Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Explained

Alt Name:Scooby's All-Stars
Genre:Comedy
Runtime:120 minutes
90 minutes
Creator:Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Director:Ray Patterson (1978)
Carl Urbano (1978)
Charles A. Nichols
Executive Producer:William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices:Don Messick
Daws Butler
Mel Blanc
Casey Kasem
Frank Welker
Julie Bennett
Joe Besser
John Stephenson
Heather North
Pat Stevens
Gary Owens
Laurel Page
Marilyn Schreffler
Vernee Watson
Theme Music Composer:Hoyt Curtin
Country:United States
Language:English
Network:ABC
Company:Hanna-Barbera Productions
Num Episodes:24 (list of episodes)
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: Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Laff-A-Lympics, The Scooby-Doo Show, The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt 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 October 28, 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]

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 Laff-A-Lympics and eight new Captain Caveman segments were produced for the block in 1978–79. The Scooby-Doo Show began the 1978–79 season in reruns, though starting from November 11, seven 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.

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.

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Notes and References

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