Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids - The Weird Harold Special (1971, reupload)
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- Опубликовано: 26 янв 2023
- Reuploaded by request for easier access, as the original upload by netscapenow has been unlisted. This copy of the film comes from the Lost Material DVD set.
This is the second Fat Albert television special, and bears a much stronger resemblance to what would become the television series than the initial 1969 film. It is based on Bill Cosby's go-carts skit.
The special's actual title is "Bill Cosby vs. Fat Albert: The Great Go-Cart Race", however it was aired as the Weird Harold Special for reasons unknown.
It features slightly smoother animation compared to the television series, and many cycles from it would be reused continually in the series.
I do not own this film.
1:25: “Vroom, hey hey hey!”
Apparently, this was a Fat Albert pilot of some sorts that didn't air until a bit after the show had already started airing, which is why it seems different from the normal episodes.
Jose Garcia : well then I love this show but I love Fat Albert. Hey hey hey
22:41
HEY HEY HEY!!! WHAT A LOT OF HAY!!!
Now this looks like Philadelphia!
Fat Albert Won 🏆
17:20
"Chills"
8:04 that’s one way to go Cruising 😂
I love how it’s called “The Weird Harold Special” but has barley has anything to do with him on his own
15:35
The Devil's Door. 😳
If but for a twist of fate, Bill Cosby could have stayed at NBC with Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. However, the network wasn't interested at the time in a show that had the goal of educating its audience at its core.
Originally produced in 1971, but aired in May 4, 1973 at 7:30 PM, 8 months after Fat Albert launched on CBS, the gang moved over to NBC for 1 night, as NBC had the rights to The Weird Harold Special, or, as it was known on the screen Bill Cosby vs. Fat Albert: The Great Go-Cart Race!. As it was, it was not shown again on network television, due to the simple fact that with the show itself airing on CBS, it was bad form for the gang to suddenly appear on a rival network, even it was for 1 night, coming as it did 4 years after the Ken Mundie-produced Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert had aired on NBC. NBC continued to hold the rights to this episode after CBS began airing the regular series in September 1972. For all intents and purposes, it was simply an episode of the already popular Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids animated series, which premiered in September of 1972. It thus featured the regular animation and voices of those characters. It's said this episode ultimately surfaced when the series moved to syndication to 1984. Today, however, is the first I've seen it.
The Weird Harold Special and the Fat Albert Holiday Specials for Christmas, Halloween, and Easter made by Filmation Studios were not a part in the 1984 syndication rerun package (50 new episodes plus the 60 CBS Saturday AM rerun episodes for weekday broadcast) nor were they included in the complete series DVD set. The Holiday Specials were released as separate DVDs
Loved it...the look.. character design and music
They left out the part (of his stand-up bit) where they stole all the baby buggy wheels in the neighborhood & they had an odd number of wheels because Weird Harold had to have a Continental (and if you notice, his go-kart DOES have the extra wheel. They just don't address it, but it's there).
The next day, I woke up to all three of my younger sisters going around imitating Mushmouth from this - "A-bwoodin-budden!"
It’s amazing that Fat Albert hardly had lines in this special. And there was no preachy lesson to learn at the end, in fact the boys went back and did the same thing that got them in trouble 😂😂😂
Bucky Parents Was Worry About Him
5:07 - 5:12
Sling Shooter. 😏
Nerotic kid system pls anymore of these cartoons will blow my head off good job cosby
Dumb donald, bucky, and russell's voices are a bit different here
Edit: except for weird Harold, fat Albert, bill, mushmouth, and Rudy, the other characters were voiced by different actors and did not reprise the roles onto the main series. For instance, bucky and Russell were voiced by actual children rather than Jan Crawford (despite being on this episode tho)
Actually, Dumb Donald has the same actor, but he just voices him differently
In my head cannon they are hunger here. In the series the older guys like Albert bill harold, Rudy etc are 14 heads old. In this episode they are in the 6th or 7grade and Russel is 8 or9 years
Meant to.say they were younger
Mushmouth's hat only came off in two Fat Albert episodes, this one and a 1984 episode when they were playing soccer!
