The Archie Show
| The Archie Show | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| 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 (two 11 min. segments per half hour) |
| 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 a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 half-hour shows, each containing two 11 minute segments, were aired. Archie cartoons continued to be aired in various forms 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 contained a laugh track, the first Saturday morning cartoon to do so (using the success of The Archie Show as a template, nearly all cartoon series would utilize laugh tracks until the early 1980s). Previous cartoon series, such as Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Flintstones and The Jetsons, had utilized laugh tracks. However, these shows were broadcast during prime time with the target audience being adults.
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