Speed Buggy (TV series)
- This article is about the TV series. For other uses, see Speed Buggy.
Speed Buggy | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Network | ABC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Original release | September 8-December 22, 1973 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Michael Bell Arlene Golonka Phil Luther Jr. |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | George Atkins Haskell Barkin John Bates Larz Bourne Tom Dagenais Robert Fisher Ray Parker |
Director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
Speed Buggy is an American animated mystery comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for ABC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1973, airing 16 episodes.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
Title | Number | Air date |
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"Speed Buggy Went That-a-Way" | 1x01 | September 8, 1973 |
"Speed Buggy's Daring Escapade" | 1x02 | September 15, 1973 |
"Taggert's Trophy" | 1x03 | September 22, 1973 |
"Speed Buggy Falls in Love" | 1x04 | September 29, 1973 |
"Kingzilla" | 1x05 | October 6, 1973 |
"Professor Snow and Madame Ice" | 1x06 | October 13, 1973 |
"Out of Sight" | 1x07 | October 20, 1973 |
"Gold Fever" | 1x08 | October 27, 1973 |
"Island of the Giant Plants" | 1x09 | November 3, 1973 |
"Soundmaster" | 1x10 | November 10, 1973 |
"The Ringmaster" | 1x11 | November 17, 1973 |
"The Incredible Changing Man" | 1x12 | November 24, 1973 |
"Secret Safari" | 1x13 | December 1, 1973 |
"Oil's Well That Ends Well" | 1x14 | December 8, 1973 |
"The Hidden Valley of Amazonia" | 1x15 | December 15, 1973 |
"Captain Schemo and the Underwater City" | 1x16 | December 22, 1973 |
Cast
Crossovers
Title | Number | Original air date |
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies: "The Weird Winds of Winona" | 1 | October 13, 1973 |
Johnny Bravo: "Bravo Dooby-Doo" | 2 | July 21, 1997 |
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: "Mystery Solvers State Club Finals" | 3 | May 11, 2011 |
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?: "A Mystery Solving Gang Divided" | 4 | July 2, 2019 |
Legacy
From 1977 to 1978, Speed Buggy and Tinker represented the Scooby Doobies in Laff-A-Lympics, which is a crossover series itself.
In 2021, Speed Buggy and Tinker appear in the Jellystone! reboot.
Also in 2021, a scene from the first episode was used in The CW prime-time special, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
Merchandise
Reading material
In 1975, Charlton Comics published a short-lived ongoing series also called Speed Buggy, which lasted nine issues, ending in 1976.
They appeared as guests in Scooby-Doo #50, published by DC Comics in 2001.
In 2018, DC Comics published rebooted the series in a dramatized one-shot, The Flash/Speed Buggy Special.
Board game
In 1973, a board game was released by Milton Bradley based on the cartoon.