Everyone's favorite orange-haired teenager, Archie Andrews, began his radio career on May 31, 1943 on the NBC Blue Network. The show shifted to the Mutual Network in 1944, and them to NBC Radio in 1945, where it stayed until September 5, 1953. Archie was played by Charles Mullen (1943-44), Jack Grimes (1944), Burl Boyer (1945), and Bob Hastings (1945-1953). Jughead was played by Hal Stone, Cameron Andrews, and Arnold Stang. During the NBC radio run Rosemary Rice played Betty, Gloria Mann played Veronica, Alice Yourman played Archie's mother, and Art Kohl played Archie's father.. The show, of course was based on Bob Montana's comic book character, created by Montana, MLJ Comics publisher John L. Goldwater, and writer Vic Bloom; Archie first appeared in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941). Goldwater wanted to create a character who would appeal to fans of the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy character. Montana based many of the characters in the Archie universe on former high school friends from Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Travel with us to Riverdale, where times were much simpler and the most complicated issue was the eternal question: Betty or Veronica? (A question, by the way, that has never been answered.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvM2fdGeO7s
Well, it couldn't be objectively answered. As they were usually drawn identically, except for hair color (blonde and jet black), unless that was What Did It for a Given Reader, kind of a toss up...
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