Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics


Also known as 'Scooby's All-Stars'
Genre Animation
Comedy
Children's television series
Created by Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Directed by

Ray Patterson (1978)

Voices of

Don Messick

Theme music composer Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)

William Hanna

Running time

120 minutes (1977–78)

90 minutes (1978–79)
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Taft Broadcasting
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 10, 1977 – September 8, 1979
Chronology
Preceded by The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77)
Related shows

The Scooby-Doo Show

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 to September 2, 1978.

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 September 8, 1979. 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:[1]

When the show became Scooby's All-Stars during the second season on September 9, 1978, the 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.

References

  1. Lenberg, Jeff (1991). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3 p. 409-411.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.