical operations, and personal hygiene to more serious themes (though toned down for younger children) including [[vandalism]], [[stealing]], [[racism]], smoking, being scammed by con artists, child abuse, kidnapping, drug use, [[gun violence]] and death.

At the end of most episodes (with some exceptions in the case of particularly serious themes), the gang would sing a song about the theme of the day. This sequence, similar to those seen in other Filmation shows including ''[[The Archie Show]]'', has often been parodied. The musical sequence was dropped during the ''Brown Hornet''/''Legal Eagle'' years.

The series would enjoy one of the longest runs in the history of the [[Saturday morning cartoon]]s.

==Revamps and renames==
In 1979, the show was re-titled '''''The New Fat Albert Show''''' and featured a new segment titled "The Brown Hornet" detailing the adventures of a larger-than-life [[African-American]] crime fighter in outer space whose design resembled a caricature of Bill Cosby, who also performed vocal talents on the character.

In 1984, the show was [[television syndication|syndicated]] and renamed '''''The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'''''. The lack of network restrictions allowed the producer to delve into more mature subject matter. A notable episode ("Busted") featured the kids having an inadvertent brush with the law and given a ''[[Scared Straight!]]''-style tour of an occupied [[Incarceration in the United States#Security levels|maximum security prison]], even contained utterances (by the jail's inmates) of the words "damn" and "bastard" (Cosby had appeared in the beginning of the episode advising viewers that those words would be used as part of the story's dialogue to realistically depict jail life). Another notable episode, "Gang Wars", featured a child being shot and killed. Another new segment was added: "Legal Eagle", a crime-fighting eagle with a pair of bumbling police squirrels. Production of new episodes ceased in 1985.

== Theme song ==
A cover of the show's theme song, performed by [[Dig (rock band)|Dig]], is included on the 1995 [[tribute album]] ''[[Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits]]'', produced by [[Ralph Sall]] for [[MCA Records]].

==Reception==
''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' was named the 82nd best animated series by [[IGN]].<ref name="ign100">{{cite web |title=82, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |url=http://tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/82.html |publisher=[[IGN]] |accessdate=2009-01-24 |date=2009-01-23}}</ref>

''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' received an [[Emmy]] nomination in 1974. Production of the final season of the series overlapped with the start of production of Cosby's live-action [[sitcom]], ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', which began airing in the fall of 1984.

In 1993, ''[[TV Guide]]'' named ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' the best cartoon series of the 1970's in it's issue celebrating 40 years of television.<ref>{{cite book|title=''[[TV Guide]]'' April 17-23, 1993|year=1993|pages=75}}</ref>

In 2002, Fat Albert was placed at number 12 on ''TV Guide'''s list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

==Seasons and specials==
* ''[[Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert]]'' (special) – November 12, 1969
* ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' – 1972–73 (22 episodes), 1975–76 (14 episodes)
* ''The Fat Albert Halloween Special'' – October 24, 1977
* ''The Fat Albert Christmas Special'' – December 18, 1977
* ''The New Fat Albert Show'' – 1979–81 (24 episodes)
* ''The Fat Albert Easter Special'' – April 3, 1982
* ''The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' – 1984–85 (50 episodes)

(Total: 110 episodes + 4 specials)

==Syndication==
As of 2012, ''Fat Albert'' is seen Saturday mornings on [[Retro Television Network]] (RTV), and weeknights on [[Bounce TV]], both of which are digital networks. It can also be seen weekdays on [[Angel investor|Angel Two]] (ANGL2) and on [[Kids & Teens TV]] (KTV).

==DVD releases==
In 2004, Urban Works acquired the rights to the series, subsequently releasing several ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' DVDs including a two-volume collection featuring 24 episodes from the original animated series, as well as all the Fat Albert specials around the time the movie version of the series was released.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-Original/dp/B0006U5V58 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - The Original Animated Series, Vol. 1]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-Vol/dp/B0006SSPI0 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids -Vol 2 (1972)]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Alberts-Easter-Special-Crawford/dp/B0006SSOTK Fat Albert's Easter Special]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Alberts-Halloween-Special-Erika-Carroll/dp/B00080EW8I Fat Albert's Halloween Special]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Alberts-Christmas-Special-Crawford/dp/B00080EW7Y Fat Albert's Christmas Special (2005)]</ref> In addition Urban Works released a Greatest Hits 4-disc box set and a 5-best episodes set via ''Ventura Distribution''.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Alberts-Greatest-Hits-Ultimate-Collection/dp/B00062IE9Q Fat Albert's Greatest Hits The Ultimate Collection (1972)]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-Bill/dp/B00062IE8W/ Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)]</ref> In 2008 Urban Works lost the distribution rights and as a result all of Urban Works' DVD releases are now out of print.

In 2008, [[Classic Media]] acquired the rights to series and stated at the time that they intended to release the entire series on DVD.<ref>[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-DVDs-Planned/8879 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids DVD news: New DVDs Planned for Classic Cartoon Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com]</ref> Unfortunately this never happened as they only re-released ''The Fat Albert Halloween Special'' and ''The Fat Albert Easter Special'' on DVD via distribution partner [[Genius Products]].<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Alberts-Halloween-Special-Erika-Carroll/dp/B0018PH3HO</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.com/The-Fat-Albert-Easter-Special/dp/B001KKU99G</ref>

On April 6, 2012, it was announced that [[Shout! Factory]] had acquired the rights to the series (under license from [[Classic Media]]) and planned to release a complete series box set on DVD on July 31, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Press Release Says ALL 3 Shows in Shout!'s Set, WITH Bill Cosby's Help!|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-The-Complete-Series/16802|publisher=TVShowsonDVD.com|accessdate=April 11, 2012}}</ref> The release has now been postponed indefinitely.<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-The-Complete-Series/16934</ref>

On September 4, 2012, [[Classic Media]] will re-release all 3 holiday specials together in one collection entitled ''The Hey Hey Hey Holiday Collection'' on DVD in Region 1.<ref>http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fat-Albert-Cosby-Kids-Hey-Hey-Hey-Holiday-Collection/17333</ref>

==Other media==
* [[Gold Key Comics]] did a comic book adaptation of Fat Albert, which ran for 29 issues, from 1974–79.
* Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids made a cameo in a ''[[MetLife]]'' commercial in 2012.

==Film adaptation==
In [[2004 in film|2004]], [[Twentieth Century Fox]] released a film adaptation of the series titled ''[[Fat Albert (film)|Fat Albert]]''. The film stars [[Kenan Thompson]] as Fat Albert.

In the film, Fat Albert and the boys journey into the real world after jumping out of a television in order to help a lonely girl ([[Kyla Pratt]]) with her issues. Fat Albert enjoys being in the real world but after a meeting with his creator, [[Bill Cosby]] (portraying himself) he is informed that if he and the others don't return back to the television, they will turn into [[celluloid]] dust.

==Pop culture==
* [[South Park]] often showed the kids watching a parody of the show called ''Fat Abbott'', in which the kids all talk and act like inner city gang members (basically an about-face of the original) and the live-action cutovers featured a person based more on [[Spike Lee]] than on Bill Cosby.

==See also==
*[[Little Bill]]
* [[Buck_buck#Cultural_references|Buck buck]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.tvparty.com/satfat.html TV Party's Overview of the Series]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/fatalbrt.htm Toonopedia entry]
* [http://www.80scartoons.net/toons/fatalbert.html 80's Cartoon Central]
* [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/17-fat-albert/ Opening Intro retrojunk]
* [http://www.billcosby.com/ Official Bill Cosby Site]

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