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  Josie and the Pussycats DVD news: Press Release for Josie and the Pussycats | TVShowsOnDVD.com
Josie and the Pussycats will rock consumers on September 18, 2007 when Warner Home Video (WHV) releases Hanna-Barbera's animated classic series, Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Series on DVD for the first time.
Their entourage consisted of Josie's handsome boyfriend and band roadie Alan Mayberry, their cowardly manager Alexander Cabot, and Alexander's scheming, cantankerous sister Alexandra Cabot, whose mission was to steal Alan away from Josie and take over as the Pussycats' lead.
She added, "Josie and the Pussycats is a delight and is sure to make viewers reminisce about the Saturday mornings they spent watching their favorite cartoons."
www.tvshowsondvd.com /news/Josie-Pussycats/7577   (566 words)

  
  Josie and the Pussycats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josie and the Pussycats (comic), also titled She's Josie or Josie, a comic book produced by Archie Comics from 1963 to 1982.
Josie and the Pussycats (album), a short-lived bubblegum pop music group that recorded songs for both the show and a Capitol Records LP in 1970.
Josie and the Pussycats (film), a live-action motion picture which was released in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats   (206 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josie and the Pussycats debuted on the CBS Saturday morning lineup on September 12, 1970.
Josie and the Pussycats (but not Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space) was re-run on NBC Saturday morning for the 1975-1976 season.
Josie and the Pussycats was adapted into a live action motion picture in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Josie_and_the_Pussycats_(cartoon)   (1545 words)

  
 JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
The good news is that Josie and the Pussycats isn't nearly as bad as fellow comic-book-to-film duds Dudley Do-right or The Flintstones.
Although Valerie wasn't in the original comic book Pussycat lineup, she was a trendsetter - a strong, smart fl character added to the white mix some 25 years before prime-time network shows started doing the same.
Enter The Pussycats, a struggling band from Riverdale (it was Midvale in the comic, but who's counting) who perform to unenthusiastic bowlers at the local alley.
www.sick-boy.com /josie.htm   (613 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Josie and the Pussycats started out in the '50's as part of the Archie Comics group.
Josie was featured in various Archie comic books, and had her own comic from 1963 until 1978.
And most recently, after a 25 year dry spell with no new Josie material, Josie and the Pussycats has made it to the big screen.
www.interlog.com /~ruthr/josie/history/history.htm   (340 words)

  
 Comics2Film: Josie and the Pussycats
Josie and the Pussycats was written and directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan.
Josie and the Pussycats, which is due in theaters on April 11, will get a boost from internet video kiosks in 32 shopping malls across the U.S. The Centerlinq system, which provides touch-screen access to the Internet will be used to promote the movie.
Josie, Melody and Val are three small town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top -- while remaining true to their own look, style and sound.
www.comics2film.com /Josie.shtml   (1830 words)

  
 eBay - josie comic ..., Comics, Wholesale, Bulk Lots items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Josie and the Pussycats # 77 Archie Comics 1974 Gd.
Josie and the Pussycats # 85 Archie Comics 1975 Gd.
Josie and the Pussycats # 76 Archie Comics 1974 VG.
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 Review: Josie and the Pussycats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This time, the victim is "Josie and the Pussycats", whose characters began life in the pages of the "Archie" comic book before being given their own short-lived animated TV show three decades ago (it lasted only 16 episodes).
Magoo prevents Josie and the Pussycats from claiming the dubious title of worst cartoon TV-to-live-action film translation of all time (and there are plenty of competitors, with more - such as Scooby Doo - to come).
Josie and the Pussycats reminded me strongly of Spice World, but without the British accents and all the cameos to hold one's flagging interest (Alan Cumming has the dubious distinction of appearing in both pictures).
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/j/josie.html   (815 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Josie and the Pussycats
In 1970, Hanna-Barbera did an animated version for CBS that tweaked the concept a little — Josie and her friends formed a rock'n'roll band and went on tour, having adventures and solving mysteries wherever they stopped.
One major difference between the cartoon and the comic book was the character of Alexandra, sister of band manager Alexander and Josie's rival for roadie Alan's affection.
Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space was basically the same show, but with a slight change of venue.
www.toonopedia.com /josiepus.htm   (628 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Josie and the Pussycats at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Josie and the Pussycats is breezy, funny entertainment that won't last long in your memory, but will have you laughing well enough during its running time.
Through the canon of old TV shows, cartoons and comic strips, Josie and the Pussycats must have ranked somewhere between Car 54, Where Are You and Born Loser on the pile of why bother.
Josie and the Pussycats comes out at a perfect time in our culture where magazines and MTV tell us what’s hip and who’s hot.
www.epinions.com /content_17779756676   (1282 words)

