Richie Rich (1980 TV series)

For other uses, see Richie Rich (disambiguation).

Richie Rich or Richie Rich's Cartoon Show
Richie Rich and Gloria, in a scene from Hanna-Barbera's Richie Rich series
Genre	Animation
Voices of	Dick Beals William Callaway Nancy Cartwright Al Fann Joan Gerber Christian Hoff Stanley Jones Sparky Marcus Frank Welker
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC (original) Boomerang (current)
Original run	1980 – 1984

Richie Rich is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from 1980 to 1984 and again in 1988 as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, Based upon Harvey Comics' popular Richie Rich comic book characters, the series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, and Pac-Man over its original broadcast run. The other most visible character was Richie's dog, the appropriately named Dollar. The show airs occasionally on Boomerang; Boomerang's reruns feature the theme from The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too! over the closing credits.

Segments

Richie Rich's adventures are sorted into different segments:

• Richie Rich Riches – This segment deals with threats to the Rich family or more specifically Richie.
• Richie Rich Treasure Chest – Dollar-and/or-Cadbury-centred segments.
• Richie Rich Gems – Short segments for humor like the Wing Dings of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.
• Richie Rich Zillion Dollar Adventures – This segment deals with Richie Rich and his friends fighting master criminals, aliens, and other threats to the world.

Adaptation changes

The animated series took a number of liberties from the original comics:

• Richie is depicted as slightly older, inconsistently voiced as a child between 10 and 13, and wears a red sweater with a large "R" on the front as well as long trousers. In the comics, he wears a black suit with a red bow tie and short pants.
• Gloria is shown as the same age as Richie and wears a white long-sleeved blouse, purple sweater or sweater vest and purple mini skirt.
• Dollar is more anthropomorphized with Walter Mitty-like fantasies.
• Irona The Robot Maid is given a greater presence in the series with additional duties as Richie's personal bodyguard as seen in the "Zillion Dollar Adventures" segments. To fulfill that role, Irona can convert her body into various alternative modes as necessary. For instance, the moment she receives a summons from Richie, she would change her body into a jet plane mode and immediately fly to the boy.

Episodes

#	Plot
1	Counterfeit Dollar: A couple of thugs take Dollar away and one of them dresses as Dollar to get hold of Richie's fortune. Treasure Chest: Gloria's Birthday The Greatest Invention in the World: Professor Keanbean invents a machine to invent inventions, but Mr. Rich does not approve of the changes it makes. Gems: Small Tour Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bug: During a restoration on Dollar's size, Professor Keanbean detects a coming robot alien bug invasion.
2	Poor Little Richbillies: Richie meets his poorest relatives Alf Alfie and Thistle who won't sell their land to greedy slickers. Treasure Chest: Admirers Chowhound: Dollar sneaks into the Pooche Yum Yums factory but gets caught in the production line. Gems: Lunchbag Mystery Mountain: Richie, Dollar and Gloria travel to Mystery Mountain to investigate the disappearances of animals stolen by Barnup Bullwhip.

Cast

• Dick Beals – Reggie Van Dough
• Bill Callaway – Professor Keanbean
• Nancy Cartwright – Gloria Glad
• Joan Gerber – Irona the Robot Maid, Mrs. Rich
• Christian Hoff – Pee Wee, Freckles
• Stanley Jones – Mr. Rich, Cadbury the Butler
• Sparky Marcus – Richie Rich
• Frank Welker – Dollar the Dog, Dr. Blemish

