The New Scooby-Doo Movies
| The New Scooby-Doo Movies | |
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| Network | CBS |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | September 9, 1972—October 27, 1973 |
| Starring | Don Messick Casey Kasem Frank Welker Nicole Jaffe Heather North |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies, also sometimes known as The New Scooby-Doo Comedy Movies, is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1972 to 1973, airing 24 episodes that spanned two seasons. It was the second Scooby-Doo series after Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
The format is essentially the same, with the title character, Scooby-Doo, solving mysteries with his four teenage friends, who are collectively known as Mystery Inc., only this time they are joined by a variety of b-level celebrities of the time who were mostly voiced by themselves, including those who are deceased such as Laurel & Hardy (voiced by imitators). In addition to real-life people being animated, they were also aided by fictional characters licensed to Hanna-Barbera, such as Batman and Robin, the Addams Family, and Josie and the Pussycats, and Speed Buggy. Some of these had already been animated for TV by Hanna-Barbera, like Josie and the Pussycats, and Speed Buggy, while the Addams Family were given their own show, while Batman and Robin were the co-stars of Super Friends, by the time The New Scooby-Doo Movies was nearing its end. While most only appeared once, others were popular enough to appear a couple of times, whereas the Harlem Globetrotters appeared in three episodes that spanned across the two seasons made.
Production
Development
Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the creators of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, were not involved with this incarnation. The name seems to come from the fact that it is longer in length and inspired by the movies of Abbott & Costello going up against monsters such as Frankenstein's monster.
The first season was animated in the United States, while the second season was animated in Hanna-Barbera's then-new Australian-based studio.
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 9, 1972 |
| 1x02 | September 16, 1972 |
| 1x03 | September 23, 1972 |
| 1x04 | September 30, 1972 |
| 1x05 | October 7, 1972 |
| 1x06 | October 14, 1972 |
| 1x07 | October 21, 1972 |
| 1x08 | October 28, 1972 |
| 1x09 | November 4, 1972 |
| 1x10 | November 11, 1972 |
| 1x11 | November 18, 1972 |
| 1x12 | November 25, 1972 |
| 1x13 | December 2, 1972 |
| 1x14 | December 9, 1972 |
| 1x15 | December 16, 1972 |
| 1x16 | December 23, 1972 |
| 2x01 | September 8, 1973 |
| 2x02 | September 15, 1973 |
| 2x03 | September 22, 1973 |
| 2x04 | September 29, 1973 |
| 2x05 | October 6, 1973 |
| 2x06 | October 13, 1973 |
| 2x07 | October 20, 1973 |
| 2x08 | October 27, 1973 |
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 9, 1972 at 9:00 am on ABC
- United Kingdom and Ireland: May 17, 1975 at 5:10 pm on BBC-1
Cast
- Don Messick as Scooby-Doo
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
- Frank Welker as Fred Jones
- Heather North as Daphne Blake
- Nicole Jaffe as Velma Dinkley
Celebrity guests
- Larry Storch
- Ted Knight
- John Astin
- Carolyn Jones
- Ted Cassidy
- Jackie Coogan
- Jodie Foster
- Jonathan Winters
- Don Knotts
- Phyllis Diller
- Sandy Duncan
- Sonny Bono
- Cher
- Davy Jones
- Jerry Reed
- Julie McWhirter
- Mark Hamill
- Joe Besser
- Bob Hastings
- Tim Conway
- Don Adams
- Mel Blanc
- Cass Elliot
- Dick Van Dyke
Credits
These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.
