Double Or Nothing
- Studio
- Filmation Associates, Bill Cosby Productions
Synopsis
When you gamble, you take your chances at winning big and losing big. Rudy catches the gambling fever, and Arnie, an unsuspecting pool shark, takes advantage of the situation. What will it take for Rudy to stop?
Characters
Fat Albert, Rudy, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Bill, Mudfoot, Russell, Bucky, Weird Harold, Arnie
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Marsh Lamore
- Live Action Sequences Director
- Arthur H. Nadel
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer
- Executive Producer
- William H. Cosby Jr
Voices
- Voice
- Bill Cosby (Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Mudfoot), Jan Crawford (Russell, Bucky), Gerald Edwards (Weird Harold), Eric Suter (Rudy), Lou Scheimer (Dumb Donald)
Animation
- Animator
- Barry Anderson, Mark Glamack, Carl Bell, Frank Gonzales, William Carney, Carl Hall, Yi-Chih Chen, Karen Haus, Rich Coleman, Glen Kennedy, Tom Cook, Kyong Kim, Doug Crane, Yang Kim, James A. Davis, Adam Kuhlman, Zeon Davush, Mircea Manta, Lil Evans, Burt Medall, Marcia Fertig, Richard Morrison, Louise Sandoval, Costy Mustatea, Don Schloat, Bill Nunes, Kunio Shimamura, Mike O'Connor, Karlis Smiltens, Eduardo Olivares, Kamoon Song, Jack Ozark, Mike Toth, Bill Pratt, Rich Trueblood, Virgil Raddatz, Dardo Velez, Bill Reed, Neal Warner, Joe Roman Jr
- Layout Department Supervisor
- Gary L. Hoffman
- Layout Supervisors
- Wes Herschensohn, Cliff Voorhees, Sheri Weinhart, David West
- Assistant Layout Supervisor
- Irma Rosien
- Assistant Layout Artists
- Barbara Benedetto, Jenifer Marshall, Ellen Kashan
- Layout Artists
- Craig Armstrong, James McLean, Armando Carrillo, Greg Nocon, Curtis Cim, John Perry, Tom Coppola, Rocco Pirone, Kevin Frank, Stephanie Pyren, Rene Garcia, Sharon Rolnik, Sergio Garcia, Bart Seitz, Jim Gomez, Desmond Serratore, Jon Haber, Michael Spooner, David Hilberman, Bob Tyler, Warren Marshall
- Assistant Animation Supervisor
- Doris Plough
- Animation Checking Supervisor
- Joyce Gard
- Xerography Supervisor
- John Remmel
- Scene Planning
- Mike Hazy, Dan St. Pierre
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Stephen Hickner, Warren Greenwood, Brian Chin, Robert Lamb, Egidio Dal Chele, Don Manuel, Robert Forward, Tom Sito, Gary Goldstein, Mike Swanigan, Thomas Tataranowicz
- Background Artists
- Don Schweikert, Tom O'Loughlin, Don Watson, Tim Maloney, Rolando Oliva, Don A. Peters, Craig Robertson, Gary Conklin, Flamarion Ferreira, James Hickey
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Bob Arkwright
- Background Design
- Lorenzo Martinez, John Howley, Tim Callahan, Victoria Jenson, Glen W. Hill, Armando Notre, Jacques Charvet
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Flavia Mitman
- Graphic Designer
- Connie Schurr
Visual Effects
- Head of Special Effects
- Shurl Lupin
Camera
- Camera
- Dean G. Teves, David J. Link, Dan C. Larsen, Lindsay R.W. Rogers, Robert Jacobs, Jerry Whittington, Roncie Hantke, Jeff Mellquist, Ronald Jackson, Daniel Bunn
- Camera Supervisor
- F.T. Ziegler
Editing
- Editor
- Joe Gall, Richard Gehr, Robert Crawford
- Supervising Editor
- George Mahana
Sound
- Sound Effects Editors
- Bill Kean, Michael Pingnataro, Don Kenney
- Sound
- Glen Glenn Sound
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Sam Horta
- Background Music
- Yvette Blaise, Erika Lane
- Music Publisher
- Shermley Music A.S.C.A.P
Casting
- Assistant Recording Director
- Erika Scheimer
Production Management
- Film Coordinator
- Christie Meyer
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joe Simon
- Production Controller
- Robert W. Wilson
- Produciton Coordinator
- Carol A. Tracy
- Recording Coordinator
- Patricia Ryan
- Production Associate
- Pamela Vincent
- Vice President in Charge of Production
- Joseph A. Mazzuca
Crew
- Model Supervisors
- Albert DeMello, Diane Keener
- Model Artists
- Flamarion Ferreira, Carol Lundberg, Maureen Trueblood, Dan Mills
- Director of Color
- Ervin L. Kaplan
- Mark-Up Supervisor
- Letha Prince
- Cel Service Supervisor
- Lou Digerolamo
- Creative Technical Advisor
- R.W. Pope
- Educational Advisor
- Dr. Gordon L. Berry, Graduate School of Education
- Executive Vice President Creative Affairs
- Arthur H. Nadel
- Crew
- A Filmation Presentation
Companies and other credits
- Film Coordinator: s: June Gilham
- Educational Advisor: UCLA Assisted by a Panel of Educational Advisors
Production notes
Fat Albert and the gang get themselves into situations that teach themselves (and the audience) valuable life lessons. Bill Cosby in live action hosted the show and gently brought the lesson out to the viewer.
"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.
"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.