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      • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids” tackled issues such as bullying, racism, and peer pressure, providing educational messages to young viewers. Fat Albert was based on Bill Cosby’s childhood friends. The characters in the show were inspired by Cosby’s real-life friends from his childhood in Philadelphia.
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  2. Without delving too deep into the creator's...history, the Fat Albert cartoon was based on a group of kids that Bill Cosby hung out with as a kid, including his brother Russell. These kids were all present at the end of the live-action Fat Albert movie.

  3. Sep 27, 2012 · The character first appeared on Cosby's 1967 comedy album Revenge, where he tells a story that similarly lauds Fat Albert as the kid who saves the day. Cosby recounts how, growing up in Philly,...

  4. Fat Albert Robertson (voiced by Bill Cosby; singing by Michael Gray) [11] is based on Cosby's childhood friend Albert Robertson. The main character in the series, he is usually the conscience of the Junkyard Gang.

  5. Sep 4, 2023 · Fat Albert was based on Bill Cosby’s childhood friends. The characters in the show were inspired by Cosby’s real-life friends from his childhood in Philadelphia. The show had a diverse cast of characters.

  6. Dec 12, 2004 · Actually, this movie should really be titled, “Slightly Over Weight Albert” because the star of the movie can hardly be called fat. In any event, the lead character is based on Bill Cosby’s childhood stories about growing up in Philadelphia in the fifties.

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  7. Jun 12, 2013 · If “Fat Albert” came to be true today, the changes would be not so much the behavior [of the characters], because good behavior is based on truth. We did – he said, braggingly – we did...

  8. Dec 7, 2014 · In contrast, not only were many of the characters on Fat Albert based on real, live people (including Bill himself and his brother, Russell), but the setting for the show was a realistically-depicted, lower middle-class urban neighborhood in Philadelphia with its own share of real-world problems, including crime and racism.

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