OllieSuave-007 This is the second incarnation of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series, where the Great Dane joins sleuths Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy to solve ghostly and out-of-this-world mysteries. Now, along for the ride in each episode are celebrity guest stars like Don Knotts, Sonny & Cher, Batman & Robin, Laurel & Hardy and the Addams Family. With this series incarnation, you continue to see some good classic detective elements in the episodes, from finding clues to splitting up to investigate, and gags and goofy comedy that the characters serve up, mostly courtesy of Shaggy and Scooby. It can be a fun show at times, but this incarnation doesn't have as much of that spooky and suspense feel as the original series, as a result from the integration and concentration of the celebrity guest stars (which gave the series a more wacky, whimsical and light-hearted feel). I feel even the Mystery, Inc. gang characters act a little too overzealous and over-excited since they're around the guest stars, especially that of Fred, Daphne and Velma. Overall, it's a still good childhood show, sure to generate some laughter from the kids. Grade B

voicemaster71 I was just a baby when this series aired on Saturday mornings. I actually didn't see the New Scooby Doo Movies until I was in grade school and they aired it weekday afternoons in syndication. I think it aired on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons in 2 part format and I never saw them fully together until Cartoon Network came about. The first one I ever saw was when they met Sandy Duncan. The original voice cast was back and while I did not think the animation style was as good as their predecessing series, I did enjoy the shows. On this Scooby series, I was first introduced to the likes of Jerry Reed, Jonathan Winters, Davy Jones of the Monkees, Cass Elliot of the Mamas and Papas, Don Adams, and Sonny and Cher. I was also introduced to the late team of Laurel and Hardy as well. My favorite ones had recurring guests like the Three Stooges, and the Harlem Globetrotters, I also enjoyed seeing the casts of Jeannie, Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy show up. But most of all, my all time favorites are the two episodes where the gang met up with and aided Batman and Robin in capturing the Joker and the Penguin. They already had Casey Kasem in the cast, it was nice they got a hold of Olan Soule (Batman) and Ted Knight (Joker and Penguin) as well.The Batman episodes probably gave HB practice for animating the Blue Falcon and Dynomutt as well as the SuperFriends.But these Scooby shows are enjoyable to watch. Just grab a bag of popcorn and you're good to go. Unfortunately, HB only released small collection of Scooby Movies instead of the entire series.

richard.fuller1 Why did the Mystery Machine kids suddenly start teaming up with these characters? Why not Yogi Bear or Huckleberry Hound? Why was this cartoon an hour long? Scooby Doo, at this time, was only 3 years old. The transition of these kids and their dog will be one of the most intriguing journeys in cartoon history to track. The Scooby Movies are that incredible as well.I do recall eventually watching these back when they aired, and clearly did not watch them straight through. The New Scooby Movies aired opposite the quickly-cancelled Saturday Superstar Movies on ABC, which I did watch instead back then in '72.Later that year, I would check out the movies and was floored. The animation for many HB cartoons at this time was poor, plots are horrible too, so the celebs were pretty much on their own. Don KNotts does seem to be the winner here with his two appearances. In this limited animation program, he does manage to deliver some one-of-a-kind lines for a cartoon.My siblings and I did rather enjoy the Jonathan Winters one as well, mainly for the Mother Frickert character, also voiced by Winters. Phyllis Diller seemed to have extensive fun too (when the gang is trying to open a heavy door, Diller quips "what a shame I'm not strong instead of just. . . gorgeous!" she says in an alluring manner).I had no recollection of the Cass Elliott adventure in the candy factory, but Elliott seems to have fun, as she runs with the more exciting Shaggy and Scooby. It is interesting to study who runs with the exciting pair and who runs with the dull trio, Fred, Velma and Daphne. Sonny & Cher, the Stooges and ALL of Josie and the Pussycats would go with the trio, leaving Shaggy and Scooby to save the day.Davy Jones adventure would stand as perhaps the only time that the group split differently with Davy taking Velma and Daphne and Fred going with Shaggy and Scooby. I do recall the ghostly knight and the moat monster from Jones' Hagglethorne Hall adventure, but I didn't recall Davy Jones til I saw the show later. Stan Laurel died in '65, Oliver Hardy in '56 so no, neither of them did their voices. The same for Larry Fine of the stooges, who had a stroke in '71. Both Moe Howard and Fine would die in '75, so they were clearly too old to do decent voices perhaps.Also, the real Harlem Globetrotters didn't do the cartoon voices, as that is Scatman Crothers doing Meadowlark Lemon's voice, in the Globetrotter cartoon as well as in the 3 Scooby movies.Jerry Reed ("Little Mary Sunshine") and Sandy Duncan were voted the two worst movies.I had no remembrance of the Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams or Tim Conway movies either, probably because I was too little to know who they were.Hands down, the Josie and the Pussycats meeting has to be the most incredible with Josie-Daphne, Alan M.-Freddie, Shaggy-Alexander cancellations taking place left and right, especially to the point of Alexander's voice changing. Not surprising, Casey Kasem has no recollection of this meeting as he must have thought he was doing the same character's voice. Still, the meetings are head-shaking as well. Don Adams is an exterminator, Jonathan Winters was working at a service station, Tim Conway was a coach, Dick Van Dyke was the owner of a carnival. Good or bad, there must be something to the cartoons as they are being discussed and debated over thirty years later and counting.

Adam Appel I used to love watching this show. This show had so many things and the humor I can still enjoy. One of the many clever elements was the introduction of the "guest stars" such as Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jeannie from "I Dream of Jeannie." I thought that was a nice touch. My ONLY beef was. . .Scrappy of course. I understand that it was being done similarly to a sitcom (think Mad About You) but WHY would you introduce a young pup to the show to boost ratings for a KIDS show already? Big mistake. The only mistake worse was not making a mystery of "What Happened To Scrappy Doo?"