The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (advertised as The Archie-Sabrina Show) is the seventh and final animated series featuring Archie Comics characters under the Filmation banner. The new segments from this show are listed by Entertainment Rights as The Archie and Sabrina Surprise Package.
Production and History[]
Not much is known about the production of the show, besides the fact that the production team and cast stayed relatively the same.
There were two new characters introduced for the show, those being Carlos, an artistic student who first appears in "Carlos' Cool Caper", and Q, a robot given to Dilton who first appears in "Dilton's Invention". Carlos supposedly made his first appearance in comics in "Life with Archie #179", while Q was heavily inspired by the trope of robots appearing after Star Wars released that same year, and was made entirely for the show.
For it's history, the shows low ratings caused the hour long format to be shelved by October. The show was retooled, then divided into separate 30-minute shows: The Bang-Shang Lollapalooza Show featured Archie's Gang solving mysteries around Riverdale (each 30-minute segment), while Super Witch featured Sabrina solving mysteries using her powers (each pair of 15-minute segments); each show featured one song per episode. The low ratings continued, however, and all three shows were gone by the spring of 1978—thus ending the Archie Comics/Filmation partnership. The outro song heard in every episode is from "Super Witch", and is the show's intro song as well.
The main cast for the show, minus Q and Carlos.
Voices[]
- Dallas McKennon - Archie Andrews, Hot Dog, Mr. Weatherbee
- José Flores - Carlos
- Howard Morris- Jughead Jones, Moose Mason, Dilton Doiley
- John Erwin - Reggie Mantle, Q
- Jane Webb - Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Sabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda Spellman, Aunt Zelda Spellman
Episodes[]
The series rebroadcasted segments from The Archie Show, as well as brand-new segments featuring Sabrina The Teenage Witch. The shows original format featured three segments per episode: a 15-minute one, a 30-minute one, and another 15-minute one—with the segments separated by songs (two songs per episode) and the first segment invariably featuring and emphasizing Sabrina. In the Surprise Package, The Sabrina and Archie segments were put together.
The table shown below is the original episodes list for the show. Episodes marked with an * are leftover Sabrina segments.
| Long Form Segment | Sabrina Segement | Archie Segment | Assumed Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Archie: Archie is chosen as "Honorary Chief of Police", which gives Reggie the opportunity to out Sabrina once and for all. | Alter Ego: Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda accidentally unleash the wrath of Demeana, Sabrina's alter ego. | French Deception: Dilton invents a translator to help his classmates understand a french exchange student named Fifi, but Betty and Veronica's jealousy gets to them and they mess with it. | September 10, 1977 |
| Me and my Shadow: Jughead's cousin Ace decides to impersonate Jughead and cause trouble. | Goolie Sitter: Sabrina is tasked with babysitting Batso, Ratso, Hexter and Hauntleroy. | Dilton's Invention: Dilton prepares Q for a trip to Washington D.C. | September 17, 1977 |
| There's no Place like Outer Space: While at a nearby space center, the gang gets trapped in a space adventure simulator. This is where the gang first meets Q. | Cliche Castle: Reggie and Moose stay in the Goolie castle when their car breaks down. | Carlos' Cool Caper: While waiting for the construction of a library near the high school, Carlos paints a mural on the fences that protect it's construction. | September 24, 1977 |
| A Moving Experience: An incident with Moose results in the gang assuming that Ms. Grundy's leaving Riverdale. | October 1, 1977 | ||
| Robert Blueford: Robert Blueford visits Riverdale so that he can shoot some scenes. | Moose on the Loose: Sabrina and Moose switch bodies. | October 8, 1977 | |
| Tops in Cops: The gang starts a detective agency, and later investigates a supposedly haunted house. | TV Witch Watchers*: Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda break into the Riverdale TV Station and hijack the broadcasts, and other things. | October 15, 1977 | |
| Track and Field: Sabrina accidentally makes Moose "the smartest person in the world". | Funny Paper Caper: Aunt Hilda gives Reggie magic when another one of his attempts to out Sabrina fails. | October 22, 1977 | |
| Talent Test: After finding out that Jughead is entering Hot Dog for commercial auditions, Reggie dresses up in a dog costume so that he can hog all of the attention. | October 29, 1977 | ||
| Archie's Millions: Archie and the gang are tasked to spend a multi-millionaires' 1 million dollars before a full day is up. | November 5, 1977 | ||
| Merlin's Story: After Carlos says that he doubts the wizard Merlin is real, he appears and causes havoc in a medieval fair. | November 12, 1977 | ||
| The Last Windup: While Dilton looks for some new eyebrows for Q in a toy factory, Ronnie and Clyde attempt to steal the robot. | November 19, 1977 | ||
| Pirate Key: Archie and the gang's ship crashes into an island overnight, and get wind up in a pirate ARG. | November 26, 1977 | ||
| On the 'Q' Tee: After a love feud emerges with Veronica causes Reggie to try and rig a love compatibility machine, Dilton transforms his robot Q into a female robot named "Miss Q Tee". Reggie falls for the robot. | Funhouse: A callback to Archies Funhouse, where it plays a full set of rapid fire jokes and gags. | December 3, 1977 |
Legacy[]
In 2016, the complete series was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia & New Zealand as The Archie And Sabrina Surprise Package.
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