Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)

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Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo is an American animated television series and the fourth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise.^[2] It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for ABC. It premiered on September 22, 1979, and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour animated program. A total of sixteen episodes were produced.^[3] It aired internationally on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1984.^[4] It was the last Hanna-Barbera cartoon series (excluding prime-time specials) to use the studio's laugh track.

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

Genre	Comedy Mystery Adventure
Created by	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Based on	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears
Developed by	Mark Evanier
Directed by	Ray Patterson Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano George Gordon
Voices of	Don Messick Lennie Weinrib Casey Kasem Frank Welker Heather North Kenney Pat Stevens Marla Frumkin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer	Don Jurwich
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 22, 1979 – January 12, 1980^[1]
Related
The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–78) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–82)

By 1979, the staff at Hanna-Barbera realized that the Scooby-Doo formula was getting worn out, which gave them reason to parody it in a 1979 primetime special, Scooby Goes Hollywood, which was produced and finished before the series aired in September 1979. In addition, ABC began threatening cancellation for the show, as the show's ratings were declining and Fred Silverman, one of the show's biggest backers at ABC, had left for NBC in 1978.^[5] ABC was going to choose between two shows: Scooby-Doo or an unnamed pilot from Ruby Spears Enterprises.^[6] Therefore, for its 1979–1980 season, Scooby-Doo was given a major overhaul, adding the character of Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo, voiced by Lennie Weinrib, and changing the name of the show to Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.^[7]

Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and Velma became less essential to the plot, and it became more of a concentrated effort to try and make them relevant, once the new character's presence shed light on it. ^[8] However, they ultimately were removed by the next season. Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy were the main focus. Marla Frumkin took over Pat Stevens' role as Velma Dinkley towards the end of the season, beginning with episode 12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma has only one line (off-screen); "Have a good visit." In episode 16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief," as she, Fred, and Daphne were not in that episode for very long. This episode could even be seen as a backdoor pilot of what was to come the following season. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.

Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon
Story editors: Duane Poole and Thomas Swale
Story: Doug Booth, Diane Duane, Mark Evanier, Willie Gilbert, Glenn Leopold, Duane Poole, Thomas Swale, David Villaire

Don Messick as Scooby-Doo
Lennie Weinrib as Scrappy-Doo
Casey Kasem as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
Heather North as Daphne Blake
Frank Welker as Fred Jones
Pat Stevens (eps. 1–11) and Marla Frumkin (eps. 12–16) as Velma Dinkley

A complete series set was released on April 28, 2015.^[19]

DVD Name	Release Date	Episode(s) Included
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo: The Complete Season 1	April 28, 2015^[19]	All episodes
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Around the World	May 15, 2012^[20]	"Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake" "Lock the Door, It's a Minotaur!"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills	October 16, 2012^[21]	"Rocky Mountain Yiiiiii!"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot!	September 24, 2013^[22]	"The Scary Sky Skeleton"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field Of Screams	May 13, 2014	"The Demon of the Dugout"
Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf's Up Scooby-Doo	May 5, 2015	"Twenty Thousand Screams Under The Sea"

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo"]". United States Copyright Office.
^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 249=253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 534–538. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ "BBC PROGRAMME INDEX". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "The network kept threatening to cancel it every year or two, so every season they had to add a new element to the show to keep it fresh." – Mark Evanier, one of the writers for the animated Scooby Doo series. Retrieved from The Scooby Story on October 6, 2006.
^ "Radio Rashy Episode 170 – Son of Evenings with Evanier!! | Radio Rashy".
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 723–724. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ "A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo! - 017| Interview with Duane Poole (Part Two) on Stitcher". A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo. 20:02
^ "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo – WGA Directory". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-09 Second.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-10 First.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. August 22, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-10 Second.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-11 First.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-11 Second.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1979-12 First.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ "1979-12 Second.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ "FWH-1979-12.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1980-01 First.pdf". Nielsen Media Research. Google Drive. January 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Press Release for 'The Complete Season 1' of the 1979 Show". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
^ "Scooby's All-Stars - '13 Spooky Tales Around The World' Draws From 6 Scooby Shows". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
^ Lambert, David (June 21, 2012). "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - '13 Spooky Tales: Holiday Chills and Thrills' 2-DVD Set". Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
^ Lambert, David (2013). "The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries - '13 Spooky Tales: Ruh-Roh Robot!' DVDs with More Classic Episodes". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2013.

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