  
 Move Magazine - So bad, it's good: 'Josie and the Pussycats'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
“Josie and the Pussycats” was originally intended to be a satirical portrayal of stupid, teeny-bopper movies, but its humor doesn’t go quite far enough to portray the parody.
They’re derived from the famous Josie and the Pussycats comic and represent the original characters quite accurately.
Josie is the smart, down-to-earth girl (Does Rachael Leigh Cook ever play anything else?), Melody is the ditz, and Valerie is the hardass.
www.themaneater.com /move/article.php?id=23541   (513 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats (live band) - Comics2Film
The film will show our characters in situations similar to those in which they appear in our comics and thus will be familiar to the millions of Archie comic readers over the past 60+ years.
Grafman's aim will be to shepherd Archie Comics characters into other media according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Archie Comics recently announced plans to create pre-fab music groups based on their comic book character bands The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats.
www.comics2film.com /ProjectFrame.php?f_id=89   (348 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "Josie and the Pussycats"
"Josie and the Pussycats," a live-action riff on the "Archie"-spinoff comic book and TV show, manages to straddle the middle, like a rock chick who has just gotten her first guitar and hasn't yet figured out the natural way to stand.
"Josie and the Pussycats" would be more fun if it were either more shameless or more principled in the bad-girl way, taking a stance on the value of artistry and attitude over commerce.
The frustrating thing about "Josie and the Pussycats" is that even though the girls finally realize they don't want to be pawns in the big-business music game, they never return to their garage roots, and that was the time they looked their best, in their ripped T-shirts, chain belts and messy mascara.
archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/04/11/josie   (763 words)

  
 Mutant Reviewers from Hell do "Josie and the Pussycats"
Josie (Rachel Leigh Cook, she of the large eyes who Is All That) and her pals form the struggling band The Pussycats.
Josie and the Pussycats: unplugged, cheesy, and adorably goofy.
Josie's original last name on the comics and TV cartoon series was James.
www.mutantreviewers.com /rjosie.html   (4278 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats - Preview Online
Dick Niro infiltrates the colourful world of Josie and the Pussycats.
We almost live in that world already, which is what gives Josie and the Pussycats its appeal, its humour - and it’s edge.
In Kaplan and Elfont’s script, Josie and her life-long friends are a garage band in Riverdale who make their own kind of music, but have few fans and play gigs to near-empty venues.
www.preview-online.com /may_june2001/feature_articles/pussycats   (621 words)

  
 MovieThumbs.com - Josie And The Pussycats (2001) movie review
Quickie: Josie and the Pussycats step out of the comic books into the big screen to sign a recording contract with major recording label that is involved in a nasty scheme.
But surprisingly enough, "Josie and the Pussycats" the movie is quite the tickling surprise.
"Josie and the Pussycats" is a good movie to see if you're in the mood for some harmless, clean, innocent fun.
www.moviegurus.com /moviereviews/2001/josieandthepussycats2001.php   (780 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! - Movie rocks local Josie memories
Josie and the Pussycats have gone from the comic book and and TV cartoon versions to a film, complete with a slick soundtrack CD.
Wasse and Jones first fell under the Josie spell as buddies at Kensal Park elementary school.
At the time, Josie and her band were one of the few rock-girl icons, along with Barbie and Jem dolls of the era.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/W/Weekend/2001/04/11/pf-751672.html   (294 words)

  
 Movie Habit: Review of Josie and the Pussycats (2001), ***   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Josie and the Pussycats tells the tale of how Josie McCoy (Rachael Leigh Cook, She’s All That) and her best friends Valerie Brown (Rosario Dawson, Down to You) and Melody Valentine (Tara Reid, American Pie) go from playing gigs at the Riverdale Pin Palace to a big-time record deal.
In the comic book world in which they live, they virtually crash into the opportunity and instantly find themselves replacing the recently “disappeared” members of DuJour in the flavor of the week music derby.
Of course, with a name like Josie and the Pussycats, they couldn’t help but throw in a double entendre or two in an unnecessary attempt to perk the interest of older adolescent boys.
www.moviehabit.com /reviews/jos_di01.shtml   (775 words)

