The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and King World Productions and broadcast on ABC from September 10, 1983 to September 1, 1984. The show contained the following three segments: The Little Rascals, Richie Rich and Monchhichis.

Segments

The package show combined new episodes and reruns of The Little Rascals and Richie Rich with the new Monchhichis series. The segments for each sixty-minute episode were as follows:

• The Little Rascals (11 minutes)
• Richie Rich Zillion-Dollar Adventures (11 minutes)
• Monchhichis (30 minutes)

The Monchhichis segment aired as part of the package show through the end of 1983. As early as January 7, 1984, because of lower-than-anticipated ratings (especially since it faced very tough competition against the high-rated series The Smurfs on NBC), the package show was revamped. It is uncertain what became of the Monchhichis by 1984. Some speculated that the show was split up into two separate half-hour shows – Monchhchis moved to 8:00 a.m. ET while The Little Rascals and Richie Rich remained in the 8:30 a.m. ET slot as a downgraded package series titled The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show – for the remainder of the 1983–84 season; while others speculated that reruns of Super Friends returned by 1984, which could have replaced Monchhichis, and if true, that may explain why the package show was rebranded to remove Monchhichis from the title, and the latter may have aired on ABC for just over three months.

Ownership

Since The Little Rascals segment was co-produced by King World Productions, the rights to that segment are under different ownership than the others – CBS Television Distribution currently owns the rights. The Richie Rich and Monchhichis segments have been incorporated into the Warner Bros. library, due to various corporate changes involving Hanna-Barbera.

Home Video Releases

In 2010, one episode ("Tickle Pickle") was part of the Saturday Morning Cartoons: The 80s DVD set. However, It was announced by Warner Archive that all 13 episodes of the Monchhichis would be released as a made-on-demand DVD set in April 2017. The Little Rascals is not cleared for a DVD release, as was mentioned on the Warner Archive group on Facebook in April 2016, and many of the Richie Rich segments in this series were part of two VHS compilations: Richie Rich: A Dog's Best Friend and Richie Rich: Priceless Toys, both of which were released around 1997.

Voice cast

Monchhichis

• Bobby Morse – Moncho
• Laurel Page – Kyla
• Ellen Gerstell – TooToo
• Frank Welker – Patchitt
• Hank Saroyan – Thumkitt
• Sidney Miller – Horrg
• Frank Nelson – Wizzar
• Robert Arbogast – Snogs
• Peter Cullen – Shreeker, Snitchitt, Gonker
• Laurie Faso – Yabbott, Fasit, Scumgor

The Little Rascals

• Scott Menville – Spanky
• Julie McWhirter Dees – Alfalfa, Porky, Woim
• Patty Maloney – Darla
• Shavar Ross – Buckwheat
• B. J. Ward – Butch, Waldo
• Peter Cullen – Pete the Pup, Officer Ed

Richie Rich

• Sparky Marcus – Richie Rich
• Christian Hoff – Freckles Friendly
• Nancy Cartwright – Gloria Glad
• Joan Gerber – Mrs. Rich, Irona
• Stanley Jones – Cadbury, George
• Bill Callaway – Professor Keenbean
• Dick Beals – Reggie Van Dough
• Frank Welker – Dollar the Dog

References

External links

• The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show at The Big Cartoon DataBase