"Josie and the Pussycats" (1970) TV series 1970-1972

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Writers:

Larz Bourne (story) (1970)
Tom Dagenais (story) (1970)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 September 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | Teenage Boy | Rock Band | Fictional Band | Girl Band

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 1 of 13)

Janet Waldo

...

Josie McCoy (unknown episodes)

Also Known As:

Josie and the Pussy Cats (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

30 min (16 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

A full album and and two 45-RPM singles were released by Capitol/EMI Records in connection with the show. Neither of the Josie & the Pussycats singles - "Every Beat of My Heart" and "Stop, Look, and Listen" - became chart hits like the songs from another Archie Comics series, "The Archie Show" (1968). Four further Pussycats 45s were relegated to the status of mail-in prizes on the back of Kellogg's cereals.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Team Knight Rider: Apocalypse Maybe (#1.20)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Josie

Josie was "all that" and still is...

I rediscovered the cartoon when the 2001 movie starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Tara Reid was almost released. The show was broadcasted in a Canadian Cable Network (YTV).

I have watched it in 1972-73 and re-watching it was going into the same fun I had when I was a kid. Stories that were funny, written the "Hanna Barbera" way and with such a sense of humor. I can say here the show distanced a bit from the Archie comic book itself. For example, Alex left his arrogant ego in the comic book and becomes a coward in this one (and that voice from Casey Kasem, I burst out, this is funny ). For the rest, Alexandra with her envys of stealing Alan from Josie and give the Pussycats a "music lesson" and Melody with her everlasting ditziness makes the show...

Noticeable thing here: since the original series started when "Scooby Doo" took a break, I found that Josie and the Pussycats were patterned the same way, with same music and expressions like "meddling kids". Otherwise, the rest is fun to watch and was also a great geography course because in each show, they were in a different country. And even one of the shows did feature a chase around the world (one of the best episodes called "The Great Pussycat Chase"...).

A fun classic to be enjoyed over and over again...