Season one
- Produced and Directed: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer: Alex Lovy
- Story: Jameson Brewer, Tom Dagenais, Ruth Flippen, Fred Freiberger, Willie Gilbert, Bill Lutz, Larry Markes, Norman Maurer, Jack Mendelsohn, Ray Parker, Gene Thompson, Paul West, Harry Winkler
- Story Direction: Steve Clark, Mike Kawaguchi, Paul Sommer, Carl Fallberg, George Singer, Irv Spector, Howard Swift
- Voices: Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Frank Welker, Daws Butler, Joan Gerber, Larry Harmon, Ann Jillian, Jim MacGeorge, Mike Road, Vincent VanPatten, Casey Kasem, Heather North, John Stephenson, Henry Cordon, Florence Halop, Pat Harrington, Ted Knight, Cindy Putman, Olan Soulé, Len Weinrib
- Animation Director: Charles A. Nichols
- Production Design: Iwao Takamoto
- Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
- Layout: Bob Singer, John Ahern, Mike Arens, Ric Gonzalez, Alex Ignatiev, Ray Jacobs, Bill Lignate, Alvaro Arce, Mo Gollub, Paul Gruwett, Zygamond Jablecki, Herb Johnson, Lew Ott
- Animation: Bill Keil, Ed Aardal, Lefty Callahan, Goerge Cannata, Izzy Ellis, John Garling, Fred Grable, Joan Orbison, Jay Sarbry, Irv Spence, Carlo Vinci, Ed Barge, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Hugh Fraser, Bob Goe, Dick Lundy, Ed Parks, Ken Southworth, Dave Tendlar, Xenia
- Backgrounds: F. Montealegre, Gary Niblett, Dave High
- Titles: Iraj Paran
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervision: Paul DeKorte
- Technical Supervisor: Frank Paiker
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Jayne Barbera
- Xerography: Robert ‘Tiger’ West
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry Cowan
- Film Editors: Earl Bennet, Ron Sawade, Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Post Production: Joed Eaton
- Camera: George Epperson, John Aardal, Dennis Weaver, Ralph Migliori
Season two
- Produced and Directed: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Story: Jack Mendelsohn, Tom Dagenais, Norman Maurer, Larz Bourne, Woody Kling, Sid Morse
- Story direction: Jean Blanchard, Bob Dranko, Jay Sarbry, Ron Campbell, Vev Risto, Howard Swift, Ernie Terrazas
- Associate Producers: Alex Lovy, Zoran Janjic
- Voices: Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Heather North, Franklin Welker, Sherry Alberoni, Mike Bell, Joe Besser, Benjamin Crothers, Jerry Dexter, Robert Do Qui, Richard Elkins, Jamie Farr, Stu Gilliam, Arlene Golon, Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings, Jackie Joseph, Phil Luther, Julia McWhirter, Alan Oppenheimer, Barbara Pariot, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Jonathan Walmsley, Johnny Williams
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Animation director: Peter Luschwitz
- Production Design: Iwao Takamoto
- Production Coordinator: Kirsten Hansen
- Animation Checking: Narelle Nixon, Louise Luschwitz, Carmel Lennon, Jolanta Pillich, Kay Self
- Layout: Milton Fredlund, Chebby Badham, Andrea Bresciani, Sebastian Hurpia, Stephen Lumley, David Skinner
- Animation: Stuart Barry, Susan Bleak, John Boersema, Andrea Bresciani, John Burge, Gairden Cooke, Chris Cuddington, Warwick Gilbert, Don MacKinnon, Paul McAdam, Gus McLaren, Romek Pachucki, Yvonne Pearsall, Kevin Roper, Laurie Sharpe, Robbert Smit, Gerald Wylie
- Backgrounds: Richard Zaloudek, Milan Zahorsky, Sue Speer
- Technical Supervisor: Jerry Smith
- Ink & Paint Supervisor: Zora Bubica
- Xerography: Olga Zahorsky
- Supervising Film Editor: Peter Addison
- Film Editors: Peter Jennings, Graham Whelan, Catherine MacKenzie, Ian Spruce
- Negative Cutting: Adina Film Services
- Camera: Jerry Smith, John Cumming, Carol Laird, Peter Huiswaard, Kieran Mulgrew
Legacy
In the 2002 live-action movie Scooby-Doo, it is mentioned that the gang went to Don Knott's Christmas party, implying that two the Knotts episodes (as well as the entire series) had happened in that world, too.
