Spoilers Riverdale

[DigificWriter]

All of the actors playing parents on this show are 40 years old or older.

Luke Perry (Fred) is 50.

Madchen Amick (Alice) is 46.

Marisol Nichols (Hermione) is 43.

Skeet Ulrich (FP) is 47.

Lochlyn Munro (Hal) is 51.

Barclay Hope (Cliff) is 59.

Nathalie Boltt (Penelope) is 43.

Robin Givens (Mayor McCoy) is 52.

Martin Cummins (Sheriff Keller) is 47.

Molly Ringwald (Mary Andrews, who has yet to appear) is 49.

 

[Christopher]

Kinda like Popeye the Sailor Man. It began as a comic strip.

Indeed, it began as a comic strip about Olive Oyl and her boyfriend Ham Gravy, then came to be dominated by Olive's brother Castor. The strip was 10 years old before Popeye was introduced as a guest star, caught fire with readers, and quickly became the central character.

It's gone through so many incarnations throughout the decades, like how Bluto eventually became Brutus.

Yeah, that was basically a misunderstanding -- the people who owned the rights to the cartoons after Paramount ceased production in 1957 mistakenly assumed that Paramount had a copyright on the name "Bluto," so they changed it in later productions. It turned out Bluto was from the comic strip after all, so they did have the rights to the name, and it eventually got changed back.

All of the actors playing parents on this show are 40 years old or older.

Yeah, and it makes me feel old to realize that.

 

[Gryffindorian]

All of the actors playing parents on this show are 40 years old or older.

Luke Perry (Fred) is 50.

Madchen Amick (Alice) is 46.

Marisol Nichols (Hermione) is 43.

Skeet Ulrich (FP) is 47.

Lochlyn Munro (Hal) is 51.

Barclay Hope (Cliff) is 59.

Nathalie Boltt (Penelope) is 43.

Robin Givens (Mayor McCoy) is 52.

Martin Cummins (Sheriff Keller) is 47.

Molly Ringwald (Mary Andrews, who has yet to appear) is 49.

Let's assume the oldest of the younger cast is Ross Butler, 26, who plays Reggie Mantle. The youngest ones of the older cast appear to be Marisol Nichols and Nathalie Boltt, both 43, as you indicated. If we're going by the actual actor age (which we're not), the difference is only 17 years. Some of these CW parents, judging by how young they look, could've been teen moms and dads. I just find that oddly amusing, especially since I've been watching much older actors portray TV parents all these years. Or maybe I'm just getting old.

EDIT:

Oh, never mind, folks. One's perception of age and time is definitely relative. When I was watching the original Beverly Hills 90210 in the early 1990s, I thought the actors who played the Walsh parents (James Eckhouse and Carol Potter) were just the right age for their roles. As it turned out, Eckhouse was 38 and Potter was 42 when the series premiered in 1990. They were even younger.

 

[Christopher]

Let's assume the oldest of the younger cast is Ross Butler, 26, who plays Reggie Mantle.

What does the actor's age matter? Their characters are meant to be high school sophomores around age 16. So the "right" age for their parents should be based on that. If anything, late 30s to mid-40s is the most likely age range, and these actors actually tend a bit high in that regard.

 

[Aldo]

So what did everyone think of Jughead's dream that started the show? I really dug seeing all the characters dressed like the classic characters. Not to mention it shows the creators of the show aren't afraid to be self aware from time to time.

 

[dahj]

^^
I was not familiar with their classic comic-book look, though I figured that was it.
But I got the self aware vibe from Veronica saying stuff like "What decade is this?"

Last week we found out that Archie reads DC comics, and this week Jughead reads Kafka, though for this episode it would have made more sense if they used The Trial instead of Metamorphosis...

 

[Gryffindorian]

What does the actor's age matter? Their characters are meant to be high school sophomores around age 16. So the "right" age for their parents should be based on that. If anything, late 30s to mid-40s is the most likely age range, and these actors actually tend a bit high in that regard.

I'm inclined to think maybe the issue isn't so much the parents' age range as it is the actors who play the teens. Most drama series cast twentysomethings to play teenagers anyway, e.g., Teen Wolf, and maybe 90% of primetime TV shows. KJ Apa is 19 while Cole Sprouse is 24, and both can pass themselves off as "high school kids."

Some of the shows I've seen, however, like Teen Wolf have an aging cast. Holland Roden, who plays Lydia, is 30. There comes a point when it's no longer believable for such actors to portray their younger roles. Even I wasn't sold on Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as undercover cops posing as high school kids in 21 Jump Street. They were more believable in 22 Jump Street as college students.

