Archie's TV Funnies
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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. The series starred Bob Montana's Archie
characters.
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 would feature short animated adaptations of several popular newspaper
comic strip
s of the early 1970s. 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 formula.
When this program (along with other Archie TV shows) was rerun on the Odyssey Channel
(now the Hallmark Channel
), for unknown reasons it was shown after The U.S. of Archie. Archie's TV Funnies was originally created before U.S. of Archie.
Some of the above featured comic strips were later adapted again as part of "Fabulous Funnies
", another Filmation production.
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that has typically been scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the present; the genre's peak in popularity mostly ended in the 1990s while the popularity of...
animated series produced by Filmation
Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live action programming for television during the latter half of the 20th century. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1963...
which appeared on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
from September 11, 1971 to September 1, 1973. The series starred Bob Montana's Archie
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
characters.
Overview
The fourth in a series of Archie shows, which in turn replaced Archie's Funhouse in CBS' schedule, this was the first show in the popular series to move away from the series' earlier successful formula of comedicComedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
segments and musical segments performed by The Archies
The Archies
The Archies are a garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones, a group of adolescent fictional characters of the Archie universe, in the context of the animated TV series, The Archie Show...
musical group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
. Archie's TV Funnies would each week feature Archie Andrews
Archie Andrews (comics)
Archie Andrews, created in 1941 by Vic Bloom and Bob Montana, is a fictional character in an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, as well as the long-running Archie Andrews radio series, a syndicated comic strip, The Archie Show, and Archie's Weird Mysteries.-Character and...
and his friends running a local television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
station which would feature short animated adaptations of several popular newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
s of the early 1970s. A typical episode would start with one of the gang reporting on a story that was occurring in Riverdale
Riverdale (Archie Comics)
Riverdale is a fictional town somewhere in the United States that is the setting for most of the various characters that appear in Archie Comics...
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 formula.
When this program (along with other Archie TV shows) was rerun on the Odyssey Channel
Odyssey Channel
The Odyssey Channel was an award-winning documentary channel that was previously available on Optus Vision in Australia.It was one of the few channels on pay TV in Australia that had a large amount of Australian content available...
(now the Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
), for unknown reasons it was shown after The U.S. of Archie. Archie's TV Funnies was originally created before U.S. of Archie.
Comic strips featured (as introduced in the opening sequence)
- Dick TracyDick TracyDick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective. Created by Chester Gould, the strip made its debut on October 4, 1931, in the Detroit Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate...
- The Captain and the Kids
- Emmy Lou
- Nancy (and Sluggo)Nancy (comic strip)Nancy is an American daily and Sunday comic strip, originally written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller and distributed by United Feature Syndicate....
- The DropoutsHoward PostHoward Post , aka Howie Post, was an American animator, cartoonist and comic strip and comic book writer-artist....
- Moon MullinsMoon MullinsMoon Mullins, created by cartoonist Frank Willard , was a popular American comic strip which had a long run as both a daily and Sunday feature from June 19, 1923 to June 2, 1991. Syndicated by the Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate, the strip depicts the lives of diverse lowbrow characters who...
- Smokey StoverSmokey StoverSmokey Stover is an American comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Bill Holman, from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune, it features the wacky misadventures of the titular fireman, and had the longest run of any comic strip in the "screwball comics"...
- Broom-HildaBroom-HildaBroom-Hilda is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russell Myers. Distributed by the Tribune Media Services, it depicts the misadventures of a man-crazy, cigar-smoking, beer-guzzling, 1,500-year-old witch and her motley crew of friends....
Some of the above featured comic strips were later adapted again as part of "Fabulous Funnies
Fabulous Funnies
Fabulous Funnies was a Filmation cartoon series on NBC that ran for one season in 1978; it featured animated versions of newspaper comic strips and attempted to teach moral lessons to children.-Overview:...
", another Filmation production.
Episode titles
| № | Title | First aired: |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Circus" | 1971·Sep·11 |
| 2 | "Bank Robbery" | 1971·Sep·18 |
| 3 | "Coach Kleats Climbs Mount Riverdale" | 1971·Sep·25 |
| 4 | "Escaped Hippo" | 1971·Oct·02 |
| 5 | "Flying Saucer" | 1971·Oct·09 |
| 6 | "The Ghost of Swedlow Swamp" | 1971·Oct·16 |
| 7 | "Mom's Chicken Sickle Stand" | 1971·Oct·23 |
| 8 | "Mount Riverdale Woods" | 1971·Oct·30 |
| 9 | "Opening of New Fully-Automated Dept. Store" | 1971·Nov·06 |
| 10 | "Our Town, Riverdale" | 1971·Nov·13 |
| 11 | "Outside Interference" | 1971·Nov·20 |
| 12 | "The Reggie Game" | 1971·Nov·27 |
| 13 | "Reggie's Soap Opera" | 1971·Dec·04 |
| 14 | "Riverdale Talent Tournament" | 1971·Dec·11 |
| 15 | "Rodney Rinkydink" | 1971·Dec·18 |
| 16 | "Wacky Races (Archie Style)" | 1971·Dec·25 |
External links
- Archie's TV Funnies cartoon info at the Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....