The Sorcerer's a Menace

The Sorcerer's a Menace
Premiere date	December 22, 1979
Run time	21:18
Starring	Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Marla Frumkin Frank Welker Lennie Weinrib William Callaway Marilyn Schreffler
Director(s)	Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices)
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"The Sorcerer's a Menace" is the fourteenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on December 22, 1979 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States
      • New Jersery
        • Atlantic City
          • Beach Front Hotel
          • Amusement park
    • Mexico (mentioned)
  • France (indirectly mentioned)
    • Paris (mentioned)
  • Balkans (indirectly mentioned)
    • Greece (mentioned)

Objects

• Black Pearl of Tonga Lei
• Little Dandy Taffy Maker

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 22, 1979 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a reference to the The Sorcerer's Apprentice, originally a poem in 1797 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which also inspired Disney's 1940 film of the same name.
• The Mystery Machine is absent.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Η Απειλή του Μάγου	The Menace of the Wizard

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.