The U.S. of Archie (1974)

Directed by

Hal Sutherland

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 16 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Saturday morning cartoon spin-off of the Archie comics. It follows the teenage characters in a series of episodes that focus on teaching lessons rather than being funny or musical.

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What happens

U.S. of Archie is a Saturday morning cartoon show on CBS from September 7 to December 21, 1974. It is spin-off of the popular Archie comic books and television show. It ran for a total of sixteen episodes, but due to its educational agenda, lacked the music and comedy elements that had made the other Archie cartoons so successful. After spending its first four months on Saturday mornings, it was moved to the less-popular Sunday morning schedule in January 1975, where it remained in repeats until September 1976. Jackie Mills, a Hollywood producer, produced all of the music for U.S. of Archie. Jackie had also produced Bobby Sherman and the Brady Bunch Kids. The lead singer on U.S. of Archie was Tom McKenzie, who earlier appeared on some of the Groovie Goolies's songs. Tom was a member of the Doodletown Pipers singing group, which also included future Side Effect member Augie Johnson, Oren Waters, Mic "Michele" Bell, Teresa Graves, and Dean Chapman. Beginning on March 29, 2010, U.S. of Archie started to air on the Retro Television Network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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