<P> In 1979, the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment titled "The Brown Hornet" detailing the adventures of an African - American crime fighter in outer space whose design resembled a caricature of Bill Cosby, who also performed vocal talents on the character . </P> <P> In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids . The lack of network restrictions allowed the producer to delve into more mature subject matter . A notable episode ("Busted") featured the kids having an inadvertent brush with the law and given a Scared Straight! - style tour of an occupied maximum security prison, even contained utterances (by the jail's inmates) of the words "damn" and "bastard" (Cosby had appeared in the beginning of the episode advising viewers that those words would be used as part of the story's dialogue to realistically depict jail life). Another notable episode, "Gang Wars", featured a child being shot and killed . Another new segment was added: "Legal Eagle", a crime - fighting eagle with a pair of bumbling police squirrels . Production of new episodes ceased in 1985 . </P> <P> The theme song "Gonna Have A Good Time" was composed by Ricky Sheldon and Edward Fournier and performed by Michael Gray (vocals), Kim Carnes (background vocals) and Edward Fournier (background vocals). </P> <P> A cover of the show's theme song, performed by Dig, is included on the 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records . The song's chorus ("Na - na - na, gonna have a good time!") was also sampled for Fatboy Slim's 1998 hit single "Praise You". </P>

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