These Are the Days
| These Are the Days | |
|---|---|
 These are the Days worth living, these are the best Days of our lives. | |
| Network: | ABC |
| Production company: | Hanna-Barbera, Inc. |
| Distributor: | Taft Broadcasting |
| Original release: | September 7, 1974—September 27, 1975
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| Starring: | Andrew Parks Pamelyn Ferdin Jack E. Haley June Lockhart Henry Jones Don Messick |
| Executive producer(s): | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s): | Iwao Takamoto |
| Music composed by: | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s): | Bernie Khan Leo Rifkin Gene Thompson Same Locke Milton Pascal Dick Wesson Ed Jurist |
| Director(s): | Charles A. Nichols Gordon Hunt |
These Are the Days is an American animated historical drama TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera, Inc. for ABC's Saturday morning line-up. It ran from 1974 to 1975, airing 16 episodes that spanned one season.
As Hanna-Barbera and ABC's answer to CBS' The Waltons, the series is about the rural life and work of the Day family at the turn of the 20th century. There's the widow matriarch Martha Day, her three children (Ben, Kathy, and Danny), and her father Jeff Day, who has the same last name despite it presumably coming from her late husband. They also had a dog called Jonas.
Production
Development
The character designs were credited to Ben Franklin.
Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Sensible Ben" | 1x01 | September 7, 1974 |
| "The Fire Brigade" | 1x02 | September 14, 1974 |
| "Danny's Musical Dilemma" | 1x03 | September 21, 1974 |
| "Danny Runs Away" | 1x04 | September 28, 1974 |
| "Ben for President" | 1x05 | October 5, 1974 |
| The Good Luck Charm" | 1x06 | October 12, 1974 |
| "Kathy's Job" | 1x07 | October 19, 1974 |
| "The Runaway Horse" | 1x08 | October 26, 1974 |
| "How Ben Was Cowed" | 1x09 | November 2, 1974 |
| "Grandpa and the Great Cyclic Harmonium Swindle" | 1x10 | November 9, 1974 |
| "The Visitor" | 1x11 | November 16, 1974 |
| "The Most Precious Gift of All" | 1x12 | November 23, 1974 |
| "The Spa" | 1x13 | September 6, 1975 |
| "Hello Mrs. McGivern, Goodbye" | 1x14 | September 13, 1975 |
| "The Balloon" | 1x15 | September 20, 1975 |
| "The Feud" | 1x16 | September 27, 1975 |
Cast
- Andrew Parks as Ben Day
- Pamelyn Ferdin as Kathy Day
- Jack E. Haley as Danny Day
- June Lockhart as Martha Day
- Henry Jones as Jeff Day
- Don Messick as Jonas
In other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Brazilian | Vovô viu a Uva |
