The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Hour-long mysteries with a guest star in every episode.
The New Scooby-Doo Movies is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS, the second series in the Scooby-Doo franchise. It premiered on September 9, 1972, and ended on October 27, 1973, running for two seasons as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series. Each episode featured real-world celebrities or well-known animated characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving mysteries.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Comedy
- Mystery
- Adventure
- Runtime
- 42–43 minutes
- Creator
- Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
- Company
- Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Voices
- Don Messick
- Casey Kasem
- Frank Welker
- Nicole Jaffe
- Heather North
- Composer
- Hoyt Curtin
- Country
- United States
Lore & Background
Many guest stars were living celebrities who provided their own voices, among them Don Knotts, Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jonathan Winters, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams, Davy Jones and Sonny & Cher. The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy were voiced by imitators. Characters from other Hanna-Barbera shows also appeared, including the Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Jeannie and Speed Buggy. The Addams Family and Batman and Robin appeared a year before they got Hanna-Barbera shows of their own.
Reader's Guide
Twenty-four episodes were produced, sixteen for the 1972–73 season and eight for the 1973–74 season. The first season was animated at Hanna-Barbera's main studio in Los Angeles and the second at the newly formed Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd. in Australia. It was the last incarnation of Scooby-Doo to air on CBS and the last to feature Nicole Jaffe as the regular voice of Velma Dinkley. When the Scooby-Doo series entered syndication in 1980, each episode was halved and run as two half-hour parts. The guest-star concept was revisited in Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, which premiered in 2019.
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