Scooby Doo, Where Are You! 

A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane (Scooby-Doo) travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries, while returning from or going to a regular teenage function.

Creators:

Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Joseph Barbera

Stars:

Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe

Cast

Series cast summary:
Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Don Messick	...	Scooby Doo / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Vic Perrin	...	Additional Voices / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Hal Smith	...	Big Ben / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Frank Welker	...	Fred / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Candy Mint / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
John Stephenson	...	Additional Voices / ... 25 episodes, 1969-1970
Stefanianna Christopherson	...	Daphne 17 episodes, 1969-1970
Rosalinda Galli	...	Velma Dinkley 15 episodes, 1969-1970
Emanuela Fallini	...	Daphne Blake 14 episodes, 1969
George A. Robertson	...	Bluestone / ... 11 episodes, 1969-1970
Barry Richards	...	Geronimo / ... 10 episodes, 1969-1970
Heather North	...	Daphne 8 episodes, 1970
Susan Stewart	...	Helga 8 episodes, 1970
Michael Stull	...	Wax Phantom 8 episodes, 1970

Storyline

Popular animated series featuring Scooby-Doo, a Great Dane who joins four California high school students (Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy) on many quests to solve strange mysteries. Each mystery is current and unusual and involves the group stopping someone from wreaking certain havoc on the world. The gang were always driving in the Mystery Machine, returning from or going to a regular teenage function, when their van develops engine trouble or breaks down for a variety of reasons. Their (unintended) destination turns out to be suffering a monster problem, and the gang volunteers to investigate the case. Eventually, enough clues are found to convince the gang that the ghost or monster was a villain. Invariably, the ghost or monster was apprehended and revealed to be an apparently blameless authority figure or otherwise innocuous local who uses the disguise to cover up a crime or scam. After proclaiming "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!", ...

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Plot Keywords:

cult tv | cartoon dog | talking dog | exclamation point in title | eyeglasses | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Boomerang [Germany] Cartoon Network Dept. of Cartoons

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mysteries Five

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Taft Broadcasting

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording) Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During production of the second season (1970-1971), Casey Kasem became a strict vegetarian, and wanted his character Shaggy to follow suit. Kasem was promised by Hanna-Barbera that his character would become vegetarian from that point on. H-B actually kept their end of the bargain for the 1970-1971 season of the show (as long as one assumes that, in Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: Haunted House Hang-Up (1970), Shaggy's bologna slice is *vegetarian* bologna and that the pizza he eats in the final scene is vegetarian-safe pizza). In subsequent spin-off series, however, Shaggy is routinely seen snacking on non-vegetarian foods. Kasem put his foot down over this issue in 1995, after he was required to perform Shaggy's voice for a commercial advertising (decidedly non-vegetarian) Burger King Kids Club meals. Kasem refused to perform the voice after that, and did not return to the role until What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) with the requirement that (of course) Shaggy be a strict vegetarian in that series, which he is. For the record, Shag's also a vegetarian in the live-action Scooby-Doo (2002).

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Quotes

[theme song]
Chorus: Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you? / We've got some work to do now / Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you? / We need some help from you now / Come on, Scooby-Doo, I see you / pretending you've got a silver / But you're not fooling me, cause I can see / the way you shake and shiver / You know we've got a mystery to solve so Scooby-Doo be ready for your act, don't hold back! / And Scooby-Doo if you come through you're gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack, that's a fact! / Scooby-Dooby-Doo, ...

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Alternate Versions

The re-run prints that first aired on CBS in 1971 feature standardized opening title music for all first season episodes. A number of the first season episodes feature alternate opening (and/or closing) theme music (see trivia). Excepting prints aired on cable between between 1990 and 1998 (which were time-compressed copies of the original broadcast prints, all but the first two missing their laugh tracks), all re-runs of this show use the 1971 prints.

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Connections

Referenced in Death Valley: The Hottest Day of the Year (2011)

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Soundtracks

Tell Me, Tell Me
Episode: {"Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Werewolf" (1970) (ep. 2.7)} 10/24/1970
Words and Music by Danny Janssen and Sue Steward

User Reviews

A very good animated series!

This cartoon was always good. It had creepy stuff and good music. I loved it when the show had guest stars. The characters are very likable! There are many versions of the cartoon but the original is the best in My opinion.If you like this animated series then check out Scooby Doo: The movie!