"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (1972) TV series 1972-1973

Writers:

Larz Bourne (writer)
Heywood Kling (writer)
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

9 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Horror | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Great Dane | Surrealism | Problem Solving | Villain

Cast

Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy / ... (7 episodes, 1972)
Don Messick	...	Scooby-Doo (7 episodes, 1972)
Frank Welker	...	Fred / ... (7 episodes, 1972)
Heather North	...	Daphne (7 episodes, 1972)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma (7 episodes, 1972)
Olan Soule	...	Batman (4 episodes, 1972)
John Stephenson		(3 episodes, 1972)
Henry Corden		(3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Joan Gerber		(3 episodes, 1972)
Florence Halop		(3 episodes, 1972)
Larry Harmon		(3 episodes, 1972)
Ann Jillian		(3 episodes, 1972)
Ted Knight		(3 episodes, 1972)
Mike Road		(3 episodes, 1972)
Vincent Van Patten		(3 episodes, 1972)
Lennie Weinrib		(3 episodes, 1972)
Richard Elkins	...	J.C. 'Gip' Gipson (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Stu Gilliam	...	Freddie 'Curly' Neal (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Bobby Joe 'B.J.' Mason (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Scatman Crothers	...	George 'Meadowlark' Lemon (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Robert DoQui	...	Pablo Robertson (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Johnny Williams	...	Hubert 'Geese' Ausbie (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Daws Butler		(2 episodes, 1972)
Pat Harrington Jr.		(2 episodes, 1972)
Cindy Putnam		(2 episodes, 1972)
Don Knotts	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1972)
Larry Storch	...	The Joker (2 episodes, 1972)

Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(2 episodes, 1972)
William Hanna		(2 episodes, 1972)

Series Writing credits
Jameson Brewer		(3 episodes, 1972)
Tom Dagenais		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ruth Brooks Flippen		(2 episodes, 1972)
Fred Freiberger		(2 episodes, 1972)
Willie Gilbert		(2 episodes, 1972)
Bill Lutz		(2 episodes, 1972)
Larry Markes		(2 episodes, 1972)
Norman Maurer		(2 episodes, 1972)
Jack Mendelsohn		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ray Parker		(2 episodes, 1972)
Gene Thompson		(2 episodes, 1972)
Paul West		(2 episodes, 1972)
Harry Winkler		(2 episodes, 1972)
Larz Bourne		(unknown episodes)
Heywood Kling		(unknown episodes)
Sidney Morse		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	producer (2 episodes, 1972)
William Hanna	....	producer (2 episodes, 1972)
Alex Lovy	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1972)
Zoran Janjic	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Hoyt Curtin		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
John Aardal		(2 episodes, 1972)
George Epperson		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ralph Migliori		(2 episodes, 1972)
Dennis Weaver		(2 episodes, 1972)
John Cumming		(unknown episodes)
Peter Huiswaard		(unknown episodes)
Carole Laird		(unknown episodes)
Kieran Mulgrew		(unknown episodes)
Jerry Smith		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Earl Bennett		(2 episodes, 1972)
Pat Foley		(2 episodes, 1972)
Ron Sawade		(2 episodes, 1972)
Peter Jennings		(unknown episodes)
Catherine MacKenzie		(unknown episodes)
Ian Spruce		(unknown episodes)
Graham Whelan		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Iwao Takamoto		(2 episodes, 1972)

Series Production Management
Victor O. Schipek	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1972)

Series Sound Department
Bill Getty	....	sound director (2 episodes, 1972)
Richard Olson	....	sound director (2 episodes, 1972)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jerry Whittington	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Edwin Aardal	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
John Ahern	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Alvaro Arce	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Mike Arens	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Jayne Barbera	....	ink and paint supervisor (2 episodes, 1972)
Oliver Callahan	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Lars Calonius	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
George Cannata	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Rudy Cataldi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Izzy Ellis	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
John Garling	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Bob Goe	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Moe Gollub	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Ric Gonzales	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Fred Grable	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Paul Gruwell	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
David High	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Alex Ignatiev	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Ziggy Jablecki	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Raymond Jacobs	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Herb Johnson	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Bill Keil	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Bill Lignante	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Dick Lundy	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Fernando Montealegre	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Gary Niblett	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (2 episodes, 1972)
Joan Orbison	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Lew Ott	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Ed Parks	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Jay Sarbry	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Bob Singer	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1972)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Irven Spence	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Dave Tendlar	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Carlo Vinci	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Robert 'Tiger' West	....	xerographer (2 episodes, 1972)
Xenia	....	animator (2 episodes, 1972)
Chebby Badham	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Stuart Barry	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Susan Beak	....	animator (unknown episodes)
John Boersema	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Andrea Bresciani	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Zora Bubica	....	ink and paint supervisor (unknown episodes)
John Burge	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Gairden Cooke	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Chris Cuddington	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Milton Fredlund	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Bill Getty	....	xerographer (unknown episodes)
Warwick Gilbert	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Sebastian Hurpia	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Carmel Lennon	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Steve Lumley	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Louise Luschwitz	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Peter Luschwitz	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Don MacKinnon	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Paul McAdam	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Gus McLaren	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Narelle Nixon	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Dick Olson	....	xerographer (unknown episodes)
Romek Pachucki	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Yvonne Pearsall	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jolanta Pillich	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Kevin Roper	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Kay Self	....	animation checker (unknown episodes)
Laurie Sharpe	....	animator (unknown episodes)
David Skinner	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Robbert Smit	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Sue Speer	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Gerald Wylie	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Milan Zahorsky	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Olga Zahorsky	....	xerographer (unknown episodes)
Richard Zaloudek	....	background artist (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Larry C. Cowan	....	supervising editor (2 episodes, 1972)
William E. DeBoer	....	negative consultant (2 episodes, 1972)
Joed Eaton	....	post-production (2 episodes, 1972)
Peter Addison	....	supervising editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Hoyt Curtin	....	musical director (2 episodes, 1972)
Paul DeKorte	....	music supervisor (2 episodes, 1972)

