my server - discord.gg/4CbPdX4XFZ Re-rendered and optimized for high-definition (from interlaced to progressive), and subsequently re-optimized for video streaming, with none of the half-retarded interlacing artifacts that all the other uploads seem to have. It's also not in anamorphic like most of the other uploads related to this.
This is the near-complete television special directed by Hal Sutherland and produced by Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer, slowed down to match the original NTSC speed, pitch, and 60Hz frequency to correct the common habit Hallmark Cards had of speeding up Filmation's materials throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s for PAL home media releases, this would then be followed up by Hallmark discarding the original film negatives and sound masters (the currently missing Comedy Hour music segments were most likely long gone by this time, they didn't show up on Archie/Sabrina content after syndication in 1976, that or they were cut from the NTSC videotape reels for other reasons), something that wasn't known (but suspected) until after Entertainment Rights' acquisition of Filmation's materials in 2004. The only things missing from the original broadcast (very minor, and hardly relevant) are a piano riff at the very start of the theme song, a laugh track, and a sponsor presented by Archie for Pals Vitamins (an early line of animal-shaped, kid friendly vitamins). You can view and hear the piano and Pals ad here (though, get ready for the interlacing artifacts I love to complain about): • Video The original broadcast with the Pals Vitamins sponsor, and laugh track can be viewed here: archive.org/details/TheArchie... The ending song "Get On The Line" happens to be one of four music videos from this "Comedy Hour" era that is accounted for to an extent, as the first iteration of the video without the credits is missing. The remaining 12 videos are also missing and presumed forever lost (@blameitonjorge add this to your next case files video). An alternative print of the video exists with Sabrina's mouth closed at what would be the 23:46 mark (both versions having end credits). • Video This instrumental video was used as the ending for "The Archie/Sabrina Show" later in 1973. One thing I did do was adjust the ending to 0.99 speed to match the pitch of the original studio release, while leaving everything else at 0.96. From what I've seen online about this (I might not have all the details right), "Archie's Funhouse" aired later in 1970. This special was intended to have been the vehicle for introducing Sabrina into the mix, and beginning the Comedy Hour era, which is weird since it appears that the first episode of Comedy Hour was first broadcast the Saturday morning prior to this broadcasting, a Sunday evening. The Comedy Hour was comprised first of about 24 minutes of quick gags (called "Side Shows") and sketches, similar to Funhouse. The next 24 minutes was content focused on Sabrina's life. After Comedy Hour stopped broadcasting, the Funhouse show began with new episodes, and prior Comedy Hour segments grafted in (the Comedy Hour segments included Sabrina and her family, so it'll be obvious if you watch Archie's Funhouse which were from Comedy Hour). Likewise for the Sabrina segments, combining both existing and new footage under the name "Sabrina The Teenage Witch". An alternative version of the opening theme with Sabrina's name being spelled out twice over after Archie's name was used as the opening for Comedy Hour. The only person of Archie's "new pals" (plural) to have been introduced was Sabrina, unless you count Salem. This was re-broadcast on CBS later in 1970 as "Archie's Sugar, Sugar/Jingle Jangle Show" with "Sugar Sugar" and Jingle Jangle" promo videos edited in at the end.
Big Moose gets dragged into a school election to compete with Reggie, who hired Dilton to be his campaign manager. The Archies manage Moose and try to get him to act like former presidents to improve his character, which turns out to be more pressure than he can handle, leading to Veronica's house to get ransacked. While all this is going on, Sabrina, the new girl, is trying to make friends but can't seem to hold anyone's attention for too long, they either brush her off, or get dragged away. Both lines eventually merge when Moose runs into Sabrina in the school basement. He comforts her, telling her he'll be her friend then explains why he doesn't want political power. Sabrina encourages him to be himself and states she'll vote for him before boosting him to the final debate. The closing ballots gets tied since Dilton didn't think to vote, and he turns on Reggie and gives the vote to Moose, and he wins as a result.
This special was included on the Archie's Funhouse Complete Series DVD from 2008.
5 авг 2022
