The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
| The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | ABC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera King World Productions |
| Original release | September 10, 1983—September 1, 1984 |
| Starring | Bobby Morse Ellen Gerstell Laurel Page Frank Welker Hank Saroyan Frank Nelson Sidney Miller Bob Argost Peter Cullen Laurie Faso Julie McWhirter Scott Menville Patty Maloney Shavar Ross B.J. Ward Sparky Marcus Christian Hoff Nancy Cartwright Joan Gerber |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Director(s) | George Gordon Bob Hathcock Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson Oscar Dufau John Walker |
The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show is an animated American television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming. This series featured the final seasons of The Little Rascals and Richie Rich. The series ran from 1983 to 1984.
Production
Despite the lack of success of The Little Rascals cartoon series during its first season (due primarily to competition against Smurfs on NBC, which was highly successful), with which Richie Rich was traditionally paired, both series got renewed for a second and fourth season respectively, but with a significant downsizing of the number of segments in the 1983-1984 season - implying that budget cuts were at play.
Only nine original 11-minute segments of The Little Rascals and Richie Rich Zillion Dollar Adventures were produced during that season, with four segments from the 1982-1983 season of each series being rebroadcast sporadically. As a result, the 30-second Little Rascals comedy skits and the Richie Rich Riches, Gems and Treasure Chest segments were discontinued. Also, the original Richie Rich Zillion Dollar Adventures segments produced for this series now have a writer credit over a still image of the segment's logo (which is no longer animated) - implying that they were original stories due to the demise of Harvey Comics Publications in 1982, though the titles from the comic book stories published in late 1981 or 1982 were still used.
This season of Richie Rich introduced the final new characters in the series: Jackie Jokers, who is Richie's friend in the entertainment industry, mainly stand-up comedy; and Pee Wee Friendly, the younger brother of Freckles Friendly, having made his only appearance in the series on the final original segment, "Video World".
Development
Segments
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Cast
- Bobby Morse as Moncho
- Ellen Gerstell as Tootoo
- Laurel Page as Kyla
- Frank Welker as Patchit and Dollar
- Hank Saroyan as Thumkii
- Frank Nelson as Wizzar
- Sidney Miller as Horgg
- Bob Arbogast as Snogs
- Peter Cullen as Snitchit, Shreeker, and Gonker
- Laurie Faso as Yabbott, Scumgor, and Fassit
- Julie McWhirter as Alfalfa, Porky, and The Woim
- Scott Menville as Spanky
- Patty Maloney as Darla Hood
- Peter Cullen as Pete the Pup
- Shavar Ross as Buckwheat
- B.J. Ward as Butch and Waldo
- Sparky Marcus as Richie Rich
- Christian Hoff as Freckles and Pee Wee
- Nancy Cartwright as Gloria Glad
- Joan Gerber as Irona
