The Roman Holidays
- This article is about the TV series. For the Gold Key Comics series, see The Roman Holidays (Gold Key Comics).
| The Roman Holidays | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Original release | September 9—December 2, 1972 |
| Starring | Dave Willock Shirley Mitchell Stan Livingston Pam Ferdin Daws Butler Dom DeLuise |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Art Scott |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Jack Mendelsohn David Ketchum Michael Shelly William Raynor Miles Wilder Barry Blitzer |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
The Roman Holidays is an American animated sitcom television series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1972, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season.
In the Roman times of A.D. 63 lives the Holiday family, who have a lion as a pet. It it this lion that constantly risks the Holidays from getting evicted their apartment.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 9, 1972 |
| 1x02 | September 16, 1972 |
| 1x03 | September 23, 1972 |
| 1x04 | September 30, 1972 |
| 1x05 | October 7, 1972 |
| 1x06 | October 14, 1972 |
| 1x07 | October 21, 1972 |
| 1x08 | October 28, 1972 |
| 1x09 | November 4, 1972 |
| 1x10 | November 11, 1972 |
| 1x11 | November 18, 1972 |
| 1x12 | November 25, 1972 |
| 1x13 | December 2, 1972 |
Cast
- Dave Willock as Gus Holiday
- Shirley Mitchell as Laurie Holiday
- Stan Livingston as Happius Holiday
- Pam Ferdin as Precocia Holiday
- Daws Butler as Brutus
- Dom DeLuise as Mr. Evictus
Legacy
Gus, Laurie, and their pet Brutus appear as fictional eyepatch-wearing spies in a trailer for a Secret Squirrel movie in the 2025 episode of Jellystone! episode, "Spy Thriller."
Merchandise
Home media
On April 23, 2013, the Warner Archive Collection released a 2-disc DVD of the series called The Roman Holidays: The Complete Series.
Reading material
Between 1972-1973, Gold Key Comics published a four-issue series also called The Roman Holidays, which were adaptations of the episodes.