Nice eye
You need, to get a life😏…………
Russell’s only came off when he had his tonsils out. He was a cute kid.
I feel old!!! 😳
Old is gold remember that new is crap
You're saying that, 'cause you remember these. If you can remember this first-hand, you ARE old😏…………
15:57 - for-some-reason this guy reminds me of the Judge from the Trial sequence at the conclusion of Pink Floyd's "Wall"... nine years later!
What a screwed up message, to convey to kids!!! 'It's against the law, to have fun. If you do, you'll spend the rest of your life, in jail'😔⁉️
I think you missed the message
Same damned message with christianity you feckless numpty 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I can't believe that the police are arresting fat albert and his friends for go cart racing in the jack yard their favorite hangout even though they didn't do anything wrong or illegal but just having fun. That's totally unfair and not cool.
I think the message was safety
@@appelanseeofbogalusa5235agreed
one of my favorite episodes
23:52 - 24:30
So much for promises. 😏
13:37 - 14:33
Scaredy Rudy
My favorite character and part
23:18 Scared Fat Albert!
20:12 Back To The Race!
Bill Take Care His Lil Bros
Mouth Got That From His Father
Neverr saw a pre 1972 version of them.
so life like of the time.
Kids will be kids 😅
True that. They literally placed the finish line in front of traffic
And Racers Will Be Racers!
4:21 - 4:32
14:33 The Gang Are Never Going To Jail!
11:44 Knowing what we know about Bill Cosby now, that line reeks of irony.
Why they kepp changing the parents design in this show
Best part aside from the race which parent goes with which kid
23:22 Fat Albert Wins!
2:44 - 2:58
5:50 - 5:56
Dronamo!
Russell Is Sent Sky High!
i have the complete fat albert series release by shout factory and i also have the 3 holiday specials and the live movie but i have herd rumors of some lost material that for some reason were not part of the complete series dvd set and this special is one of them and the 1969 hey hey hey its fat albert special is also one of the lost materials that are not on the dvd set i wonder why they were not release on dvd for the fat albert collection ?🤔🤨
The original 1969 special, "Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert", has never been re-released because nobody knows who has the rights to it, as well as Cosby himself being unhappy with it. I am trying to locate a copy to preserve but it has become more difficult with the recent passing of Ken Mundie and Leo Sullivan. I had reached out to Leo in 2022 but unfortunately he never got back to me. We can only hope there is another copy somewhere out there, I will post any updates I can gather.
@@thefatalbertarchive5281 so that's why this 1969 special was never released on dvd for the complete series collection i hope one day it will be release for my fat albert dvd collection and i wish you good luck my friend on locating a complete copy i truly like see it and what of this 1971 bill cosby vs. fat albert the great go-cart race! special its not on official dvd released for the collection ?
@@mauromesa78 I'm unsure, but I believe the Great Go-Cart Race is not on the DVD collection because of copyright issues as well. The special was produced for NBC because Cosby agreed to produce two specials and still owed a second one after "Hey, Hey, Hey" in 1969 and as such it is likely that nobody knows who owns the rights to this film either. It was produced by Filmation instead of the original team because Cosby did not like the direction of the 1969 film.
@@thefatalbertarchive5281 so that's why i hate issues they makes it hard for us fans and collectors to complete our collection of classics on dvd that forces us to look for the missing episodes specials and movies case of all these rights issues alot of good old classics and episodes specials and movies are not on official dvd with the rights issues on these two fat albert specials and other lost material i'm surprise we even got this so called complete series dvd box set and the 3 fat albert holiday specials on dvd at all and that they could make a live movie and released it on dvd at all too i do super hope that one day soon there will be no more rights issues and that the two lost specials and other materials will be officially release on dvd to truly complete our fat albert collection i hope
@@thefatalbertarchive5281 Shout Factory released a Complete Series DVD set of this show?! When did that happen?!
