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Josie and the Pussycats
TV Series (1970 - 1972)
Josie & The Pussycats follows the adventures of a rock & roll band that comes across all sorts of adventures along the way. The group consists of Josie, their guitar-playing leader; Valerie, the brilliant tamborine-player; Melody, the naive and optimistic drummer; Alan, Josie's love-interest; Alexander, the group's cowardly manager; Alexandra his pesky sister and of course, Sebastian, the cat.
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01x16 Don't Count on a Countess Aired: Jan. 02, 1971No Summary Found [continue reading]
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- The series was the first original American Saturday-morning animated series to feature a Black character: the tambourine player Valerie. Where's Huddles?, another Hanna-Barbera series that…
[show]The series was the first original American Saturday-morning animated series to feature a Black character: the tambourine player Valerie. Where's Huddles?, another Hanna-Barbera series that aired in July and August 1970 as a summer replacement for The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, was the first original American animated television series to feature a Black character ("Freight Train").
[hide] - Adapted from an Archie spin-off comic, the animated version differs from the actual comic most significantly in the characters of Alexandra, Sebastian, and Alexander. In the cartoon,…
[show]Adapted from an Archie spin-off comic, the animated version differs from the actual comic most significantly in the characters of Alexandra, Sebastian, and Alexander. In the cartoon, Alexandra and Sebastian are simply conniving and sneaky; in the comic book, Sebastian is the reincarnation of a witchcraft-practicing ancestor of the Cabots, and Alexandra can cast powerful magic spells while she is holding him. In the original Archie comic, Alex is a snide braggart who lords his wealth over everyone and sees Alan M. as his rival for Josie's attention. In the animated series, Alex is a meek coward who brags much more about the band's talent than his wealth. The animated series' Alex also seems to have no romantic feelings toward Josie.
[hide] - Hanna-Barbera wanted to change Valerie to a Caucasian even though she was already established as African-American in the Archie comics. So they wanted to fire Patrice Holloway who had been…
[show]Hanna-Barbera wanted to change Valerie to a Caucasian even though she was already established as African-American in the Archie comics. So they wanted to fire Patrice Holloway who had been cast as Valerie's singing voice. But Danny Janssen, who was producing the real-life group's Capitol album, refused to fire Holloway and Hanna-Barbera relented.
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