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

Shaggy's real name is Norville.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Assorted villains: ...and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids.

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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 Robot Chicken: Malcolm X: Fully Loaded (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

Still a must-watch!

While Disney and Warner Bros. are the kings of made-for-film cartoons, Hanna-Barbera are the kings of made-for-TV cartoons. The creators of The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, and Hong Kong Phooey; they've all been successful, but the crown jewel of their creations is Scooby Doo.

Unlike most cartoons, Scooby Doo was a smart and ingenious creation that required thinking and deep thought. The adventures of four teen sleuths and their Great Dane have been a regular viewing pleasure for years. Heck, I still watch it today. The best episodes were the first ones from 1969-72. I think they got progressively better over time because in the early ones, they didn't have enough suspects; usually, they'd only meet up with the guy who was the criminal. Later, they'd have 4 or 5 guys who could be the one unmasked at the end.

As for Scrappy, the only episodes worth seeing with him were when he's with the full cast, solving mysteries. I liked him here, because the act with Scooby and Shaggy always being frightened of every situation got tiresome; at least Scrappy would go right in, and Shaggy and Scooby had no choice but to follow him in, or Scrappy would egg them on. Only when they didn't have the full cast and were only in comic situations (i.e. all the other shows) would the show be awful.