Scoody Doo...Where Are You?

[kellibelli]

Is it just me?
I loved this show when I was a kid, my kids are nuts about it...it rocks!
I didnt realize how popular it was till I did a search on the net....cool.

I also saw a recent series about the gang when they were all kids.It was good, but the series they did about the 13 ghosts with 'vincent van ghoul' that was pretty lame, and that little Scrappy was awful...
But the new/well recent anyway movie : Scoody Doo on Zombie Island was great, and really friggin scary!
What about you guys...who was your fave of the gang...best villain...scariest episode etc.
personally I like the one where they find the glowing seaweed- classic!

[ChiefScott]

Rock on, Mystery Machine!

[Guy Propski]

kelli, much as I enjoy reading your many posts, I must reply by saying I hate SD. To me it epitomizes the dregs of limited animation that plagued 70's animation.

Take a look at Scoob and the gang running from this week's fake monster. It's the same damn animation, dropped onto a different background. Couldn't they have taken the time to draw it a little different just one time?

And the lame villains! It was always someone wearing a mask. I mean, come on! I know it was a kid's show, but even as a kid I felt my intelligence was being insulted.

You might be interested (or horrified) to learn that a live-action Scooby-Doo movie is in the works. Scooby would probably be created by CGI, but the rest of the gang would be live-action. It boggles the mind.

[David B]

I liked the old Scooby Doo, but not the new one. In part, this is because the old one taught some skepticism (there never really were ghosts or goblins, just somebody pulling a hoax for whatever reason), while the new one is quite different in that regard.

For anybody interested, there is an article at this site discussing this issue, although you'll have to page down a few times (or search for "Scooby") to get to it: http://www.reall.org/newsletter/v02/n08/index.html

[Mojo]

*The older Scooby Doos- Any episode where they pull two masks off the bad guy at the end.
*The Not-quite-as-old Scooby Doos ( celebrities guest starring....)- Harlem Globetrotters and Batman & Robin were highlights. Phyllis Diller and Sonny & Cher were lowlights.
*Scooby Doos featuring Scrappy- No redeeming qualities.
*A Pup Named Scooby Doo- Pretty good, sometimes a little too corny. Red Herring was a good addition to the mix. Extra points for returning to the original formula that endeared the series to me.

[David B]

Well, I'm glad you went. :) Hadn't you gone to any of the other sites I've listed over the various threads (like the alternative medicine one over in Great Debates)? If so, those would've probably told you a lot about me as well. :D

[Persephone]

I cannot deal with Scooby Doo. They are all the flippin' same. Yargh! A Pup Named Scooby Doo is annoying as well...what's with all these characters as kids, anyway? Everybody's doing it (Muppets, Disney, everybody!), and it's dull. The best thing Scooby ever did was give a funny ending to the first "Wayne's World." Remember that? :)

[voguevixen]

Never could stand it. Everyone was so stupid, I realised it even as a child! I have to admit, though. I'm the spitting image of Velma. E-mail me for photographic proof!

[Satan]

I would have enjoyed it more, if it wasn't for those meddling kids and their blasted dog...

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[kellibelli]

I dont recall b.man & robin on there...

Who do you suppose they will cast to play 'the gang'??

[Big Iron]

Yeah, it's a little wierd how EVERY time it turns out to be a hologram projector or a guy in a sheet or Big-Foot suit, and yet each time they are still scared shitless.

My little 6 and 1/2 year old pal noted to me the other day, though, that the villians are almost invariably men. He was indignant, finding this to be a grave injustice toward his gender, and vowed to write some Scooby Doo episodes with villianous women.

[kellibelli]

david b...went to the site you mentioned...it explains alot about you too... :)

[Born2Read]

Yeah, but who would have thought thirty years ago when it was made every third guy in the country would look like Shaggy?

OOOOOh... Daphne!

{I'd add more, but what's the point!}

[Bluepony]

I liked when they combined Johnny Bravo and the Scooby Doo gang on one episode. Daphne spent the entire time fending off JB's usual suave and debonair pick-up attempts. Hilarious.

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[Heath Doolin]

Aw man, you are talking to the premier fan of Scooby Doo

I was the only guy ever to:
write a theis on Socoby Doo in roles of the public vs the gang

photographed at my graduation where a target reticule over a picture of Scrappy Doo (got in paper too)

had a serious crush on: Velma!
Something about those knee socks and that turtleneck. Plus I always go for the brainy ones.

BTW they are currently trying to do a Scooby Doo movie. Mike Myers was attached at one time but his treatment of the story was horrid. There are a few more coming out as well and I hear they7 are going with a CGIof Scooby to give him the ability to talk and show off (as opposed to a animal actor-Thank GOD)

[Heath Doolin]

Oh and to answer your other questions

The best one and the scariest one has got to be the Ghost Spaceman. That one scared the living batshit out of me. The costume (a astronaut with a glowing skull in the faceplate) and that freakin laugh. I had nightmares of that thing walking around laughing.

I think I am going to design a costume of it for next years comic con

[Markxxx]

Do you think Penny was a lesbian?

