Inspired by his son's love of Archie comic books, 'Don Kirschner' met with that organization, Filmation (the television animation company) and CBS-TV and pitched his idea. The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September, 1968. While Kirshner and others contend that The Archies' million-selling 1969 single "Sugar, Sugar" was originally written for the Monkees, record producer/songwriter Jeff Barry is quite firm in his statement that he and singer Andy Kim wrote the song specifically for the Archies, shortly after The Archie Show debuted.
Singer/songwriter Ron Dante was the singing voice for Archie on the classic Archies recordings.
Follows
Archie (1964) (TV)
"The Archie Show" (1968)
Followed by
Archie and His New Friends (1969) (TV)
"Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies" (1970)
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1971)
"The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies" (1972)
"The US of Archie" (1974)
"The New Archie/Sabrina Hour" (1977)
"Archie's Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show" (1978)
"The New Archies" (1987)
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990) (TV)
"Sabrina the Animated Series" (1999)
"Archie's Weird Mysteries" (1999)
The Archies in Jugman (2003) (V)
"Sabrina's Secret Life" (2003)