Computer Caper
- Studio
- Filmation Associates, Bill Cosby Productions
Synopsis
Russell is trying to finish his American history assignment, and his friend Greg, a computer whiz kid, offers to help him do his research on the computer.
Characters
Fat Albert, Rudy, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Bill, Mudfoot, Russell, Bucky, Weird Harold, Greg
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Marsh Lamore
- Live Action Sequences Director
- Arthur H. Nadel
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer
- Executive Producer
- William H. Cosby Jr
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
Voices
- Voice
- Bill Cosby (Fat Albert, Mushmouth, Mudfoot), Jan Crawford (Russell, Bucky), Gerald Edwards (Weird Harold), Eric Suter (Rudy), Lou Scheimer (Dumb Donald)
Editing
- Editor
- Joe Gall, Richard Gehr, Robert Crawford
- Supervising Editor
- George Mahana
Crew
- 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
- Model Supervisors
- Albert DeMello, Diane Keener
- Model Artists
- Flamarion Ferreira, Carol Lundberg, Maureen Trueblood, Dan Mills
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Bob Arkwright
- Storyboards
- Stephen Hickner, Warren Greenwood, Brian Chin, Robert Lamb, Egidio Dal Chele, Don Manuel, Robert Forward, Tom Sito, Gary Goldstein, Mike Swanigan, Thomas Tataranowicz
- Director of Color
- Ervin L. Kaplan
- Background Design
- Lorenzo Martinez, John Howley, Tim Callahan, Victoria Jenson, Glen W. Hill, Armando Notre, Jacques Charvet
- Background Artists
- Don Schweikert, Tom O'Loughlin, Don Watson, Tim Maloney, Rolando Oliva, Don A. Peters, Craig Robertson, Gary Conklin, Flamarion Ferreira, James Hickey
- Assistant Animation Supervisor
- Doris Plough
- Animation Checking Supervisor
- Joyce Gard
- Xerography Supervisor
- John Remmel
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Flavia Mitman
- Mark-Up Supervisor
- Letha Prince
- Head of Special Effects
- Shurl Lupin
- Cel Service Supervisor
- Lou Digerolamo
- Graphic Designer
- Connie Schurr
- Scene Planning
- Mike Hazy, Dan St. Pierre
- Creative Technical Advisor
- R.W. Pope
- Camera Supervisor
- F.T. Ziegler
- 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
- Sound Effects Editors
- Bill Kean, Michael Pingnataro, Don Kenney
- Music Editor
- Sam Horta
- Background Music
- Yvette Blaise, Erika Lane
- Film Coordinator
- Christie Meyer
- Post Production Supervisor
- Joe Simon
- Sound
- Glen Glenn Sound
- Production Controller
- Robert W. Wilson
- Produciton Coordinator
- Carol A. Tracy
- Recording Coordinator
- Patricia Ryan
- Assistant Recording Director
- Erika Scheimer
- Production Associate
- Pamela Vincent
- Music Publisher
- Shermley Music A.S.C.A.P
- Educational Advisor
- Dr. Gordon L. Berry, Graduate School of Education
- Executive Vice President Creative Affairs
- Arthur H. Nadel
- Vice President in Charge of Production
- Joseph A. Mazzuca
- 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.