The U.S. of Archie

The U.S. of Archie
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GenreComedy
Historical
Created byJohn L. Goldwater (comic)
Bob Montana (characters)
Based on
Archie Andrews
by
  • John L. Goldwater
  • Bob Montana
  • Vic Bloom
Directed byHal Sutherland
StarringDallas McKennon
Howard Morris
Jane Webb
John Erwin
Voices ofDallas McKennon
Howard Morris
Jane Webb
John Erwin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
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Production
ProducerNorm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companyFilmation
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 7 (1974-09-07) –
December 21, 1974 (1974-12-21)
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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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.