Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Getting Schooled: Fat Albert in Mainstream (1979)

You might want to fast forward past Brown Hornet for this installment of Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids.

I think it's fair to assume that Dennis, the gang's new classmate, would be diagnosed today as being autistic or having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), as the word "retarded" is no longer acceptable.

As for Brown Hornet, the never ending serial was on fumes by this point. This episode was first broadcast in 1979, but the wraparound open & close is for the 1984 syndicated series.



Brown Hornet gets a C.

The episode itself is a B-.

2 comments:

Hal said...

THE WHITE SHADOW beat them to the punch by about six months, with an episode also titled "Mainstream", dealing with an autistic student joining the team. Memorable freeze frame ending.

hobbyfan said...

Thanks, Hal. I'll have to look for that one.