"Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969) TV series 1969-1972

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

13 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Mystery | Comedy | Adventure

Plot:

A group of friends and their dog (Scooby Doo) travel in a van solving strange and hilarious mysteries

Plot Keywords:

Scooby Doo | Dog | Van | Great Dane | Friend

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	12:00 PM	TOON	Foul Play in Funland	#1.8
Thur. Nov. 12	12:00 PM	TOON	A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts	#1.11

Cast

Don Messick	...	Scooby Doo (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Frank Welker	...	Fred (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Stefanianna Christopherson	...	Daphne (17 episodes, 1969-1970)

Also Known As:

Mysteries Five (USA) (working title)
Mystery Five (USA) (working title)
W-Who's S-S-Scared? (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (25 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

UK:U (video rating) | USA:TV-G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Under the title of "W-Who's S-S-Scared?", this series was originally rejected by CBS executives, who thought the presentation artwork was too frightening for children and that the show must be the same. CBS Executive Fred Silverman was listening to Frank Sinatra's "Strangers In The Night" (with the scatted lyric "Scooby-dooby-doo") on the flight to that ill-fated meeting. After the show was originally rejected, a number of changes were made in the series: the dog was renamed Scooby-Doo (after that Sinatra lyric), the spooky aspects of the show were toned down slightly, and the comedy aspects tuned up. The show was re-presented, accepted, and presented as the centerpiece for CBS's 1969-1970 Saturday Morning season.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Assorted villains: ...and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Untamed Youth (#2.11)" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Recipe For My Love

Scooby Dooby DOO!

Scooby Doo is a classic cartoon. Now they're releasing new Scooby Doo videos, and I must say, the one I saw wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but NOTHING touches the classic. Now if there were only a real snack called Scooby Snacks:)(there're some for animals)

P.S. The episodes that came later with Scrappy are stupid. Don't watch them.