| Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated TV special |
| Written by | Ed. Weinberger, Jack Mendelsohn, Bill Cosby |
| Directed by | Ken Mundie |
| Voices of | Bill Cosby, Steven Chatman, Ernestine Wade, Solomon Young, Gary Moore, Ben Anderson, Pat Ross, Angela Miller, Dana Marshell, Roosevelt Blow |
| Composer(s) | Herbie Hancock |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bruce Campbell, Roy Silver |
| Producer(s) | Harry Gittes |
| Cinematography | Mike Bortman, Ken Brown |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original airing | November 12, 1969 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert is an animated primetime special which originally aired on November 12, 1969 on NBC in the United States, though NBC did reair it twice following its initial airing, it has rarely been seen since. It was created by Bill Cosby and animator Ken Mundie. It was based on Cosby's stand-up routines, which were based on his childhood. It would later inspire the long-running 1972 animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
The special has a very different style from the later series. Due to time and a tight budget, the animators had to draw directly onto cells with grease pencils and actual images of Philadelphia were used for backgrounds.[1] The music was provided by Herbie Hancock, who later used some the music he composed on his album Fat Albert Rotunda. Unlike the later "Cosby Kids" series and specials it has not been released on DVD.