A "Fat Albert" Christmas and UPN....

[Anthonynotes]

Found this little item:

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UPN Brings Back 'Fat Albert' for Christmas
Sun, Dec 9, 2001 11:25 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - On Christmas Eve, UPN will substitute "hey, hey,
hey" for the more traditional "ho, ho, ho."

The weblet will air the "Fat Albert Christmas Special" that night, marking
the return to TV of Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Weird Harold and the rest of the
gang, based on Bill Cosby's experiences growing up.

The special, which originally aired in 1977, finds the gang helping out a
homeless family at Christmas time while at the same time being threatened by
junkyard owner Tyrone.

"Fat Albert" was a staple of CBS' Saturday morning in the 1970s and early
'80s. UPN and CBS are now both parts of the Viacom empire.

The "Fat Albert Christmas Special" airs at 8 p.m. ET Christmas Eve.
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Never knew there *was* such a special (or if there was, it's been way many years since I've seen it)....guess I'll have to program the ol' VCR (planning on being with my family out-of-town on Christmas Eve and such) for this thing...

-B.

[Lonestarr]

I remember seeing this (and taping it) many years ago when it aired on USA. I haven't seen it in an age (mainly because I can't find the tape), so this is good news.

[The Mad Hatter]

I actually remember this... vaguely. Not enough to tell you whether it's any good or not, but there are tiny snippets in my brain...

[Narfpinky]

Originally posted by The Mad Hatter
...but there are tiny snippets in my brain...

Egad, Mad Hatter, you have video clips in your brain? Like MPEGs and such? Poit.

All I'm told is that I have lint in mine. ;)


I as well do remember the Fat Albert Christmas special from so long ago.



Narfpinky

Okay, have to try the new smilies...
:yakko: :wakko: :dot:
There, done. Zort.

[DR. BELCH]

--the one with old Mudfoot (a homeless man the boys befriended) falling down and being hospitalized because of some darn fool thing Rudy did? My memory is fuzzy....

Mushmouth was always my favorite. I think his character began as a sixties-era Cosby bit about the subway (the two winos performing "Incoherence")....

[The Mad Hatter]

Yeah, I've got a few video clips in there, along with a few Pac-Man games and a virus that'll format my brain in four more days. I need to stop downloading things at random...

[Calhoun07]

Oh, now this is cool...very cool. Finally, I am excited about what UPN is doing outside of Enterprise!