Groovie Goolies promotional art

Groovie Goolies, created in 1970, was a take off of Filmation's wildly popular The Archie Show with a monster bend. Combined with another show featuring a character directly spun off of The Archie Show, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, the Goolies were a group of hip monsters, many of whom were, in look and sound, pop-culture echoes of the classic horror-film monsters created in the 1930s and 1940s, mostly by Universal Pictures including Frankie (Frankenstein's Monster), Wolfie (The Wolfman), Mummy, Drac (Dracula), Batzo and Ratzo (two mean green-skinned kids), Bonapart (an animated skeleton that might have been Napoleon Bonaparte), Dr. Jekyll-Hyde (bicephalous, a reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Hagatha (a witch), Bella La Ghostly (who looks very much like Drac and like Lily Munster), Broomhilda, Hauntleroy, and Orville ( a takeon the man-eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors) Image File history File links GroovieGoolies. ... Image File history File links GroovieGoolies. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The first Filmation logo. ... The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montanas Archie characters. ... Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is a fictional comic book character, and more recently, a US sitcom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Boris Karloff as Frankensteins Monster in Frankenstein (1931) Frankensteins monster (sometimes Frankensteins creature or the Frankenstein monster) is a creature first appearing in Mary Shelleys novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic or by being placed under a curse. ... A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness. ... Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its title character, the vampire Count Dracula. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des... Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra by Gustave Moreau: The Hydra is perhaps the best known mythological multi-headed animal, also popularised in many fantasy settings. ... The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll1and Mr. ... This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... The Munsters was a 1960s American television sitcom, depicting the home life of a family of horror movie monsters. ... Little Shop of Horrors is a title that can mean: The Little Shop of Horrors, the 1960 Roger Corman cult classic. ...

The show originally aired as Sabrina and the Groovy Goolies, and also featured Archie Comics character Sabrina the Teenage Witch with her aunts Hilda and Zelda. Sabrina had had previous appearances as a supporting character on The Archie Comedy Hour the previous year. In 1971, Sabrina was spun off into her own show. Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montanas Archie characters. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Adding music to the series, Filmation hoped that lightning would strike twice: the previous success of The Archie Show produced several musical hits. Like most animated comedies at the time, Groovie Goolies contained a laugh track. Never a critical success, the Goolies had legs, reappearing in 1972 as The Groovie Goolies on their own solo show, and again in 1978 as The Groovie Goolies and Friends. The song Chic-a-Boom was first featured on the show, and became a hit two years later for Daddy Dewdrop (actually one of the show's producers.) This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The syndicated version became an anthology series, entitled The Groovie Goolies and Friends, with the Goolies introducing rotating episodes of many other Filmation series, including The Adventures of Waldo Kitty, Lassie's Rescue Rangers, The New Adventures of Gilligan, My Favorite Martian, M.U.S.H., Fraidy Cat, and Wacky and Packy. M.U.S.H. was a particularly strange show, featuring a parody of the very adult Korean War dramedy M.A.S.H., but starring dogs working in an arctic military fort. (M.U.S.H. stood for "Mangy Unwanted Shaggy heroes.") The My Favorite Martian remake featured Lost in Space star Jonathan Harris in the role made famous in the original series by Ray Walston. Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia The Netherlands France Philippines Turkey Ethiopia Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi... Dramedy, a portmanteau of drama and comedy, is a genre of movies and television in which the lines between these very different genres were blurred. ... M*A*S*H is a 1970 satirical American dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman, based extremely loosely on the novel written by Richard Hooker. ... Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series produced between 1965 and 1968 by television producer Irwin Allen. ... Jonathan Harris in the Twilight Zone television episode Twenty-Two Jonathan Harris (November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002), was a stage and character actor best known for his TV work as Bradford Webster in The Third Man and Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space. ... Ray Walston Ray Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001), was a stage, television, and film character actor who played the title character on the situation comedy My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences. ...

The cartoon aired with of the UK version of Hanna-Barbera's Banana Splits in the early 1980s. Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... The Banana Splits as pictured on the cover for their 45 RPM single Long Live Love. For the namesake ice cream treat, see banana split. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

The band "Groovie Ghoulies" takes their name from this series.

DVD Information

All 16 episodes were released on DVD on October 24 2006 and titled the "Saturday Mourning Collection ". October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ...

