Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production company for the series. The show premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran until August 10, 1985. The show based on Cosby's remembrances of his childhood gang, centered on Albert, known for his catchphrase "Hey hey hey!", and his friends. The show always had an educational lesson emphasized by Cosby's live-action segments, and in early episodes the gang would usually gather in their North Philadelphia junkyard to play a rock song on their cobbled-together instruments at the end of their show.

In 2004 on Christmas Day, Twentieth Century Fox released a film adaption of the series titled Fat Albert. The film stars Kenan Thompson as Fat Albert himself, Kyla Pratt, Dania Ramirez, Omarion, and Bill Cosby himself. In the film, Fat Albert and the boys entered into the real world after jumping out of a television in order to help a lonely girl named Doris with her issues. Fat Albert enjoys being in the real world. But after a meeting with his creator Bill Cosby, he in informed that if he and the others don't return to the television, they will end up turning into celluloid dust.

The cartoon series features the voices of Bill Cosby as Fat Albert, Mushmouth, and William Cosby. Lou Scheimer as Dumb. Jan Crawford as both Russell Cosby and Bucky. Gerald Edwards as Weird.
And Eric Sutler as Rudy Davis.