US of Archie wasn’t as highly favored by fans, and, unfortunately, the show just barely made it to the Bicentennial and was canceled in September of 1976. With its historical backdrop, the show was lighter on cartoon comedy and heavier on education. Here, instead of hanging around Pop’s Chock’lit Shop, they re-enact significant moments in American history (everything from Votes for Women to the Underground Railroad).
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As part of this, Filmation Studio, which had the animated rights to the Archie comics since first bringing the characters to TV with 1968’s The Archie Show, brought us this spin on their already popular series.ĭebuting on CBS in 1974, US of Archie featured the usual gang: Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie. Sprinkled with fun moments (talking about the Minutemen, the announcer notes that “these brave men dropped everything,” after which Hector’s pants fall down), Hector Heathcote isn’t an American history lesson it’s more of an animation history lesson of Terrytoons of another time.Īs the nation approached the Bicentennial celebration on July 4th, 1976, a patriotic fervor spread across the country in the years prior. In them, Hector (created by story artist Eli Bauer) would find himself involved in different moments in American history, with his bulldog, Winston, by his side, he’d face off against the show’s villain Benedict. “Bundled” with shorts featuring two other Terrytoons characters, Hashimoto Mouse and Silly Sidney the Elephant, the show combined theatrical and new Hector Heathcote shorts. Produced by the Terrytoons Studio, Hector got his own TV show (aptly titled The Hector Heathcote Show) which aired on NBC from 1963-1965.
Set in the Colonial era and narrated by veteran character actor, John Myhers, the short set the character’s personality of an inept teenager who attempts to keep up with his Minute Men peers. Hector Heathcote made his first appearance on July 4th, 1959, in the theatrical short subject The Minute and a Half Man. It holds its own as one of many Hanna-Barbera guilty pleasures of the ’70s.
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While The Funky Phantom hasn’t had the staying power of other Hanna-Barbera series from the time, it’s still well remembered by an entire generation. He is from the Revolutionary War (declaring himself as “The Spirit of 1776, even!” when he first appears).Īnother Hanna-Barbera regular, Daws Butler provides the voice of Mudsy, in an almost replica of his Snagglepuss character voice, which, in turn, recalls the performance of actor Bert Lahr as The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. Once inside, they (for no particular reason) set a grandfather clock to midnight and release the titular ghost Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore, a/k/a “Mudsy,” and his cat, Boo. They, along with their dog Elmo (Hanna-Barbera stalwart Don Messick), out traveling one night in their dune buggy (the “Looney Duney”), take shelter from a storm in an old house. The backdrop of the show (playing out in the opening credits and theme song) centers on three teenagers, Augie (Tommy Cook), Skip (Micky Dolenz of The Monkees), and April (Kristina Holland). In The Funky Phantom, a group of groovy teenagers goes on misadventures with a ghost in place of a Great Dane. When television cartoons ruled the airways on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons, there were several that were patriotic in their themes and settings.Īiring on ABC in 1971 and produced by Hanna Barbera, The Funky Phantom used the “Scooby-Doo” model for its premise (as did many of the studio’s shows produced during the decade). As Independence Day approaches, in addition to firing up the grill and settling into the backyard, you may want to pour a big bowl of sugary cereal and sit down in front of the TV.
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