 Fat Albert
Starring: Kenan Thompson, Shedrack Anderson III, Aaron Frazier, Omarion, Marques Houston
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Screenplay by: Bill Cosby, Charles Kipps, Lowell Ganz
Release Date: December 25, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG for momentary language.
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
 Domestic: $48,116,322 (99.1%)
Foreign: $435,000 (0.9%)
Total: $48,551,322 (Worldwide)
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The characters of Bill Cosby’s famous “Fat Albert” cartoon series find themselves in human form when they tumble out of their television show and end up in the real world. As Fat Albert tries to help young Doris win some friends, he falls in love with her sister Lauri—and everyone gets nervous that not only will his famous problemsolving talent fail him, but that he’ll want to stay in the real world.
A generation grew up watching “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids,” the Saturday morning cartoon series that enjoyed one of the longest runs in cartoon history, airing from 1972-79. It was later reprised as “The New Fat Albert Show” that ran from 1979-84.
Now, Bill Cosby’s beloved characters make their way to movie theaters nationwide in an all-new, live-action motion picture. The Fat Albert movie, like the famed series, is based on Mr. Cosby’s stand-up comedy monologues about his growing up with his friends in a Philadelphia neighborhood.
Not only was the show phenomenally popular, it was groundbreaking, cutting across ethnic and economic lines. It had an irrepressible sense of fun, yet at the same time imparted important lessons. “If you aren’t careful, you might learn something,” Mr. Cosby would tell viewers during each episode.
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