The Haunted Carnival

"The Haunted Carnival" is the eighth episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies season two, and the twenty-fourth and final overall. It aired on October 27, 1973 on CBS. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Characters

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Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Dick Van Dyke's Carnival

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 27, 1973 on CBS

Everlasting influence

 * In the late 1990s, the producers of the medical TV drama Diagnosis: Murder, starring Dick Van Dyke, wanted to reuse scenes from this episode as part of a story where Jesse Travis, played by Charlie Schlatter, is knocked unconscious and fights for his life, hallucinating himself and his colleagues as Mystery Inc. (with Jesse as Shaggy, Steve as Fred, Amanda as Velma, and Susan as Daphne). Unfortunately, Time Warner had just bought Hanna-Barbera and was more interested in developing a live-action movie, and somewhat hilariously didn't want the crossover to be detrimental to that.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection on DVD.
 * June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection on Blu-ray Disc.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * July 1, 2019: Warner Home Video releases The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection on DVD.
 * July 1, 2019: Warner Home Video releases The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection on Blu-ray Disc.