Chuck Jones and other great studio animators sneered at the cheap look and lazy craftsmanship of Hanna Barbera's television cartoons in the 1960s, but there's no question HB's original, 35-year-old Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is enduringly beloved. The Complete First and Second Seasons includes all 25 stories first broadcast from September '69 to October '71, a growth period in which canine hero Scooby's voice (by Don Messick, who also voiced The Jetsons's pup, Astro) was gradually refined from murky garble to Scoob's more familiar, "Rrroowwrr"-inflected, human-like speech. This set also represents the pre-frills Scooby-Doo: no guest appearances by Don Knotts or Batman, no Scrappy-Doo--just adventure and occasional bubblegum pop tunes by Danny Janssen and sundry co-writers (e.g., "Pretty Mary Sunlite" in the episode "Don't Fool with a Phantom").
Watching all the shows back-to-back reveals evolving complexity in the scripts. Over time, Scooby-Doo's creators added multiple bad guys in cahoots with major villains, and developed sub-plots, backstories, and even appealing allies and friends of Mystery, Inc., a traveling band of young debunkers of supernatural phenomena. Riding around in their psychedelic Mystery Van, preppie leader Fred and his friends--haughty Daphne, brainy Velma, quasi-hippie Shaggy, and Shaggy's best pal, Scooby, an excitable Great Dane--chase down and are chased by alleged ghouls who generally turn out to be venal humans running various scams.
Cast and Characters
Voices- Don Messick as Scooby-Doo
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy
- Frank Welker as Fred
- Nicole Jaffe as Velma
- Stefanianna Christopherson as Daphne (1969)
- Heather North as Daphne (1970-1971)
Mystery, Inc. - Scooby-Doo
- Shaggy Rogers
- Fred Jones
- Daphne Blake
- Velma Dinkley
- Scrappy Doo
- Scooby-Dum
- Yabba-Doo
Broadcast History
First Telecast:September 13, 1969
Last Telecast: September 2, 1972
Number of Episodes: 25
Number of Seasons: 3
Original Network: CBS
Theme Song and Opening Credits
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Theme by David Mook and Ben Raleigh |
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Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We got some work to do now. Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You? We need some help from you now. Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you... pretending you got a sliver But you're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver. You know we got a mystery to solve, So Scooby Doo be ready for your act. [Scooby Doo] Uh-uh Uh-uh Don't hold back! And Scooby Doo if you come through you're going to have yourself a scooby snack! That's a fact! Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here Are You. You're ready and you're willing. If we can count on you Scooby Doo, I know you'll catch that villian. |
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