  
 Josie And The Pussycats At DVDwolf.com
Timing may be everything, but as Josie and the Pussycats has proved, an audience doesn't hurt.
Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Valerie (Rosario Dawson) and Melody (Tara Reid) are simply The Pussycats until record producer Wyatt Frame discovers and signs them to his label.
Although the Josie and the Pussycats video (Three Small Words) was pretty well on view within the film itself, they have included two videos by the fictitious boy band within the film Du Jour.
www.dvdwolf.com /Reviews/J/Josie_And_The_Pussycats.htm   (826 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats
He sees the Pussycats walking across the street and decides to sign them to a record deal right away.
The members, Josie, Melody and Valerie (Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson), accept the new deal and their music is at the top of the charts.
Josie and the Pussycats does offer a cool soundtrack, and Rachael Leigh Cook's winning performance, and good looks, are what held my attention.
www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/j/josie.html   (423 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats
The Pussycats (with vocals by Letters from Cleo's Kay Hanley) are a non-threatening mix of emo-ish/power-pop band, somewhere between riot grrl and girl power (grrl power maybe?).
The whole barren middle of the movie focuses on the Pussycats' meteoric rise and the increasing alienation of Val.
Originally, Josie and the Pussycats existed in the world of Archie Comics, then moved to television.
www.haro-online.com /movies/josie.html   (598 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Josie and the Pussycats - The Melody Memory Mix-Up (1970) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Josie and the Pussycats is an early-1970s, animated Hanna-Barbera cartoon series based on the Archie comic book series.
"Josie and the Pussycats" was one of my favorites due to the fact that there was a combination of good music, humor, and adventures.
In "Josie and the Pussycats - The Melody Memory Mix-Up" viewers are treated to four classic episodes from this series that was based on the popular Archies Comics charcaters.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000056WSS?v=glance   (1777 words)

  
 Josie and the Pussycats trivia
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) - 4 trivia entries
During the plane ride, right after Wyatt gives the girls their record deal, Alexander asks his sister "I still don't know why you're here." She answers by saying, "Because I was in the comic book." Josie and the Pussycats was a TV show and a comic book in the early 70s.
In the beginning where the manager of the Pussycats is talking to the group, you can see his sister in the background by the sink.
www.moviemistakes.com /film682/trivia   (301 words)

  
 DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware
Josie and the Pussycats began life as a trio of comic book musicians in the Archie comic books.
Quickly outgrowing the confines of the printed medium they made the jump to the small screen and went on all sorts of adventures, including going into space, on the Josie and the Pussycats TV Show.
However, pop culture being what it is it was long before there was a craving to bring back the Pussycats and what better way to do it than on the big screen.
www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=810   (884 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Josie and the Pussycats (PG-13 Version): DVD: Rachael Leigh Cook,Tara Reid,Deborah Kaplan,Marnie Alton,Tom ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Unbeknownst to the Pussycats, subliminal messages in their chart-topping hit "Pretend to Be Nice" are forcing kids to follow the latest prefab trends as if their lives depended on it.
Suddenly, the newly dubbed Josie and the Pussycats are on a rollercoaster ride to fame and fortune, and within a week they have a number one song and a sold out concert on the horizon.
The movie was about the three cartoon characters from Josie and the Pussycats and in the movie the band was being pimped to sell trends to the youth of America.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005MEVO?v=glance   (2286 words)

  
 Pussycats Not Up To Scratch: Josie and the Pussycats Movie Review (NY Rock)
Josie and the Pussycats, adapted from the Archie comic series, tries embarrassingly hard to be a rock-and-roll fantasy about an all-girl power-pop punk band from the small town of Riverdale.
Despite discouraging circumstances, Josie (played by rocking Rachael Leigh Cook of She's All That fame) and the Pussycats manage to make the big time, all while resisting temptations that threaten their "friends first" motto.
Wyatt hopes, however, that he won't have to put the Pussycats "to sleep" like he did with his previous proteges, the 'N Sync/Boyz To Men inspired "Du Jour" who were sent down in their private plane when they discovered the subliminal messages in their CD's backing tracks.
www.nyrock.com /movies/2001/josie.asp   (673 words)

  
 z e l n i c k m e d i a
Over the years, the music sung by The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats in their hit TV series, motion pictures and musical recordings, including the song "Sugar, Sugar" which was the number one song for 1969, was performed by studio musicians.
Archie Comic Publications, Inc. is the internationally renowned comics publisher of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and their Riverdale friends, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sonic the Hedgehog, Josie and the Pussycats, and a host of other character properties.
Archie Comics stories have addressed head on everyday issues that confront young people, and have helped them understand that there are positive and constructive ways to deal with such issues.
www.zelnickmedia.com /PR/pr_006.html   (852 words)

  
 JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS - THE RHINO HANDMADE CD
Dan DeCarlo, a top cartoonist for Archie Comics for more than 40 years and a creator of the characters Josie and the Pussycats and Sabrina the teenage witch, died on Tuesday in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was 82, and lived in Scarsdale, N.Y. The cause was pneumonia, said his wife, Josie.
The ever-stylish Josie DeCarlo was the inspiration for the leader of the Pussycats.
He was listed as a creator in the end credits of ''Josie and the Pussycats,'' which did poorly at the box office.
www.geocities.com /antlion7/josie.htm   (2930 words)

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