Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

This set from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids brings together two pieces of production art signed by Lou Scheimer, producer and the voice of “Dumb” Donald on the series. The group includes a production drawing featuring Rudy and a police officer from an unidentified episode, and an original hand‑painted cel that shows Rudy and Weird Harold in homemade, non‑store‑bought costumes from The Fat Albert Halloween Special, one of the show’s most memorable seasonal episodes. The Halloween cel is placed over a reproduction background for presentation, framing the characters against a stylized urban environment while preserving the focus on their expressive poses and costume details. Spanning the show’s 1972–1984 run, Fat Albert functioned as both entertainment and weekly moral lesson, and pieces like these highlight how character design, acting, and narrative moments were crafted at the animation desk. With Lou Scheimer’s signatures anchoring the material directly to Filmation’s leadership and voice talent, the set holds particular significance in The Askia Jones Collection as a node connecting Black educational television, studio history, and the people who made those stories possible.