These Are the Days (TV series)

These Are the Days
Title card
Genre	Animated
Voices of	Frank Cady Micky Dolenz Moosie Drier Sam Edwards Jackie Earle Haley Henry Jones June Lockhart Andrew Parks
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 7, 1974 – September 27, 1975

These Are the Days was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by the Hanna-Barbera studios and broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974, to September 27, 1975. The series, although critically acclaimed, only lasted 16 episodes. Each episode had a run time of 30 minutes. The show ran in a similar fashion to the popular television series The Waltons. Along with Devlin, it was also one of the very few dramatic programs to be produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, known primarily for slapstick comedies and action-adventure cartoons. Warner Bros. owns the rights to all three shows, having acquired Lorimar Productions (which produced The Waltons) and Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Plot

Set at the turn of the 20th century in an old town called Elmsville, it portrayed the everyday lives of the Day family, which consisted of a widow, her three children and her father. Various family members and their interaction with friends and neighbors, usually ending with a lesson learned.

Cast

Frank Cady – Homer
Pamelyn Ferdin – Kathy Day
Jackie Earle Haley – Danny Day
Henry Jones – Jeff Day
June Lockhart – Martha Day
Andrew Parks – Ben Day

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Sensible Ben"	September 7, 1974 (1974-09-07)
An introduction to the Day family and their friends.
2	"The Fire Brigade"	September 14, 1974 (1974-09-14)
Grandpa Day loses his job as a fireman when he is told he is too old to do the job.
3	"Danny's Musical Dilemma"	September 21, 1974 (1974-09-21)
Danny is torn between doing what he wants to do and what he should do. The Day family has their annual family reunion on the same day as the tryouts for a band that he wants to join. He only has a few hours left to make his decision.
4	"Danny Runs Away"	September 28, 1974 (1974-09-28)
Jeff tries to play peacemaker between Ben and Danny, only to have it backfire on him. Danny gets so upset by the situation that he decides to run away from home. Ben and Jeff set out to find their brother before he gets too far away or is injured.
5	"Ben for President"	October 5, 1974 (1974-10-05)
Ben decides to make a run for class President and hopes for the support of his family and friends. He finds himself disappointed when one of his supporters becomes a challenger for the job.
6	"The Good Luck Charm"	October 12, 1974 (1974-10-12)
7	"Kathy's Job"	October 19, 1974 (1974-10-19)
8	"The Runaway Horse"	October 26, 1974 (1974-10-26)
9	"How Ben Was Cowed"	November 2, 1974 (1974-11-02)
10	"Grandpa and the Great Cyclic Harmonium Swindle"	November 9, 1974 (1974-11-09)
11	"The Visitor"	November 16, 1974 (1974-11-16)
12	"The Most Precious Gift of All"	November 23, 1974 (1974-11-23)
13	"The Spa"	September 6, 1975 (1975-09-06)
14	"Hello Mrs. McGivern, Goodbye"	September 13, 1975 (1975-09-13)
15	"The Balloon"	September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20)
16	"The Feud"	September 27, 1975 (1975-09-27)

Home Media releases

There has yet to be a DVD of the complete series from Warner Archive.

External links

These Are the Days at the Internet Movie Database
These Are the Days at TV.com
Episode guide at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) The Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–76) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Super Friends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)

Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1972–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1972) The Roman Holidays (1972) Speed Buggy (1976) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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