ScooDoo, a famous cartoon character, was created in response to a request from Fred Silverman, who wanted a non-superhero-based cartoon. The initial concept was four teenage detectives traveling in a van called The Mystery Machine. The show was initially called Mysteries Five but was soon changed to Who’s Scared? and then to ScooDoo, Where Are You?. The show moved from CBS to ABC and continues to be popular today.
ScooDoo is a cartoon character made famous for starring in a series of cartoons featuring the cowardly dog and his mystery-solving teenage friends. ScooDoo made his first appearance on the CBS television station. Perhaps Scoo would never have been created if not for a man named Fred Silverman.
Silverman was in charge of daytime programming for CBS in 1969. He wanted a non-superhero-based cartoon to air on television. Silverman envisioned the future show as a cross between the 1940s radio show I Love a Mystery and the popular television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, a show that ran from 1959 to 1965 and featured the story of a dimwitted teenager and of his friends.
In response to Silverman’s request, the Hanna-Barbera animation studio tapped Joe Rue writers Ken Spears to create characters, storylines, and storylines for the new cartoon. The initial concept the writers came up with involved four teenage detectives traveling in a van called The Mystery Machine. The boys would solve mysteries as they drove across the country accompanied by their pet Great Dane. At the time, the big dog was not a crucial character to the story.
The show was initially called Mysteries Five but was soon changed to Who’s Scared? Eventually, the show was revealed to CBS executives and president Frank Stanton. The creators of the mystery cartoon wanted to schedule it for the fall of 1969.
Unfortunately, Stanton thought the artwork was too scary for young viewers and turned it down. On the flight home, Silverman was listening to Frank Sinatra’s music on earphones. He was playing the song Strangers in the Night. A section of the song inspired Silverman to come up with a new phrase, “ScooDooDoo.” He approached executives again and told them the show could be called ScooDoo, Where Are You?. The dog named ScooDoo would take his place as the central character of the program.
The new cartoon version of Hanna Barbera was more comical than mysterious. ScooDoo’s distinctive voice was given by Don Messick, who perfected the dog’s laugh and sound. Popular DJ Casey Kasem voiced the character of Shaggy, ScooDoo’s perpetually hungry best friend. The leader of the group Freddy was played by Frank Welker, while Nicole Jaffe voiced the intellectual Velma. Rounding out the cast of characters was the beautiful Daphne voiced by actress Heather North.
In 1972, the ScooDoo cartoon began to feature special guest stars such as Tim Conway, Phyllis Diller, Don Knotts, Jonathan Winters, the Addams Family, and comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. After seven years at CBS, the show moved to the ABC network, gradually introducing new characters such as Scrappy Doo. The show continues in various guises and has spawned television specials, feature films, video games, and licensed merchandise.
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