Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

*Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics*
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
Also known as	Scooby's All-Stars
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Joe Ruby; Ken Spears
Directed by	Ray Patterson (1978); Carl Urbano (1978); Charles A. Nichols
Voices of	Don Messick; Daws Butler; Mel Blanc; Casey Kasem; Frank Welker; Julie Bennett; Joe Besser; John Stephenson; Heather North; Pat Stevens; Gary Owens; Laurel Page ; Marilyn Schreffler; Vernee Watson
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Running time	120 minutes (1977–78); 90 minutes (1978–79)
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 10, 1977 –; September 2, 1978
Related
	The Scooby-Doo Show; Laff-A-Lympics; Dynomutt, Dog Wonder; Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels; Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics is a two-hour Saturday morning animated program block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from September 10, 1977, until September 2, 1978.^[1]

The block featured five Hanna-Barbera series among its segments: Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Laff-A-Lympics, The Scooby-Doo Show, The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and reruns of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. During the second season in 1978–79, the show was re-titled Scooby's All-Stars and broadcast on ABC from September 9, 1978, to October 28, 1978. The runtime was reduced from 120 minutes to 90 minutes by dropping The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

Overview

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics included five cartoon segments:^[2]

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (one episode, 11 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about three female teenage detectives and their companion, a prehistoric caveman superhero thawed from a block of ice. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
Laff-A-Lympics (one episode, 30 minutes): Based on Battle of the Network Stars, this series featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters, including Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Mumbly, and others competing in Olympics-styled events. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
The Scooby-Doo Show (one episode, 30 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about four teenage detectives and their talking dog, Scooby-Doo. Eight first-run episodes were produced for 1977–78, with 16 made for The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour from 1976–77 re-run following the final first-run episode. Two of the new episodes, as well as two others from 1976–77, feature Scooby-Doo's cousin Scooby-Dum as a recurring character.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (one episode, 30 minutes): reruns of the first Scooby-Doo series, originally run on CBS from 1969–70.
The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt (one episode, 11 minutes each): New episodes featuring the superhero Blue Falcon and his bumbling cyborg dog sidekick Dynomutt, introduced the previous year in the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder segments of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The new Dynomutt episodes were two-part cliffhangers, of which eight episodes (four stories total) were produced for 1977–78.

When the show became Scooby's All-Stars during the second season on September 9, 1978, the Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! segments were dropped and two Captain Caveman segments were broadcast instead of just one; eight new Laff-A-Lympics and eight new Captain Caveman segments were produced for the block in 1978–79. The Scooby-Doo Show began the 1978–79 season in reruns, though starting from November 11, seven new episodes (produced for an aborted revival of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! as a separate half-hour) were run as part of Scooby's All-Stars.

For the 1979–80 season, the block was cancelled and Scooby-Doo became a half-hour show as Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo. Laff-A-Lympics and Captain Caveman would resurface on ABC during the latter part of the season in 1980.

Episodes

Season 1 (1977–78)

No.in Series	No.in Season	Segment Title	Episode Title	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Scooby-Doo"	The Curse of Viking Lake	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)	81–17
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Swiss Alps and Tokyo		104-1
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Beastwoman, Part 1		83-21
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Kooky Case of the Cryptic Keys		103-1
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		45
2	2	"Scooby-Doo"	Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats	September 17, 1977 (1977-09-17)	81–18
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Florida and China		104-2
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Beastwoman, Part 2		83-22
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Mixed-Up Mystery of Deadman’s Reef		103-2
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		45
3	3	"Scooby-Doo"	Hang in There, Scooby-Doo	September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)	81–19
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Acapulco and England		104-3
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	The Glob, Part 1		83-17
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	What a Flight for a Fright		103-3
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		45
4	4	"Scooby-Doo"	The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller	October 1, 1977 (1977-10-01)	81–21
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Sahara and Scotland		104-4
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	The Glob, Part 2		83-18
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Creepy Case of the Creaky Charter Boat		103-4
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
5	5	"Scooby-Doo"	The Spooky Case of the Grand Prix Race	October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08)	81–22
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	France and Australia		104-5
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Madame Ape Face, Part 1		83-19
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Big Scare in the Big Top		103-5
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
6	6	"Scooby-Doo"	The Ozark Witch Switch	October 15, 1977 (1977-10-15)	81–23
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Athens and Ozarks		104-6
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Madame Ape Face, Part 2		83-20
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	Double Dribble Riddle		103-6
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
7	7	"Scooby-Doo"	Creepy Cruise	October 22, 1977 (1977-10-22)	81–24
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Italy and Kittyhawk, North Carolina		104-7
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Shadowman, Part 1		83-23
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Crazy Case of the Tell-Tale Tape		103-7
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
8	8	"Scooby-Doo"	The Creepy Heap from the Deep	October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29)	81–20
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Egypt and Sherwood Forest		104-8
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	Shadowman, Part 2		83-24
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Creepy Claw		103-8
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
9	9	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	November 5, 1977 (1977-11-05)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Spain and Himalayas		104-9
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	Cavey and the Kabuta Clue		103-9
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
10	10	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	November 12, 1977 (1977-11-12)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	India and Israel		104-10
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	Cavey and the Weirdo Wolfman		103-10
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
11	11	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Africa and San Francisco		104-11
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Disappearing Elephant Mystery		103-11
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
12	12	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Grand Canyon and Ireland		104-12
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Fur Freight Fright		103-12
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
13	13	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	December 3, 1977 (1977-12-03)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Hawaii and Norway		104-13
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	Ride ‘Em Caveman		103-13
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
14	14	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	North Pole and Tahiti		104-14
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Strange Case of the Creature from Space		103-14
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
15	15	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	December 17, 1977 (1977-12-17)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Arizona and Holland		104-15
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up		103-15
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’
16	16	"Scooby-Doo"	rerun	December 24, 1977 (1977-12-24)	‘’81’’
		"Laff-A-Lympics"	Quebec and Baghdad		104-16
		"The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt"	rerun		‘’83’’
		"Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels"	Playing Footsie With Bigfoot		103-16
		"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"	rerun		‘’45’’

References

^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's television, the first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. The Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^ Lenberg, Jeff (1991). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3 p. 409-411.

External links

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics at IMDb

[1] Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's television, the first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. The Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

[Lenberg-2] Lenberg, Jeff (1991). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3 p. 409-411.

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v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s
First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970-71) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–75) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Superfriends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)
First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Discovery (1962-71) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Bigfoot and Wildboy Dr. Shrinker Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Magic Mongo Wonderbug Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)
Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1971–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1975-76) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978) The Bugs Bunny Show (1973–75)
Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

Overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1977–78)

See also

References

External links