Betty & Veronica

Articles of Interest

Avery Trufelman

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.9 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The Archie comic book characters became serious fashion icons, but it all happened through a series of accidents.

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0:00.0	This is a story about Archie Comics.
0:02.4	So how many Archie comic fans are in the house tonight?
0:06.2	Okay, all right.
0:07.4	And this show was recorded in part live in Boston.
0:11.1	We're at WBUR City Space.
0:13.2	Okay.
0:13.7	And before I got on stage, WBUR producer Stephen Davy came up to ask the crowd a very important question.
0:20.0	Well, who's team Veronica?
0:22.9	Okay.
0:23.6	Who is Team Betty?
0:25.7	Okay, so this is a Team Betty situation here.
0:28.5	Okay.
0:28.9	Sorry to start up the Boston New York rivalry immediately, but come on.
0:33.0	That's so funny.
0:34.2	I have to say, it was the most Boston thing in the world that, like, everyone's a Betty.
0:39.3	I'm sorry, in New York you'd all be Veronica's.
0:42.3	Because for those unfamiliar with the franchise, in the comics, Betty is the sweet, blonde
0:47.3	girl next door, and Veronica is the raven-haired, globe-trotting, glamorous rich girl.
0:53.3	I'll be Veronica enough for everybody else.
0:55.9	That is the most Veronica woman in Boston, senior audio producer and host for the Boston Globe,
1:01.2	Jasmine Aguilera. She knows everything there is to know about Betty and Veronica and Archie
1:06.4	and everybody in the fictitious town of Riverdale, which is actually a lot more like Boston than New York.
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