

Instead of bringing the monster-infused vibe of the Archie?s Mad House comic to TV, the series featured repetitive storylines and jokes that seemed woefully out of date for kids of the Nickelodeon generation. Debuting after the interest in all-things-paranormal that The X-Files stirred up had subsided in 1999, the show had Archie and company attempting to make sense of spooky activities that are suddenly plaguing Riverdale.

Much like the Michael Jackson jacket your grandmother gave you three years after Thriller came out, Archie?s Weird Mysteries arrived on the scene too late to be worthwhile. Hilarious and heartfelt antics ensue, including the above atrocious hip-hop remake of The Archies? signature hit ?Sugar Sugar? that Jughead performs in order to bond with and/or traumatize his son. Having lost touch with his former friends, he is shocked to discover that Jughead is a single father working as a psychiatrist, Betty is in a borderline abusive relationship, Veronica is a man-hungry she-devil and Reggie is still the same jerk he?s always been. The plot has Archie?now an engaged lawyer?preparing to attend his high school reunion. Deciding to utilize the same blend of drama and half-baked comedy that made The Bradys such a televisual turd, the movie stupidly aged the characters into their early 30s. Although decent pilots for an Archie show were made in 19, the 1990 NBC teleflim Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again is the most memorable. Maybe it?s because The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis totally ripped off the comic, but a live-action Archie series has never come to fruition. There?s no word yet on how the girls of Riverdale reacted to this news. While the younger Scarpelli retired from acting to become a CEO of an Arizona cable company, he made headlines in 2006 when he publicly came out during an appearance on VH1?s 100 Greatest Teen Stars Special. Fox or Malcolm Jamal-Warner? It?s simple, Glenn was the son of longtime Archie Comics writer Henry Scarpelli. Why was he chosen to become a recurring character as opposed to say Michael J. It was around this time that he began to make appearances in various Archie titles as himself. Predating both Danny Cooksey and Raven-Symon? as an example of a child star brought in to help boost ratings on a veteran series, the teen heartthrob was added to the cast of One Day at a Time in the show?s sixth season. But what makes them even weirder is when the cameo is from a star who isn?t exactly a household name. As anyone who has ever read the Marvel Team-Up issue in which Spider-Man met the original cast of Saturday Night Live can attest, comic book cameos by real-life celebrities are a strange thing indeed.
