The Legend of the Gold Microphone!

"The Legend of the Gold Microphone!" is the nineteenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season two, and the forty-fifth overall. It aired on October 1, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Michael Ryan, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, and directed by Frank Paur.

The ghosts of two legendary performers of an old jazz club return to try and prevent rapping living legend and practicing minister, Reverend Run, from turning it into a youth club.

Memorable quotes
Velma: Jinkies, it's... Mystery Inc.: Joseph "Run" Simmons, aka Reverend Run of Run-DMC!

Librarian: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and famous hip hop superstar, Reverend Run.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maintenance worker #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Al
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ghost of Tabb Tatters
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Anthony Williams
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kate Micucci
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reverend Run
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Reverend Run
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tabb Tatters (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bones McCann (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chris Bailey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pat Peterson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Anthony Williams
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skeleton of Bones McCann
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Librarian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sumalee Montano
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| QTTT News announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bones McCann (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chris Bailey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pat Peterson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Anthony Williams
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skeleton of Bones McCann
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Librarian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sumalee Montano
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| QTTT News announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Librarian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sumalee Montano
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| QTTT News announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Run-DMC (mentioned)
 * New York Real News
 * The Saddest News

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Harlem
 * Artemis Supper Club/Rev Run Youth Center
 * Public Library
 * Crystal Cove (photo)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * New York Real News newspaper
 * The Saddest News newspaper
 * Golden microphone

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2020.

Music
The theme song, entitled "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?," was written by Chris Bailey, and performed by David Poe. It was produced by Vivek Maddala. The episode's main music was performed by Peter Bateman and Sunna Wehrmeijer.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * Africa: February 22, 2021 on Boomerang
 * Australia: March 22, 2021 on Boomerang
 * Turkey: April 5, 2021 on Boomerang
 * Canada: May 30, 2021 at 3:30 pm on Teletoon
 * United States: October 1, 2021 on HBO Max
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: February 2, 2022 at 5 pm on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Fred this time.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" once.
 * Fred says "Hold the phone" once.
 * Scooby says "Ruh roh" once.
 * Series creator, Chris Bailey, is named the landlord of the Artemis Supper Club.
 * The gang and Reverend Run appear sitting similarly to the way the gang sat reading in the library in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "What a Night for a Knight."
 * Crystal Cove was originally the setting of the TV series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
 * QTTT News, which covers the opening of the youth center, first appeared in "Quit Clowning!"
 * The Saddest News reported the deaths of Tabb and Bones on July 25, 1936.

Errors

 * The credits call Tabb Tatters "Tab Tatter".
 * Even though the building itself is called "Reverend Run Youth Center," Shaggy and Reverend Run both called it the "Hip Hop Youth Center", while the reporter called it the "Harlem Hip Hop Youth Center".
 * Sumalee Montana is also credited as a reporter.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * June 28, 2022: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season on DVD.
 * In Canada:
 * December 6, 2022: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season on DVD.