‘The Archie Show’ Complete Series DVD

Out now on DVD, the complete series of the classic Saturday Morning TV show The Archie Show, featuring The Archies, the cartoon band behind the hit "Sugar, Sugar."

When Mike Nesmith of The Monkees lambasted Don Kirshner and his company for how they controlled the music of The Monkees on record and in their appearances, and didn’t allow them any chance to play on their albums (except for some guitar work by Nesmith on the songs he wrote), Kirshner vowed that he wouldn’t have that problem with musicians on his next television musical project.

How to do that? Simple -- instead of hiring actors, you create a cartoon series. And since Archie and the gang already had storylines of them having a band (The Archies) that was almost a pre-arranged marriage made in TV land...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!