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1. The Archies
   The Archies were a make-believe group based on the comic book and mid-'60s cartoon series of the same name. "Sugar, Sugar," cowritten by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, was a #1 hit and the biggest-selling single of 1969, with 6 million copies sold worldwide. Songwriter Barry produced the Archies: studio musicians (among them Hugh McCracken, Dave Appell, and Bobby Bloom) were hired to provide the cartoon series' soundtrack. The singing Archie, voiced by Ron Dante, led his group, which included songwriters Ellie Greenwich and Andy Kim, through a number of hits, including "Bang-Shang-a-Lang" (#2, 1968), "Jingle Jangle" (#10, 1969), and "Who’s Your Baby" (#40, 1970).
2. The Archies -- Company
   Smell The Difference Now, Says Archies: "Its back to basics for greetings card major Archies Ltd which now wants to focus again on its core competency. Earlier known as Archies Greetings & Gifts, the company had in the last few years diversified into a host of new areas. But now in a strategic decision, the company in an effort to arrest declining bottomline has decided to focus on only three core activities of retailing, paper products and gifts."
3. The Archies -- Ron Dante
   Don Kirshner suffered additional headaches when bogus Archies bands started popping up in the southern United States. He was forced to take several thousand dollars' worth of legal action against their promoters. The proliferation of these groups was an indication of how much demand there was to hear Archies hits performed live. Unfortunately, that demand was never truly satisfied, and this ... contributed to the group's demise. The studio Archies, in the persons of Ron Dante and Donna Marie, finally did make a live appearance at a charity benefit in Kenilworth, New Jersey, but this last-minute nod to promotional considerations was too little, too late. The TV series stopped airing original rock tunes after the 1970/71 season, and its ratings began a slow but steady decline.
4. The Archies -- Riverdale High
   The Archies gang packed up their instruments and went back to their schoolday lives in Riverdale. A few years after their successful animated Saturday-morning adventures, many of their more popular comic titles were converted to digest form and could subsequently be sold in supermarket checkouts - a position that allowed them to survive where a lot of other great comics have disappeared. So while the Archies bubblegum-pop sound may have lasted only a short time, it's certain that the gang's adventures will be around for many years to come. Thank goodness.
5. The Archies -- Don Kirshner
   Probably the reason the eminences at Archies came up with the deo idea was that people--well, mostly the college-going segment--somehow associated greeting cards with perfumes: you know the standard gift-your-girlfriend/boyfriend-something which makes him/her smell nice or some such other crap. Sadly, the eminences didn't probably realize that greeting cards are bought generally for specific occasions AND are bought for the purpose of gifting. Buying a perfume doesn't need an occasion: and you don't always buy a perfume/deo for the purpose of gifting it.
6. Tony Richardson -- Father
   Richardson’s next film, The Entertainer (1960), is ... based on a play he’d directed for the theatre. It’s about the demise of the career of a third-rate music hall performer, Archie Rice (Laurence Olivier). Archie’s financing for a new variety show is bungled, his son is killed in war and then his music-hall-performer father dies of a heart attack the opening night of a show they were contracted to do together. Following the father’s death (he was the bigger draw), the show folds and Archie must leave Britain or go to gaol for tax evasion. Lawrence Olivier’s brilliant portrayal of the blathering Archie Rice and the location shots of the decaying façades of music halls in the seedy resort town of Morecambe create a dingy ambience. This film is an oddity and symbolic of the fall of the British Empire; American rock ’n’ roll and television have taken over.
7. Eddie Bracken -- New York City
   Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, John Carradine and Alan Reed lend their voices to this animated tale based on Mel Brooks's Broadway musical adaptation of Don Marquis's stories. Set in New York City, the tale follows Archy, a cockroach who's madly in love with Mehitabel, a footloose and fancy-free cat. Archy's on top of the world when he joins the feline fatale for adventure, but rugged alley cat Big Bill competes for Mehitabel's affections.
8. Janis Paige -- Warner Bros
   Archie is shocked to discover that the new waitress hired by Harry is none other than Denise (Janis Paige), the woman with whom Archie nearly had an extramarital fling back in 1976. Unfortunately, Edith ... learns that Denise is back in the neighborhood. Inevitably, the two women in Archie's life have a showdown -- with surprising and surprisingly touching results. Written by Milt Josefsberg and Phil Sharp, "The Return of the Waitress" was first broadcast on November 26, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
9. Estelle Parsons
   A native of Massachusettes, Estelle Parsons originally studdied to be a lawyer, and it was her background in law that attracted NBC to hire her right out of college. While at NBC she was one of eight people to put together the template for the original "Today Show" in the 50's.
10. Atom (Acorn) -- Atom Arc
    Atom Arc 7018-AC is an all-position low hydrogen electrode specifically designed to have optimum arc characteristics when used with AC power sources. It offers easy arc starting, smooth arc and low spatter.

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