A series, depending upon Cosby's stories all about growing higher in the inner city of Philadelphia, ran on CBS television from 1972 to 1984, and spent two or three supplementary months inside number one-rerun syndication in 1984. Many prime-period holiday specials featuring the characters were as well produced.

A Fat Albert Gang's character images were primarily created per creative person Gladstone, Randy, Hollar, by owning a assistance of old Disney animator Michale McKinney, under the counsel of Ken Light brown (world health organization got collaborated by having Cosby in the early Seventy's within an effort to syndicate the comic strip with Kings Production in NY. Fallowing this venture failing Filmation took across & began a alive television series). A Fat Albert & Gang images use at times seen brobdingnagian sales by FUBU and other T-shirt producers.

Around 1979, the indicate was re-titled A Just released Fat Albert Indicate & featured the pair of fresh alive segments: "The Brown Hornet" (detailing the dangerous undertaking of a larger-than-heroic African-American crime fighter in outer space) & "Legal Eagle" (involving the crime-fighting eagle & the pair of left-handed constabulary squirrels).

Within 1984, the indicate was syndicated & renamed A Escapade of Fat Albert & a Cosby Children. It ended a equivalent month.

Around 1989, NBC aired reruns for a few months.

Fat Albert number one appeared around Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded in his 1967 album Revenge, and so was featured within the 1969 one-shot prime-time television favorite (''Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert).

Filmation produced a indicate, which was noted for its training content. In a period of both episode, Fat Albert & the gang dealt using an issue or even condition unremarkably faced by immature youngsters, ranging from either stagefright, number one loves ("puppy love"), & skipping school to harder, supplementary good themes (toned down somewhat for immature tykes) including smoking, stealing, racism, existence scammed by con artists, & possibly little one abapply & drug use. The particularly infamous late episode began by using the parental consultative by Cosby for its blunt subject matter. Inside it, the children have the brush by having a law; although it turned out it were all guiltless in the matter, it is however subjected to a dire tour of a occupied high security prison where they are verbally accosted per inmates. Virtually all one other "serious" episodes introduced a newly character (never seen once more when that lone episode) world health organization introduced the gang to the condition of the week. Rudy was a a single world health organization universally fell for temptation, ingesting a apostophy test & convenient path; when Fat Albert would play a skeptical role, trying to resolve a condition & save his friends from either temptation. At a prevent of every episode, a gang would sing a song all about the theme of the day (this sequence has typically been parodied & mocked for its didactical, self-consciously "educational" content).

Despite a reputatiin of training babies television series for existence unpopular on commercial television, a series enjoyed one of a long haul in the history of the Saturday morning cartoon timeslot. The live action film based on a TV indicate, entitled Fat Albert was released in December 25, 2004, but it was panned by critics. There are plans to release a whole series in DVD over the course of 2005.

Characters
Fat Albert - Obese, kindly, somewhat naïve stripling. His catch phrase: "Hey Hey Hey" Mushmouth - Talked by owning an odd lisp, putting a syllable "be"'' at the prevent of both word Dumb Donald - Bore the pinkish stocking cap above section of his face. Bill - according to Cosby himself Mudfoot - Elderly owner of a junkyard in which the class action typically hung retired. He typically conned a class action away from their money. Rudy - Flamboyantly dressed smooth speaker. Russell - Bill's placed back immature brother, universally wearing the wintertime coat & hat. His catchphrase: "No class.", unremarkably wont to insult Rudy. Weird Harold - Serves when Mushmouth's translator, the tall skinny child world health organization universally wears a shirt & jacket, clumsy except on the basketball court Bucky - The child by having buck teeth A Black Hornet - Show-within-a-show about an African American superhero (a parody of The Green Hornet) whose cartoons were watched by the group Legal Eagle - An additional indicate-in-the-indicate, involving the crime-fighting cartoon bird