From 2013 to 2019, DC Comics published Scooby-Doo! Team-Up, with the first issue making direct ties, therefore acting as an homage in the beginning. From 2019 to 2021, Warner Bros. Animation began airing an unrelated sequel called Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (featuring contemporary real-life celebrities and other WB-owned fictional characters) on Boomerang SVOD and later HBO Max. Sandy Duncan and Cher also reprise their roles.
The series may have inspired the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman," and the direct-to-video films, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, and Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, although the latter featured a different Batman from the unrelated TV series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
In popular culture
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- Main article: List of pop culture references to Scooby-Doo
- In the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures episode "Don't Touch That Dial," a boy watches Ring-A-Ding, Where Are You! Ring-A-Ding's friends call out for him the same way Scooby's friends do in the theme song. Ring-A-Ding and Scuzzy also spin around in a Speed Buggy-like car the same way Scooby spins around in a toy car in "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair," which also featured in the theme song.
- In the Spaced episode "Beginnings," Daisy wanders into Tim's bedroom after hearing a noise and is spooked by his alien mask. Tim finds her and she keeps on saying she heard a noise, so Tim says she was playing Scooby-Doo. She says she used to play as Daphne when she was little, as did Tim play as Freddie when he was younger, but now Tim and Daisy look more like Shaggy and Velma. When the scene transitions and the outside of their flat is shown, the music to the beginning of The New Scooby-Doo Movies plays, instead of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- In the Saturday Night Live episode "Rob Lowe/Eminem," there is a skit about a fictional Crime TV program called Pros & Cons, wherein Scooby and Shaggy are interviewed about sending Mr. Montgomery to jail because it is their American right to send "dirtbags" to jail with the occasional help from the likes of Phyllis Diller and the Harlem Globetrotters.
- In episodes one and three (season 5) of the BBC 4 Radio show Dead Ringers, parts of The New Scooby-Doo Movies theme song sets up sketches involving impressionists in the roles of Mystery Incorporated solving a case.
- In the Robot Chicken episode "Operation Rich in Spirit," there is a skit called "A Scooby Friday," in which Mystery Inc. goes sleuthing at Camp Crystal Lake, where they all
(except for Velma, the virgin)eventually get killed by Jason Voorhies. During the case, Phyllis Diller and Don Knotts (played by themselves) pop up as the camp counselors. - In the Family Guy episode "Excellence in Broadcasting," John McCain and Rush Limbaugh, joined by a Scooby-like dog called Hot Dog, are tipped off by the groundskeeper of a mummy burning the American flag at the swamp, but after investigating they don't find what they're looking for. They set some crazy trap involving a pig, which catches the mummy, who they unmask to be "Old Man" Barney Frank, who yells, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling Republicans!" McCain then suddenly turns to celebrity guests, the Harlem Globetrotters, for the help. One of them tries to give McCain a high five, but McCain being the racist he is, turns him down.
- In the Futurama episode "Saturday Morning Fun Pit," the head of Richard Nixon and the headless body of Spiro Agnew watch Bendee-Boo and the Mystery Crew on a Saturday morning, with an intro that ends the same way as the intro to The New Scooby-Doo Movies, along with a title card that introduces the guest, although in this case the monster, even though random, non sequitur celebrity guests show up such as George Takei (voiced by himself) and the Harlem Globetrotters.
- In the Regular Show episode "The Dream Warrior," Mordecai and Rigby introduce a cartoon to Pops called Funkie Wunky and the Groovy Gang, which is like Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, but turns into The New Scooby-Doo Movies by the end, when the Oklahoma Mud Pigeons randomly pop up out of nowhere on the pirate ship that the Groovy Gang is on.
- In the Sugar and Toys episode "Cribfest," In a segment called "The Scoobidy-Doobidy Basketball Variety Mystery Show," parodying the episodes that had the Globetrotters, Lakers coach Luke Walton has hired the Scoobidy Gang to find LeBron James's missing hairline, which he claims the Barber Fairy took after a story that Kobe Bryant told him when joining the Lakers. After a short investigation, the gang discover that the Barber Fairy is really Kobe who didn't want LeBron to play better than him. Scooby and Shaggy's doppelgangers are called Scoobidy and Shaky, respectively.
