"Archie's TV Funnies" (1971) TV series 1971-1973

Director:

Hal Sutherland

Writers:

Ernie Bushmiller (comic strip Nancy)
Bill Danch (writer) (1971)

Release Date:

11 September 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

In this show, Archie and the gang present animated adaptations of popular comic strips like Smokey Stover and Dick Tracy.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic Book | Witchcraft | Surrealism | Archie Comics | Teenage Girl

Cast

John Erwin	...	Reggie Mantle (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dal McKennon	...	Archie Andrews (voice)
Howard Morris	...	Jughead Jones / Hot Dog (voice)
Jane Webb	...	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch / Veronica Lodge / Betty Cooper (voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Filmation Associates

Movie Connections:

Follows Life with Archie (1962) (TV)

A Weird Experiment!

This was really an odd experiment in that the makers of The Archie cartoon show had a winning formula and then changed it for the worse. On this show, Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie and Jughead were the hosts of a TV station and introduced various cartoon shorts (usually about 3-5 minutes long) featuring other comic strip characters like Dick Tracy, Nancy and Sluggo, Broom Hilda, etc. There were no cartoon segments of Archie and the gang themselves except for when they went from one segment to another. The show wasn't that bad but it was a disappointment for the fans of Archie who tuned in to watch him and the gang. Thankfully, the show changed formats again the following season and focused more on Archie and the gang.