College students had their final exams earlier this month. Locally, so did a private academy, such as LaSalle Institute. Other schools will have finals in a couple of weeks. Fittingly, then, we present an object lesson, courtesy of Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids.
Dumb Donald (Lou Scheimer, who went uncredited throughout the series' 13 year run as a voice actor, only taking credit as a producer) learns that his grades are failing, and he needs to man up to score a passing grade on his finals, otherwise, he'll be left back and won't advance with the gang. A slimy older student tries to convince Donald that everything will be okay if he's "Faking The Grade":
Ironically, this episode premiered in July 1985, after the school year had ended. Go figure.
Rating: A.
4 comments:
They did have 85 new episodes to burn through, but I guess not that quickly.
They stretched out the 85 episodes all the way into the summer, mixing in classic repeats along the way. That ensured there'd be at least one or two new episodes a week for the entire calendar year of the season.
It's funny because I didn't really noticed that patten at all watching these cartoons back then, but then I probably didn't realize it was already a decade old by the time they were in syndication, and newer episodes were already tackling topics like public access TV and computer hacking!
As well as gang violence.
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