Lying
- Studio
- Filmation Associates, Bill Cosby Productions
Synopsis
The film opens with a live-action Bill Cosby discussing the importance of telling the truth.
Edward, one of the boys who live in the neighborhood with Fat Albert and the Gang, has a bad habit of telling lies. Edward begins to tell one tall tale after another about his vacation and how he wrestled alligators in Florida.
The gang, enamored with Edward, all go down to the river to have him show them how to wrestle alligators. The river visit accomplishes nothing but getting the boys wet and dirty, all except Edward.
The boys finally learn the extent of Edward's lies when it is discovered that he could not have wrestled at all because he cannot swim.
In the end, Edward learns that an individual can lose friends by not being truthful.
Edward, one of the boys who live in the neighborhood with Fat Albert and the Gang, has a bad habit of telling lies. Edward begins to tell one tall tale after another about his vacation and how he wrestled alligators in Florida.
The gang, enamored with Edward, all go down to the river to have him show them how to wrestle alligators. The river visit accomplishes nothing but getting the boys wet and dirty, all except Edward.
The boys finally learn the extent of Edward's lies when it is discovered that he could not have wrestled at all because he cannot swim.
In the end, Edward learns that an individual can lose friends by not being truthful.
Characters
Fat Albert, Rudy, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Bill, Mudfoot, Russell, Bucky, Weird Harold, Edward
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hal Sutherland
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
Voices
- Voice
- Bill Cosby (Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Mudfoot), Jan Crawford (Russell, Bucky), Gerald Edwards (Weird Harold), Eric Suter (Rudy), Lou Scheimer (Dumb Donald)
Production notes
"Na-na-na, gonna have a good time, Hey, hey hey!"
The show initially ran on CBS from 1972-1984, but moved to NBC in syndication for one year in 1989. The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons learned by Albert and his friends. Topics ranged from social issues to personal introspection and were blended with humor and music. Among the many great characters that inhabited Fat Albert's world were Rudy, Mushmouth, Donald, Bill, Weird Harold and Russell.
Bill Cosby lent his voice to many of the Fat Albert characters, playing Fat Albert, Bill, Mushmouth, Mudfoot and the Brown Hornet.
Live action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's 60's stand up comedy monologues about his childhood.
In 1979 the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment called The Brown Hornet, a send-up of superhero cartoons starring a larger-than-life African-American crime fighter in outer space.
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids enjoyed one of the longest careers in Saturday morning cartoon history, running for twelve consecutive years; a record bested only by the many incarnations of Scooby-Doo.
The show initially ran on CBS from 1972-1984, but moved to NBC in syndication for one year in 1989. The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons learned by Albert and his friends. Topics ranged from social issues to personal introspection and were blended with humor and music. Among the many great characters that inhabited Fat Albert's world were Rudy, Mushmouth, Donald, Bill, Weird Harold and Russell.
Bill Cosby lent his voice to many of the Fat Albert characters, playing Fat Albert, Bill, Mushmouth, Mudfoot and the Brown Hornet.
Live action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's 60's stand up comedy monologues about his childhood.
In 1979 the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment called The Brown Hornet, a send-up of superhero cartoons starring a larger-than-life African-American crime fighter in outer space.
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids enjoyed one of the longest careers in Saturday morning cartoon history, running for twelve consecutive years; a record bested only by the many incarnations of Scooby-Doo.