Wednesday, July 20, 2022

1975: U.S. of Archie

18 Jul 1975, Fri The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

If you're skipping church this Sunday morning, July 20, 1975, you could take a last, fleeting look at U.S. of Archie, on Channel 12. Here's a clip from the 16th of 16 episodes produced, "The Wizard of Menlo Park."


Wikipedia: "The series features Archie, Jughead, and the other Riverdale High student regulars re-enacting famous scenes throughout American history, taking full advantage of the Bicentennial in the months leading up to it. These re-enactments were termed by Archie during the show to be historical accounts featuring the "ancestors" of the current Archie gang; surprisingly, these ancestors were nearly identical to Archie et al. and were seemingly close friends of famous people in several eras of American history."

3 comments:

  1. Actually, you could have watched the U.S. of Archie at 8 A.M. and still made it to church by 9:30 A.M., in plenty of time for Sunday school.

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  2. Doonesbury featured a similar set of flashback stories during the Bicentennial involving one of Zonker Harris's ancestors who was a minuteman in Massachusetts.

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