Richie Rich is a 1996 animated television series produced by The Harvey Entertainment Company and Film Roman and distributed by Claster Television. It is based on the Harvey Comics character of the same name. It aired for one season, and also includes select Harveytoons shorts.
Unlike the Hanna-Barbera version which depicted a somewhat older Richie closer to adolescence, this revival series was more faithful to the comics, as Richie Rich appeared in his original form as a younger child in his tuxedo and shorts.
Contents
Voices
Katie Leigh – Richie Rich, Irona
René Auberjonois – Richard Rich, Chef Pierre, Professor Keenbean
Jeannie Elias – Tiny, Freckles, Reggie Van Dough, Gloria Glad
Patrick Fraley – Dollar the Dog
Martin Jarvis – Cadbury, Bascomb
Susan Silo – Regina Rich
Crew
Susan Blu – voice director
Production
In November 1993, it was reported that Harvey Comics would be launching a new Richie Rich animated series to follow on from the feature film in development from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Episodes
13 episodes were produced, with each one split into three segments. The first segment is always a new Richie Rich short; the second and third segments in Episodes 1-12 were original Harveytoon cartoons (in the same manner as The Baby Huey Show). The second segment was always a Herman and Katnip cartoon (or at least featured one of the duo), while the third segment featured Little Audrey cartoons for Episodes 1-9 and miscellanious cartoons for Episodes 10-12. Episode 13 replaced both segments for original cartoons with reruns of a previous Richie Rich short.
Broadcast
The series was broadcast in the United States through broadcast syndication beginning September 21, 1996 airing as part of the weekday cartoon block Power Block where it was paired with All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series and Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad.
Syndication
Minisodes of the show are available for streaming for free in the US on Sony owned Crackle. In addition, all full-length episodes (except "Cleaned Out") are available to watch on Amazon Video as The Richie Rich Collection. As of now, the episodes are occasionally aired on MeTV Toons as part of the Casper and Company block.