The finish line goes right into the freeway??
I Don't Why Harold Cut His Hair?
Fat Albert and his friends didn't do anything wrong or illegal they were just having fun at a go cart race. I think that the police have made a mistake.
They didn't do anything wrong in 1984, either when they went to jail for riding in that stolen car with Rudy's shady friend!
I feel like that might partially be the point
Was this episode meant to be a commentary on corrupt police?
I wonder when exactly in 1971 this was made.
It's hard to say for sure. In 1969, Cosby had signed a contract promising to produce two Fat Albert specials for NBC (this being the second). This special didn't air until May of 1972, so while we don't have an exact month in '71 or anything, it likely started production later in the year.
That's because this special finished production in 1971.
Ose dark garica : I love that show it’s kind of funny 😂
Bro, this was my show on Saturday
How come Rudy, Russel and Bill are the only ones without derogatory adverbs in front of their names?
Is rapist Bill Cosby a derogatory adverb for evil Bill or more importantly the truth?
ADJECTIVE'S🙄!!!
@@rogerrendzak8055 oops, brain hiccup.
Unfortunately Bill does have an adjective in front of his name now - but it's not printable.
Well his name is 'Rude' Rudy
"the weird harold special" and he does jacks shit
Makes me wonder why they even called it that.
2:49
"This is the city philadelphia pennsylvania known as the city of brotherly love philadelphia is home of the eagles the flyers the 76er's & the phillies philadelphia is home of fat-albert and the cosby-kids" 🇺🇸🏙️🤓🧑💼✝️🛐🙏🕊️❤️🤝🌹.
Not much to brag about, huh😆???
I’m surprised the animation feels like Hanna Barbera
Holy cow this is depressing
This special or Bill Cosby's real life downfall?
@@supermariof0521 the episode
@@randomreviews4278 Here's what I would've done differently. Have it be where the kids didn't know the area they were racing in was dangerous. And have the parents stick up for them by saying they didn't have any bad intentions and maybe they try to take the blame saying they failed to warn the kids about that dangerous part of the junkyard. Fat Albert would then take the stand and speak on behalf of both the kids and parents on how nobody knew how dangerous that area was. He would then verbally go off on the cops and the judge for violating their rights, arresting them without probable cause and not reading them their miranda rights and general corruption. The parents would then band together and file a lawsuit bigger than Fat Albert himself against the police and the court. They win the case and use the money to rebuild that dangerous area into a community race track and make adjustments to it so it'd be a lot safer.
Sup man
Hey, hey, hey!
How did you find this
It's on an unofficial Fat Albert DVD set called "Fat Albert - The Lost Material". Every disc has been uploaded to the Internet Archive, so you can check out the rest of it there! Though most of the stuff is also on RUclips now.
@@thefatalbertarchive5281Is this from VHS recording or master tape on DVD?
Why Dumb donald, bucky, and russell’s voice diffrent?
Because this was a pilot that didn't air until after the show had already started airing. Evidently, they had different voice actors here (except for maybe Dumb Donald since he sounds somewhat similar to how he sounds in other episodes).
Poor fellas were so scared, it ain't even funny.☹
I wanted to hug Fat Albert & the boys to comfort them, because I think their parents & the cops went way too far.☹
Also, Mushmouth's dad is with the mafia!?😮 And how come neither parent has the same accent as him?
17:48
3:46 - 3:53
So let me get this straight. The kids built a kick ass race track in the middle of the junkyard, minding their own business, and they get tossed in prison without being read their miranda rights, their parents don't at any point try to stick up for them and give them any benefit of the doubt and leaves the kids unjustly traumatized because the police and judge felt like being assholes and needed to take their petty problems out on a group of innocent minors.
No class