Archie 1964 Unaired Pilot Part 1

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by publisher/editor John L. Goldwater, written by Vic Bloom and drawn by Bob Montana. They were based in part on people met by Goldwater "in the Midwest" during his travels throughout the United States while looking for jobs and places to stay.

Archie's first appearance in Pep Comics #22 on December 22, 1941, was drawn by Montana and written by Vic Bloom. With the creation of Archie, publisher Goldwater hoped to appeal to fans of the Andy Hardy movies starring Mickey Rooney. Archie Comics is also the title of the company's longest-running publication, the first issue appearing with a cover date of Winter 1942. Starting with issue #114, the title was shortened to simply Archie.

This is the unsold TV pilot for a live-action version of ARCHIE (1964), based on the popular comic book It was casted with familar TV faces as Roland Winters (Charlie Chan) as Mr. Weatherbee, Mary Grace Canfield (Green Acres) as Miss Grundy, William Schallert (Patty Duke's TV dad) as Archies dad, and Jean Vanderpyl (voice of Wilma Flintstone) as Archie's mom.

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[Viacomclosedmedown]

Classic stuff, thanks for this ....oh that Monkees reunion clip I watched before this was an AOL news item and not a delightful Youtube find like this...

[XOtericate]

@Viacomclosedmedown Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[16mmJunkie]

Thanks!



[XOtericate]

@16mmJunkie Thank you!

[fromthesidelines]

There had already been an "ARCHIE ANDREWS" radio series (on NBC) during the '40s and early '50s. Archie Comic Publications- and Screen Gems/Columbia- decided that 1963 was the year he'd also become a weekly TV attraction [no sale]. When this was filmed in late 1962, William Schallert had not yet been chosen to play "Martin Lane" on "THE PATTY DUKE SHOW" (Mark Miller had his role in the original unaired version of that pilot episode, filmed in Hollywood around the same time).

[myViewQueens]

Not very good.

[tomservo56954]

I don't know why Schallert did this pilot...he already had a role on a top 20 hit in PATTY DUKE. Maybe he just wanted to return to L.A. (the first two seasons were produced in New York).

[gymnastix]

@gymnastix But it's high time some ambitious person compose an updated reference book with this same premise, skipping the overbearaing opinion, and put-downs of other TV research books' authors, though.

There are still many vintage TV shows Frank forgot or omitted, which have never been widely viewed since their original network TV broadcasts, and many shows produced since, all still not available on home video.

[gymnastix]

@gymnastix Nevertheless, for all its flaws, I still recommend the book, simply because it's the only one of its kind.

[gymnastix]

@gymnastix Also, since the publication of the book, many of the recommendations of titles that should be released on home video have been fulfilled; and DVD has overtaken VHS as the primary video format, although perhaps surpassed by digital downloads in the not-too-distant future.

[gymnastix]

@gymnastix Frank also laces the book with some very heavy-handed opinion, which is no problem in and of itself, except that Frank frequently bases those opinions on inaccurate facts. THAT is intolerable, in a book purporting to be from a professional publisher.

[gymnastix]

@gymnastix But a forewarning about that "Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years Of TV On Video"

book--while it is a good resource for some perspective on vintage television, including historical and the technology of th medium, there are also many errors.

The paging from the index is off by two to four pages on many citations. I have never seen a book with so many layout errors--an obvious sign of poor editing.

[gymnastix]

This would have been a great TV series, at least good for a few seasons. I don't understand why it wasn't picked up by one of the three networks at the time.

But I think I read the reason the show was rejected was something to do with a poor, overly-long commercial pitch (shown to ad execs or network honchos) that preceded the pilot itself. You may read about this in the out-of-print "TV On Video," by the late Sam Frank.