Series Other crew
Carl Fallberg	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Frank Paiker	....	technical supervisor (2 episodes, 1972)
Iraj Paran	....	titles (2 episodes, 1972)
George Singer	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Irv Spector	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Howard Swift	....	story director (2 episodes, 1972)
Jean Blanchard	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Ron Campbell	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Robert Dranko	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Kirsten Hansen	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Vive Risto	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Jay Sarbry	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Jerry Smith	....	technical supervisor (unknown episodes)
Ernest Terrazas	....	story director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972-1973) (USA) (TV)
• DFS Program Exchange
• Kids' WB (2002-)
• Telepictures Distribution
• Turner Program Services (TPS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Also Known As:

Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters (USA) (video title)
Scooby-Doo's New Comedy Movie Pictures (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

69 min (24 episodes) | USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Quotes:

Shaggy: Man, I don't know what's worse... Those Muck Men, or Cass Elliot's driving...
Scooby: Cass Elliot's driving!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Rob Lowe/Eminem (#26.1)" (2000)

Very good show during the first season

"The New Scooby Doo Movies",made its premiere on CBS-TV in September of 1972 and it lasted well on until the fall of 1974. I saw this when I was a kid on Saturday Mornings and I got to see this episodes again when the show aired again in syndication during the 1980's. During its first season,the show had the kids solving mysteries with special guests and this was when the series was good,and then the show took a nose-dived during its final season and from there it said it all. Don't get me wrong here,I am a HUGE fan of the original show by the way,but when this format came about you tell that some of the stars who lend their voices here should have never committed to coming on and playing second fiddle with the kids in catching the creepy ghost or phantom who were still trying to scare them away,but still they got the suspecct at the end of each episode. Also,these were the best from the first season and here were some that were huge problems especially when the gang stumbles onto them during the first twenty minutes of the show.

For instance, they met Laurel and Hardy whom both were dead 30 years prior to when "Scooby Doo" even hit the airwaves(this was back in 1972) and also one was with the "Three Stooges" which way totally far out and cool. The only thing was that Curly was dead for 20 years prior to the show's airing although Moe and Larry were still alive at the time,but in opinion it would have made sense if they could have gotten Curly Joe who was also alive at the time this episode was made,but the producers at Hanna-Barbera(which produced the series)wanted the original Curly,who was deceased! Also,there were three episodes where the kids solve mysteries with the Harlem Globetrotters,and two which featured the dynamic duo Batman and Robin as they tangle with two of the meanest villains ever devised:Penguin and The Joker....it would have been even great if the producers gotten the voices of Burgess Meredith and Cesar Romero,who were still living at the time this show aired,but nooooooo! Adam West or Burt Ward? The producers didn't even think of that,but we have radio personality Casey Kasem who does double duty with this as the voices of the Boy Wonder Robin and also Shaggy and a host of other characters.

The Globetrotters episodes are my favorites,as well as the ones which featured Phyllis Diller,Dick Van Dyke,Sandy Duncan,Davy Jones(of the Monkees),Tim Conway,Don Knotts,Don Adams,and The Addams Family(in which the producers got this right by getting the original stars of the show as voiceovers with the talents of John Astin,Carolyn Jones,Jackie Coogan,and Ted Cassidy-the weirdest and also the best of the first season)not to mention getting Sonny and Cher as guest stars with some of the best dialogue ever for a Saturday Morning cartoon show.

The worst of the bunch.....first off who would have thought that the group would work well with the gang. Jerry Reed? Josie and the Pussycats? Speed Buggy? Jeannie?(stupid idea and way out of place) Cass Elliott? Jonathan Winters? The Partridge Kids? and the worst of the bunch from the second season where the producers took the Redbeard characters from a 1969 episode and from there stripped them of their color....didn't they solve this mystery in the original? Why was it brought back from the original series? Now,that's a mystery that the producers couldn't solve nor save this show in its second season. CBS cancelled this entirely in 1974. It's replacement consisted of repeated episodes of the original "Scooby Doo,Where Are You?" series that aired on CBS from 1969-1972.

The second season was the worst of the bunch,and from there Scooby and the gang moved from CBS to ABC in 1975,and with the addition to one of the worst characters in history which destroy the franchise SCRAPPY, the series went into a flame of dog crap. Stick to the original series which ran from 1969-1972,and they were way better than this.