The U.S. of Archie

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The U.S. of Archie
Genre	Comedy, Historical
Created by	Bob Montana (characters) John Goldwater (comic)
Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Presented by	Filmation
Starring	Dallas McKennon Howard Morris Jane Webb John Erwin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer(s)	Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 7, 1974 – September 1976
Chronology
Preceded by	Archie's TV Funnies
Followed by	The New Archie and Sabrina Hour
External links
IMDb profile

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The U.S. of Archie was a Saturday morning cartoon show on CBS from September 7, 1974 to September 1976. A spinoff of the popular Archie comic books and television show, it featured Archie, Jughead, and the other Riverdale High student regulars re-enacting famous scenes throughout American history, taking full advantage of the Bicentennial in the months leading up to it. It was produced by Filmation founders and producers Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott.

The musical segments appear after the episode ends, which are songs about the covered topic. The characters were slightly re-drawn with new clothing but some of the animations were recycled.

It ran for a total of 16 episodes, but lacked the music and comedy elements which had made the other Archie cartoons so successful because of its educational appeal. 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 the U.S. of Archie Show. Jackie had also produced Bobby Sherman and the Brady Bunch Kids. The singer on the U.S. of Archie show was Tom McKenzie, who also sang some of the Groovie Goolies episodes. Tom was also a member of the Doodletown Pipers singing group, who's members also included Augie Johnson, Oren Waters, Mic "Michele" Bell, Teresa Graves, and Dean Chapman.