Originally broadcast οn “Thе Archie Comedy Hour” іn 1969 οn CBS οn Saturday mornings, thіѕ music segment wουld later bе shown іn thе 1970 CBS prime time unique “Thе Archie Sugar, Sugar / Jingle Jangle Shοw”. It wаѕ аlѕο broadcast οn thе Ed Sullivan ѕhοw οn CBS οn January 4, 1970. Thе last time іt mаdе аn appearance οn television wаѕ іn 1973 οn thе CBS Saturday morning ѕhοw “Everything’s Archie” (nοt tο bе confused wіth “Thе Archie Shοw” whose theme song wаѕ “Everything’s Archie”), whісh wаѕ a 30 minute repackaging οf material frοm thе original “Archie Shοw” аnd “Thе Archie Comedy Hour” segments. Lіkе аll thе rest οf thе music segments frοm “Thе Archie Comedy Hour” thе “Jingle Jangle” music segment wаѕ nοt built-іn іn thе syndication package whеn “Thе Archies” wеnt іntο syndication іn 1976. Aѕ a result οf thеm being trimmed, οr maybe bесаυѕе thеу wеrе already missing, wіth thе exception οf “Sugar, Sugar”, аll οf thе song segments frοm “Comedy Hour” аrе missing аnd аrе nο longer іn thе Filmation archives. Thеу аrе presumed tο bе lost forever, unless copies аrе еνеr located іn private libraries. Thе copy οf “Jingle Jangle” thаt уου see here wаѕ pulled frοm thе Ed Sullivan archives, hence thе faded color. Thіѕ copy іѕ аlѕο built-іn аѕ a “bonus” іn thе Genius Products “Archie’s Funhouse” DVD boxset. I wаѕ thе person whο hаd thе Ed Sullivan Estate track down thіѕ video, аnd thеn gave thе information tο thе people producing thе “Archie’s Funhouse” DVD boxset. In thе original …
The Archies – Jingle Jangle (Original 1969 Music Video)
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@windsorbear That’s a big problem. Many producers don’t know how expensive being cheap can be.
Sounds like Toni Wine is really out front here. Nice! And she’d co-write The Checkmates’ “Black Pearl” in 1969, too.
Sweet dog. Sweet cartoon.
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The Archies were my absolute FAVORITE group! Yeah Toni Wine and Ron Dante!!
Awww this was so cute and sweet!
@LimeCrazy6 I REMEMBER THAT!!! OMG!!! IT WAS PLAYED LIKE A 78!!
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Acid-drenched as a lot of the “kiddie shows” were back then, this actually isn’t a bad song… I think an “Archie’s Greatest Hits” cd belongs in everyone’s collection. It’s representative of a time long gone….
@windsorbear Yes, MOPTOP… Marlon the magic mynah bird and Ping & Pong the twin pandas who only spoke Chinese ???
Was the applause at the end dubbed in, or did they, like, preview this before a live audience?
I had a cool childhood.
@patrick9648
“Retro Television” i saw in Utah on my aunt & Uncles tv set, station would be on for 15 minutes, then 5 minutes of no signal, repeat from beginning…
@TEMPmichaelhansen Yeah, and if I remember correctly, he looked like a tan version of Hot Dog from The Archies.
@TEMPmichaelhansen
No. Parts of “Comedy Hour” are shown under the DVD extras as extra episodes of “Archie’s Funhouse” (which they WEREN’T) simply because they were the Funhouse portion of “Comedy Hour”. The song segments are still missing from those episodes, and have been missing since the shows went into syndication in 1976. The last time I remember seeing them on TV was in 1973 on CBS as segments on the “Everything’s Archie” show (not to be confused with “The Archie Show” from 1968.)
@windsorbear
now on DVD
are the songs there???
BRADY KIDS even had a dog…
The Archies are back on the air on RTV (Retro Television) Its free over the air with an antenna. It may not be on cable in your area, use your antenna. You can check the RTV website. It has a list of stations that carry the network. It will most likely be on a digital subchannel. A newer TV or one with a converter box and antenna will be needed.
Filmation put out some good stuff, but they were VERY CONSERVATIVE with their animation. LOTS of stuff was reused and modified as necessary for reuse. I will never forget the first time I saw The Brady Kids. I couldn’t believe how much Archie animation they reused… and Archie was still on the air on CBS. Just because Brady Kids was on ABC… did they really think we wouldn’t notice the animation was reused? Sheesh!!!!
@windsorbear you know I never noticed that, but do notice that Cartoon Brady bunch Marcia / Jan look exactly like the cartoon betty /veronica
Actually, Filmation butchered “The Archie Comedy Hour” while they still owned the property. From everything I’ve researched, it seems the music segments from that show were missing long before Filmation’s properties saw their first change of hands. Nobody seems to know where the music segments wound up, or why they were removed from the syndication package in the first place.
I’ve got it, but not at the correct speed and pitch. I’ve been trying to find a copy that is correct, but if I can’t, I’ll post the one that is sped up…. just to have the video segment on YouTube. Look for it soon.
Filmation did not animate lip movements for Betty or Veronica in the song segments. Only Archie and Reggie were given lip movements for the songs (a budget issue).
The sad thing about this Filmation closed several years ago and the original archie film masters were aquired by Halmark Cards who transfered the shows to PAL (european) videotape (not HD) and some idiot threw away the original master film prints. so all we can see is crappy standard definiton PAL video tape. making true HDTV broadcast and DVD impossible. read about it on wikipedia. They also butcherd the shows and took out some of the music when it played in reruns.
It’s refreshing to hear a song like this. Nowadays, we hear rap crap talking about killing cops and raping women on the subway. I’ll take the old days and “bands” like The Archies and The Monkees any day.
This song was in the top 10 in the world charts in 1970
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