These Are the Days (TV series)

These Are the Days is an animated television series from Hanna-Barbera, originally 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 Hanna-Barbera, a company 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