The Archie Show
Format	Animated Comedy
Created by	John Goldwater (comic) Bob Montana (character designs)
Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Starring	Dallas McKennon Howard Morris Jane Webb John Erwin
Composer(s)	Ray Ellis
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	17 (two 11 min. segments per half hour)
Production
Producer(s)	Lou Scheimer Norm Prescott
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Filmation
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	1968 – 1969
Chronology
Followed by	Archie's Funhouse
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montana's Archie characters. The Archie Show first debuted on CBS in September 1968, and Archie Andrews and his pals appeared in various spin-off shows on Saturday mornings until 1978. The Archie Show contained a laugh track, the first Saturday morning cartoon to do so (using the success of The Archie Show as a template, future cartoons would utilize the canned chuckles until the early 1980s).^[1] The show lasted for one season and a total of 17 half-hour shows (each containing two 11 minute segments). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Bob Montana (October 23, 1920 - January 4, 1975) was an American comic strip artist who created the characters that launched Archie Comics. ... Hal Sutherland was an animator who became a director of animated productions at Filmation in the late 1960s. ... Dallas R. McKennon (July 19, 1919-) is an American actor, sometimes credited as Dal McKennon, with extensive work as a voice actor. ... Howard Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American comic actor and director. ... John Erwin is a voice-actor recognised as the voice of He-man in the Filmation production He-man and the Masters of the Universe that ran from 1983 to 1985. ... Ray Ellis is a music producer, arranger and conductor. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 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). ... Norman Prescott, was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Studios. ... The first Filmation logo. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... The first Filmation logo. ... Bob Montana (October 23, 1920 - January 4, 1975) was an American comic strip artist who created the characters that launched Archie Comics. ... Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenage Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Forsythe Jughead Jones characters created by Bob Montana. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about the U.S. comic book character. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

A typical episode would start out with the first Archie story, which would be introduced by Archie, and occasionally a different character. Next there would be a "dance of the week" segment which would start with a teaser, then after the commercial break, Archie would introduce the dance, followed by the song of the week performed by The Archies. After that would be a short joke followed by the 2nd Archie story. All 17 half-hours were presented in this manner. The Archies, ca. ...

The franchise's most famous effort was the music element—The Archies musical group, with vocals provided by Ron Dante and Toni Wine, produced the hit single "Sugar, Sugar" in 1969. Additionally, the show's main composer Ray Ellis would later work on other Filmation projects (using the name of his wife, Yvette Blais). The Archies, ca. ... A musical ensemble is, by definition, a group of three or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... Ron Dante is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. ... Toni Wine is an American pop music songwriter, who wrote songs for such artists as The Archies (she also appeared as a vocalist on their recordings), Elvis Presley, and Checkmates Ltd. ... Sugar, Sugar was a 1969 number-one hit single, originally released on the album Everythings Archie, supposedly by fictional characters The Archies, actually the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner, after The Monkees rejected it. ... Ray Ellis is a music producer, arranger and conductor. ...

According to the hbshows.com website,The Archies (as the franchise as a whole is generally called) was supposedly to air in some form on Boomerang beginning July 15, 2007. However, the forums at Toon Zone have confirmed that the announcement was premature and will not air on Boomerang. Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Toon Zone (TZ for short and sometimes referred to as Toon Zone) is a web portal focusing on animation-oriented journalism and discussion. ...

Formats

• The Archie Show (1968)
• Archie and His New Pals (TV special; 1969)
• The Archie Comedy Hour (1969) ("Funhouse" and "Side Show" segments plus Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)
• Archie's Funhouse (1970) (expanded version of the previous season's "Funhouse" format, now featuring an audience of live-action kids and the "Giant Jukebox;" a music-heavy incarnation of the series, originally padded to one hour with repeats of The Archie Show segments)
• Archie's TV Funnies (1971) (The gang run a TV station, presenting a selection of cartoons featuring characters from the funny papers)
• Everything's Archie (1973) (repeats of previously released material)
• U.S. of Archie (1974)
• The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977) (new Archie and Sabrina episodes, later repeated on The Family Channel in a half-hour format as The Archie And Sabrina Surprise Package; this is the version that is offered by Entertainment Rights.)

(The New Archie and Sabrina Hour was subsequently divided into The Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show and Sabrina: Super Witch during its original network run.) Archies TV Funnies was a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation which appeared on CBS from September 11, 1971 to September 1, 1973. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the American cable TV broadcaster, see ABC Family. ...

Collectively, most episodes of these series (not including The New Archie and Sabrina Hour) were later put into television syndication in 1976 as The Archies. Syndication may mean: television syndication, where individual stations buy programs outside of the network system print syndication, where individual newspapers or magazines license news articles, columns, or comic strips web syndication, where web feeds make a portion of a web site available to other sites or individual subscribers radio syndication...