Special features include:

• "Goolians"—brand new, 45 minute "docu-comedy" created by producer and voice over artist Wally Wingert (Family Guy, Invader Zim) and Daniel Roebuck (Lost, The Fugitive), featuring interviews with Alice Cooper, Forrest J. Ackerman, Ron Chaney, Lou Scheimer, Oscar winning make-up artist Bill Corso, "Goolie" head writer Jack Mendelsohn, and more. Includes new original rock song "True Blue Goolian," and a music video with the Sacramento punk band "The Groovie Ghoulies."
• Audio commentary tracks for two episodes, featuring producer Lou Scheimer, "Goolie" head writer Jack Mendelsohn, Filmation historian Darrell McNeil, and Hollywood monster expert Bob Burns. Hosted by Wally Wingert
• Image gallery featuring original model sheets, animation cels, storyboards, backgrounds and PSAs
• "Goolie-Get-Together Sing-a-Long"
• Candid story from producer Lou Scheimer about "The Creation of Filmation"
• Trivia and episode guide
• DVD-ROM extras, including scripts and the original Series Bible for "The Kookie Spookies"

Wally Wingert (born 6 May 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American actor and voice actor. ... Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Daniel Roebuck (born March 4, 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. television and movie actor, writer and producer. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer and musician, whose work spans four decades. ... Lou Scheimer was one of the original founders of Filmation animation-company and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons (though only by name due to standardized crediting in most toons, Hal Sutherland received similar treatment). ... The Groovie Ghoulies are a pop-punk band from Sacramento, California in the 1990s and 2000s. ... Lou Scheimer was one of the original founders of Filmation animation-company and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons (though only by name due to standardized crediting in most toons, Hal Sutherland received similar treatment). ... The first Filmation logo. ... Bob Burns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Wally Wingert (born 6 May 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American actor and voice actor. ... Lou Scheimer was one of the original founders of Filmation animation-company and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons (though only by name due to standardized crediting in most toons, Hal Sutherland received similar treatment). ...

Credits

• Produced by: Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
• Directed by: Hal Sutherland
• Animation Directors: Rudy Larriva, Don Towsley, Anatole Kirsanoff
• Written by: Jack Mendelsohn, Jim Mulligan, Bob Ogle, Chuck Menville, Len Jansen, Jim Ryan, Bill Danch
• Production Manager: Rock Benedict
• Art Director: Don Christensen
• Key Assistants: Mike Hazy, George Carey, John Tucker
• Layout: Kay Wright, Alberto De Mello, Don Bluth, Herb Hazelton, Ray Jacobs, Carol Marshall, Mel Keefer, Enrique Arnau
• Storyboard: Sherman Labby, Mike O'Connor, Dale Hale, Jack Miller, Paul Fennell
• Background Director: Erv Kaplan
• Background Artists: Paul Xander, Maurice Harvey, Bill Loudenslager, Patricia Frye, Phil Lewis, Doug Stevenson
• Animators: Amby Paliwoda, Kaem Wong, Ben Shenkman, George Waiss, Louise Sandoval, Russ Von Neida, Virgil Ross, Ralph Somerville, Len Rogers, Ed Solomon, Ed Rehberg, Hank Smith, Lenn Redman, Larry Silverman, Virgil Raddatz, Bill Pratt, Norm McCabe, Barney Posner, Marsh Lamore, Rod Parkes, Paul Krukowski, Jack Ozark, George Kreisl, Casey Onaitis, Les Kaluza, Bill Nunes, Lou Kachivas, Larry Miller, Marie Jursic, Bob Matz, Karen Haus, Laverne Harding, Butch Davis, Lee Halpern, Emil Carle, Dick Hall, Herman Cohen, Z. Gasparovic, Bob Bransford, Frank Gonzales, Jim Brummett, Fred Grable, Ted Bonnicksen, Otto Feuer, Bill Ackerman, Ed Friedman
• Checking Supervision: Marion Turk, Jane Philippi
• Ink and Paint Supervision: Martha Buckley, Betty Brooks
• Xerography: John Remmel
• Prints by: Technicolor
• Camera Supervision: Sergio Antonio Alcazar, R.W. Pope, Frank A. Parrish, John D. Aardal, Ted C. Bemiller, Mike Kinney, Luis Melendez Jr., Tony Rivetti, Dennis M. Lady
• Editorial: Joseph Simon, Jim Blodgett
• Film Coordinator: June Gilham
• Music and Sound Effects by: Horta-Mahana Corporation, Jan Moore
• Groovie Goolies Songs Produced by: Richard Delvy, Ed Fournier, Dick Monda
• Background Music: Jeff Michael, Yvette Blais
• Publisher: Shermley Music Corporation A.S.C.A.P.

External links

• Groovy Goolies tribute site
• Entertainment Rights - cartoon owners