Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
Also known asScooby's All-Stars
GenreComedy
Created byJoe Ruby
Ken Spears
Directed by
Presented by
Voices ofDon Messick
Daws Butler
Mel Blanc
Casey Kasem
Frank Welker
Julie McWhirter
Julie Bennett
Joe Besser
Alan Oppenheimer
John Stephenson
Heather North
Pat Stevens
Gary Owens
Laurel Page
Marilyn Schreffler
Vernee Watson
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producers
  • Don Jurwich (1978)
  • Alex Lovy (1978)
  • Art Scott (1978)
Editors
  • Larry C. Cowan
  • Dick Elliot
  • Gil Iverson
Camera setup
  • George Epperson
  • Jerry Smith
  • Reba Bement
  • Tom Epperson
  • Chuck Flekal
  • Curt Hall
  • Ron Jackson
  • Larry Smith
  • Terry Smith
  • Brandy Whittington
  • Jerry Whittington
Running time120 minutes (1977–78)
90 minutes (1978–79)
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1977 (1977-09-10) –
September 2, 1978 (1978-09-02)
Related
The Scooby-Doo Show
Laff-A-Lympics
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics is a two-hour Saturday morning animated program block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from September 10, 1977, until September 2, 1978.[1]

The block featured five Hanna-Barbera series among its segments: The Scooby-Doo Show, Laff-A-Lympics, The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, and reruns of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. During the second season in 1978–79, the show was re-titled Scooby's All-Stars and broadcast on ABC from September 9, 1978, to December 23, 1978. The runtime was reduced from 120 minutes to 90 minutes by dropping The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

Overview

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics included five cartoon segments:[2]

  • The Scooby-Doo Show (one episode, 30 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about four teenage detectives and their talking dog, Scooby-Doo. Eight first-run episodes were produced for 1977–78, with 16 made for The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour from 1976–77 re-run following the final first-run episode. Two of the new episodes, as well as two others from 1976–77, feature Scooby-Doo's cousin Scooby-Dum as a recurring character.
  • Laff-A-Lympics (one episode, 30 minutes): Based on Battle of the Network Stars, this series featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters, including Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Mumbly, and others competing in Olympics-styled events. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
  • The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt (one episode, 11 minutes each): New episodes featuring the superhero Blue Falcon and his bumbling cyborg dog sidekick Dynomutt, introduced the previous year in the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder segments of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The new Dynomutt episodes were two-part cliffhangers, of which eight episodes (four stories total) were produced for 1977–78.
  • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (one episode, 11 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about three female teenage detectives and their companion, a prehistoric caveman superhero thawed from a block of ice. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (one episode, 30 minutes): reruns of the first Scooby-Doo series, originally run on CBS from 1969–70.

When the show became Scooby's All-Stars during the second season on September 9, 1978, the Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! segments were dropped and two Captain Caveman segments were broadcast instead of just one (eight new + a rerun from the previous season). Eight new Laff-A-Lympics and Captain Caveman segments were produced for the block in 1978–79. For the first eight weeks The Scooby-Doo Show segment began the 1978–79 season in reruns, though starting from November 4, the remaining eight new episodes (produced for an aborted revival of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! as a separate half-hour) were run as part of Scooby's All-Stars. Laff-A-Lympics and Captain Caveman segments also aired reruns from their previous seasons for the remainder of the series run.

For the 1979–80 season, the block was cancelled and Scooby-Doo became a half-hour show as Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo. Laff-A-Lympics and Captain Caveman would resurface on ABC during the latter part of the season in 1980.

Cast

Season 1 (1977-78) as Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal release date
11"The Curse of Viking Lake / Swiss Alps and Tokyo / Beastwoman, Pt. 1 / The Kooky Case of the Cryptic Keys / What a Night for a Knight (rerun)"September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)
22"Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats / Florida and China / Beastwoman, Pt. 2 / The Mixed-Up Mystery of Deadman's Reef / A Clue For Scooby-Doo (rerun)"September 17, 1977 (1977-09-17)
33"Hang in There, Scooby-Doo / Acapulco and England / The Glob, Pt. 1 / What a Flight for a Fright / Hassle in the Castle (rerun)"September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)
44"The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller / Sahara and Scotland / The Glob, Pt. 2 / The Creepy Case of the Creaky Charter Boat / Mine Your Own Business (rerun)"October 1, 1977 (1977-10-01)
55"The Spooky Case of the Grand Prix Race / France and Australia / Madame Ape Face, Pt. 1 / Big Scare in the Big Top / Decoy for a Dognapper (rerun)"October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08)
66"The Ozark Witch Switch / Athens and Ozarks / Madame Ape Face, Pt. 2 / Big Scare in the Big Top / Foul Play in Funland (rerun)"October 15, 1977 (1977-10-15)
77"Creepy Cruise / Italy and Kittyhawk, North Carolina / Shadowman, Pt. 1 / The Crazy Case of the Tell-Tale Tape / The Backstage Rage (rerun)"October 22, 1977 (1977-10-22)
88"The Creepy Heap from the Deep / Egypt and Sherwood Forest / Shadowman, Pt. 2 / The Creepy Claw Caper / Bedlam in the Big Top (rerun)"October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29)
99"The Harum Scarum Sanitarium (rerun) / Spain and Himalayas / The Queen Hornet (rerun) / Cavey and the Kabuta Clue / Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too (rerun)"November 5, 1977 (1977-11-05)
1010"The No-Face Zombie Chase Case (rerun) / India and Israel / The Wizard of Ooze (rerun) / Cavey and Weirdo Wolfman / A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts (rerun)"November 12, 1977 (1977-11-12)
1111"Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo (rerun) / Africa and San Francisco / Tin Kong (rerun) / The Disappearing Elephant Mystery / Spooky Space Kook (rerun)"November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19)
1212"The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback (rerun) / Grand Canyon and Ireland / The Awful Ordeal With the Head of Steel (rerun) / The Fur Freight Fright / That's Snow Ghost (rerun)"November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26)
1313"A Bum Steer for Scooby (rerun) / Hawaii and Norway / The Blue Falcon vs. The Red Vulture (rerun) / Ride 'Em Caveman / Nowhere to Hyde (rerun)"December 3, 1977 (1977-12-03)
1414"There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark (rerun) / North Pole and Tahiti / The Injustice League of America (rerun) / The Strange Case of the Creature From Space / The Backstage Rage (rerun)"December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10)
1515"A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground (rerun) / Arizona and Holland / Lighter Than Air Raid (rerun) / The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up / Which Witch is Which? (rerun)"December 17, 1977 (1977-12-17)
1616"The Headless Horseman of Halloween (rerun) / Quebec and Baghdad / The Prophet Profits (rerun) / Playing Footsie With Bigfoot / Haunted House Hang-Up (rerun)"December 24, 1977 (1977-12-24)

