Richie Rich (1980 TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Richie Rich


caption = Richie Rich and Gloria, in a scene from Hanna-Barbera's "Richie Rich" series.
genre = Animation
network = ABC
first_aired = 1980
last_aired = 1984
imdb_id = 0144065

"Richie Rich" is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984. Based upon Harvey Comics' popular "Richie Rich" comic book characters, shared time slots with "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo", "The Little Rascals", and "Pac-Man" over its original broadcast run. The other most visible character was Richie's dog, the appropriately named Dollar. The show airs occasionally on Boomerang.

Adaptation changes

The animated series takes a number of liberties from the original comics.
* Richie is depicted as slightly older and wears a sweater with a large R on the front as well as trousers.
* Dollar is more anthropomorphized with Walter Mitty like fantasies.
* Irona The Robot Maid is given a greater presence in the series with additional duties as Richie's personal bodyguard. To fulfill that role, Irona can convert her body into various alternative modes as necessary. For instance, the moment she receives a summons from Richie, she would change her body into a jet plane mode and immediately fly to the boy.

Cast

* Sparky Marcus - Richie Rich
* Frank Welker - Dollar the dog
* Nancy Cartwright - Gloria Glad
* Christian Hoff - Pee Wee, Freckles
* Al Fann - Mr. Rich
* Joan Gerber - Irona the Robot Maid, Mrs. Rich
* Dick Beals - Reggie Van Dough
* Bill Callaway - Professor Keanbean
* Stanley Jones - Cadbury the Butler

Production credits

* Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
* Producers: Don Jurwich, Oscar Dufau
* Directors: Ray Patterson, George Gordon, Rudy Zamora
* Story Supervision: Ray Parker
* Story Editors: Norman Maurer, Mark Evanier, Jack Mendelsohn
* Story:' John Bradford, John Dunn, Mark Evanier, Paul Haggis, Joan Maurer, Michael Maurer, Norman Maurer, Bob Ogle, Tom Yakutis
* Story Direction: John Dunn, Jan Green, Gary Hoffman, Cullen Houghtaling, Emilie Kong, Bob Ogle, Dick Sebast, Don Sheppard, Howard Swift, Roy Wilson
* Recording Director: Gordon Hunt, Don Jurwich
* Assistant to the Recording Director: Ginny McSwain
* Voices: Jared Barclay, Dick Beals, Ed Begley, Jr., Susan Blu, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Callaway, Nancy Cartwright, Victoria Carroll, Brian Cummings, Al Fann, Laurie Faso, John Findlater, Joan Gerber, Ernest Harada, Christian Hoff, Joyce Jameson, Stanley Jones, Paul Kirby, Allan Lurie, James MacGeorge, Tress MacNeille, Dave Madden, Adele Malis-Morey, Sparky Marcus, Kenneth Mars, Chuck McCann, Sidney Miller, Philip Proctor, Robert Ridgely, Stanley Ralph Ross, Marilyn Schrefler, R.J. Segall, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Kris Stevens, Andre Stojka, Robert Strom, Jimmy Weldon, Frank Welker
* Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
* Title Design: Bill Perez
* Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
* Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
* Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
* Character Design: Charles Grosvenor, Willie Ito, Scott Shaw, Sandra Young
* Layout Supervisor: Don Morgan
* Key Layout: Floyd Norman, Scott Shaw
* Layout: Cosmo Anzilotti, Dale Barnhart, Charles Grosvenor, Ray Jacobs, Jack Manning, Phil Ortiz, Tony Rivera
* Animation: Tom Ray
* Checking and Scene Planning: Larry Smith
* Xerography: Roy Lim
* Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Joe Citarella
* Camera: Gary Smith, Donna Wilson
* Supervising Film Editor: Joe Sandusky
* Music Editor: Joe Sandusky
* Effects Editors: Michael Bradley, Sue Brown, Katherine MacKenzie
* Show Editor: Gil Iverson
* Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
* Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
* Sound by: Glenn Glenn PAP
* Executives in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera, Margaret Loesch
* "'A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
* © 1980 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc./Harvey Entertainment

ee also

* "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show"
* "The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show"

DVD release

On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video released "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1" on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

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