![]() ![]() ![]() Thompson ( Saturday Night Live) does as good a job as could be expected embodying a classic cartoon character that has been etched into our minds for decades known mainly for the booming voice pounding footsteps and wide red-shirted girth. Yet the more time they spend in the real world the more they fade away their clothes becomes more washed out and eventually they even seem transparent. ![]() In short order they set about trying to find Doris some new friends much to her embarrassed chagrin and along the way they try to make sense of modern day life with its perplexing cell phones pull-top cans and rap music. Scaring the heck out of the bewildered Doris the guys stumble out of the television set and take to their realistic surroundings and mission quite quickly. She comes home to watch Fat Albert on TV Land and a stray teardrop hits the remote control creating a magical portal through which the animated Fat Albert and gang decide to jump. No matter what the trouble–runaways drug use juvenile delinquency–they managed to find a way to solve everyone’s problems and bookend each episode with the contagiously upbeat “Na na na–gonna have a good time! Hey hey hey!” The same goes here–only in a modern twist the problem to solve happens to be in the “real world.” Doris ( Kyla Pratt) a shy and lonely teenager has a rough day at school where she learned she wasn’t invited to a big party. The story hews close to what the cartoonįat Albert and the Cosby Kids was always all about–a goofy gaggle of African-American kids making the best of growing up in a rough neighborhood in Philadelphia. It’s like watching a good friend attempt a tough impersonation you hope he can pull off. “Hey Hey Hey–it’s Fat Albert!” From the very first introductory line–voiced by Albert ( Kenan Thompson) himself–you cringe just a little. ![]()
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