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

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

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:

Scooby Doo | Dog | Van | Friend | Great Dane

Cast

Don Messick	...	Scooby Doo (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Casey Kasem	...	Shaggy (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Nicole Jaffe	...	Velma (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Frank Welker	...	Fred (25 episodes, 1969-1970)
Stefanianna Christopherson	...	Daphne (17 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)
Scooby Doo, ¿donde estás? (Spain) [es]
Scooby Doo, pou eisai? (Greece) [el]
Scooby Doo, wo bist du? (Germany) (dubbed version) [de]
Scooby-Doo, dónde estás! (Argentina) [es]
Scoubidou (France) [fr]

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:

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

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

The show was originally created to expand upon the success of "The Archie Show" (1968). Scooby Doo writer Mark Evanier has stated that the teenagers were based on characters from another CBS show, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959). Fred was Dobie Gillis, Daphne was Thalia Menninger, Velma was Zelda Gilroy, and Shaggy was Maynard G. Krebs (even having similar goatee beards and hairstyles). Other influences were the 1940s radio drama, "I Love a Mystery" and Enid Blyton's Famous Five books.

Quotes:

Velma: There's a very logical explanation for all this.
Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers: Quick, tell me.
Velma: The place is haunted.
Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers: Thanks a lot.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Young Ones: Time (#2.4)" (1984)

Soundtrack:

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Even Though It Started 7 Years Before My Time

I still think that Scooby Doo is a great cartoon. There's something that's magical about the work of Bill Hanna and Joseph Babera's work that stands out in my mind and now that these animation geniuses are gone there's nothing left but the memories of my childhood when Scooby Doo made a comeback along with the Flintstones, The Jetsons, and the Gobots. I can't thank Bill and Joe enough for their work because I have a lot of great memories of coming home from school and watching their shows that they made so memorable. I appreciated a lot of the work that Mr Hanna and Mr Barbera did and what it means to a lot of people.

It's something that will be with me for always.