The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The New Scooby-Doo Movies is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. It is the second television series in Scooby-Doo franchise, and follows the first incarnation, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![1] It premiered on September 9, 1972, and ended on October 27, 1973, running for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series.[2] Twenty-four episodes were produced, 16 for the 1972–73 season and eight more for the 1973–74 season.
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
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Running time | 43 minutes |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 9, 1972 – October 27, 1973 |
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Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its predecessor in the addition of a rotating special guest star slot; each episode featured real world celebrities or well-known animated characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving mysteries.[3] This concept was later revisited with a similar series titled Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, which premiered in 2019.
The New Scooby-Doo Movies was the last incarnation of Scooby-Doo airing on CBS,[4] and also the franchise's final time to feature Nicole Jaffe as the regular voice of Velma Dinkley, due to her marriage and retirement from acting.
Overview
Many of the guest stars who appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Movies were living celebrities who provided their own voices (Don Knotts, Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jonathan Winters, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams, Davy Jones and Sonny & Cher, among others); some episodes featured celebrities who were retired or deceased, whose voicing was done by imitators (The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy), and the rest were crossovers with present or future Hanna-Barbera characters.[5]
The characters from other Hanna-Barbera shows Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Jeannie, and Speed Buggy all appeared on the show during or after their own shows' original runs; The Addams Family and Batman and Robin both appeared on the show a year before they were incorporated into Hanna-Barbera shows of their own, The Addams Family and Super Friends, respectively.[6]
After The New Scooby-Doo Movies ended its original network run in August 1974, repeats of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! aired on CBS for the next two years. No new Scooby-Doo cartoons would be produced until the show moved to ABC in September 1976 on the highly publicized The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. When the various Scooby-Doo series entered syndication in 1980, each New Movies episode was halved and run as two half-hour parts. The USA Network Cartoon Express began running the New Movies in their original format beginning in September 1990; they were rerun on Sunday mornings until August 1992.
In 1994, The New Scooby-Doo Movies began appearing on three Turner Broadcasting networks: TNT, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio. The first season of the series was animated at Hanna-Barbera's main studio in Los Angeles, while the second season was animated at their newly formed studio, Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd. in Australia.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (1972)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guest star(s) | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Ghastly Ghost Town" | The Three Stooges | September 9, 1972 | |
Side-tracked by a giant bat, the gang helps the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly Joe) with their theme park: a real-life ghost town with real-life ghostly villains.
Villains: Gunslinger/Amos Crunch, Geronimo/Rhino
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2 | 2 | "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" | Batman and Robin | September 16, 1972 | |
Mystery Inc. teams up with Batman and Robin to uncover a counterfeiting ring run by a strange hooded figure who has been sending counterfeit money to the Joker and the Penguin.
Villains: The Hooded Man/Mrs. Baker, Skeletons/Joker and Penguin
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3 | 3 | "Wednesday Is Missing" | The Addams Family | September 23, 1972 | |
With the Mystery Machine stuck in mud, Mystery Inc. ends up becoming housekeepers for the Addams Family while Gomez and Morticia go on vacation to the Okefenokee Swamp. A giant vulture like super villain known as the Vulture threatens the Addams house and Wednesday goes missing, so Scooby and the gang go to find her and stop the Vulture. Special Guest Voices: John Astin as Gomez, Carolyn Jones as Morticia, Ted Cassidy as Lurch, and Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester Villains: The Vulture (piloted by the former Housekeepers)
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4 | 4 | "The Frickert Fracas" | Jonathan Winters | September 30, 1972 | |
Jonathan Winters invites the gang to visit a farm, where Maude Frickert needs help finding a secret formula—unless a mysterious villain known as Scarecrow gets to it first. Special Guest Voice Jonathan Winters as himself and Ma Frickert Villain: Scarecrow/Simon Shakey
