"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (1972)TV series 1972-1973

Writers:

Larz Bourne (writer)
Heywood Kling (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

9 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Horror | Animation | Mystery | Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Dog Cartoon | Great Dane | Dog | Scooby Doo | Cartoon

Cast

Don Messick	...	Scoobert 'Scooby' Doo / ... (6 episodes, 1972)
Casey Kasem	...	Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers / ... (6 episodes, 1972)
Frank Welker	...	Fred 'Freddy' Jones / ... (6 episodes, 1972)
Heather North	...	Daphne Blake (6 episodes, 1972)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma Dinkley / ... (6 episodes, 1972)
Richard Elkins	...	J.C. 'Gip' Gipson (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Stu Gilliam	...	Freddie 'Curly' Neal (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Bobby Joe 'B.J.' Mason (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Scatman Crothers	...	George 'Meadowlark' Lemon (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Robert DoQui	...	Pablo Robertson (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Johnny Williams	...	Hubert 'Geese' Ausbie (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
John Stephenson		(2 episodes, 1972)
Daws Butler		(2 episodes, 1972)
Henry Corden		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Joan Gerber		(2 episodes, 1972)
Florence Halop		(2 episodes, 1972)
Larry Harmon		(2 episodes, 1972)
Pat Harrington Jr.		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ann Jillian		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ted Knight		(2 episodes, 1972)
Cindy Putnam		(2 episodes, 1972)
Mike Road		(2 episodes, 1972)
Olan Soule		(2 episodes, 1972)
Vincent Van Patten		(2 episodes, 1972)
Lennie Weinrib		(2 episodes, 1972)
Don Knotts	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1972)
Larry Storch	...	The Joker (2 episodes, 1972)

Also Known As:

Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (USA) (video title)
Scooby-Doo's New Comedy Movie Pictures (USA)

Runtime:

69 min (24 episodes) | USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

CBS Television

Quotes:

Shaggy: Man, I don't know what's worse... Those Muck Men, or Cass Elliot's driving...
Scooby: Cass Elliot's driving!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Comedy Central Presents: Frank Caliendo (#8.4)" (2004)

A good show, but there are some problems.

Don't get me wrong, I love "Scooby Doo" as much as the next guy, and I do like this show. I think the concept was good overall, but the problem I have is basically the celebrities that Scooby and the gang met.

For instance, they met Laurel and Hardy both of whom were dead before "Scooby-Doo" even hit the airwaves. Another moment was when they met the "Three Stooges" which was cool, the only thing was that Curly was dead for 20 years prior to the show's airing (It would've made sense if they had Curly Joe who WAS alive at the time appear but nooo. They had Curly!), although Moe, and Larry were OK since they were still alive at that time. Plus, how many times did Scooby and the gang solve mysteries with the Globetrotters? I know I've seen two episodes where they solved mysteries with the Globetrotters, but wasn't there another one (I might be right on just 2)? That right there is "Recycling" since they had ANOTHER episode with the Globetrotters (Don't get me wrong, the Globetrotters episodes are my favorites, as well as the Mama Cass one, but it's best to have a guest on ONCE. It's not a good thing to have one person, or persons on more then once). However, this show also had crossovers too with "Josie and the Pussycats", and "Speed Buggy". This was cool since all of these cartoons had one thing in common: They all involved characters who SOLVED mysteries!! That was a good point right there. I think I've got this down pat.

As I said before, don't get me wrong, I DO like this show, the only thing is that the celebrities that Scooby and the gang met were either dead, or that they solved mysteries with one particular group of celebs once too many. Overall this show is good. 8/10.