Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)
| Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | |
|---|---|
| File:Scoob-scrap-1980.jpg The main title card from Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | |
| Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Starring | Don Messick Lennie Weinrib Casey Kasem Frank Welker Heather North Kenney Pat Stevens Marla Frumpkin |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minute segments of The Scooby-Doo / Dynomutt Hour and Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 22, 1979 – January 5, 1980 |
The original thirty-minute version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo constitutes the fourth incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 22 1979 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. A total of sixteen episodes were produced.
Overview
By 1979, the staff at Hanna-Barbera realized that the Scooby-Doo formula was getting worn out, which gave them reason to parody it in a 1979 prime time Scooby special, Scooby Goes Hollywood. In addition, ABC began threatening cancellation for the show, whose ratings were in decline.[1]. Therefore, for its 1979 - 1980 season, Scooby-Doo was given a major overhaul, adding the character of Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo, voiced by Lennie Weinrib, and changing the name of the show to Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
Unlike his large, clumsy, mush-mouthed, and cowardly uncle, Scrappy was small, sure-footed, articulate, and fearless; he would often attempt to take the task of capturing the ghost of the week into his own hands, forcing Shaggy and Scooby to try their best to save Scrappy from hurting himself. Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and Velma became less and less essential to the plot of each episode.
Episode guide
| # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | "The Scarab Lives!" | September 22, 1979 |
| 1.2 | "The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld" | September 29, 1979 |
| 1.3 | "Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind" | October 6, 1979 |
| 1.4 | "The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!" | October 13, 1979 |
| 1.5 | "Shiver and Shake, That Demon's A Snake" | October 20, 1979 |
| 1.6 | "The Scary Sky Skeleton" | October 27, 1979 |
| 1.7 | "The Demon of the Dugout" | November 3, 1979 |
| 1.8 | "The Hairy Scare of the Devil Bear" | November 10, 1979 |
| 1.9 | "Twenty Thousand Screams Under the Sea" | November 17, 1979 |
| 1.10 | "I Left My Neck in San Francisco" | November 24, 1979 |
| 1.11 | "When You Wish Upon a Star Creature" | December 1, 1979 |
| 1.12 | "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly" | December 8, 1979 |
| 1.13 | "Rocky Mountain Yiiiii!" | December 15, 1979 |
| 1.14 | "The Sorcerer's a Menace" | December 22, 1979 |
| 1.15 | "Lock The Door, It's a Minotaur!" | December 29, 1979 |
| 1.16 | "The Ransom of Scooby Chief" | January 5, 1980 |
Trivia
- Marla Frumpkin took over Pat Stevens' role as Velma's voice towards the end of the season, beginning with episode 1.12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma does not speak in episode 1.16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief".
Other notes
- ^ "The network kept threatening to cancel it every year or two, so every season they had to add a new element to the show to keep it fresh." - Mark Evanier, one the writers for the series. Retrieved from The Scooby Story on October 6, 2006.
References
- Banks, Clive. "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo". Retrieved from http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Scooby-Doo/Scooby-Doo%20Series%205.htm on September 4 2005.
- Baxter, Joel (2003). The Complete Scooby-Doo Episode Guide. Retrieved from http://www.execulink.com/~joelb/scooby/doobydoo.htm on September 3 2005.
- "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.
