Starring Dennis Bowen, he best known as Todd, the preppie on Welcome Back, Kotter for a year or two, the rival of John Travolta; Darrel Maury as Jughead, and Melanie Thompson, best known as the girl at Six Flags that Greg Brady flirted with in the Brady Bunch episode when the family went to that park, this real life Archie series was light, amusing and had original skits. The gang was expanded to include Ethel, Moose and Midge in the band, when the group sang at the end of the show. Skits included: Archie and Betty trying to behave when they had the Cooper household all to themselves, The boys crashing the girls' slumber party at the Lodge mansion, Archie and Reggie learning Jughead's real name was 'Steve' (the school secretary looked like a staple of late sixties, early seventies sitcoms; rich wives, teachers and the like), The funniest skit was Archie and Reggie trying to help Veronica remember where she may have left her concert tickets. Archie's one line "Shouldn't you put those tickets in your pocket so you DON'T LOSE THEM?" and Reggie's re-enactments, especially at the bank as the teller, were too hysterical. NOt a bad program. Aired this one time. Was very funny to me. Not to be confused with the later real life Archie offering with Christopher Rich, Lauren Holly, David Doyle and Fran Ryan.
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I had this on tape after it first aired
snelling26 July 2006
Before VHS came along, I used to tape the audio off the TV with a Panasonic recorder that probably cost $200 at the time. I had this on cassette tape after it first aired and listened to it over & over. But now it's long gone and I imagine it will never be resurrected. Any help from out there would be greatly appreciated! I am hoping with all the junk out on DVD that maybe this will be found. Thanks!!
This says I cannot submit this without more text, but I have no more to say. Instead I will recommend a few things off IMDb from my generation:
1) WKRP in Cincinnati 2) Miracle Mile 3) Death Weekend 4) Bugs Bunny/Road Runner cartoons
This says I cannot submit this without more text, but I have no more to say. Instead I will recommend a few things off IMDb from my generation:
1) WKRP in Cincinnati 2) Miracle Mile 3) Death Weekend 4) Bugs Bunny/Road Runner cartoons
One of two failed Archie pilots, with largely the same cast
Joyela12 April 2007
The first pilot for an "Archie" TV show aired only once, during the summer on ABC, and was a more traditional adaptation of the long-running comic book series, with corny jokes more like the 1950s. The second pilot for an "Archie" TV show also aired only once, on ABC, during the following summer, and had a more modern slant, showing the actors singing and dancing like a contemporary rock group and being a bit more "racy" and modern, with jokes about making out and kissing. They even had Lil' Jinx, which I think is the only time the character got to step outside the comic pages! I'm pretty sure this entry is for this second attempt.
I remember one of the songs done in this series was called "Telephone Rondelay," but I can't remember if it was in the first or the second pilot! It was something like the song, "The Telephone Hour," in the musical, "Bye Bye Birdie." The same cast was in both pilots, or at least I remember that both pilots had Audrey Landers as Betty, Dennie Bowen as Archie, but most especially both had Derrel Maury as Jughead, who I (sigh) fell in love with!! Such a jazzy Jughead! I do remember the bit mentioned in a previous comment, where the others were trying to learn Jughead's real name. I think it was Miss Grundy who helped Jughead fool the kids with info that indicated his name was Jughead. At the end, Jughead told her thanks, but I remember the teacher responding with, "You're welcome, Forsythe"--and not Steve. Forsythe was Jughead's real name in the comics.
I remember one of the songs done in this series was called "Telephone Rondelay," but I can't remember if it was in the first or the second pilot! It was something like the song, "The Telephone Hour," in the musical, "Bye Bye Birdie." The same cast was in both pilots, or at least I remember that both pilots had Audrey Landers as Betty, Dennie Bowen as Archie, but most especially both had Derrel Maury as Jughead, who I (sigh) fell in love with!! Such a jazzy Jughead! I do remember the bit mentioned in a previous comment, where the others were trying to learn Jughead's real name. I think it was Miss Grundy who helped Jughead fool the kids with info that indicated his name was Jughead. At the end, Jughead told her thanks, but I remember the teacher responding with, "You're welcome, Forsythe"--and not Steve. Forsythe was Jughead's real name in the comics.
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