Original title
Archie's Funhouse
Released
10/31/1970
Origin country
US
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
23
Archie's Funhouse is an animated variety show produced by Filmation, which originally aired on CBS. It served as a follow-up to the massive success of The Archie Show and The Archie Comedy Hour, leaning heavily into the "variety" format popular in the late '60s and early '70s.
The Archies perform "Love Vibrations," "Falling in Love Is Fun" and "I'm Just a Puppet on a String." Big Ethel chases Jughead on the ice. Reggie and Moose perform a trapeze act.
The Archies perform "The Ways I Love You," "Love Vibrations" and "The Laughing Song." Big Ethel uses a giant slingshot to catch Jughead. Dilton invents a back scratcher.
The Archies perform "Monkey See, Monkey Do," "Lucky Me" and "Love Vibrations." Reggie's magic act goes bad. His attempt to show off his surfing skills goes worse.
The Archies perform "Comes the Sun," "Love Vibrations" and "Sweet Saturday Night." The cast bumbles through ice-skating routines. Coach Cleats goes to the rodeo and the Swiss Alps.
The Archies perform "Hey, Little One," the anti-pollution-preaching "Mr. Factory," and "Love Land." Mr. Weatherbee tries to build a tree shelter. Ethel's human cannonball trick fails.
The Archies perform "Anyone Can Be Anything," "The Lonely Cricket" and "Comes the Sun." Reggie's egg soufflé ends up on his face. Jughead's magic tricks all go awry.
The Archies perform "Sunshine," "Comes the Sun" and "Honey." The Fun House County Fair goes badly. Mr. Weatherbee's and Miss Grundy's nature photography goes worse.
The Archies perform "Dance," "Sunshine" and "We're One Big Family." Big Ethel hides herself in a fake trashcan. Betty and Veronica want Archie to play baseball with them.
The Archies perform "Young Love," "Rowboat Ride" and "Sunshine." Big Ethel's harp-playing is awful, while Mr. Weatherbee's awful paint job is psychedelic.
The Archies perform "Love Went Round," "Sunshine" and "Somebody Likes You." The gang enacts "Flying Fools" and other movie spoofs. Betty and Veronica make Archie a birthday dinner.
The Archies perform "Candy Kisses," "Mr. Factory" and "Comes the Sun." Moose performs a bad mind-reading act. Reggie's scheme to get the deposit money from empty bottles fails.
The Archies perform "Oh, Sweet Suzie," "Don't Run from Love" and "Mr. Factory." Outer space is the theme of the opening segment, anti-pollution the theme of the closing song.
The Archies perform "Jungle George," the anti-pollution-preaching "Mr. Factory" and "Looks That Say I Love You." Betty and Veronica compete with the boys to catch more fish.
The Archies perform "La La La La Love," "We're One Big Family" and "The Ballad of 51st Street." Jughead and Dilton perform "Scraggly and Livingston." Reggie and Moose fix up a sailboat.
The Archies perform "The Big Boat," "Don't Let It Get You Down" and "We're One Big Family." Reggie is an inept escape artist. Betty and Veronica play the boys on the tennis court.
The Archies perform "Little by Little," "We're One Big Family" and "My Singing Guitar." The Archie gang spoofs Little Caesar (1931). Reggie and Moose are crummy acrobats.
While Archie tries to use a soda machine that is on the fritz, Betty adds a new and highly fanciful chapter to her diary.
Archie comes across a talking photo machine while Professor Jughead gives a skiing lesson and Dilton Doily invents the only self-starting bird shower.
Jughead performs a running gag with a fire hose, while Mr. Weatherbee demonstrates how to pitch a pup tent and Reggie explains his fearless dreams.
Jughead's new high-powered spray gun "helps" Archie paint his jalopy, Reggie tries to impress Veronica and a terrifying TV show convinces Hot Dog Jr. that is house is being burglarized.
Archie and Moose try to deliver a piano and later Archie films an old-fashioned movie with Betty tied to the track and Reggie and Jughead running the train -- without brakes.
Trouble comes when Archie answers an old-fashioned telephone.
Archie, Reggie and Moose perform a death-defying seesaw act, while the "Little Archies" give Mr. Weatherbee's dog, Fluff, a bath.
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