Notes

  1. The first segment was billed as Scooby-Doo and all the episodes produced from 1976 to 1979 were repackaged and rerun under The Scooby-Doo Show title in 1980
  2. For its second season Dynomutt, Dog Wonder became The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt.
  3. After episode eight, the Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt segments continued the season in reruns from episodes originally broadcast on The Scooby-Doo / Dynomutt Show.
  4. The rerun episodes were never officially listed during the original series run. The episodes shown reflect an AI generated list of how the episodes may had been potentially broadcast based on popularity, airdate and time of year.

Season 2 (1978-79) as Scooby's All Stars

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal release date
171"High Rise Hair Raiser (rerun) / Russia and Carribean / Disco Cavey / The Kooky Case of the Cryptic Keys (rerun)"September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)
182"The Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost (rerun) / New York and Turkey / Muscle Bound Cavey / The Mixed-Up Mystery of Deadman’s Reef (rerun)"September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16)
193"The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul (rerun) / South America and Transylvania / Cavey’s Crazy Car Caper / The Creepy Case of the Creaky Charter Boat (rerun)"September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23)
204"The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man (rerun) / Monte Carlo and New Zealand / Cavey’s Mexicali 5000 / Big Scare in the Big Top (rerun)"September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30)
215"Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo (rerun) / Louisiana and Atlantis / Wild West Cavey / Double Dribble Riddle (rerun)"October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)
226"The Harum Scarum Sanitarium (rerun) / Morocco and Washington, D.C. / Cavey’s Winter Carnival Caper / The Crazy Case of the Tell-Tale Tape (rerun)"October 14, 1978 (1978-10-14)
237"The No-Face Zombie Chase Case (rerun) / Canada and Poland / Cavey’s Fashion Fiasco / The Creepy Claw Caper (rerun)"October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)
248"The Headless Horseman of Halloween (rerun) / Siam and the Moon / Cavey’s Missing Miss-ile Mystery / Cavey and the Kabuta Clue (rerun)"October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28)
259"Make a Beeline Away From That Feeline / Swiss Alps and Tokyo (rerun) / Cavey and the Weirdo Wolfman (rerun) / The Disappearing Mystery Elephant (rerun)"November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04)
2610"The Creepy Creature of Vulture’s Claw / Acapulco and England (rerun) / The Fur Freight Fright (rerun) / Ride ‘Em Caveman (rerun)"November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11)
2711"The Diabolical Disc Demon / Athens and Ozarks (rerun) / The Strange Case of the Creature From Space (rerun) / The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up (rerun)"November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18)
2812"Scooby’s Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper / Italy and Kittyhawk, North Carolina (rerun) / Playing Footsie With Bigfoot (rerun) / What a Flight for a Fright (rerun)"November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
2913"A Menace in Venice / Egypt and Sherwood Forest (rerun) / The Kooky Case of the Cryptic Keys (rerun) / The Creepy Claw Caper (rerun)"December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)
3014"Don’t Go Near the Fortress of Fear / Spain and Himalayas (rerun) / Double Dribble Riddle (rerun) / Big Scare in the Big Top (rerun)"December 9, 1978 (1978-12-09)
3115"The Warlock of Wimbledon / France and Australia (rerun) / The Creepy Case of the Creaky Charter Boat (rerun) / The Crazy Case of Tell-Tale Tape (rerun)"December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)
3216"The Beast is Awake at Bottomless Lake / India and Israel (rerun) / The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up (rerun) / Playing Footsie With Bigfoot (rerun)"December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)


Notes

  1. Bold = indicates new episodes
  2. Scooby-Doo began the season in reruns from the 1976–77 season for the first eight weeks.
  3. After the first eight weeks Laff-a-Lympics aired rerun episodes from the 1977–78 season.
  4. Captain Caveman aired 2 episodes; newly produced episodes for the 1978-79 + a rerun from the 1977–78 season. After eight weeks both episodes were repeat episodes from the 1977–78 season.
  5. The rerun episodes were never officially listed during the original series run. The episodes shown reflect an AI generated list of how the episodes may had been potentially broadcast based on popularity, airdate and time of year.

See also

References

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's television, the first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. The Scarecrow Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Lenberg, Jeff (1991). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3 p. 409-411.