Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)

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Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
(1979–1980)
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Genre Horror
Mystery
Adventure
Comedy
Created by Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Developed by Mark Evanier
Directed by Ray Patterson
Oscar Dufau
Carl Urbano
George Gordan
Voices of Don Messick
Lennie Weinrib
Casey Kasem
Frank Welker (1979)
Heather North Kenney (1979)
Pat Stevens (1979)
Marla Frumkin (1979)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) Don Jurwich
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Turner Program Services (1992–96)
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1996–present)
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 22, 1979 –
January 5, 1980
Chronology
Preceded by The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1978)
Followed by Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1982)

The original thirty-minute version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo constitutes the fourth incarnation of the 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. It was the last Hanna-Barbera cartoon series to use the studio's laugh track.

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 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.

Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and Velma became less essential to the plot, and Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy were the main focus. Marla Frumkin took over Pat Stevens' role as Velma Dinkley towards the end of the season, beginning with episode 12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma does not speak in episode 16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief" as she, Fred, and Daphne weren't seen much in that episode. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.

Voice cast

Episodes

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Main article: List of the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series) episodes

Home Media releases

A complete series set was released on April 28, 2015.[2]

DVD Name Release Date Episode(s) Included
Scooby Doo and Scrappy-Doo: The Complete Season 1 April 28, 2015[2] All episodes
Scooby Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Around the World May 15, 2012[3]
  1. "Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake"
  2. "Lock the Door, It's a Minotaur"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills October 16, 2012[4] "Rocky Mountain Yiiiiii"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot! September 24, 2013[5] "Scary Sky Skeleton"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field Of Screams May 13, 2014 "The Demon of the Dugout"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf's Up Scooby-Doo May 5, 2015 "Twenty Thousand Screams Under The Sea"

Footnotes

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References

External links

  1. ↑ "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.
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