The Archie Comedy Hour
| The Archie Show | |
|---|---|
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| Genre |
Sitcom Musical |
| 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 |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Filmation |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 14, 1968 – August 30, 1969 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Archie Comedy Hour |
The Archie Show is an American animated musical comedy series produced by Filmation for CBS. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show aired Saturday mornings on CBS in September 1968 ended the following year in August. Filmation continued to produce Archie television series until 1978.
The show revolves around 17-year-old Archie Andrews and his teen-age pals from Riverdale High School including: his best friend and food fiend Jughead Jones, wise-cracking Reggie Mantle, beautiful, spoiled-rich brunette Veronica Lodge, and attractive, blonde, girl-next-door tomboy Betty Cooper. On the show, the friends appeared as a bubblegum pop band featuring Archie on lead guitar. The Archies had a real-life #1 hit single in 1969 with their song, "Sugar, Sugar", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
The Archie Show utilized a laugh track, the first such example from what was colloquially known as a Saturday morning cartoon. Owing to the success of The Archie Show, most animated series would begin using laugh tracks until the early 1980s. Previous animated series that used laugh tracks, such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons, were broadcast during prime time with the target audience being adults.
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