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:

villain | scooby doo | monster | van | mystery machine | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | 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:

60 min 30 min (25 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording) Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Too Much" (later Scooby-Doo) was originally written as a Great Dane, but fearing their creation would be too close to the titular character in the comic strip "Marmaduke," creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears changed Scooby/"Too-Much" to be a big, sloppy sheepdog (which itself was far too close to "Hot Dog" from the "Archie" comics that inspired the series). After meeting with Hanna and Barbera about the issue, Scooby was changed back to a Great Dane. Character designer Iwao Takamoto went to a dog-breeding colleague at the studio for advice on what elements made up a prize-winning Great Dane, and then preceded to break every "rule" in his design of Scooby, including the double-chin, the bow-legged hind-legs, and the spots on his back (No *real* Great Dane has spots). Scooby's utter lack of prize-winning characteristics is spoofed in episode 1.5, "Decoy for a Dognapper."

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Quotes

Velma: There's a very logical explanation for all this.
Shaggy: Quick, tell me.
Velma: The place is haunted.
Shaggy: Thanks a lot.

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Connections

Referenced in Bionicle: The Legend Reborn: Metus' Revenge (2009)

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Soundtracks

Seven Days A Week
Episode: {"Scooby's Night With A Frozen Fright" (1970) (ep. 2.3)} 9/26/1970
Words and Music by Danny Janssen and Austin Roberts

User Reviews

ground-breaking

I heard that the creators wanted to have the youngsters solve mysteries that involved scary characters, but the execs found the bad guys a bit too intense for young audiences. Enter Scooby-Doo, the wacky, funny great dane. They make him the focus of the series, the counterbalance to the villains, and the rest is history.

I enjoy the many memorable lines, and contrary to what you might think, they're not just from Shaggy. They include Daphne saying to the Swamp Witch, "You can't believe everything you read" or Freddie saying to Shaggy as he's trying to get into the museum to see the Knight, "That's it, no more jack." Just a great series, especially if you enjoy the quirks and sayings of the late 60's/early 70's.