Production credits

Season one

• Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
• Producers: Don Jurwich, Oscar Dufau
• Directors: Ray Patterson, George Gordon, Rudy Zamora
• Story Supervision: Ray Parker
• Story Editors: Norman Maurer, Mark Evanier, Jack Mendelsohn
• Story: John Bradford, John Dunn, Mark Evanier, Paul Haggis, Joan Maurer, Michael Maurer, Norman Maurer, Bob Ogle, Tom Yakutis
• Story Direction: John Dunn, Jan Green, Gary Hoffman, Cullen Houghtaling, Emilie Kong, Bob Ogle, Dick Sebast, Don Sheppard, Howard Swift, Roy Wilson
• Recording Director: Gordon Hunt, Don Jurwich
• Assistant to the Recording Director: Ginny McSwain
• Voices: Dick Beals, Bill Callaway, Nancy Cartwright, Al Fann, Joan Gerber, Christian Hoff, Joyce Jameson, Stanley Jones, Sparky Marcus, Marilyn Schreffler, Frank Welker
• Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
• Title Design: Bill Perez
• Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
• Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
• Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
• Character Design: Charles Grosvenor, Willie Ito, Scott Shaw, Sandra Young
• Layout Supervisor: Don Morgan
• Key Layout: Floyd Norman, Scott Shaw
• Layout: Cosmo Anzilotti, Dale Barnhart, Charles Grosvenor, Ray Jacobs, Jack Manning, Phil Ortiz, Tony Rivera
• Animation: Tom Ray
• Checking and Scene Planning: Larry Smith
• Xerography: Roy Lim
• Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Joe Citarella
• Camera: Gary Smith, Donna Wilson
• Supervising Film Editor: Joe Sandusky
• Music Editor: Joe Sandusky
• Effects Editors: Michael Bradley, Sue Brown, Katherine MacKenzie
• Show Editor: Gil Iverson
• Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
• Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
• Sound by: Glen Glenn PAP
• Executives in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera, Margaret Loesch

Season two

• Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
• Producer: Oscar Dufau
• Story Editors: Mark Evanier, Jack Mendelsohn
• Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
• Directors: George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
• Assistant Directors: Bob Goe, Terry Harrison, Bill Hutten
• Story: Sharman Divono, Jack Enyart, Paul Haggis, Gorden Kent, Michael Maurer, J. Kenneth Rotcop, David Schwartz, Matt Uitz
• Story Direction: Jan Green, Gary Hoffman, Cullen Houghtaling, Larry Latham, Mario Piluso, Jim Simon, Tom Yakutis
• Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
• Animation Casting Director: Ginny McSwain
• Voices: Jared Barclay, Richard Beals, Ed Begley, Jr., Susan Blu, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Callaway, Nancy Cartwright, Victoria Carroll, Brian Cummings, Al Fann, Laurie Faso, John Findlater, Joan Gerber, Ernest Harada, Christian Hoff, Joyce Jameson, Stanley Jones, Paul Kirby, Allan Lurie, James MacGeorge, Tress MacNeille, Dave Madden, Adele Malis-Morey, Sparky Marcus, Kenneth Mars, Chuck McCann, Sidney Miller, Philip Proctor, Robert Ridgely, Stanley Ralph Ross, R.J. Segall, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Kris Stevens, Andre Stojka, Robert Strom, Jimmy Weldon, Frank Welker
• Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
• Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
• Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
• Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
• Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
• Character Design: Geofrey Darrow, Alice Hamm, Gabriel Hoyos, Skip Morgan, Christopher Otsuki, Scott Shaw, Takashi
• Layout: Barry Bunce, John Kricfalusi, Floyd Norman, Joel Seibel, Leo Sullivan, Gary Terry, Dean Thompson
• Sound Direction: Dick Olson, Joe Wachter
• Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
• Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
• Music Editors: Terry Moore, Joe Sandusky, Robert Talboy
• Effects Editors: Mike Bradley, Mary Gleason, Carol Lewis, Catherine MacKenzie, Sue Sawade, Kerry Williams
• Show Editor: Gil Iverson
• Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
• Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
• Executives in Charge of Production: Margaret Loesch and Jayne Barbera

See also

• The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!
• The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

DVD release

On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video released The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1.

DVD name	No. of episodes	Release date
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1	7	May 20, 2008

External links

• Richie Rich at the Internet Movie Database