Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid nominated), and Best Actress for Katharine Ross, among others. William Goldman won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2003, the film was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" in 1998. The film inspired the television series "Alias Smith and Jones", starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy as outlaws trying to earn an amnesty. A parody titled "Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid" was published in "MAD". It was illustrated by
Butch Cassidy (TV series) by Wally's forgetfulness; either way, Elvis' mere presence would cause Mr. Socrates to sneeze and go haywire. Mr. Socrates would then send the group out of the lair and off to their assignment. Butch, designated as "Sundance 1", wore a special ring with a hidden communicator in it to keep in contact with Mr. Socrates from afar. The combination of a men-women pop band and mystery stories made "Butch Cassidy" seem like Hanna-Barbera's literal reply to Filmation's "The Hardy Boys" series. On January 15, 2013, Warner Archive released "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids: The Complete Series" on DVD in