The New Scooby-Doo Movies – The 1972 animated series
The new animated series for American television (1972–74) entitled The New Scooby-Doo Movies was produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. It is the second television series in the Scooby-Doo franchise, and ran for two seasons on CBS, from September 9, 1972 to October 27, 1973, as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo program.
The 24 episodes produced added a new dimension to the previous series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, by including famous real-world characters or well-known animated characters joining the Mystery, Inc. group to solve mysteries.
Many of the special guests who appeared on the series were living celebrities who lent their voices (Don Knotts, Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jonathan Winters, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams, Davy Jones and Sonny & Cher , among others). Some episodes have included retired or deceased celebrities, whose voices were done by impersonators (such as the Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy). Other characters have been crossovers with current or future characters from the Hanna-Barbera series.
After the original broadcast ended in 1974, reruns of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! they aired on CBS for the next two years. No new Scooby-Doo cartoons would be produced until the show moved to ABC in September 1976.
The New Scooby-Doo Movies was the last incarnation of Scooby-Doo to air on CBS and the last time Nicole Jaffe played the regular voice of Velma Dinkley, due to her marriage and retirement from acting.
Overall, the series had a great impact and influenced many viewers, and continued to air on various television networks in the following years. His influence can still be found in many television productions and cartoons today.
Title: The new Scooby-Doo movies
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Adventure
Director: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Authors: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
Production studio: Hanna-Barbera Productions
Number of episodes: 24
Country: United States
Original language: English
Duration: 43 minutes
TV Network: CBS
Release date: September 9, 1972 – October 27, 1973
The New Scooby-Doo Movies is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. It is the second television series in the Scooby-Doo franchise and follows the first incarnation, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! It ran from September 9, 1972 to October 27, 1973, for two seasons on CBS as the only one-hour Scooby-Doo series. Twenty-four episodes were produced, 16 for the 1972-73 season and another eight for the 1973-74 season.
In addition to lengthening the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies distinguishes itself from its predecessor by adding a rotating guest star role; each episode featured real-world celebrities or well-known animated characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving mysteries. This concept was later revived with a similar animated series titled Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, which aired in 2019.
Many of the guest stars who appeared in The New Scooby-Doo Movies were living celebrities who provided their voices (Don Knotts, Jerry Reed, Cass Elliot, Jonathan Winters, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, Don Adams, Davy Jones and Sonny & Cher, among others). Some episodes featured retired or deceased celebrities, whose voices were done by impersonators, and the rest were crossovers with present or future Hanna-Barbera characters.
After the original airing of The New Scooby-Doo Movies ended in 1974, reruns of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! they aired on CBS for the next two years. No new Scooby-Doo cartoons would be produced until the show moved to ABC in September 1976, with the announced The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. When the various Scooby-Doo series went into syndication in 1980, each episode of New Movies was split and broadcast as two half-hour parts. USA Network Cartoon Express began airing New Movies in their original format starting in September 1990; they were reruns on Sunday mornings until August 1992. In 1994, new Scooby-Doo films began appearing on three Turner Broadcasting networks: TNT, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 70s, the show featured a comedy track created by the studio.
The first season of the series was animated at Hanna-Barbera's main studio in Los Angeles, while the second season was animated at their new studio, Hanna-Barbera Pty, Ltd. in Australia.