Spin-offs

• Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (repeats of Sabrina plus the Groovie Goolies) (1970)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971–1974) (repeats of Archie's Comedy Hour episodes, plus new episodes)
• Groovie Goolies (1971) (rebroadcast of previous series in its own timeslot)
• Sabrina, Superwitch (originally part of the aforementioned New Archie-Sabrina Hour) (1977)
• Groovie Goolies and Friends (syndication package also featuring episodes from other Filmation series) (1978)

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DVD release

Single-disc DVD compilations featuring four episodes each were relased in 2004. There were four volumes in all:

• Archie & Friends Featuring The Archie Show includes three episodes of The Archie Show (#9, #3 and #5 as per Genius Entertainment's Complete Series DVD set; #9 has the song and dance segments substituted from #16). Also included is one episode of U.S. Of Archie ("The Star Spangled Banner") and a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour (from show #1, "Coke Machine," as per the Genius Entertainment Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series DVD set).
• Archie & Friends Featuring Sabrina The Teenage Witch includes three Sabrina half-hours ("Pet Shop"/"Funny Bunny," "Blue Whale"/"Football Game," and "Frankie"/"Beached"), one episode of U.S. Of Archie ("The Day Of The Ladies") and a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour ("Shadow Boxing" from show #1 as per Genius Entertainment's Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series DVD set).
• Archie & Friends Featuring Archie's TV Funnies includes three episodes of Archie's TV Funnies ("Riverdale Grand Prix Auto Race," "The Riverdale Air Circus," and "The Ghost Of Swedlow Swamp"), one episode of U.S. Of Archie ("The Wright Brothers"), and a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour ("Jughead Pulls Fire Hose" from show #3 as per Genius Entertainment's Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series DVD set).
• Archie & Friends Featuring Archie's Classic Cartoons includes one episode each of The Archie Show ("Rocket Rock"/"Par One"), The Archie And Sabrina Surprise Package ("Tops In Cops"), Archie's TV Funnies ("Flying Saucer"), U.S. Of Archie ("The Roughrider"), and a segment from The Archie Comedy Hour ("Telephone" from show #6 as per Genius Entertainment's Archie's Funhouse: The Complete Series DVD set).

On July 31, 2007, Genius Products released The Archie "Show on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. According to the packaged booklet, the negatives for the dance (the "Drag")/song ("Hide and Seek") segment on the "Kids' Day/Jughead 'Sampson' Jones" episode were lost and had to be sourced from a mediocre video transfer; not even the PAL negatives were available (many of Entertainment Rights' Region 1 Filmation releases are sourced from PAL-based negatives, including this series). The video transfer is NTSC-based. In addition, the introduction to the dance segment which occurs before going to commercial is also lost, along with the "joke" segment featured between the weekly song and second Archie story. is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Genius Products (also known as Genius Entertainment) is a home video company based in Santa Monica, California. ... For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ... Entertainment Rights Plc is a global media company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and some other countries (see map). ...

On March 4, 2008, Genius Products released Archie's Funhouse on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. [1] Unlike the previous release however, there is no packaged booklet, and thus there is no additional information other than the bonus features contained on the discs. Additionally, while the original NTSC negatives for the Sugar Sugar video were found, the "Jingle Jangle" video was sourced from an NTSC-based video transfer (though it should be noted that the NTSC negatives were recovered for two episodes of the show: episodes 15 and 16; all other episodes [including the "Funhouse" segments from The Archie Comedy Hour] were sourced from the PAL negatives). The 16 episodes themselves are presented in re-edited half-hour formats. Missing are brief bumpers and repeated segments from The Archie Show, already released in their own collection. The set also includes the TV special Archie And His New Pals and seven compilation episodes culled from The Archie Comedy Hour (but featuring Archie's Funhouse opening and closing titles). The seven compilation episodes account for the "Funhouse" and "Side Show" segments from 14 episodes of The Archie Comedy Hour. No other music segments from that season (apart from "Sugar, Sugar," "Jingle Jangle," and a performance of "Get On The Line" from Archie And His New Pals) are included. This leaves two original episodes of The Archie Comedy Hour unrepresented altogether; that season's original opening, closing and bumpers also are absent. Genius Entertainment will release the Sabrina The Teenage Witch segments from that season on DVD as part of their own set on April 29, 2008. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Genius Products (also known as Genius Entertainment) is a home video company based in Santa Monica, California. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and some other countries (see map). ... Sugar, Sugar was a 1969 hit song, supposedly by fictional characters The Archies, actually the product of a group of studio musicians managed by Don Kirshner, with vocals by Ron Dante. ... NTSC is the analog television system in use in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and some other countries (see map). ...

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External links

• The Archie Show on the Internet Movie Database
• The Archie Show on tv.com
• The Final Taxi Podcast on Archie Comics' publisher Richard Goldwater
• Welcome To The Archie Show

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