Intro - Josie and the Pussycats

[pyrogyra72]

It's so disappointing that Cartoon Network no longer airs cartoons like these anymore. Instead they show crap like "Chowder" "FlapJack" and "Regular Show." Yes, I know that there's Boomerang, but the problem is we don't get it in our area, and our cable provider doesn't seem to interested in adding it. (Believe me, I had been calling and emailing, but to no avail.)

[WCX]

Catgirls before people knew what catgirls were. Sort of. :/

[Rescue162]

I remember Josie and the Pussycats, but I dont think I was interested because it was too "girly".

[ren68725]

deja vu, this remember i seen this show when i was a kid, i always going to be a hanna-barbera fan.

[charlestonchewy]

The cat's laugh sounds similar to Muttleys laugh from "Dastardly and Muttley."

[SuperCartiel]

@charlestonchewy Yes, it was probably Don Messick, but I can't be too sure.

[charlestonchewy]

@SuperCartiel before he passed away in the mid-80s, he was also the voice of Gears and Ratchet of the cartoon "Transformers."

[SuperCartiel]

@charlestonchewy Wait! Messick was also the voice of Hampton Pig in 'Tiny Toon Adventures'.

[charlestonchewy]

@SuperCartiel My apologies, you're right. He passed away in '97. I got mixed up with another voice actor that was on Transformers.

[SuperCartiel]

@charlestonchewy Do you mean Chris Latta, the voice of Starscream and Cobra Commander?

[charlestonchewy]

@SuperCartiel Actually Roger C. Carmel, the voice of Cyclonus, Menasour, and Bruticus.

[SuperCartiel]

@charlestonchewy I didn't know Carmel had passed away. He was Hardcort Fenton Mudd in 'Star Trek", right?

[musicgirl10102]

i miss this show!!!!

[SammEater]

You know a show is awesome when the comments on Youtube have nice trivia about the production of the cartoon. :D

[lmaniac58]

I love this theme song!

[NedN00b]

Yes, Monster. I mean, Master.

[Girlinthemirrorfan]

I think its good that they had a black girl in the band in the 70s they really needed to get more open to new races back in the day.

[KiraJenLove]

Best theme song for a cartoon, EVER.

[saxaphone1987]

I swore I just saw Fred from Scooby Doo! Looks like an interesting cartoon.

[AntiPCTruthseeker]

haha my name is Alexandra LOL

[Yaenipponcover]

I never noticed when I was little but,the character designs reminds so much of old Archie.

[spectreagent]

I thought the voice of Melody was performed by Jackie Joseph-Lawrence (a Facebook friend)?

[GarudaStudio]

@spectreagent Jackie Joseph was indeed the speaking voice. Cheryl Ladd was the singing voice.

[Keven19741]

Valerie Brown was a FINE looking sister!

[brianb9532]

hanna barbera execs didn't want one of them to be black.......but the creators joe ruby & ken spears fought to keep that one character black

[Bluestar918]

Why do the animals laugh like that

[simwrangler]

How many of you knew that Josie and The Pussycats originally came from the Archie's comics?

[wallofvideo]

@simwrangler that's funny because the character in the foreground @0:09 reminds me of veronica.

[simwrangler]

@wallofvideo Well, Now you know why. hehe

[turebeliever24]

The Cartoon Network should do a remake of this cartoon to make up for the crappy 2001 movie!!!!!!

[Golgothax]

0:01 DENIED!

[sitwosaints]

Superstretch and microwoman...one could have got the idea that someone was extracting the Michael. White anglosaxon males still rule, unfortunately

[Jazzy9964]

I was just reading your Description.. and I know I'm showing my "Cartoon Nerdiness", but Valerie was not the first African-American to be a featured star in an ensemble cartoon. Pete Jones from Filmation's the Hardy Boys Beat her out by one year. Valerie was the First African-American Female. Filmation was Very African-American friendly.. Super Stretch and Microwoman.. First African-American Superhero couple.

[MONGOOSE1ful]

What many do not recall or remember,was that durring CBS's Saturday morning line-up for the 1970-71 season,was "IN THE KNOW" -hosted by the JOSIE AND THE

PUSSYCATS gang. the format later became "IN THE NEWS" in the fall of 1971.

and,,durring the original CBS run of JOSIE,the series was heavily sponsored by

Kellogs-with the charecters promoting the cereal. unfortunately none of this was ever included in Warners 2007 DVD release of the series1

[Littlepiggyboy12]

i have all of josie and the pussycats and in outer/scooby doo where are you

[Jazzy9964]

Did you know Patrice Holloway, the Singing Voice of Valerie was to be cut by Hanna Barbera because she was black, but record producer Danny Janssen fought to keep her and in an Ironic twist.. Patrice sung most of the songs including the opening theme.

[Jazzy9964]

@Jazzy9964 Another Josie and the Pussycats Trivia..... The Characters are not Hanna Barbera creations, they were licsenced from "Archie Comics" If you look at their faces, they have that Archie Look and not the typical Hanna Barbera look. But it Cost Hanna Barbera money to licsenced these. So that's why we never saw another Josie cartoon after they went into outer space.

