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I dedicate this post to Princess Pancake, who is currently spending time with her grandmother
Scooby-Doo is a talking, brown Great Dane and companion of Shaggy Rogers
Real name Scoobert “Scooby” Doo
#22 on TV Guide’s Greatest Cartoon Characters
Scooby hangs around four teenagers—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville “Shaggy” Rogers
The teens and Scooby are Mystery, Inc …. and ride in a van painted in psychedelic colors known as the Mystery Machine
Here’s a Scooby Moment
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Creation
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (the original show name) debuted on September 13, 1969 with What a Night for a Knight
Broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC
17 produced the first season
Remains in production today
Created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears with artist/character designer Iwao Takamoto
Creation was in response to parent organizations complaining about excessive violence in Saturday morning cartoons
Originally called Mysteries Five – and Scooby was called Too Much
Frank Sinatra’s “doo-be-doo-be-doo” in Strangers in the night inspired the name change to Scooby Doo, and renaming the show Scooby-Doo, Where are You!
Theme song was written by David Mook and Ben Raleigh, and performed by Larry Marks and Paul Costello
I Love a Mystery and Dobie Gillis influenced the writers in the early episodes
Show was an instant success with ratings as high as 65%
Tribute
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The Voice
- Scooby was originally voiced by Don Messick, and remained the voice in every Scooby-Doo production from 1969 until his death in 1997
- Scooby speech resembles Astro (The Jetsons), who was also voiced by Messick (who also voiced Mutley)
- Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an “R”,
- “Ruh-roh, Raggy!”
- Don Messick originated the character’s voice patterns, and provided Scooby-Doo’s
- Radio DJ Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy
Enjoy Part 1 of the premier episode, What a Night for a Knight
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