Josie and the Pussycats

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. Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band that toured the world with their entourage, getting mixed up in a strange adventures, spy capers, and mysteries. The group consisted of level-headed lead singer and guitarist Josie, intelligent tambourinist Valerie, and air-headed blonde drummer Melody. Very similar to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, each episode featured a song during a chase scene, they run after from a selection of haplessly villainous characters.

The cartoon show features the voices of Janet Waldo as Josie. Barbara Pariot as Valerie. Jackie Joseph as Melody. Jerry Dexter as Alan. Casey Kasem as Alexander Cabot 3. Sherry Alberoni as Alexandra Cabot. And Don Messick as Sebastian the Cat.