Am I the only one who likes the Scooby-Doo shorts from the 80's?

[CoolCaper]

They were short, they were weird, they had real monsters, but...I like weird. And real monsters. And silly little series that are weird in a fun way.

 

[Mandouga]

I'm...not sure what you're talking about. Do you mean the segments with Scrappy-Doo that aired on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show* (which later aired as a half hour show with the "three shorts" format)? In any case, not all of them had real monsters...

*"And Scrappy, too!"

 

[CoolCaper]

I'm...not sure what you're talking about. Do you mean the segments with Scrappy-Doo that aired on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show* (which later aired as a half hour show with the "three shorts" format)? In any case, not all of them had real monsters...

*"And Scrappy, too!"

That's the one. A lot of them did, which some people like to zero in on for some reason or another. How did you feel about them?

 

[Fone Bone]

Every single time this thread starter makes a new thread about this precise subject people always jump in to tell him how he's made the thread all wrong without bothering to answer his original question.

As to the question at hand I was never a huge Scooby Doo fan but I liked the Scrappy episodes better simply because the ones with Fred, Daphne and Velma were all so boring.

 

[Mandouga]

(sigh)...

For your information, Fone Bone, I did no such thing! I needed clarification as to what exactly the poster meant before I could give them an answer. Did YOU even bother to read my post?

Or maybe you were just speaking in general? If so, it didn't sound like it.

As to your question, CoolCaper, I like every version of Scooby-Doo*. I will say that the second, third seasons of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo--and yes, even the fourth season (with Scrappy and Yabba-Doo^)--are definitely a fun experience.

*Although I have no intention of watching Be Cool, Scooby-Doo after what I've heard about it; I'm not quite a fan of Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated either...

^ At the end of most stories, he says "Yibbity-Yabbity-DOO!", since the other thing would be, you know, too obvious...

 

[Erased Paper]

I'm...not sure what you're talking about. Do you mean the segments with Scrappy-Doo that aired on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show* (which later aired as a half hour show with the "three shorts" format)? In any case, not all of them had real monsters...

*"And Scrappy, too!"

Actually, it was a half hour show for the first five weeks, before it became "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show".

 

[wonderfly]

Moved this thread to "Saturday Morning Forever", as it's a discussion of the old Scooby Doo of the 80's, not the new shows.

 

[Fone Bone]

(sigh)...

For your information, Fone Bone, I did no such thing! I needed clarification as to what exactly the poster meant before I could give them an answer. Did YOU even bother to read my post?

Or maybe you were just speaking in general? If so, it didn't sound like it.

I was speaking in general. Sorry for singling you out. Also thank you for offering your opinion once you got the clarification. That was cool of you.

 

[Zachary Noah]

I'm...not sure what you're talking about. Do you mean the segments with Scrappy-Doo that aired on The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show* (which later aired as a half hour show with the "three shorts" format)? In any case, not all of them had real monsters...

*"And Scrappy, too!"

Yes! That was also when Don Messick did double duty as the voice of both Scooby and Scrappy, replacing Lennie Weinrib as the voice of the latter! When those episodes were repackaged for syndication, they used the opening title sequences from the original 1979 episodes, but with one major difference, the footage where Scrappy carries Scooby back inside the room where Shaggy, Daphne, Fred, and Velma are hanging out was replaced with a small snippet of Scooby and Shaggy running and shivering, which was from the 1979 episode "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly." Current prints of the 1980-1982 episodes of "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" use the original 1979 opening titles with Fred, Daphne, and Velma. Also, most episodes that originally aired in 1982 as part of "The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour" retained the original 1982 end credits, but with the 2001 Warner Bros. Television Distribution logo instead of the 1982 Ruby-Spears Enterprises logo. The 1979 Hanna-Barbera logo also had the Taft byline blacked out on current prints of "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo."