The New Scooby-Doo Movies
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| The New Scooby-Doo Movies | |
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 The opening title from The New Scooby-Doo Movies | |
| Genre | Mystery Adventure Comedy |
| Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Voices of | Don Messick Casey Kasem Frank Welker Nicole Jaffe Heather North |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 9, 1972 – October 27, 1973 |
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (sometimes called The New Scooby-Doo Comedy Movies) is the second incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series. Twenty-four episodes were ultimately produced (sixteen in 1972-73 and eight more in 1973-74).
Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its predecessor in the addition of a rotating special guest star slot; each episode featured real-life celebrities or fictitious characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving the mystery of the week. Some episodes, in particular the episodes guest-starring the characters from The Addams Family and Jeannie, deviated from the established Scooby-Doo format of presenting criminals masquerading as supernatural beings by introducing real ghosts, monsters, and other such characters into the plots. The New Scooby-Doo Movies was the last incarnation of Scooby-Doo to feature Nicole Jaffe as the regular voice of Velma Dinkley, due to her marriage and retirement from acting.
Overview
Some of these guest stars who appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Movies, were living celebrities who provided their own voices (Don Knotts, Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jonathan Winters, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, and Sonny & Cher, among others); some had dead or retired celebrities whose voicing was done by imitators (The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy), and the rest were present or future Hanna-Barbera characters: the characters from Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Jeannie, and Speed Buggy all appeared on the show during or after their own shows' original runs; The Addams Family and Batman and Robin both appeared on the show a year before they were incorporated into Hanna-Barbera shows of their own, The Addams Family and Super Friends.[1]
After The New Scooby-Doo Movies ended its original network run in August 1974, repeats of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! aired on CBS for the next two years. No new Scooby-Doo cartoons would be produced until the show defected to ABC in September 1976 on the highly-publicized The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. When the various Scooby-Doo series entered syndication in 1980, each New Movies episode was halved and run as two half-hour parts. The USA Network Cartoon Express began running the New Movies in their original format beginning in September 1990; they were rerun on Sunday mornings until August 1992. In 1994, The New Scooby-Doo Movies began appearing on three Turner Broadcasting networks: TNT, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Like most Saturday morning animated series of the era, The New Scooby-Doo Movies contained a laugh track.
DVD releases
Upon attempting to release a Complete Series set of The New Scooby-Doo Movies on DVD in 2005, Warner Home Video was unable to negotiate agreements with several of the episodes' guest stars to have those episodes included in the DVD set. As a result, the DVD was released under the title The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies, and features only 15 episodes culled from both seasons. The opening titles on this release were edited to remove the images of The Addams Family, Batman & Robin, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Three Stooges, and Laurel & Hardy. The two episodes featuring Batman & Robin, and the three featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, were later repackaged as separate releases, Scooby-Doo Meets Batman and Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies | 15 | March 22, 2005 |
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| The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies Volume 1 | 4 | 2005 |
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| Scooby-Doo Meets Batman | 2 | 2008 |
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| Scooby-Doo Meets The Harlem Globetrotters | 2 | 2008 |
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Episode guide
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The episode titles given reflect Hanna-Barbera studio records and TV Guide listings. Episodes included on the 2005 Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies DVD set are annotated as such.