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5 | 5 | "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?" | Don Knotts | October 7, 1972 | |
Stuck in a storm, the kids take shelter in a nearby mansion, where a hooded ghost of Captain Moody seems to think the kids are someone else. They finally find the real Captain Moody and unmask the fake Captain Moody, revealing it to be none other than Captain Moody's two nephews. Special Guest Voice Don Knotts as Homer Pipsqueak Villains: The Ghosts of Captain Moody/Captain Moody's nephews
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6 | 6 | "A Good Medium Is Rare" | Phyllis Diller | October 14, 1972 | |
After returning the dog of Phyllis Diller, Mystery, Inc. join her to a seance at the mysterious Magic Mansion, where they find out a gargoyle and two phantoms are after her hidden treasure. Special Guest Voice Phyllis Diller as herself Villains: The Gargoyle and the Phantoms/Alberto the receptionist and the security guard
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7 | 7 | "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde" | Sandy Duncan | October 21, 1972 | |
Mystery, Inc. comes to the aid of Sandy Duncan when various monster attacks disrupt the production of her latest movie. Special Guest Voice Sandy Duncan as herself Villain: Mr. Hyde, The Phantom, The Pirate, The Freaky Sheik, The Dragon, King Kong, The Grizzly Bear, The Lion, The Mummy, Chief Blood-in-the-Eye, and The Wolfman/Zavia Z. Fairchild
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8 | 8 | "The Secret of Shark Island" | Sonny & Cher | October 28, 1972 | |
Mystery, Inc. stays at an offshore hotel with Sonny and Cher when the hotel manager warns them of shark men who rise from the waves. Special Guest Voices Sonny Bono and Cher as themselves Villains: The Pescado Diabolico and his shark men/Milo Meekly and his sea scavengers
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9 | 9 | "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry" | Don Knotts | November 4, 1972 | |
Mayhem ensues in the western town of Juneberry when the fog rolls in. Special Guest Voice Don Knotts as himself Villains: The Cackling Skeleton/Gene Haltrey, Cemetery Ghosts/Projections by Gene Haltrey
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10 | 10 | "The Ghost of Bigfoot" | Laurel and Hardy | November 11, 1972 | |
The ghost of Bigfoot has been scaring everyone away from a popular skiing resort. Scooby's gang, together with Laurel and Hardy, try to solve the mystery. Special Guest Voice Larry Harmon and Jim MacGeorge as Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy respectively Villain: The Ghost of Bigfoot/Jonathan Crabtree
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11 | 11 | "The Ghost of the Red Baron" | The Three Stooges | November 18, 1972 | |
The Three Stooges are in danger when Curly Joe takes up a crop-dusting job on a farm haunted by the ghost of Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Special Guest voices Daws Butler as Larry and Curly, and Pat Harrington as Moe Villain: The Ghost of the Red Baron/Mr. Siegfried
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12 | 12 | "The Ghostly Creep from the Deep" | The Harlem Globetrotters | November 25, 1972 | |
In Florida, Mystery, Inc. and the Harlem Globetrotters encounter a mysterious ship, crewed by ghost pirates, in a swamp. Special Guest Voices: Eddie Anderson, Stu Gilliam, Scatman Crothers, Johnny Williams, Richard Elkins, and Robert Doqui as The Harlem Globetrotters (B.J., Curly, Meadowlark, Geese, and Pablo, respectively). Villains: The Ghosts of Redbeard and his crew/Oil pirates
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13 | 13 | "The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall" | Davy Jones | December 2, 1972 | |
Rock musician Davy Jones is the heir to Hagglethorn Hall, a haunted fortress that was brought over from the United Kingdom... but a phantom knight does not want him to take it over, so the gang help him solve the mystery while contending with a frog-like moat monster. Special Guest Voice Davey Jones as himself Villains: Haunted Horseman/the Duke of Strathmore, Moat Monster/Cyrus Wheatley
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14 | 14 | "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall" | Jerry Reed | December 9, 1972 | |
Scooby and the gang go to hear a concert by Jerry Reed, but discover he is missing and are told by Ben Bing and Bertha to leave the place because everything is fine. Special Guest Voice Jerry Reed as himself Villains: Possessed Viking Mannequin/Ben Bing, Possessed Davy Crockett Mannequin/Bertha
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15 | 15 | "The Caped Crusader Caper" | Batman and Robin | December 16, 1972 | |
Mystery, Inc. teams up with Batman and Robin when Professor Flakey is kidnapped by the Joker and the Penguin. Special Guest Voice Olan Soule as Batman Villains: Dryad/Joker, The Troll/Penguin
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16 | 16 | "The Loch Ness Mess" | The Harlem Globetrotters | December 23, 1972 | |
Inviting the Harlem Globetrotters to Shaggy's uncle's house, the gang gets caught between colonial ghosts and a sea serpent. Special Guest Voices: Eddie Anderson, Stu Gilliam, Scatman Crothers, Johnny Williams, Richard Elkins, and Robert Doqui as The Harlem Globetrotters (B.J., Curly, Meadowlark, Geese, and Pablo, respectively). Villains: Ghost of Paul Revere/Morgan, Minuteman Ghost/Winslow, Redcoat Ghost/Selby, Sea Serpent/Balloon
