"The Archie Show" (1968) TV series 1968-1969

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Hal Sutherland

Writers:

John L. Goldwater (characters)
Bob Ogle (writer)

Release Date:

14 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | Television | Surrealism | Teenage Boy | Archie Comics

Cast

Dal McKennon	...	Archie Andrews / Hot Dog / Mr. Weatherbee / Pop / Mr. Lodge / Coach Cleats (voice)
Howard Morris	...	Jughead Jones / Big Moose / Dilton Doiley (voice)
Jane Webb	...	Betty Cooper / Veronica Lodge / Miss Grundy / Big Ethel (voice)
John Erwin	...	Reggie Mantle (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Dante	...	Archie (singing voice) (uncredited)
Toni Wine	...	Betty / Veronica (singing voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Sutherland

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John L. Goldwater		characters
Bob Ogle		writer

Produced by
Norm Prescott	....	producer
Lou Scheimer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Ellis

Art Direction by
Don Christensen

Art Department
Oscar Dufau	....	storyboard artist
Jan Green	....	storyboard artist
Sherman Labby	....	storyboard artist
Gary Lund	....	storyboard artist
Michael O'Connor	....	storyboard artist (1968) (as Mike O'Conner)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sergio Antonio Alcázar	....	camera operator (1968)
Roger Brown	....	camera supervisor (1968)
Ron Lapeer	....	camera operator (1968)
Ray Lee	....	camera supervisor (1968)
Gary Milton	....	camera operator (1968)
Roger Sims	....	camera operator (1968)

Animation Department
Robert Bentley	....	animator (as Bob Bentley)
Bob Bransford	....	animator
Betty Brooks	....	ink and paint supervisor (1968)
James Brummett	....	animator (as Jim Brummett)
Martha Buckley	....	ink and paint supervisor (1968)
Bob Carr	....	animator
Butch Davis	....	animator
James Davis	....	layout artist (as Jim Davis)
Judy Drake	....	animator
Venetia Epler	....	background artist
Otto Feuer	....	animator
Martin Forte	....	background artist
Jack Foster	....	animator
Ed Friedman	....	animator
Rene Garcia	....	background artist
Bill Geach	....	background artist
George Grandpré	....	animator (1968) (as Geo Grandpre)
Ann Guenther	....	background artist
Bill Hajee	....	animator
Dick Hall	....	animator
Maurice Harvey	....	background artist
Jack Healey	....	background artist
Ken Hultgren	....	layout artist
Bill Hutten	....	animator
Jim Jones	....	background artist (1968)
Les Kaluza	....	animator
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	background designer (1968) (as Erv Kaplan)
Pat Keppler	....	background artist (as Patricia Frye)
Paul Krukowski	....	animator
Marsh Lamore	....	animator (as Marshall Lamore)
Ted Littlefield	....	background artist
Art Lozzi	....	background artist
Lorraine Marue	....	background artist (as Lorraine Morgan)
Bob Matz	....	animator
Bill McArdle	....	background artist
Norm McCabe	....	animator
Murray McClellan	....	animator
Tom McDonald	....	animator
Joan Orbison	....	animator
Chic Otterstrom	....	animator
Jack Ozark	....	animator
Jane Philippi	....	checking supervisor (1968)
Bill Pratt	....	animator
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator
Len Redman	....	animator
Bill Reed	....	animator
Len Rogers	....	animator
Virgil Ross	....	animator
Barbara Smith	....	background artist
Ralph Somerville	....	animator
Ken Southworth	....	animator
Dave Tendlar	....	animator
Reuben Timmins	....	animator
Bob Trochim	....	animator
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor (1968)
Russ von Neida	....	animator
Kay Wright	....	layout artist
Paul Xander	....	background artist
Xenia	....	animator

Editorial Department
June Gilham	....	negative cutter
Joseph Simon	....	editorial (1968)

Music Department
Don Kirshner	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Rock Benedetto	....	production coordinator (as Rock Benedict)
Rudy Larriva	....	associate director
Don Towsley	....	associate director

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates
• The Archie Company

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1968) (USA) (TV)
• Genius Products (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Hallmark Entertainment
• Paramount Television
• Vitt Media International
• Warner Bros. Television

Other Companies

• Continental Baking  sponsors
• Einfeld-Mahana  sound effects
• Mattel Toys  sponsors

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Filmation Associates

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Eegah! (#6.6)" (1993)

A Cartoon Classic!

I haven't seen this show since the mid '70s, it just disappeared off of TV by the late '70s. "The Archie Show" has to be the best out of all of the Archie incarnations. This show was broken into 3 parts. There would be a 10 minute storyline where Archie and the gang would get into some funny situations, then there was the dance of the week, followed by one of their songs. Looking back, it was a cartoon music video! After the song, there would be a one-liner joke, then another storyline. It had variety, and a nice pace. The songs from this show will stick in your mind. No wonder why it was called bubblegum music! The comedy is total late '60s. The one-liner jokes are like a kiddie version of the comedy that was on the show "Laugh-In". The animation isn't the greatest in this show, it was somewhat better than "Spiderman", but not as good as "The Flintstones". This show really reflects the era in which it was aired. The psychedelic music videos with floating polka dots, and even the opening and closing credits with the flashing strobe effect in the background really gives this show a sixties feel to it. I was very lucky and stumbled across a DVD that has 3 episodes on it. It was great to see this show after all of these year because just don't make cartoons like this anymore!