Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
| Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated TV special |
| Written by | Ed. Weinberger, Jack Mendelsohn, Bill Cosby |
| Directed by | |
| Voices of | Bill Cosby, , Ernestine Wade, Solomon Young, Gary Moore, Ben Anderson, Pat Ross, Angela Miller, Dana Marshall, Roosevelt Blow |
| Composer | Herbie Hancock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bruce Campbell Roy Silver |
| Producer | |
| Cinematography | Mike Bortman, Ken Brown |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 12, 1969 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert is an animated primetime television special which originally aired on November 12, 1969 on NBC in the United States.[1] While NBC did re-air the special twice following its initial airing, it has rarely been seen since. The film is in the collection of the Paley Center for Media, which has only held a very small number of screenings of the feature. It was created by Bill Cosby and animator . It was based on Cosby's stand-up routines, which were based on his childhood. It would later inspire the long-running 1972 animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. A second special, Weird Harold, aired on May 4, 1973.[2]
The special has a very different style from the later series. Due to time and a tight budget, the animators had to draw directly onto cels with grease pencils and actual images of Philadelphia were used for backgrounds.[3] The music was provided by Herbie Hancock, who later used some of the music he composed on his album Fat Albert Rotunda. Unlike the later Cosby Kids series and specials, it has not been released on DVD.
References[]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 273. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 343. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids / Classic TV". www.tvparty.com.
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