"Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969)TV series 1969-1972

Director:

Howard Swift

Writers:

Larz Bourne (writer) (1970-1971)
Tom Dagenais (writer) (1970-1971)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

13 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Mystery | Comedy | Adventure

Plot:

A group of friends and their dog (Scooby Doo) travel in a van solving strange and hilarious mysteries

Plot Keywords:

Dog Cartoon | Cartoon | Scooby Doo | Amateur Detective | Paranormal Investigation

Cast

Don Messick	...	Scoobert 'Scooby' Doo / ... (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Casey Kasem	...	Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers / ... (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma Dinkley (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Frank Welker	...	Fred 'Freddy' Jones (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Stefanianna Christopherson	...	Daphne Blake (25 episodes, 1969-1970)

Also Known As:

Mysteries Five (USA) (working title)
Mystery Five (USA) (working title)
W-Who's S-S-Scared? (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (25 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:TV-G | UK:U (video rating) | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

For the record: In spite of widespread public belief to the contrary, the "short girl with the glasses" is actually named "Velma" with a "V," not "Thelma" with a "T"-"H." The name misspelling/ mispronunciation is actually spoofed in a scene that was deleted form Scooby-Doo (2002) (see the deleted scenes listing for that film).

Quotes:

Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers: Scooby-Doo! Where are you?
Scoobert 'Scooby' Doo: Over here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doctor Who: Blink (#3.10)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Recipe For My Love

The one that started it all.

"Scooby-Doo, Where are you!" is probably my favorite "Scooby-Doo" show. Each episode featured Scooby, and the gang riding along in their van called "The Mystery Machine", and stumble into a mystery. Along the way, the gang would discover clues, Shaggy and Scooby would be eating a lot, and get scared constantly, the ghost/demon/monster/zombie whatnot would be unmasked unveiling someone that the gang encountered earlier, and that would be that for the half-an-hour of programming bliss.

I have to agree with the majority, this has to be Hanna-Barbera's CROWNING achievement, and I hope it's on for years to come (just a little less with Cartoon Network airing it too much). This gets a perfect 10!!

SCOOBY DOOBY DOO!!!!!!!!!