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Season 2 (1973)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guest star(s) | Original air date | |
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17 | 1 | "The Mystery of Haunted Island" | The Harlem Globetrotters | September 8, 1973 | |
While intending to go on a trip to Picnic Island, the gang and the Harlem Globetrotters end up on a boat going to the nearby Haunted Island, where they are greeted by ghostly goings-on. Special Guest Voices: Eddie Anderson, Stu Gilliam, Scatman Crothers, Johnny Williams, Richard Elkins, and Robert Doqui as The Harlem Globetrotters (B.J., Curly, Meadowlark, Geese, and Pablo, respectively). Villains: The Three Hooded Ghosts, Apparitions of Haunted Island/The owner, coach and trainer of the Scorpions
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18 | 2 | "The Haunted Showboat" | The cast of Josie and the Pussycats | September 15, 1973 | |
While en route to the Tom Sawyer festival during a storm, the gang gets lost on the Mississippi River along the Illinois-Missouri border and wind up getting stuck on dock near an old haunted showboat, the Dixie Queen, where they bump into Josie and the Pussycats. Special Guest Voices: Janet Waldo as Josie, Jackie Joseph as Melody, Barbara Pariot as Valerie, Jerry Dexter as Alan, and Sherry Alberoni as Alexandra. In addition, Scooby actor Don Messick and Shaggy actor Casey Kasem reprise their roles from the Josie and the Pussycats tv series as Sebastian the cat and Alexander, respectively. Villains: Captain Scavenger/Jack Canna a.k.a. Captain Canaby, Injun Joe/Jack's partner
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19 | 3 | "Mystery in Persia" | The cast of Jeannie | September 22, 1973 | |
Jeannie brings Mystery, Inc. along for a time-travel trip to help stop Jadal the Evil Djinn's plan to thwart a young prince's elevation to sultan. Special Guest Voices: Julie McWhirter as Jeannie, Joe Besser as Babu, Mark Hamill as Corey, and Bob Hastings as Henry Villain: Jadal the Evil Djinn (working with Uncle Abdullah)
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20 | 4 | "The Spirit Spooked Sports Show" | Tim Conway | September 29, 1973 | |
The gang help coach Tim Conway track down the ghostly athlete, Fireball McFain, who is haunting the students and faculty of Velma's alma mater. Special Guest Voice Tim Conway as himself, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Griffith's twin brother Villains:Fireball McFain/Jesse Finster and Mr. Griffith's twin brother
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21 | 5 | "The Exterminator" | Don Adams | October 6, 1973 | |
Mystery, Inc. helps out Don Adams when he is hired to exterminate the bugs in the home of known horror movie actor Lorne Chumley. It becomes difficult as there are monsters around each corner. Special Guest Voice Don Adams as himself Villains: Various creatures/Lorne Chumley and Otto
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22 | 6 | "The Weird Winds of Winona" | The cast of Speed Buggy | October 13, 1973 | |
The gang teams up with the Speed Buggy crew to find out why a town's population is suddenly declining, as they learn that something is strangely blowing in the wind and it is causing the residents to be fearful. Special Guest Voices Mel Blanc as Speed Buggy, Phil Luther Jr. as Tinker, Michael Bell as Mark, and Arlene Golonka as Debbie Villains: The Windmakers/Mr. P.J. Peabody and three henchmen
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23 | 7 | "The Haunted Candy Factory" | Cass Elliot | October 20, 1973 | |
Answering the cries of The Mamas and the Papas singer "Mama" Cass Elliot, Mystery, Inc. find themselves trying to unmask the Green Globs who are running amok in her candy factory. Special Guest Voice Cass Elliot as herself Villains: The Green Globs/Mr. Crink and Sterling Smith
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24 | 8 | "The Haunted Carnival" | Dick Van Dyke | October 27, 1973 | |
Mystery, Inc. arrives at a carnival run by Dick Van Dyke and assist him when a ghostly strongman begins haunting it. Special Guest Voice Dick Van Dyke as himself Villain: The Strongman/Masked Marvel
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Staff
Season 1
- Producers/directors: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Story: Jameson Brewer, Tom Dagenais, Ruth Flippen, Fred Freiberger, Willie Gilbert, Bill Lutz, Larry Markes, Norman Maurer, Jack Mendelsohn, Ray Parker, Gene Thompson, Paul West, Harry Winkler
Season 2
- Producers/directors: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Story: Jack Mendelsohn, Tom Dagenais, Norman Maurer, Larz Bourne, Woody Kling, Sid Morse
Voice cast
Main
Special guest stars
- Don Adams – Himself (In "The Exterminator")
- John Astin – Gomez Addams (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Joe Besser – Babu (In "Mystery in Persia")
- Daws Butler – Larry and Curly Joe (In "Ghastly Ghost Town" and "The Ghost of the Red Baron")
- Ted Cassidy – Lurch (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Sonny & Cher – Themselves (In "The Secret of Shark Island")
- Tim Conway – Himself (In "The Spirit Spooked Sports Show")
