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The character Fat Albert first appeared in Bill Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. [5] The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in inner city North Philadelphia. [6]
The character would later become the basis for the cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids which includes a buck buck episode (season 1 episode 6). Fat Albert and his friends also play a game of buck buck in the film Fat Albert (2004). The same story, in a slightly different form, is also included in Cosby's book Childhood. In the 2014 ...
It also serves to introduce Fat Albert, one of his most enduring characters. The track "Buck Buck" contains Cosby's first recorded mention of Fat Albert, his Philadelphia childhood friend who would later become the basis for the hit cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids; Albert's signature cry "Hey! Hey!
Fat Albert was intentionally written as an alternative to the archetypal, funny fat character. Speaking to The New York Times in 2013, Bill Cosby stated, “I changed Albert, making him the leader ...
Fat Albert and the Cosby kids take a trip to the country to visit Weird Harold's uncle. There, Russell befriends a baby fox and wants to keep it as a pet, so he sneaks it home and names it Freddy. Within a short time, Freddy's savage habits begin to kick in, and the gang has to convince Russell that wild animals aren't meant to be domesticated.
'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids' (1972-1985) This animated series was created by none other than the famous comedian Bill Cosby. While Fat Albert's catch phrase "Hey, hey, hey" (as well as Cosby's ...
Fat Albert (Buck, Buck) – 9:05 (from Revenge) "The Lone Ranger", as presented on this album, is a truncated (shortened) version of the original recording. The cassette tape release of the album reverses Sides 1 and 2 of the LP in order to sequence the longer side first.
Cosby was kind to him when he was Urkel, White writes in his new book. Jaleel White recalls Bill Cosby's curse-filled rant over “Fat Albert” movie: No 'f---ing “Nutty Professor”, fat suit ...