The Fat Albert Halloween Special (1977) (TV)

Director:

Hal Sutherland

Writers:

Bill Danch (written by) &
Jim Ryan (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot Keywords:

Opening Door Before Character Can Break It Down | Costume | Nightshirt | Lifting Girl In Air | Stealing Food

Cast

Bill Cosby	...	Bill / Fat Albert / Mushmouth / Mudfoot Brown (voice)
Jan Crawford	...	Russell / Bucky (voice)
Gerald Edwards	...	Devery / Weird Harold (voice)
Eric Suter	...	Rudy (voice)
Erika Scheimer	...	(voice) (as Erika Carroll)

Directed by
Hal Sutherland

Writing credits
Bill Danch		(written by) &
Jim Ryan		(written by)

Produced by
Don Christensen	....	associate producer
Bill Cosby	....	executive producer (as William H. Cosby Jr.)
Norm Prescott	....	producer
Lou Scheimer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(as Yvette Blais)
Norm Prescott		(as Jeff Michael)

Film Editing by
Jim Blodgett

Art Direction by
Alberto De Mello

Production Management
Joseph Simon	....	production manager

Art Department
John Dorman	....	storyboard artist
Gary Goldstein	....	storyboard artist
Mike Hazy	....	key art assistant
Bob Kline	....	storyboard supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	camera operator
Don Dinehart	....	camera operator
Dan Larsen	....	camera operator
David J. Link	....	camera operator
R.W. Pope	....	camera supervisor
Dean G. Teves	....	camera operator (as Dean Teves)
F.T. Ziegler	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Tom Baron	....	animator
Carl Bell	....	animator
Barbara Benedetto	....	background artist
Becky Bristow	....	animator
Betty Brooks	....	paint supervisor
Sheila Brown	....	background artist
James Brummett	....	animator (as Jim Brummett)
Emil Carle	....	animator
George Dane	....	animator (as George Jorgensen)
James Davis	....	animator
Zeon Davush	....	animator (as Zion Davush)
Otto Feuer	....	animator
Ed Friedman	....	animator
Kennetha Gaebler	....	animator
John Garling	....	animator
Frank Gonzales	....	animator
Milton Gray	....	animator
Dick Hall	....	animator
Wes Herschensohn	....	layout artist
Lew Irwin	....	assistant animation supervisor
Lou Kachivas	....	animator
Les Kaluza	....	layout artist
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	color director (as Erv Kaplan)
Pat Keppler	....	background artist
Walt Kubiak	....	animator
Carol Lundberg	....	layout artist
Larry Miller	....	animator
Fred Myers	....	animator
Emory Myrick	....	animator
Greg Nocon	....	layout artist
Bill Nunes	....	animator
Rolando Oliva	....	background artist (as Rolly Oliva)
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist (as Tom O'Laughlin)
Casey Onaitis	....	animator
Jack Ozark	....	animator
Tony Pabian	....	animator
Curt Perkins	....	background artist (as Curtiss Perkins)
John Perry	....	layout artist
Don Peters	....	background artist
Karen Peterson	....	animator
Bill Pratt	....	animator
Virgil Raddatz	....	layout artist
Bill Reed	....	animator
John Remmel	....	xerography supervisor
Len Rogers	....	animator
Joe Roman	....	layout artist
Don Ruch	....	animator
Don Schloat	....	animator
Don Schweikert	....	background artist
Ben Shenkman	....	animator
Larry Silverman	....	animator
Hank Smith	....	animator
Doug Stevenson	....	background artist (as Douglas Stevenson)
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor
Bob Tyler	....	animator
Dardo Velez	....	animator
Cliff Voorhees	....	layout artist
Don Watson	....	background artist
David West	....	layout artist
Ron Westlund	....	animator

Other crew
Gordon L. Berry	....	educational advisor (as Dr. Gordon L. Berry)
June Gilham	....	film coordinator
Gwen Wetzler	....	sequence director

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1977) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Shermley Music Co.  music publisher
• Horta-Mahana Corp.  music and sound effects
• Technicolor  color by

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

When Fat Albert and his friends go to the movie theater, there is a poster on the lobby wall for a movie called, "The Chicken Heart That Ate New York." This is a reference to one of Bill Cosby's early stand-up comedy routines, called "Chicken Heart," in which Cosby describes listening to the 1940's radio show, "Inner Sanctum," as a child, and being scared to death by an episode featuring a giant chicken heart that ate New York City.

Quotes:

[Rudy is dressed in a clown costume]
Rudy: Hey, now, check out *these* threads.
[He does a quick, heel-kicking dance]
Rudy: I'm a *clown!* Ha ha!
Russell: Ha! We know that! But what are you dressed as?