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

The vocal "Scooby-Doo Where Are You!" theme was not the original theme composed for this series; musical director Ted Nichols had originally composed an instrumental theme for the show, which alternates with the the more familiar David Mook/Ben Raleigh theme (which was recorded three days before the premiere of the show on September 13, 1969) on the original broadcast prints of the show. Nichols incorporated his tune as the main recurring theme for the incidental music score, and a truncated version of it underscores all the episode title cards for both this series and The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972). Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: What a Night for a Knight (1969) (September 13, 1969) used the Nichols instrumental theme under the opening credits sequence, with the Mook/Raleigh tune for the closing credits. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: A Clue for Scooby Doo (1969) (September 20, 1969) was the only one to feature Nichols' theme for both opening and closing credits. The following episodes used the Mook/Raleigh theme for the opening credits and the Nichols instrumental theme under the closing credits sequence: Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: Hassle in the Castle (1969) (September 27, 1969), Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: Which Witch Is Which? (1969) (December 6, 1969), and Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: A Night of Fright Is No Delight (1970) (January 10, 1970). All other episodes used Mook and Raleigh's theme for both opening and closing credits.

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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 Scooby Doo: Unmasking the Mystery (2002)

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Soundtracks

Love The World
Episode: {"Haunted House Hang-Up" (1970) (ep. 2.5)} 10/10/1970
Words and Music by Danny Janssen

User Reviews

Even Though It Started 7 Years Before My Time

I still think that Scooby Doo is a great cartoon. There's something that's magical about the work of Bill Hanna and Joseph Babera's work that stands out in my mind and now that these animation geniuses are gone there's nothing left but the memories of my childhood when Scooby Doo made a comeback along with the Flintstones, The Jetsons, and the Gobots. I can't thank Bill and Joe enough for their work because I have a lot of great memories of coming home from school and watching their shows that they made so memorable. I appreciated a lot of the work that Mr Hanna and Mr Barbera did and what it means to a lot of people.

It's something that will be with me for always.