The Beach Girls
| The Beach Girls | |
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| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | December 27, 1977 |
| Run time | 30 minutes |
| Starring | Kim O'Brien Ava Lazar Rita Wilson |
| Writer(s) | Mark Evanier |
| Director(s) | Stanley Z. Cherry |
The Beach Girls was an unsold American live-action musical sitcom television pilot produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for prime-time viewing which had a single airing by CBS on December 27, 1977. It was written by Mark Evanier,[1] and directed by Stanley Z. Cherry. It starred Frankie Avalon, Kim O'Brien, and Rita Wilson as three aspiring band members who try to get into showbiz while studying music at a fictitious Malibu state college.
It was originally meant to air on January 24,[2] but was postponed at the last minute, indicating that NBC had no interest in picking the series up,[3] before deciding to air the pilot as a one-off special.[4]
Below, the rest of the article will be treated as an episode article would be.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
Objects
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
The actresses did not use their voices to sing. Instead, Hanna-Barbera dubbed over their voices with archived songs performed by Kathleen Dougherty, Cherie Moor, and Patrice Holloway, who were the singing voices of Josie, Melody, and Valiere, respectively, in the 1970s Josie and the Pussycats animated series.[1]
Music
Crew credits
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 27, 1977 at 7:30 pm on CBS
Behind the scenes
Errors
References
- ^ a b Cafarelli, Carl (April 25, 1997). "Cartoon Rock". Goldmine. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ Tuttle, Lisa (January 24, 1979). "'Sgt. T.K. Yu' pilot unlikely story". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ Adams, Val (April 19, 1979). "Stars shoot for Olympic gold". Daily News. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ McNally, Owen (April 19, 1979). "'Korean Comic Tries Special". Hartford Courant. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