[zabadazidit]

@Jazzy9964 - Wow, so that's why the series quit after the outer space episodes. Thanks!

[SweetBrwnSuga]

@Jazzy9964 WOOOOWW

[bandet888]

@Jazzy9964 Interesting.

[raccoonradio2]

@Jazzy9964 When The Archies show (Filmation) became a success Hanna Barbera figured they could cash in too and they went to Archie Comics with the series idea before their rival did! As for the theme song, it's based on incidental music Hoyt Curtin wrote for The Jetsons. The notes: E-C, A-C-C-D.... "Jo-sie...the pus-sy-cats..." Earl Kress mentioned this when the J&TP voices went on Stu's Show/Shokus Internet Radio

[FaytLinegod]

@Jazzy9964

Except for when they appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

[zabadazidit]

@Jazzy9964 - No, I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing - it's very informative! And a great contribution to my intro, BTW.

[Jajais4u]

@zabadazidit That's crazy. I didn't realize that it was Archie, but they do have the facial drawing. Didn't know that they ended it because of that. Cheers to a great show!

[SuperCartiel]

@Jajais4u As a comic, Josie and the Pussy Cats were published by Radio Comics, Inc. (a division of Archie Comic Publications).

[SweetBrwnSuga]

@Jazzy9964 really?!?

[SweetBrwnSuga]

@Jazzy9964 really?!? wat an interesting fact.

[simwrangler]

@Jazzy9964 I'm glad they kept her. I like her voice.

[woodie62]

@Jazzy9964 Interesting. . .that name Holloway and her being a singer. There was another singer in the sixties whose name was Holloway. Her first name was Brenda. I was part of a gospel group once who would feature seasoned professional singers at various venues. She happened to be apart of a few engagements we had. Very nice performer as well as a wonderful human being. I don't know if the two are related but wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.

[shmuli9]

This is my fave cartoon of all time. (I used to get upset if I overslep and missed it.) It seems that 'a group of kids with a anthropomorphic pet roving the world (or outer space) and solving mysteries' seems to have been popular for a rather long time. Let's see, there was Scooby-Doo, Josie &the Pussycats, Charlie Chan & the Chan Clan, Goober & the Ghostchasers, Jabberjaws, Ark II, Speed Buggy, the Archies (well, they stayed in one place), Captain Caveman, and probably many more.

[TheJooliea]

That's the fucking Scooby Doo? Or am I wrong?!

[jceowoodard]

Wow I remember in 1996 at MACY's in NYC, electronics department there was an employee that played J&TP cartoon on all the tv monitors and club music on the stereos and the show moved to the beat of the music... the children would be quiet too hmm... quiet the kids put on cartoons!

[sallymeow1]

some episodes they were with scooby doo!

[ang5521]

Did anybody ever figure out that Alex sounds like somebody from scooby doo

[OrochiShiki]

@ang5521

Yesh because Casey Kasem played Shaggy LOLOL

[90sfanforever]

@ang5521 He was voiced by Casey Kasem who also did he voice for Shaggy in Scooby Do Where Are You.

[tbright40]

@90sfanforever Casey Kasem also did the voice of Robin (batman and robin) in the old Super Friends cartoon

[alprazolammy]

0:11=so erotic!!!!

[dolphingirl232]

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS IS NOT BAD I HEART IT

I HAVE SEASON 1 AND 2 AND DO I HATE IT? NO

[dolphingirl232]

i got season 1 on itunes and season 2 on dvd but not on itunes im so happy

[CapnE625]

Definately a stereotypical cartoon.

A). Dumb blonde (really.... wow)

B). Red haired chick being the leader (don't know why, but it seems to be a staple in cartoons that red haired people are the leader of a group)

C). Jock and stoner males (no need explaining... just look at them XP)

D). Jealous bitch (okay, this isn't a stereotype... just stating)

E). Enpowered black woman (now with 25% more fros)

F). Exact copy of Scooby Doo (very clever, Hanna and Barbera >_>)

[CapnE625]

@CapnE625 Then again, this is a product of the 70's, so you shouldn't expect much to begin with in the first place XP.

[Shakeshack78]

@CapnE625 Some stereotypes, yes. But for that time, having an empowered black girl as a cartoon character was very innovative. I was a little boy when the show aired and white & I lived in an integrated area at that time so it didn't seem like a big deal to me at that time.....but looking back on it, Valerie was a first..........

[joorel]

Ah, back when cartoons were still hand drawn. =)

[Bartbrain1]

I liked this show

[dolphingirl232]

GUESS WHAT YOU LOSERS I FINALLY HAVE SEASON 1 AND 2 THIS SO GREAT

[devpurohit22]

I hate Josie and the pussy cats

[zabadazidit]

@devpurohit22 : Well, thank you for sharing.

[aftkm]

@devpurohit22

so why you are watching this video?

