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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970 TV series)

Field	Value
image	Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970 animated series logo).png
alt_name	The Sabrina Comedy Hour
Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies
The Sabrina Comedy Show
genre	Comedy horror
Fantasy
Sitcom
Slapstick
Supernatural
based_on
director	Hal Sutherland
voices	Jane Webb
John Erwin
Dallas McKennon
Howard Morris
Don Messick
Larry D. Mann
Larry Storch
country	United States
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	31 (two 11-minute segments per show)
producer	Norm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
company	Filmation Associates
The Sabrina Company
runtime	19-21 min. (DVD release)
network	CBS
Syndicated
first_aired
last_aired
related	{{Plainlist

Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies The Sabrina Comedy Show Fantasy Sitcom Slapstick Supernatural John Erwin Dallas McKennon Howard Morris Don Messick Larry D. Mann Larry Storch Lou Scheimer The Sabrina Company Syndicated

Archie's Funhouse
The U.S. of Archie
Groovie Goolies Sabrina the Teenage Witch (titled Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies or The Sabrina Comedy Hour and promotionally referred to as The Sabrina the Teenage Witch Show or The Sabrina Comedy Show) is an American animated television series produced by Filmation that aired on CBS during Saturday mornings from 1970 to 1974. The series has also aired in prime time as a syndicated series.

Based on Archie Comics' Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the show was a spin-off of *The Archie Comedy Hour—*featuring new episodes of Sabrina along with the Groovie Goolies. Writers at Archie Comics later stated they were "flabbergasted" that Filmation sought to cast Sabrina, then a minor (but rising) character in the Archie Comics fictional universe, as the lead role in an animated series.

According to Filmation co-founder Lou Scheimer, "We were always looking for concepts that already had an audience or proven interest, and I had actually been interested in doing Bewitched as an animated series. We met up with the guy who produced it, William Asher, who was married to the star, Elizabeth Montgomery, but he didn’t have the rights, so it didn’t work out. But then I got a call from Freddie Silverman, who was on vacation down in Mexico and had been looking through a stack of Archie comics. He said, “Did you know that your friend Goldwater already has a teenage witch character in the Archie books?” That was how we decided to do Sabrina.”

The show's opening strap line is, "Once upon a time, there were three witches, who lived in the little town of Riverdale. Two aunts, Hilda and Zelda, are choosing the ingredients to create an evil wicked witch. But suddenly, Zelda bumped right into Hilda and accidentally added beautiful girls' stuff as an extra ingredient. Thus, the grooviest teenage witch was born. She has white hair with a pink headband, and blue eyes. She wears a blue dress with a black belt and black shoes. She loves to goof off and battle evil forces using her ultra magical powers. It so happens that she is the first bewitching American superhero — Sabrina, the teenage witch!"

The series follows a teenage witch who likes to hang out with her friends at Riverdale High and fight enemies using her magical powers. She does not let her friends discover her secret. This series was aimed primarily towards young girls ages 6 to 14 and contained an adult laugh track. Following its first season, the series was reduced to a half-hour screen time when the Goolies were spun off into their own series.

Filmation animated Sabrina once more in 1977 with The New Archie and Sabrina Hour.

Voices

Jane Webb – Sabrina Spellman, Aunt Hilda, Aunt Zelda, Miss Della the Head Witch, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Miss Grundy, Big Ethel, Bella La Ghostly, additional voices
Dallas McKennon – Salem, Archie Andrews, Hot Dog, Mr. Weatherbee, Pop Tate, Mr. Lodge, Coach Kleats, Ronnie, Clyde, Rover, Goo, additional voices
Don Messick – Harvey Kinkle, Spencer, Chili Dog, additional voices
Treva Frazee – Ophelia
John Erwin – Cousin Ambrose (1969–1970), Hexter, Reggie Mantle, additional voices
Howard Morris – Cousin Ambrose (1970–1971), Big Moose Mason, Jughead Jones, Hot Dog Jr., Frankie, Wolfie, Fido, Dr. Jekyll and Hyde, Mummy, Hauntleroy, Orville, additional voices
Larry D. Mann – Boneapart, additional voices
Larry Storch – Drac, Hagatha, Ghoulihand, Batso, Ratso, Icky, additional voices

Episodes

''The Archie Comedy Hour'' (1969–1970)

''Sabrina and the [[Groovie Goolies]]'' (1970–1971)

Home video

Genius Products released the complete series on DVD on April 29, 2008 in Region 1 as Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Complete Animated Series.

Universal Pictures released a DVD titled Magical Antics, containing 10 episodes.

In 2017, Universal re-released the complete series DVD set.

References

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(1983). "Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years 1946-1981 Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series". Scarecrow Press.
(1997). "The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television". Watson-Guptill Publications.
Archive of McQuarrie, Jim, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080213075910/http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2007-04-02 "''Archie's Mad House'' No. 22"], "Oddball Comics" (column) #1153, April 1, 2007. [http://www.oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2007-04-02 Original page]
(2012). "Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation". TwoMorrows Publishing.
(2018). "The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows". Rowman & Littlefield.
(2005). "Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003". McFarland & Co.

Wikipedia Source

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