tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post1023115134424253187..comments2024-03-25T17:18:56.205-04:00Comments on Saturday Morning Archives: Toon Legends: Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids (1972)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-31730293619286848422016-11-02T09:25:44.820-04:002016-11-02T09:25:44.820-04:00Unfortunately, Steven, given the scandal surroundi...Unfortunately, Steven, given the scandal surrounding Cosby presently, it ain't gonna happen.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-58282567045047940132016-07-11T22:50:00.311-04:002016-07-11T22:50:00.311-04:00We need a new Fat Albert cartoon ASAP.We need a new Fat Albert cartoon ASAP.Steven Dolcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576101763520623726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-90047661539014795352014-05-23T19:23:06.618-04:002014-05-23T19:23:06.618-04:00Jennifer: The episodes you cite are, as you noted,...Jennifer: The episodes you cite are, as you noted, from the lone season of 1st-run syndication, in which Filmation no longer had censors to deal with, and were prepared to give Fat Albert and friends some harder lessons. These were stories you'd never see on CBS back then. Cosby picked up the gauntlet and took the challenge, but of course we know how it ended.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-34433094397751802112014-05-20T14:41:44.323-04:002014-05-20T14:41:44.323-04:00In the later years (syndicated) of Fat Albert, the...In the later years (syndicated) of Fat Albert, they really got into some daring subjects. Many remember the "scared straight" prison visit--the gang was caught in a car that had been stolen by a pal of theirs. (They had no idea the car had been stolen, which begged the question of why the police wanted to hammer this lesson into them when they hadn't done anything wrong!) Cosby said at the beginning that there was some strong language used in this episode, but it must've been cut out of the showing I saw. <br /><br />Even more shocking was the episode that dealt with gang violence. I remember seeing that in the mid-eighties, at the age of twelve or so. The gang was friends with a young would-be comedian whose brother was in a gang. When violence flared up between the brother's gang and another one, young Fernando went out to warn his brother and ended up taking a bullet for him. I thought, "Oh, I know what's gonna happen...he'll recover and the brother will be so relieved he'll mend his ways..."<br /><br />...and then the brother cried out, "He's DEAD!" And my jaw hit the living-room rug.<br /><br />Amazing that a show that started out so lighthearted pulled no punches!Jennifer L. Schillighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685338133114831826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-77180177514418008272014-05-07T14:21:12.766-04:002014-05-07T14:21:12.766-04:00Considering I haven't yet done a piece on the ...Considering I haven't yet done a piece on the Cosby Show, I'll keep an eye out for the Kaye-Cosby summit.......hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-11397964937214545162014-05-07T13:35:30.007-04:002014-05-07T13:35:30.007-04:00Have you forgotten that episode of The Cosby Show ...Have you forgotten that episode of The Cosby Show in which Kaye guest starred as Rudy's dentist? Cos & Kaye were sharing a scene or two together.<br /><br />The "Tooth Shuttle" was a great bit!<br /><br />Kaye was still wonderful to watch even into his last years! I think the ep aired shortly after his passing.<br /><br />As for Fat Albert, it was a good series and as Cosby promised at the beginning of the show - we all learned something before it was done!<br /><br />At the time I didn't know the characters were all based on Cosby's childhood in Philly - or that Weird Harold, Russell, et al were real (or at least based on real people from the neighborhood). Like Gabe Kaplan's Sweathogs, they were also part of Cosby's stand up act.<br /><br />I remember an early sketch of Fat Albert - and it looked nothing like the final version - that Albert was dressed in a nice suit, jacket and tie (!) but the buttons just barely held the jacket closed.<br /><br />Hey! Hey! Hey!magicdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10755186050643383954noreply@blogger.com