The Roman Holidays is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC in 1972. Like The Flintstones, this show was essentially a contemporary sitcom that transferred 20th-century culture to the distant past: in this case, the ancient Roman Empire, circa A.D. 63.
Overview
The Holiday family consisted of father Gus, mother Laurie, daughter Precocia, son Happius "Happy" and pet lion Brutus, whose voice was identical to that of Snagglepuss. Living in their apartment in the Venus de Milo Arms in Pastfusilo, Rome, the Holidays endured the frustrations of urban life, many of them caused by their overbearing landlord, Brutus Evictus.
Voice cast
- Daws Butler as Brutus the lion
- Dom DeLuise as Evictus
- Pamelyn Ferdin as Precocia
- Stanley Livingston as Happius
- Shirley Mitchell as Laurie Holiday
- Harold Peary as Herman
- Hal Smith as Tycoonius
- Judy Strangis as Groovia
- Janet Waldo as Henrietta
- Dave Willock as Gus Holiday
Episodes
- Double Date
- The Lion's Share
- Star for a Day
- Hero Sandwich
- The Big Split-Up
- Hectic Holiday
- Switch is Which
- That's Show Biz
- Double Dilemma
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Chariot
- Buried Treasure
- Cyrano de Happius
- Father of the Year
DVD release
On April 23, 2013, Warner Archive released the complete series of The Roman Holidays on Region 1 DVD.