[SKOTP69]

God, I LOVED this show! Funny, funky, psychedelic, brilliant....and Josie was SO HOT! I think this is the roots of my taste for girls dressed up in cat costumes!

[brianbuck70]

Josie and the Pussycats is culturally significant in that the Valerie character is one of the first, if not the first, animated minority heroines on American television.

[dsportnissan]

sexaaaaay!!!

[faquwcoolfree]

omg

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snifff !!

[eduxito182]

I love laugth the cat jeje

[YodaBannon]

I love these cartoons...so classic!

[davidpar2]

Go Alexandra!!

[BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

The fakers of this tune can't capture that little delay when she sings "Neat, Sweet, a Groovy Song." That little delay is the key.

[JacquesClouseauJr]

Superbe!

J A C Q U E S !

[692ALBANNACH]

WHEN I ABOUT TURNING 7 I FOUND THE GIRLS SEXY.

[MattTheSaiyan]

This show is underrated.....Hanna-Barbera is underrated in general.

[BarrettTV]

this used to be my shit

[DisneyBlackJet]

Sorry, but I think Valerie is a better singer than the others. I'm sorry...

[MrSexmachine759]

yeah, what nice girls. I like the three girls

[christopherraven]

Is that a flute put through an echo chamber in the background? Sounds really cool!

[cmyer20]

This reminds me of one of my favorites Jem

[Lugiarulz233]

Melody is so funny!

[terrificjoker]

let me guess Patrice Holloway

[terrificjoker]

no Kidding

[househeadericmd]

sexist cartoon characters ever!!!

[zabadazidit]

@househeadericmd : You mean "sexiest," right? This is not a "sexist" cartoon, at least not to me.

[kikine05]

haha

[kikine05]

is it a 70's Cartoon? I use to watch it on Cartoon Network in early nineties ^^

[zabadazidit]

@kikine05 This cartoon actually started in the late 1960s, about the same time that Scooby-Doo started up.

[kikine05]

@zabadazidit ok, thanks for the info :)

[nealadams70]

@zabadazidit Josie was an Archie comic in the mid 1960s..when the cartoon series "The Archies " (produced by Filmation) was a singing hit on TV in 1968-69, Hanna Barbera went to the comic company and found Josie, transformed her and her girls into a rock band , and put them (animated ) onto Saturday morning tv..the Valerie character was the first Black FEMALE cast member featured in a saturday morning cartoon (even though initially Hanna-Barbera wanted the group to be ALL WHITE )

[juni0r75]

@zabadazidit: It also aired in syndication on the "Independent" UHF broadcasters, like WLVI-56 or WSBK-38 in Boston. By what my friends from other parts of the country have told me, it was a staple of the "Afternoon Cartoon" circuit until the late 1980's then it moved over to Cartoon Network with the decline of the Independent UHF stations and the rise of the "new networks" like WB and UPN.

[moxie96]

@juni0r75 exactly how I saw this cartoon when I was little. This cartoon stopped it's rotation on KBHK 44 in san francisco (later becoming UPN now the CW ) around late 1985 when I think it's very last airing was 7 or 8 in the morning to make room for the new afternoon sensation cartoon "Ghostbusters" which started as a syndication cartoon that was originally made in canada then went to ABC part of the Saturday morning line-up in '87 and remained there for a long time, up to 1993 at least

[ClassicCartoonsGuy]

@zabadazidit yeah, and it and scooby continued on through the 90s because i grew up on them. :)

[Neville6000]

@zabadazidit: 1972-73, exactly.

[househeadericmd]

OMG TY - i did mean sexiest.... LOL TY!!

[moxie96]

@kikine05 actually 1970.

[NewRedNinja]

@kikine05 I watched it too.

[terrificjoker]

Patrice Holloway did Valerie's beautiful singing voice & i love her singing voice

[jebeja]

@terrificjoker, Yes I was so sorry to hear she'd passed away (She did the voice of Valerie the black singer here). Do you know how the character of Valerie actually came about? I read it on her obit website and it brought tears to my eyes, that was truly one very talented and under-used (at least here in the States) young woman.

[terrificjoker]

i got that dvd with pebbles & Bamm-Bamm

[smittyk68]

Luved Josie and the Pussycats !!! I think that this used to come on CBS when I was a kid-I still like watching it to this day! Melody was hella funny!

[IamHelenKeller]

Wasn't this show inspired by the "Archies" cartoon? Some of the characters seem similar.

[zabadazidit]

No, not to my knowledge.

[TheJuuchan]

@IamHelenKeller the original comic book was part of the archie series and it debuted there, but hannah barbera bought the rights to the tv series and changed the story to focus more on scooby-doo crime-solving than singing.

[zabadazidit]

I didn't know that. Thanks!

[the60sKid]

@IamHelenKeller . Yes it was. Developed by Archie cartoonist Dan DeCarlo.

[Pruefan26]

i want this on dvd

[Joycebattle]

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[zabadazidit]

Uh....OK. Whatever.

[rwwatcher]

Cheryl Ladd did Melody's singing voice, not the regular character voice. But brownie points for the mention!