The Sahara Desert and Scotland

"The Sahara Desert and Scotland" is the fourth episode of Laff-A-Lympics season one. It first aired on October 1, 1977, on ABC. It was written by Neal Barbera and Tom Dagenais, and directed by Charles A. Nichols.

The contestants do a dune buggy race and a "fill up the oasis well" contest in the Sahara; and a Loch Ness monster photograph race and a three-legged kilt race in Scotland.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick

Organizations

 * Yogi Yahooeys
 * Scooby Doobies
 * Really Rottens
 * Teen Angels

Locations

 * Sahara Desert
 * Scotland
 * Loch Ness

Vehicles

 * none

Contests

 * Sahara Desert
 * Dune Buggy Race
 * Yogis: Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Bear (1st)
 * Scoobys: Tinker and Speed Buggy (2nd)
 * Rottens: Mrs. Creepley and Mumbly (3rd)
 * Fill Up the Oasis Contest
 * Scoobys: Babu and Teen Angels (1st)
 * Yogis: Quick Draw McGraw, Wally Gator, Huckleberry Hound and Doggie Daddy (2nd)
 * Rottens: Junior Creepley, Dirty Dalton, Great Fondoo and Magic Rabbit (3rd)


 * Scotland
 * Loch Ness Monster Photograph Race
 * Rottens: Daisy Mayhem and Sooey Pig (1st)
 * Scoobys: Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo (0, They have the photography of Scooby-Doo)
 * Yogis: Wally Gator and Snooper (0, They have the photography of girl from Hawaii)
 * Three-legged Kilt Race
 * Yogis: Grape Ape and Yakky Doodle (tie for first, got a 5-point-bonus as compensation for falling for a trick of the Rottens)
 * Scoobys: Babu and Scooby-Dum (tie for first)
 * Rottens: Orful Octopus and Mumbly (-75, lost points as penalties for running on a treadmill, forging a rulebook to pass the treadmill trick as a valid strategy, and using a false finish line to distract the Yogis)


 * Final score
 * Yogis: 70 (gold)
 * Scoobys: 65 (silver)
 * Rottens: 20 (bronze)

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 24, 1977 on NBC

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Home availability

 * This episode, alongside season one of Laff-A-Lympics, is on the DVD Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games. It was released by Warner Home Video in the United States on July 17, 2012.
 * This episode, alongside the first half of season one of Laff-A-Lympics, is on the DVD on Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics: Volume 1. It was released by Warner Home Video in the United States on January 19, 2010.