Archie's TV Funnies is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation which appeared on CBS from September 11, 1971, to September 1, 1973.[1] The series starred Bob Montana's Archie characters, including Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones.
| Archie's TV Funnies | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
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| Based on | |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company | Filmation |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 11 – December 25, 1971 |
| Related | |
| Fabulous Funnies | |
Archie's TV Funnies is the fourth incarnation of the Archie cartoon shows, which began in 1968 as The Archie Show and was then retitled The Archie Comedy Hour in 1969 and Archie's Funhouse in 1970.[2]
This was the first show in the popular series to move away from the series' earlier successful formula of comedic segments and musical segments performed by The Archies musical group. Archie's TV Funnies would each week feature Archie Andrews and his friends running a local television station (which bore a close resemblance to the Filmation studios) which would feature short animated adaptations of several classic newspaper comic strips. A typical episode would start with one of the gang reporting on a story that was occurring in Riverdale that day, then several of the animated strips would be shown to the viewing audience as the reporter continued to report the story, and the episode would then conclude with the entire gang appearing at the end of the story. Although the series ran on CBS for two years, it was replaced in 1973 with Everything's Archie which returned the series to its more familiar format.
Comic strips featured edit
As introduced in the opening sequence, the featured strips are:
- Dick Tracy
- The Captain and the Kids
- Emmy Lou
- Nancy
- The Dropouts
- Moon Mullins
- Smokey Stover
- Broom-Hilda
Some of the above featured comic strips were later adapted again as part of Fabulous Funnies, another Filmation production.
Voice cast edit
- Dallas McKennon - Archie Andrews, Hot Dog, Mr. Weatherbee, Pop Tate, Mr. Lodge, Sam Catchem, Pat Patton, B.O. Plenty, Flattop, Mumbles, President Pearshape, Hans, der Captain, Alf, Kayo, Earl, Chief Cash U. Nutt, Irwin Troll, Pruneface, additional voices
- Howard Morris- Jughead Jones, Moose Mason, Dilton Doiley, Junior Tracy, B-B Eyes, Fritz, der Inspector, Sluggo Smith, Sandy, Moon Mullins, Professor Transo, additional voices
- John Erwin - Reggie Mantle, Dick Tracy, Alvin, Smokey Stover, Spooky, Gaylord Buzzard, additional voices
- Jane Webb - Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Tess Trueheart, Moon Maid, Gravel Gertie, Mama, Emmy Lou, Taffy, Nancy Ritz, Fritzi Ritz, Cookie, Hazel Nutt, Broom-Hilda, Breathless Mahoney, additional voices
Episodes edit
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Circus" | September 11, 1971 |
| 2 | "Bank Robbery" | September 18, 1971 |
| 3 | "Coach Kleats Climbs Mount Riverdale" | September 25, 1971 |
| 4 | "Escaped Hippo" | October 2, 1971 |
| 5 | "Flying Saucer" | October 9, 1971 |
| 6 | "The Ghost of Swedlow Swamp" | October 16, 1971 |
| 7 | "Mom's Chicken Sickle Stand" | October 23, 1971 |
| 8 | "Mount Riverdale Woods" | October 30, 1971 |
| 9 | "Opening of New Fully-Automated Dept. Store" | November 6, 1971 |
| 10 | "Our Town, Riverdale" | November 13, 1971 |
| 11 | "Outside Interference" | November 20, 1971 |
| 12 | "The Reggie Game" | November 27, 1971 |
| 13 | "Reggie's Soap Opera" | December 4, 1971 |
| 14 | "Riverdale Talent Tournament" | December 11, 1971 |
| 15 | "Rodney Rinkydink" | December 18, 1971 |
| 16 | "Wacky Races, Archie Style" | December 25, 1971 |
References edit
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 90–94. ISBN 978-1476665993.
