The Fat Albert Christmas Special

TV Movie
1977
TV-G
22m

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Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Rudy, Bill, and the Cosby kid gang are rehearsing their Christmas play in their junkyard clubhouse when suddenly Mr. Tyrone, who owned the junkyard as well as the whol... Read allFat Albert, Mushmouth, Rudy, Bill, and the Cosby kid gang are rehearsing their Christmas play in their junkyard clubhouse when suddenly Mr. Tyrone, who owned the junkyard as well as the whole east end of town, show up and threatened to have the clubhouse bulldozed to the ground. ... Read allFat Albert, Mushmouth, Rudy, Bill, and the Cosby kid gang are rehearsing their Christmas play in their junkyard clubhouse when suddenly Mr. Tyrone, who owned the junkyard as well as the whole east end of town, show up and threatened to have the clubhouse bulldozed to the ground. Then, a little boy, Marshall; his dad, and his very pregnant mother show up. They had car ... Read all

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Bill Cosby

Fat Albert
(voice)
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Jan Crawford

Russell
(voice)

Gerald Edwards

Weird Harold
(voice)

Eric Suter

Rudy
(voice)

Erika Scheimer

Eric Greene

Marshall Franklin
(voice)

Kim Hamilton

Marge Franklin
(voice)
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Julius Harris

Mr. Tyrone
(voice)

Ty Henderson

Ray Franklin
(voice)

Director
- Hal Sutherland
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Quotes
Fat Albert: Hey! Hey! Hey! What can you say?

Connections
Spin-off from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)

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Decent Christmas Special

The Fat Albert Christmas Special (1977)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Fat Albert and his gang come across a poor family who find themselves without a house, work or anything else. The mother is also about to give birth so Albert lets them use the clubhouse for a while but the rich guy in town is threatening to tear it down so the kids have to find something that will work for everyone. THE FAT ALBERT Christmas SPECIAL is a mix between A Christmas Carol (the mean rich man) and your average episode, which of course always had some sort of social message to it. I must say that this short is pretty far from what most would want to watch on Christmas and I'd even say that most parents would probably find this un-kid-friendly these days. With that said, there were a few interesting moments and I'm sure bigger fans of Fat Albert will probably be entertained with it. I thought some of the best moments were early on with the kids in the clubhouse and threatening to be thrown out by the rich man. There were a few funny jokes along the way that at least made me laugh. The animation is good for what it is and there's no doubt that the great Fat Albert voice is put to good use.