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

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

9 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

The Mystery Inc. gang investigate more supernatural sightings with various guest stars and characters.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Great Dane | Surrealism | Problem Solving | Villain

Cast

Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy / ... (12 episodes, 1972-1973)
Heather North	...	Daphne / ... (12 episodes, 1972-1973)
Don Messick	...	Scooby-Doo (11 episodes, 1972-1973)
Frank Welker	...	Fred / ... (9 episodes, 1972)
John Stephenson	...	Fireball McPhaine / ... (9 episodes, 1972-1973)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma (7 episodes, 1972)
Mike Road	...	Ghost Pirate 3 / ... (5 episodes, 1972)

Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(16 episodes, 1972)
William Hanna		(16 episodes, 1972)

Series Writing credits
Tom Dagenais		(24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Norman Maurer		(24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jack Mendelsohn		(24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jameson Brewer		(16 episodes, 1972)
Ruth Brooks Flippen		(16 episodes, 1972)
Fred Freiberger		(16 episodes, 1972)
Willie Gilbert		(16 episodes, 1972)
Bill Lutz		(16 episodes, 1972)
Larry Markes		(16 episodes, 1972)
Ray Parker		(16 episodes, 1972)
Gene Thompson		(16 episodes, 1972)
Paul West		(16 episodes, 1972)
Harry Winkler		(16 episodes, 1972)
Larz Bourne		(8 episodes, 1973)
Heywood Kling		(8 episodes, 1973)
Sidney Morse		(8 episodes, 1973)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	producer (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
William Hanna	....	producer (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Alex Lovy	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Zoran Janjic	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1973)

Series Original Music by
Hoyt Curtin		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Earl Bennett		(16 episodes, 1972)
Pat Foley		(16 episodes, 1972)
Ron Sawade		(16 episodes, 1972)
Peter Jennings		(8 episodes, 1973)
Catherine MacKenzie		(8 episodes, 1973)
Ian Spruce		(8 episodes, 1973)
Graham Whelan		(8 episodes, 1973)

Series Production Design by
Iwao Takamoto		(24 episodes, 1972-1973)

Series Production Management
Victor O. Schipek	....	production supervisor (16 episodes, 1972)

Series Art Department
Howard Swift	....	story director (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Steve Clark	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
Carl Fallberg	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
George Singer	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
Irv Spector	....	story director (16 episodes, 1972)
Jean Blanchard	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)
Ron Campbell	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)
Robert Dranko	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)
Vive Risto	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)
Jay Sarbry	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)
Ernest Terrazas	....	story director (8 episodes, 1973)

Series Sound Department
Bill Getty	....	sound director (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Richard Olson	....	sound director (24 episodes, 1972-1973)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1972)
George Epperson	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1972)
Ralph Migliori	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1972)
Dennis Weaver	....	camera operator (16 episodes, 1972)
John Cumming	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1973)
Peter Huiswaard	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1973)
Carole Laird	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1973)
Kieran Mulgrew	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1973)
Jerry Smith	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1973)
Jerry Whittington	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Edwin Aardal	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
John Ahern	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Alvaro Arce	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Mike Arens	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Jayne Barbera	....	ink and paint supervisor (16 episodes, 1972)
Ed Barge	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Oliver Callahan	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Lars Calonius	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
George Cannata	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Rudy Cataldi	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Izzy Ellis	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
John Garling	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Bob Goe	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Moe Gollub	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Ric Gonzalez	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Fred Grable	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Paul Gruwell	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
David High	....	background artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Alex Ignatiev	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Zygamond Jablecki	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Raymond Jacobs	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Herb Johnson	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Bill Keil	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Bill Lignante	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Dick Lundy	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Fernando Montealegre	....	background artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Gary Niblett	....	background artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (16 episodes, 1972)
Joan Orbison	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Lew Ott	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Ed Parks	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Jay Sarbry	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Bob Singer	....	layout artist (16 episodes, 1972)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Irven Spence	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Dave Tendlar	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Carlo Vinci	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Robert 'Tiger' West	....	xerographer (16 episodes, 1972)
Xenia	....	animator (16 episodes, 1972)
Chebby Badham	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Stuart Barry	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Susan Beak	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
John Boersema	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Andrea Bresciani	....	animator / layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Zora Bubica	....	ink and paint supervisor (8 episodes, 1973)
John Burge	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Gairden Cooke	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Chris Cuddington	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Milton Fredlund	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Warwick Gilbert	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Sebastian Hurpia	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Carmel Lennon	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1973)
Steve Lumley	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Louise Luschwitz	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1973)
Peter Luschwitz	....	animation director (8 episodes, 1973)
Don MacKinnon	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Paul McAdam	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Gus McLaren	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Narelle Nixon	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1973)
Romek Pachucki	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Yvonne Pearsall	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Jolanta Pillich	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1973)
Kevin Roper	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Kay Self	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1973)
Laurie Sharpe	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
David Skinner	....	layout artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Robbert Smit	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Sue Speer	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Gerald Wylie	....	animator (8 episodes, 1973)
Milan Zahorsky	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1973)
Olga Zahorsky	....	xerographer (8 episodes, 1973)
Richard Zaloudek	....	background artist (8 episodes, 1973)

