Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert

Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
GenreSlice of life
Sports
Written byEd. Weinberger
Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Cosby
Directed byKen Mundie
Voices of
  • Bill Cosby
  • Steven Cheatham
  • Ernestine Wade
  • Solomon Young
  • Gary Moore
  • Ben Anderson
  • Pat Ross
  • Angela Miller
  • Dana Marshall
  • Roosevelt Blow
ComposerHerbie Hancock
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersBruce Campbell
Roy Silver
ProducerHarry Gittes
CinematographyMike Bortman, Ken Brown
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseNovember 12, 1969 (1969-11-12)
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Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert is an animated primetime television special which originally aired on November 12, 1969, on NBC in the United States. The special stars Fat Albert and the Cosby kids, a group of characters based on people Bill Cosby grew up with in his youth and had been mentioned in his prior stand-up routines. It was followed by an animated series which premiered on CBS three years later in 1972.