The Sahara Desert and Scotland

The Sahara Desert and Scotland
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Premiere date	October 1, 1977
Run time	21:28
Writer(s)	Neal Barbera Tom Dagenais
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols
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"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.

Memorable quotes

Mildew: Quiet, losers!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Announcer (voice only)	Don Messick

Organizations

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

Locations

• Sahara Desert
• Scotland
  • Loch Ness
• Jellystone Park (mentioned)

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: October 1, 1977 on NBC

Music

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

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.