1984 was a better year for Saturday morning programming I felt. First, we got the SuperFriends back for a couple of years and we had shows like Turbo Teen and Dragon's Lair. Then we had our 2 Scooby Doo shows. The rerun show was called the Scary Scooby Funnies, which were the comical shorts from the 1980 year.
The New Scooby Doo Mysteries was nothing more than a mere continuation of the previous show, the New Scooby and Scrappy Doo show, only this time, Scooby now has solo billing on his show, which he hadn't had since the 1970's. Again, this show is a two episode a week series and some of them are 2 parters that make up a half hour story. Just like the previous season. Oh joy (sarcasm in my voice). And like before, Daphne Blake is a magazine reporter and Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby and Scrappy Doo are her assistants. Oh joy. (more sarcasm) and like before, they are solving mysteries and dealing with ghosts and villains. Oh joy (more sarcasm).
BUT this time there are two new changes that I loved. One was the animation that they used in most of this series. It looked really good and I don't know what it is, but most of this series used it except for the first four episodes.
The other change was that the two part episodes had a real treat for purist fans. After a long, four year absence from newer shows, Freddy and Velma are back in guest starring roles. They showed up only in the 2 parters and like Daphne, they have careers and last names now. Velma Dinkly is now a scientist with NASA Space Program. (Naturally) and my favorite character Freddy Jones was now a mystery writer and surprisingly wound up being a suspect in the Birthday episode with a villain called the Red Skull. But that episode, the Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts, the Halloween episode, the one at the White House, the Mystery Solving Contest in London, and the Christmas episodes to me were the best in this season because of the inclusion of Freddy and Velma or at least one of them and reuniting the whole gang.
So I guess the New Scooby Doo Mysteries is an improvement over the previous series, but only with those 6 episodes. Too bad that the Scooby Doo show got trashed in the following year with an awful monstrosity.
The New Scooby Doo Mysteries was nothing more than a mere continuation of the previous show, the New Scooby and Scrappy Doo show, only this time, Scooby now has solo billing on his show, which he hadn't had since the 1970's. Again, this show is a two episode a week series and some of them are 2 parters that make up a half hour story. Just like the previous season. Oh joy (sarcasm in my voice). And like before, Daphne Blake is a magazine reporter and Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby and Scrappy Doo are her assistants. Oh joy. (more sarcasm) and like before, they are solving mysteries and dealing with ghosts and villains. Oh joy (more sarcasm).
BUT this time there are two new changes that I loved. One was the animation that they used in most of this series. It looked really good and I don't know what it is, but most of this series used it except for the first four episodes.
The other change was that the two part episodes had a real treat for purist fans. After a long, four year absence from newer shows, Freddy and Velma are back in guest starring roles. They showed up only in the 2 parters and like Daphne, they have careers and last names now. Velma Dinkly is now a scientist with NASA Space Program. (Naturally) and my favorite character Freddy Jones was now a mystery writer and surprisingly wound up being a suspect in the Birthday episode with a villain called the Red Skull. But that episode, the Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts, the Halloween episode, the one at the White House, the Mystery Solving Contest in London, and the Christmas episodes to me were the best in this season because of the inclusion of Freddy and Velma or at least one of them and reuniting the whole gang.
So I guess the New Scooby Doo Mysteries is an improvement over the previous series, but only with those 6 episodes. Too bad that the Scooby Doo show got trashed in the following year with an awful monstrosity.