"The Righteous Apples" (1981) TV series

Directors:

Ivan Dixon
Bob LaHendro

Writers:

Johnny Dawkins (writer)
Art Washington (writer) (five episodes)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Focuses on the activities of The Righteous Apples, five Boston-area high school musicians, who in a troubled world, seek to help people in distress.

Cast

Joey Camen	...	Samuel 'DC' Rosencrantz
Elizabeth Daily	...	Sandy Burns
Larry Gelman	...	DC's father
Mary Gregory	...	Mrs. Kent
Bob Harcum	...	JT
Michael Henderson	...	A band member
Grainger Hines	...	Nick (1981)
Kutee	...	Glorette Carson
René Le Vant	...	Mr. Shelbourne
Alma Martinez	...	Pregnant Teen (as Alma Martínez)
Richard Molinare	...	Martin
Ernesto Vega	...	A band member
Helen Verbit	...	DC's mother
Mykelti Williamson	...	Charles 'Big Neck' McMorris (as Mykel T. Williamson)
Amanda Wyss

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Music and Messages

This comedy drama ran on PBS stations during the early 1980's. Elizabeth Daily (the voice of Buttercup on "The Powerpuff Girls") was one of the members of a multi-cultural teenage pop band who dealt with and attempted to solve social problems. One episode had the band expose a racist doctor who was sterilizing the African-American women who came to his office without their knowledge. I believe Ms. Daily stayed on this short-lived show to the end, but their were cast changes among the other band members. This wasn't a bad show, just a little heavy handed sometimes in driving their messages across. I do remember that some of the songs they did were not originals. However, Ms. Daily did have a nice singing voice. PBS seemed to run quite a few shows similar to this during the late 1970s and early 1980s ("Up and Coming" and "Watch Your Mouth!" were two of the others), with youthful casts. I wish some of these obscure shows were appear somewhere on video or DVD.