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American TV series or program
Archie's TV Funnies
is a
Saturday morning cartoon
animated series
produced by
Filmation
which appeared on
CBS
from September 11, 1971, to September 1, 1973.
[1]
The series starred
Bob Montana
's
Archie
characters, including
Archie Andrews
,
Betty Cooper
,
Veronica Lodge
,
Reggie Mantle
and
Jughead Jones
.
Archie's TV Funnies
is the fourth incarnation of the Archie cartoon shows, which began in 1968 as
The Archie Show
and was then retitled
The Archie Comedy Hour
in 1969 and
Archie's Funhouse
in 1970.
[2]
This was the first show in the popular series to move away from the series' earlier successful formula of
comedic
segments and musical segments performed by
The Archies
musical group
.
Archie's TV Funnies
would each week feature
Archie Andrews
and his friends running a local television station (which bore a close resemblance to the Filmation studios) which would feature short animated adaptations of several classic newspaper
comic strips
. A typical episode would start with one of the gang reporting on a story that was occurring in
Riverdale
that day, then several of the animated strips would be shown to the viewing audience as the reporter continued to report the story, and the episode would then conclude with the entire gang appearing at the end of the story. Although the series ran on CBS for two years, it was replaced in 1973 with
Everything's Archie
which returned the series to its more familiar format.
Comic strips featured
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As introduced in the opening sequence, the featured strips are:
Some of the above featured comic strips were later adapted again as part of
Fabulous Funnies
, another Filmation production.
Voice cast
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- Dallas McKennon
-
Archie Andrews
, Hot Dog,
Mr. Weatherbee
, Pop Tate,
Mr. Lodge
, Sam Catchem, Pat Patton, B.O. Plenty, Flattop, Mumbles, President Pearshape, Hans, der Captain, Alf, Kayo, Earl, Chief Cash U. Nutt, Irwin Troll, Pruneface, additional voices
- Howard Morris
-
Jughead Jones
,
Moose Mason
,
Dilton Doiley
, Junior Tracy, B-B Eyes, Fritz, der Inspector, Sluggo Smith, Sandy, Moon Mullins, Professor Transo, additional voices
- John Erwin
-
Reggie Mantle
, Dick Tracy, Alvin, Smokey Stover, Spooky, Gaylord Buzzard, additional voices
- Jane Webb
-
Betty Cooper
,
Veronica Lodge
,
Miss Grundy
,
Big Ethel
,
Tess Trueheart
, Moon Maid, Gravel Gertie, Mama, Emmy Lou, Taffy, Nancy Ritz,
Fritzi Ritz
, Cookie, Hazel Nutt, Broom-Hilda, Breathless Mahoney, additional voices
Episodes
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References
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External links
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