Season 1 (1972)
| # | Episode title | Guest star(s) | Villain | Identity(ies) | Reason | Original airdate | Synopsis | Released on DVD in USA | Released on DVD in UK |
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| 1 | "Ghastly Ghost Town" | The Three Stooges | The Robot Gunslinger and the Cigar store Indian | Amos Crunch and Rhino | To smuggle uranium out of the country illegally | September 9, 1972 | Side-tracked by a giant bat, the gang helps the Three Stooges with their theme park: a real-life ghost town—with real-life ghostly villains. | Yes | Yes |
| 2 | "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" | Batman and Robin | The Hooded Figure, the Joker, the Penguin | Mrs. Baker | September 16, 1972 | Mystery Inc. teams up with Batman and Robin to uncover a counterfeiting ring run by a strange hooded figure who is in an alliance with Joker and Penguin. | Yes | Yes | |
| 3 | "Wednesday is Missing" | The Addams Family | The Giant Vulture | The Housekeepers | September 23, 1972 | When the Mystery Machine gets stuck in the mud, Mystery Inc. ends up becoming housekeepers for the Addams Family while Gomez and Morticia go on vacation. When a giant vulture threatens the house and Wednesday goes missing, it's up to Scooby-Doo and the gang to rescue her and stop the Vulture. | No | No | |
| 4 | "The Frickert Fracas" | Jonathan Winters | The Scarecrow | Simon Shakey | September 30, 1972 | Jonathan Winters invites the gang to stay with them on a chicken farm, where Maude Frickert needs help finding a secret formula—unless a mysterious scarecrow gets to it first. | Yes | Yes | |
| 5 | "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?" | Don Knotts | The Ghost(s) of Captain Moody | Captain Moody's nephews | October 7, 1972 | Stuck in a storm, the kids take shelter in a nearby mansion, where everybody—even the ghosts—seem to think they are someone else. | Yes | Yes | |
| 6 | "A Good Medium is Rare" | Phyllis Diller | The Phantoms. | Alberto the Magic Mansion receptionist and an unnamed partner | October 14, 1972 | After returning the dog of phyllis diller, Mstery inc investigates a gargoyle after her treasure which leads them all to the magic mansion where there is a hoax set up in order to trick Phyllis Diller into revealing the location of her treasure. | No | No | |
| 7 | "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde" | Sandy Duncan | Mr. Hyde, The Phantom, The Pirate, The Freaky Sheik, The Dragon, King Kong, The Grizzly Bear, The Mummy, Chief Blood-in-the-Eye, and The Wolfman. | Zalia Z Fairchild | October 21, 1972 | Mystery Inc. comes to the aid of Sandy Duncan when various monster attacks disrupt the production of her latest movie. | No | No | |
| 8 | "The Secret of Shark Island" | Sonny & Cher | Shark Men | Milo Meekly and sea scavengers | October 28, 1972 | Mystery Inc. stays at an offshore hotel with Sonny & Cher when the hotel manager Mr. Meekly warns them of the Shark God Pescado Diabolico and his Shark Men. | No | No | |
| 9 | "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry" | Don Knotts (2nd appearance) |
The Cackling Skeleton | Gene Haltrey | November 4, 1972 | Mayhem ensues in the western town of Juneberry when the fog rolls in. | Yes | No | |
| 10 | "Scooby Doo Meets Laurel and Hardy (aka "The Ghost of Bigfoot")" | Laurel and Hardy | The Ghost of Bigfoot | Mr. Jonathan Crabtree | November 11, 1972 | The ghost of Bigfoot has been scaring everyone away from a popular skiing resort. Scooby's gang, together with Laurel and Hardy, try to solve the mystery. | Yes | No | |
| 11 | "The Ghost of the Red Baron" | The Three Stooges (2nd appearance) |
The Ghost of the Red Baron | Siegfried | November 18, 1972 | The Three Stooges are in danger when Curly-Joe takes up a crop-dusting job on a farm haunted by the ghost of Manfred von Richthofen | Yes | No | |
| 12 | "The Ghostly Creep from the Deep" | the cast of Harlem Globetrotters | Redbeard and crew | Oil pirates | November 25, 1972 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 13 | "The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall" | Davy Jones | The Haunted Horseman and the Moat Monster | The Duke of Strathmore and Cyrus Wheatley | December 2, 1972 | No | No | ||
| 14 | "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" | Jerry Reed | The Possessed Viking Mannequin and the Possessed Davy Crockett Manequin | Ben Bing and Bertha | December 9, 1972 | Scooby and the gang go to hear a concert by Jerry Reed but discover he is missing and are told by big bing and bertha to leave the place because everything is fine. Not satisfyed, they sneak in through a window | No | No | |
