Josie and the Pussycats

30min

Animation

Kids

Family

Comedy

Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo. Produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions, sixteen episodes of Josie and the Pussycats aired on CBS during the 1970-71 television season, and were rerun during the 1971-72 season. In 1972, the show was re-conceptualized as Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, sixteen episodes of which aired on CBS during the 1972-73 season and were rerun the following season. Reruns of the original series alternated between CBS, ABC, and NBC from 1974 through 1976. This brought its national Saturday morning TV run on three networks to six years. Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band that toured the world with their entourage, getting mixed up in strange adventures, spy capers, and mysteries. On the small-screen, the group consisted of level-headed lead singer and guitarist Josie, intelligent tambourinist Valerie, and air-headed blonde drummer Melody. Other characters included their cowardly manager Alexander Cabot III, his conniving sister Alexandra, her cat Sebastian, and muscular roadie Alan.

Episodes

Cast

The Nemo's a No No Affair

1. The Nemo's a No No Affair

21min

12th Sep 1970

On their way to Pago Pago for a musical stint, Josie and her companions find themselves in troubled waters when the ship on which they are sailing is torpedoed by Captain Nemo.

A Green Thumb Is Not a Goldfinger

2. A Green Thumb Is Not a Goldfinger

21min

19th Sep 1970

Over the Amazon, the companions become part of a cargo drop on Dr. Greenthumb's supply zone. Greenthumb brings the group to his plantation where he sends them for a walk along his deadly garden path.

The Secret Six Secret

3. The Secret Six Secret

21min

26th Sep 1970

After checking in at the Bombay Tilton Hotel, Alan, Josie and Alexandra are kidnapped by Kaseem, a political usurper who leads a band of hooded scalawags called the Secret Six, and taken to his sanctuary.

Swap Plot Flop

4. Swap Plot Flop

21min

3rd Oct 1970

The Pussycats search for the Evil Eye, a mysterious figure with hypnotic powers, who has kidnapped Valerie and an Arabian princess.

The Midas Mix-Up

5. The Midas Mix-Up

21min

10th Oct 1970

A skiing vacation in the Alps accidentally leads the gang to the mountain fortress of Midas, a gold hoarder who has invented a gold-destroying blue microbe mist with which he is seeking to dissolve the world's supply of gold.

X Marks the Spot

6. X Marks the Spot

21min

17th Oct 1970

The Pussycats befriend Professor Isaac Belfour, a scientist who invented an invisibility formula. They take him along for their gig in Puddletown, England, to protect him from Mr. X, a former laboratory assistant who stole the formula.

Chili Today and Hot Tamale

7. Chili Today and Hot Tamale

21min

24th Oct 1970

The Pussycats are involved in an atomic chase in Mexico when they are pursued by The Scorpion, a power-hungry ringleader who is after a vial of glowing nuclear capsules hidden in the hollow of Melody's drum.

Never Mind a Master Mind

8. Never Mind a Master Mind

21min

31st Oct 1970

The group stumbles on an impossible mission in Amsterdam when Melody, mistaken for a secret agent, is given a pair of wooden shoes concealing a miniature tape recorder and picture.

Plateau of the Apes Plot

9. Plateau of the Apes Plot

21min

7th Nov 1970

The Pussycats are chased by a tyrannosaurus after a plane taking them to Puerto Rico makes an emergency landing in a forest.

Strangemoon Over Miami

10. Strangemoon Over Miami

21min

14th Nov 1970

The Pussycats are doomed for stardom when the dirigible in which they are performing at the World Expo in Florida takes off and lands on the island of Dr. Strangemoon, a scientist who plans to launch satellites that will attract comets.

All Wong in Hong Kong

11. All Wong in Hong Kong

21min

21st Nov 1970

The Pussycats become the target of an inscrutable Chinese man known as the Serpent when Melody acquires an ancient Chinese coin that holds the secret to great power.

Melody Memory Mix-Up

12. Melody Memory Mix-Up

21min

28th Nov 1970

Melody becomes a brain-child when Prof. Leighton, a renowned scientist, transfers a secret formula recorded on computer tapes to her brain.

The Great Pussycat Chase

13. The Great Pussycat Chase

21min

5th Dec 1970

The Pussycats and their companions become jet-setters when they travel the globe in one day during a frantic chase. The Shadow, leader of a secret international crime organization, is after a black box handed to them by an Interpol agent.

Spy School Spoof

14. Spy School Spoof

21min

12th Dec 1970

The Pussycats accidentally get their paws on a top secret blueprint intended for the World Scientific Foundation and are returning the material to the Foundation when intercepted by The Lazer.

The Jumpin' Jupiter Affair

15. The Jumpin' Jupiter Affair

21min

19th Dec 1970

During a trek through the Peruvian mountains, the Pussycats are attracted to an eerie green glow vibrating behind a mysteriously deserted village.

Don't Count on a Countess

16. Don't Count on a Countess

21min

2nd Jan 1971

Josie and the Pussycats nearly get early retirement when they board an empty yacht controlled by a designing countess who seeks to prematurely age the girls.

First air date

12th Sep 1970

Last air date

2nd Jan 1971

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks