Steve Carras .,.and I don't mean spot son a dogs fur.. "Jenna'"s "WHAT'S OLD" comment was hilariously on the money here, sadly, Shaggy...Mr.Casey Kasem, you're a reasonable guy in a certain extent, on radio, but as Shaggy..no offense to Scooby fans, of course.:-)I mean, how many hundred Scooby-Doo shows were there? Not to mention obvious clones--even "The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show" (1971-72/CBS),assomebody on that show's entry here mentions---the Daphne characterredesign, and format and such...and Wile's right about the soundtrack,even for those who ARE SD fans this may be a big trial, the HB sound EFX are lacking, ironically producer WB would have used these same sound EF in the mid to late 60s when the ORIGINAL Scooby appeared..like in the one lesser character late 60s (TV WB animation producer) Bill L.Hendricks-era Seven Arts Looney/Merrie short aired on American network TV-till Nickelodeon got the Looney's and Merries in 1988, "Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too", for instance as well as all of the other WB Seven Arts shorts ("Norman Normal" and "The Door",both '68, being exceptions,due to their special nature.)

TheTVConnoisseur This is the first Scooby-Doo series since "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" and like the show before it, it's Scrappy Free! That's the highlight of the new show. However, I neither like or hate this new show. What disappoints me is that the humor that the first three shows had is missing. In addition to the action/adventure that the recent animated films had is also no where to be found. The show has the potential to be better, but for the 9th Scooby-Doo television series it's actually pretty entertaining.The series currently is doing great in the ratings and that's a good thing since the live-action film was such a piece of garbage. We wouldn't want Scooby-Doo to make another comeback!

AllisonLVenezio "What's New Scooby-Doo?" You brand-new TV show!!The lame attempts to recapture the magic of the famous "scooby-Doo" franchise fell flat during the 1980s (remember "13 ghosts of Scooby-Doo" and "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo"?, among several other stinkers). Plus, the addition of Scrappy-Doo in 1979 didn't help matters either. After the last original series ended in 1991, the franchise dropped Scrappy, bought back Fred and Velma, and made a string of decent direct-to-video animated features. But the success of the 2002 live-action feature prompted this cartoon, and a renewal to the famous franchise many of us Gen-Xers have grown to love.I was never really a fan of "Scooby-Doo" until last year. Sure, I watched the reruns of every weekend from about 1985 until 1991, but that was because my brother liked it, and we only had two TV's in our house (the other was in my parents room, and since they were sleeping, the other TV was the only one we could watch. I survived.) The problem was, in the mid-80s, "Scooby-Doo! Where are You?" was a rarity on the local syndication channels. We had to watch "Scooby and Scrappy-Doo," which was god-awful, and I wouldn't force anyone to watch it. I turned away the cartoons in 1991, after "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" aggravated me. Last year, I saw the live-action movie out of curiosity, and then this cartoon premired on Cartoon Network in March 2003, and I couldn't resist. I was hooked.It's actually a funny show, and capitalizes on what made the movie fun. It emphasizes bright color, and gives the show a modern-day approach. The beauty part is, they maintained much of the character personalities from the film, and added on to the original concepts: Fred isn't as much of a show-off credit-hogger as he was, Daphne is way more resourceful, and not nearly as "damsel-in-distress-esque", Velma speaks, is shown more, and has GREAT one-liners (I think this may have been because Linda Cardellini was so great in the movie, they most likely had to captialize on what she bought to the character), and Shaggy is great and sounds terrific, due in no small part to the return of the great Casey Kasem, who was sorely lacking in the cartoon movies. Frank Welker as Fred is what makes this cartoon. Welker and Kasem are the heart and soul of this series--it isn't a cartoon without either of them. Besides, Fred has a trademark voice--no one could copy it. Sadly, Don Messick (Scooby's original voice) is no longer with us, and Welker tries to capture that speech-impediment, and it does work. It's a shame that Messick's last original series run as Scooby was in the pitiful "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" (I'm sorry, but I really don't like that cartoon. It's painfully obvious.)I highly recommend this as a good introduction series for the youngsters, but I would most likely say to watch "Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?", which still is (and always will be) the best. This series is also fun for those who love the original series. It captures the magic of the original, and still holds the charm that made it special--jokes, mystery, and of course, the famous lines. Plus, Fred is sans ascot.So, What's new, Scooby-Doo? You just got a good review from this 20-year old fan!

TelevisionJunkie Scooby and the original gang are back for a new generation -- this time with computers, cellphones, onboard navigational systems and all the other technological advancements we've come to know.It's the original "Mystery 5" (no annoying Scrappy this time), with Kasem and Welker reprising their roles and Grey DeLisle and Mindy Cohn voicing Daphne and Velma. The stories (at least judging by the first episode), hark back to the original "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?," with the gang foiling the bad guys (who have the upper hand with new technology to build better monsters). The animation is better than it's ever been in a Scooby TV series. The new theme song by the fantastic Canadian band Simple Plan (who had a song in the live-action movie) fits the show like a glove, and they've even brought back the original score from the 1969 series... Plus there's chase scenes underscored with new tunes! All in all, the series has gotten a great makeover, and it's destined to become a classic!