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12th September, 1969Today (September 13th) marks the wonderful date of the release of the 1969 hit show; Scooby-Doo Where are You
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Join MemoriesToday (September 13th) marks the wonderful date of the release of the 1969 hit show; Scooby-Doo Where are You
Mary Carr “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” first aired on September 12, 1969, on the CBS-TV network. The main characters are Scooby-Doo (a Great Dane) and his human cohorts Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma. Source: https://youtu.be/y8A8s5Wyy9s
Mary Carr The creators got the inspiration of the name from the song “Strangers in the Night,” where Frank Sinatra was heard singing “Scooby-Dooby-Doo.”
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Mary Carr “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” was released in 1972. The one-hour episodes feature a real or fictitious guest that helps the gang in solving mysteries.
Mary Carr Among their guests were characters from other Hanna-Barbera series like Josie and the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, and the Harlem Globetrotters, comic book characters like Batman and Robin, and celebrities like The Three Stooges, and The Addams Family.
Mary Carr “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” ran for two seasons and 24 movies were released in total between 1972 and 1973. Reruns of the series ran on CBS until 1976 when the show moved to ABC.
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Mary Carr In 1976, new episodes of Scooby-Doo came out when it joined the new Hanna-Barbera show “Dynomutt, Dog Wonder” for The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour on ABC. The new episodes featured Scooby’s cousin, Scooby-Dum.
Mary Carr The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour -- original theme music (1976) Source: https://youtu.be/oG8uJGZTRMw
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Mary Carr In 1977, it expanded into a 2-hour show called “Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics”, which included the cartoons “Laff-a-Lympics” and “Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels”.
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Mary Carr Scooby’s tiny nephew Scrappy-Doo was introduced to the series in 1979 and the character was spun off into the series “Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show”.
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Mary Carr In 1985, “The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo” debuted starring Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy, Daphne, and new characters Flim-Flamand Vincent Van Ghoul. The show had the group travelling around the world to catch the most terrifying ghosts on earth.
Mary Carr The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo Opening Credits Source: https://youtu.be/MRV5raXCDkA
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Mary Carr On June 14, 2002, the live-action film “Scooby-Doo” was released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini. Scooby-Doo was voiced by Neil Fanning.
Mary Carr The sequel, “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” was released in March 2004 starring the same cast.
Mary Carr “Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins” released on DVD on the same date.
Mary Carr In celebration of the 40th year since the Scooby-Doo franchise began, “Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins” was aired on Cartoon Network on 13 September 2009. It was a live-action TV movie which was also released on DVD on the same date.
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Mary Carr Warner Bros. Home Entertainment spearheaded the 50th anniversary of Scooby-Doo in 2019 with the release of the “Scooby-Doo, Where are You! Complete Series Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Mystery Mansion”. The package included a reproduction of the iconic Mystery Mansion, Scooby-Doo collectibles, and the original “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” series on Blu-Ray.