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Issue: Archie's TV Laugh-Out #79
Publication Date: September 1980
 
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Music Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
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Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Issue copyright by Archie Music Corp.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Josie and The Pussycats; Sabrina; Reggie Mantle
Jug! Isn’t our sand shark realistic?
Archie makes a sand sculpture at the beach that is too realistic for Jughead.
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Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina, and Reggie Mantle appear as vignettes at the top of the page.
Getting Noticed

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry
Josie hopes to get Alan to notice her during a ten mile jog, but she can't finish and has Hostess Fruit pies for a snack, which finally gets all the boys to notice.
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Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. On inside front cover.
Words and Music

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
The Archies [Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge]; owner of Plush Pony club
Reggie's lyrics fail to impress a club owner but Betty's lyrics secure them a contract.
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Miscellaneous
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Fell Tell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's father)
Her father is perplexed at Li'l Jinx's description of where she fell.
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Ronnie is into a group dedicated to protecting animals!
1 - Archie laments that he can't afford to impress Veronica. 2 - Archie buys a new-fangled cut of steak.
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Two 4-panel gags.
That's Business

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Subject Matter
Hiram Lodge
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Miscellaneous
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A word puzzle; all hand lettered.
Cook's Tour

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry; the Cabots' chef
Alan tries to prove he is a gourmet chef, but ruins the food and the kitchen, so Alan takes everyone back to the pizza parlor where he works and impresses the chef with his pizzas.
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The Mower...The Merrier

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Nellie (goat)
The Andrews' lawn mower breaks down so Mr. Andrews calls Jughead to bring over his goat. The goat nibbles the lawn bare and butts Mr. Andrews a few times.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Two news articles submitted by readers Daniel De Sousa and Maritza Candelario, noting the prizes they won, and a solicitation for the Archie Club.
Curses, Foiled Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Harvey; Sabrina
Aunt Zelda finds an old idol and claims it has a curse if you touch it, but Harvey doesn't believe it so he touches it. Aunt Hilda teaches him a lesson by manifesting a curse for him.
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FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #33 published August 1976
was Curses, Foiled Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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