Series Editorial Department
Larry C. Cowan	....	supervising film editor (16 episodes, 1972)
William E. DeBoer	....	negative consultant (16 episodes, 1972)
Joed Eaton	....	post-production (16 episodes, 1972)
Peter Addison	....	supervising film editor (8 episodes, 1973)

Series Music Department
Hoyt Curtin	....	musical director (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Paul DeKorte	....	music supervisor (24 episodes, 1972-1973)

Series Other crew
Frank Paiker	....	technical supervisor (16 episodes, 1972)
Iraj Paran	....	titles (16 episodes, 1972)
Kirsten Hansen	....	production coordinator (8 episodes, 1973)
Jerry Smith	....	technical supervisor (8 episodes, 1973)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972-1973) (USA) (TV)
• DFS Program Exchange
• Kids' WB (2002-)
• Telepictures Distribution
• Turner Program Services (TPS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Other Companies

• Adina Film Services  negative cutting (1973)

Also Known As:

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:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

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 "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Secret of the Ghost Rig (#1.3)" (2010)

Could this have been the seventies version of the Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies with Hollywood Stars?

Why did the Mystery Machine kids suddenly start teaming up with these characters? Why not Yogi Bear or Huckleberry Hound? Why was this cartoon an hour long? Scooby Doo, at this time, was only 3 years old. The transition of these kids and their dog will be one of the most intriguing journeys in cartoon history to track. The Scooby Movies are that incredible as well.

I do recall eventually watching these back when they aired, and clearly did not watch them straight through. The New Scooby Movies aired opposite the quickly-cancelled Saturday Superstar Movies on ABC, which I did watch instead back then in '72.

Later that year, I would check out the movies and was floored. The animation for many HB cartoons at this time was poor, plots are horrible too, so the celebs were pretty much on their own. Don KNotts does seem to be the winner here with his two appearances. In this limited animation program, he does manage to deliver some one-of-a-kind lines for a cartoon.

My siblings and I did rather enjoy the Jonathan Winters one as well, mainly for the Mother Frickert character, also voiced by Winters. Phyllis Diller seemed to have extensive fun too (when the gang is trying to open a heavy door, Diller quips "what a shame I'm not strong instead of just. . . gorgeous!" she says in an alluring manner).

I had no recollection of the Cass Elliott adventure in the candy factory, but Elliott seems to have fun, as she runs with the more exciting Shaggy and Scooby. It is interesting to study who runs with the exciting pair and who runs with the dull trio, Fred, Velma and Daphne. Sonny & Cher, the Stooges and ALL of Josie and the Pussycats would go with the trio, leaving Shaggy and Scooby to save the day.

Davy Jones adventure would stand as perhaps the only time that the group split differently with Davy taking Velma and Daphne and Fred going with Shaggy and Scooby. I do recall the ghostly knight and the moat monster from Jones' Hagglethorne Hall adventure, but I didn't recall Davy Jones til I saw the show later.

Stan Laurel died in '65, Oliver Hardy in '56 so no, neither of them did their voices. The same for Larry Fine of the stooges, who had a stroke in '71. Both Moe Howard and Fine would die in '75, so they were clearly too old to do decent voices perhaps.

Also, the real Harlem Globetrotters didn't do the cartoon voices, as that is Scatman Crothers doing Meadowlark Lemon's voice, in the Globetrotter cartoon as well as in the 3 Scooby movies.

Jerry Reed ("Little Mary Sunshine") and Sandy Duncan were voted the two worst movies.

I had no remembrance of the Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams or Tim Conway movies either, probably because I was too little to know who they were.

Hands down, the Josie and the Pussycats meeting has to be the most incredible with Josie-Daphne, Alan M.-Freddie, Shaggy-Alexander cancellations taking place left and right, especially to the point of Alexander's voice changing. Not surprising, Casey Kasem has no recollection of this meeting as he must have thought he was doing the same character's voice.

Still, the meetings are head-shaking as well. Don Adams is an exterminator, Jonathan Winters was working at a service station, Tim Conway was a coach, Dick Van Dyke was the owner of a carnival.

Good or bad, there must be something to the cartoons as they are being discussed and debated over thirty years later and counting.