 

[Timewalker]

So what did everyone think of Jughead's dream that started the show? I really dug seeing all the characters dressed like the classic characters. Not to mention it shows the creators of the show aren't afraid to be self aware from time to time.

It looked cartoonish.

^^
I was not familiar with their classic comic-book look, though I figured that was it.

The thing is, that was an older comic book look, more fifties than the later decades. I prefer the '70s, when Archie wore the sweater with the "R" on it, but not the bow tie.

 

[Aldo]

The thing is, that was an older comic book look, more fifties than the later decades. I prefer the '70s, when Archie wore the sweater with the "R" on it, but not the bow tie.

I think that was kind of the point. Since it was Jughead's dream about an idealized reality, of course he'd go back to the 50s in his mind. Especially as a film buff. I don't think anyone is getting nostalgiac for the 70s.

 

[Timewalker]

I think that was kind of the point. Since it was Jughead's dream about an idealized reality, of course he'd go back to the 50s in his mind. Especially as a film buff. I don't think anyone is getting nostalgiac for the 70s.

No, of course nobody likes the '70s. That decade was the worst one that ever existed. It was so awful that it should be erased from history, along with the perfectly good Archie comics that appeared during that time.

Funny how so many people seem to hate the '70s when they weren't even alive during that time.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

 

[Aldo]

The 50s is seen by many as an idealistic time that should be harkened back to. That was the point of Jughead's dream. That's what I was trying to convey.

 

[FormerLurker]

Kinda like Popeye the Sailor Man. It began as a comic strip. I remember watching the TV cartoons when I was a kid in the 1980s. It's gone through so many incarnations throughout the decades, like how Bluto eventually became Brutus.

Yeah, that was basically a misunderstanding -- the people who owned the rights to the cartoons after Paramount ceased production in 1957 mistakenly assumed that Paramount had a copyright on the name "Bluto," so they changed it in later productions. It turned out Bluto was from the comic strip after all, so they did have the rights to the name, and it eventually got changed back.

Indeed, there was an attempt at an ongoing comic book in the '80s that included both Bluto and Brutus, calling them brothers.

 

[dahj]

No, of course nobody likes the '70s.

Mick Rory does...

 

[Guy Gardener]

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Someone says "I hear that the set of Popeye is a non stop 24 hour coke fuelled orgy."

 

[Nerys Myk]

I Love the Seventies

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[marillion]

As I child of the 70s, I can clearly state that for the most part, it was awful when it comes to fashion, cars and some of the music (looking squarely at you, Disco)... I look back at my elementary school pictures and can't believe my parents dressed me in Brady Bunch trousers and saddle shoes.. UGH!!

That said, some of the music was incredible... Prog came into its own with the likes of Rush, Zepplin (yes, I call them Prog), Yes, ELP, Genesis... The list could go on and on... Flash forward to now, I've softened a bit.. I quite like ABBA, however, not their more disco-esque stuff..

but the clothes, man... UGH!!!

I really dug Juggy's dream sequence.. The way they represented the old Archie style in the 50s was pretty cool... I wouldn't mind more scenes like that..

 

[Greg Cox]

The seventies had great comic books, though. Marvel in particular was on a roll with great writers like Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Chris Claremont, Don MacGregor, Doug Moench doing some of the best work, and great series like TOMB OF DRACULA, THE DEFENDERS, MAN-THING, MASTER OF KUNG FU, and all those cool black-and-white h magazines like VAMPIRE TALES and THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN.

Truth be told, I wasn't paying much attention to music back then, but I spent much of that decade with my nose in a comic book.

 

[T'Bonz]

Oh, the clothes were fun (I was a teen back then). Disco, not so much.

 

[FormerLurker]

The seventies had great comic books, though. Marvel in particular was on a roll with great writers like Roy Thomas, Steve Gerber, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Chris Claremont, Don MacGregor, Doug Moench doing some of the best work, and great series like TOMB OF DRACULA, THE DEFENDERS, MAN-THING, MASTER OF KUNG FU, and all those cool black-and-white h magazines like VAMPIRE TALES and THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN.

Truth be told, I wasn't paying much attention to music back then, but I spent much of that decade with my nose in a comic book.

A lot of great artists doing their best work as well. The Buscema brothers, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, Ross Andru, Paul Gulacy, along with a bunch of new artists at the beginning of their careers, like John Byrne and George Perez.

 

[marillion]

I was too young to really appreciate comics in the 70s.. I had my fair share, but a lot of them were Archie and Richie Rich.. I did have a Spectacular Spiderman #5, which my cousin took a black magic marker too, drawing webs coming out of Spidey's hands on every page.. I was PISSSSED...

I still have most of my old comics, including Richie Rich.. Boy.. Want to talk about bad writing. LOL