- Jackie Coogan – Uncle Fester (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Phyllis Diller – Herself (In "A Good Medium Is Rare")
- Sandy Duncan – Herself (In "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde")
- Dick Van Dyke – Himself (In "The Haunted Carnival")
- Cass Elliot – Herself (In "The Haunted Candy Factory")
- Jodie Foster – Pugsley Addams (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Larry Harmon – Stan Laurel (In "The Ghost of Bigfoot")
- Pat Harrington – Moe (In "Ghastly Ghost Town" and "The Ghost of the Red Baron")
- Cindy Henderson – Wednesday Addams (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Casey Kasem – Robin (In "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper")
- Don Knotts – Himself (In "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner?" and "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry")
- Carolyn Jones – Morticia Addams (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Davy Jones – Himself (In "The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall")
- Jim MacGeorge as Oliver Hardy (In "The Ghost of Bigfoot")
- Jerry Reed – Himself (In "The Phantom of the Country Music Hall")
- Olan Soule – Batman (In "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper")
- Janet Waldo – Grandmama Addams (In "Wednesday Is Missing")
- Jonathan Winters – Himself and Maude Frickert (In "The Frickert Fracas")
Home media
U.S. sets
Upon attempting to release a complete DVD set of the 24-episode series in 2005, Warner Home Video was unable to negotiate agreements with several of the episodes' guest stars to have those episodes included. As a result, the DVD was released under the title The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies, and featured only 15 episodes culled from both seasons. The opening titles on this release were edited to remove the images of the Addams Family, Batman and Robin, the Harlem Globetrotters, the Three Stooges, and Laurel and Hardy.
On April 4, 2019, Warner Bros. announced plans to release eight more episodes, both as part of a package with the 15 previously released episodes and as a standalone release.[7][8][9] This release was planned for the 50th anniversary of Scooby-Doo. No explanation for the previous appearances' rights issues was provided.
The only episode that has not been released or announced for release on DVD is "Wednesday Is Missing", which features the Addams Family.
Season set
DVD title | Ep. # | Release date | Featurettes |
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection | 23 | June 4, 2019 |
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Volume sets
DVD title | Ep. # | Release date | Featurettes |
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The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies | 15 | March 22, 2005 |
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The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The Lost Episodes | 8 | June 4, 2019 |
Other releases
The two episodes featuring Batman and Robin and two of the three episodes featuring the Harlem Globetrotters were also included in two separate releases: Scooby-Doo Meets Batman and Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters.
DVD / VHS title | Ep. # | Release date | Episodes |
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Scooby-Doo Meets Batman | 2 | August 20, 2002 |
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Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | 2 | May 6, 2003 |
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The Addams Family episode "Wednesday is Missing" was released to VHS in Australia under the title "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" and was also released in the U.K. on VHS, along with the Three Stooges episode "Ghastly Ghost Town" under the title "Scooby-Doo Meets the Three Stooges". "The Secret of Shark Island" (featuring Sonny and Cher) episode was released in the U.S. and the U.K. on VHS on a video called Hanna-Barbera Presents: The Best of Scooby-Doo.
U.K. releases
Release name | Release format | Ep. # | Release date | Episodes |
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies | VHS | 2 | 1987 |
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The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies Volume 1 | DVD | 4 | 2005 |
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies The (Almost) Complete Collection | DVD/Blu-ray | 23 | 2019 | same as U.S. release |
See also
- The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie – another Saturday morning "movie" series on ABC
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – another Scooby-Doo series with a similar premise
References
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- Long, Mike (March 22, 2005). "The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies: DVD Review". DVD Talk. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 534–538. ISBN 978-1538103739.
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- "'New Scooby-Doo Movies' Come Home in (Almost) Complete & Lost Episode Sets". 3 April 2019.
- "The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Blu-ray Disc Details | High-Def Digest".
- "New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection on Blu-ray & DVD This June!". 4 April 2019.
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