Archie Comics has had several great TV shows over the years, up to and including the current "Riverdale" drama airing on the CW. All the others have been animated (unless you count the 1990 "To Riverdale and Back Again" TV movie special). And sandwiched in-between the Archie cartoons that people remember best from the 1960s and '70s (like "The U.S. of Archie" for the Bicentennial, for us '70s kids!), and the more-recent "Archie's Weird Mysteries," there was a cute little show in 1987 called "The New Archies."
Back in the 1980s there was what we might call a "baby craze" in animation. "Muppet Babies," "Flintstone Kids," "Tiny Toon Adventures," even "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo." The trend was to take well-loved and well-known cartoon characters and making them younger. "The New Archies" was an outgrowth of that, with Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica being in junior high school rather than high school. Skateboards and bikes rather than cars. The brainy Eugene rather than Dilton Doiley. Those were the major differences in this alternate take on Riverdale produced by DiC Entertainment for only one season, to the tune of 14 episodes. It's adorable -- catch it on YouTube, because it hasn't yet been released on DVD.
This month's episode of the Terrific TV Toys series features an actual production cel from the "The New Archies." What episode was this cel used for? Well, if you're familiar with the show, why don't you tell us!!!???
Back in the 1980s there was what we might call a "baby craze" in animation. "Muppet Babies," "Flintstone Kids," "Tiny Toon Adventures," even "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo." The trend was to take well-loved and well-known cartoon characters and making them younger. "The New Archies" was an outgrowth of that, with Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica being in junior high school rather than high school. Skateboards and bikes rather than cars. The brainy Eugene rather than Dilton Doiley. Those were the major differences in this alternate take on Riverdale produced by DiC Entertainment for only one season, to the tune of 14 episodes. It's adorable -- catch it on YouTube, because it hasn't yet been released on DVD.
This month's episode of the Terrific TV Toys series features an actual production cel from the "The New Archies." What episode was this cel used for? Well, if you're familiar with the show, why don't you tell us!!!???
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