Jinkies

There was no 'Penny' in Scooby-Doo. Penny is the genius-type/blond-haired niece of Inspector Gadget.

However, you may have stumbled onto an important truth. She never spent any time with boys on the show,& was always hugging girls she met & exchanging long/knowing glances with them.And on the beach, she always struttled around in a scarlet 2-piece bikini, instead of a regular kid's swimsuit. Yes, Penny may qualify as the first cartoon /pree-teen/lesbian/nympho on children's TV. Quick! Alert Jerry Falwell. Or, as we know him--ARG!

[Markxxx]

How I got Penny I'll never know. I meant Velma is a lesbian?

[Beefy Lover]

I always liked how Scooby Doo said his name, it usually ended up sounded something like "Scrooby-doobie-drew!"

Pass the Scooby Snacks!

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Its a good thing these chairs come with fart vents.

For you trivia buffs, here's the full names of the characters; Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Velma Dinkley, Daphne Blake, and Freddy Jones.

[okatym]

Wow Mike, I'm impressed with that little bit of trivia!!! :)
How do you know? I wonder if Cecil knew that one. HMMMM......Norville?

Ascot? Hairdo? Meaningful glances he shared with Shaggy?

As for my source of names: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader; Volume 11.

[okatym]

I think I'll change my handle to Velma Dinkley. That has to be the best name I've ever heard. ;)
Don't tell anyone.

[Born2Read]

I don't know what happened to that. But it was the ascot. And the hairdo. And those bell bottoms.

[Born2Read]

I don't know about Velma being gay. But I always wondered about Fred. I think it was the

[Misanthrope]

I went to answers.com and found this:

Did God have a mother?

No, God did not have a mother. This is because God is not a person like we are; He is spirit. He never was born because He always existed. It is hard for our minds to grasp infinity because in our world everything has a beginning and ending, but God said, "I am the Alpha and Omega". That means that He is the beginning and the end. When Moses asked God,"whom shall I say has sent me?" when he was going to face Pharaoh, God answered, "I AM" That is because God is always in the present. There is no past with God because He is Eternal. It says in Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or before You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. And again in Psalm 93:2 Your throne was established long ago; you are from all
eternity. So no one made God because He always was and always will be.

And then, under "related questions," it offered this:

How do I find a g-spot in a female?

Any explanations?

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D'oh

[kellibelli]

What the hell does god's mother and the g-spot have to do with Scooby Doo?

[Sealemon88]

Of course Fred was gay. All that time, and he never amde a move on Daphne, or Velma? And that scarf...FLAMER!

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You say "cheesy" like that's a BAD thing.

[Sealemon88]

Ugh. Nothing like hitting the wrong key and posting early. Probably what happened to BornToRead, too.

Anywho...I am also convinced that Shaggy and Scobby were crackheads, and that the other kids were their pushers. They must have dealt to the locals as they traveled, to. This explains how they were able to travel all over the country, and never have to worry about food, gas or lodging.

Think about it. Shaggy heared a dog talk to him, he was way to skinny (a symptom of crack addiction...this is why Shaggy and Scooby could never get enough to eat), and, all it took was a "Scooby snack" to make the two of them unstopable warriors. Just look at the way they would drool over these "snacks"! If they were so good, why didn't Fred, Velma, or Daphne ever eat one? Because a good dealer never samples his own wares.

Seriously, I liked the show much better when I was a kid. Now that there are shows like Batman and Superman, much less the Simpsons and Family Guy, I really can't watch Scooby Doo anymore.

Sorry, kelli.

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You say "cheesy" like that's a BAD thing.

[DW3]

Just for Sealemon88:

http://sura1.jlab.org/~wether/scoobdg.html

[The_Peyote_Coyote]

Sealemon88, I can understand not hitting on Velma. But your are right, only a gay would pass up the chance to make it with Daphne.

[Sealemon88]

DW3: Checked out that URL. I am still smiling over it...I can't believe somebody took the time to defend Scooby Doo from the drug rumors lol. You made my day, man...thanks. (And I thought Star Wars fans were rabid...)

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You say "cheesy" like that's a BAD thing.

[DW3]

Sealemon88,

Glad you liked the link. Yes Star Wars fans are rabid what surprised me is the Land of the Lost fans one notch above them. Just put Sleestack in your favorite search engine :) There is even a LOTL discussion forum and I can't find a real forum for Scooby Doo.

[GuanoLad]

Jinkies!

Did you know the voice of Shaggy was Casey Kasem?

Zoinks, Scoob!

[Scoobysnax]

Now how the hell did I miss this topic before?

I always thought Scooby was a great show when I was a kid.



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[DW3]

Now I'm confused. Who did Shaggy's voice? Internet sites say Casey Kasem. I scanned the credits for Casey and my wife Scanned for Shaggy. She saw Shaggy but couldn't read the voice actors' name fast enough. I didn't see Casey anywhere. Was there more than one person who did Shaggy's voice? (My wife said a bandmember did the voice once but she can't remember the band's name)

BTW How much do voice actors make?