| 15 | "The Caped Crusader Caper" | Batman and Robin (2nd appearance) |
The Dryad and the Troll | The Joker and the Penguin | December 16, 1972 | Mystery Inc. teams up with Batman and Robin when Professor Flaky is kidnapped by Joker and Penguin. | Yes | Yes | |
| 16 | "The Lochness Mess" | the cast of Harlem Globetrotters (2nd appearance) |
The Ghost of Paul Revere, The Minuteman Ghost and The Redcoat Ghost | Morgan, Winslow and Selby | December 30, 1972 | Inviting the Harlem Globetrotters to Shaggy's uncle's house, the gang gets caught between colonial ghosts, and a sea serpent. | Yes | Yes |
Season 2 (1973)
| # | Episode title | Guest star(s) | Villain | Identity | Original airdate | Synopsis | Released on DVD in US |
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| SDC-17 | "The Mystery of Haunted Island" | the cast of Harlem Globetrotters (3rd appearance) |
The Three Hooded Ghosts | The owner, coach and trainer of the Scorpions | September 8, 1973 | While intending to go on a trip to Picnic Island, the gang and the Harlem Globetrotters end up on a boat going to the nearby Haunted Island where they are greeted by three hooded ghosts. | Yes |
| SDC-18 | "The Haunted Showboat" | the cast of Josie and the Pussycats | The Ghosts of Captain Scavenger and Injun Joe | Jack Canna (Captain Canaby) and partner | September 15, 1973 | While en route to the Tom Sawyer festival, the gang gets lost during a storm and wind up getting stuck on dock near an old haunted showboat, the Dixie Queen, where they bump into Josie and the Pussycats, who were slated to perform there. But as they try to ride out the storm and at the same time restore the vessel, they find out that there are ghosts on board who want to sink those plans. | No |
| SDC-19 | "Scooby Doo meets Jeannie (aka "Mystery in Persia") | the cast of Jeannie | Jadal the Evil Djinn and his master | Uncle Abdullah | September 22, 1973 | Jeannie brings Mystery Inc. along for a time-travel trip to help stop Jadal the Evil Djinn's plan to thwart a young prince's elevation to sultan. | No |
| SDC-20 | "The Spirit Spooked Sports Show" | Tim Conway | The Spirit(s) of Fireball McPhain | Jesse Finster and Mr. Griffiths's brother | September 29, 1973 | The gang help coach Tim Conway track down the ghost of a athlete that is haunting the students and faculty of Velma's alma mater. | No |
| SDC-21 | "The Exterminator" | Don Adams | The Creatures | Lorne Chumley | October 6, 1973 | Mystery Inc. helps out Don Adams when he is hired to exterminate the bugs in the home of known horror movie actor Lorne Chumley. It becomes even difficult as there are monsters around each corner. | Yes |
| SDC-22 | "The Weird Winds of Winona" | the cast of Speed Buggy | The Windmakers | Mr. Peabody and 3 henchmen | October 13, 1973 | The gang team up with the Speed Buggy crew to find out why a town's population is suddenly declining, as they learn that something is strangely blowing in the wind and its causing the residents to be fearful. | Yes |
| SDC-23 | "The Haunted Candy Factory" | Cass Elliot | The Green Globs | Mr. Crink and Sterling Smith | October 20, 1973 | Answering the cries of The Mamas and the Papas singer Cass Elliot, Mystery Inc. find themselves trying to unmask the Green Globs who are running amok in her candy factory. | Yes |
| SDC-24 | "Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke" (aka "The Haunted Carnival")1 |
Dick Van Dyke | The Ghostly Strongman | The Masked Marvel | October 27, 1973 | Mystery Inc. arrives at a carnival run by Dick Van Dyke and assist him when a Ghostly Strongman ends up haunting it. | Yes |
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See also
- The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (another Saturday morning "movie" series, on ABC)
References
- ^ "A History of Batman on TV". IGN. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- "Hanna-Barbera Studios" (and subarticles). The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved from http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/index.html on September 3, 2005.
External links
- Cartoon Network: Dept. of Cartoons: The New Scooby-Doo Movies - cached copy from Internet Archives
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies at IMDb
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