Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1972)

'Josie and the Pussycats' is a pop music group. During their tours are always involved in strange mysteries.

Stars:

Janet Waldo, Jackie Joseph, Barbara Pariot

Cast

Series cast summary:
Janet Waldo	...	Josie McCoy (8 episodes, 1970)
Jackie Joseph	...	Melody Valentine (8 episodes, 1970)
Barbara Pariot	...	Valerie Brown (8 episodes, 1970)
Cheryl Ladd	...	Melody Valentine (8 episodes, 1970-1971)

Storyline

Josie & The Pussycats follows the adventures of a rock & roll band that comes across all sorts of adventures along the way. The group consists of Josie, their guitar-playing leader; Valerie, the brilliant tamborine-player; Melody, the naive and optimistic drummer; Alan, Josie's love-interest; Alexander, the group's cowardly manager; Alexandra, Alexander's pesky sister who constantly tries to upstage Josie and be Alan's main squeeze; and of course, Sebastian, Alexandra's fiesty cat.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | rock music | rock band | television | based on comic book | 

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Genres:

Animation

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Josie & As Gatinhas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Radio Comics

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (16 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cheryl Ladd (credited as Cherie Moor) provided the singing voice for Melody Valentine. Patrice Holloway, sister of Motown singer Brenda Holloway, provided the singing voice of Valerie and sings lead on the theme song.

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Connections

Spoofed in Saturday Night Live: Natalie Portman/Fall Out Boy (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Josie"
Theme
Words and Music by Hoyt Curtin, D. Williams and J. Roland
Published by Cartoon Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)

User Reviews

OK...but what happened to Josie?

Sarcastic Alexandra is really the star of this cartoon series, with her cantankerous manner and continual put-downs (she even tells her cat Sebastian off, as with this caveat while unloading the van: "How would you like a suitcase sombrero?"). Josie gets completely lost in the woodwork, offering no solutions and no banter; blonde Alan is also a dullard (is that why they put them together?). I enjoy "Josie and the Pussycats" somewhat more than the similar "Scooby Doo" series simply because it's about musicians in danger and not a motley crew of teenage sleuths (and the music is actually pretty jazzy for bubblegum). Still, there isn't much direction at work here...and no driving force.