Just curious...

In a word, yes. Ever notice how the van always had smoke on the inside, and he was always hungry?? ;) :crazy: :lol:

Anybody that would fight with his dog for Scooby snacks had to be stoned. :lol:

Anybody that would fight with his dog for Scooby snacks had to be stoned. :lol:
:rofl:

...Shaggy wasn't supposed to be a "stoner" (even though he appears to act like one). He was created as a amalgam of Bob Denver's "Maynard G. Krebs" {"the beatnik"} from "DOBIE GILLIS", and Richard Crenna's "Walter Denton" {"the screechy one"} on "OUR MISS BROOKS"...just offbeat and "goofy" enough to have a dog like Scooby, and function as "comedy relief" at the same time...

:tv:

No one could've played Shaggy better than Casey Kasem!!!! :cool: :D

In a word, yes. Ever notice how the van always had smoke on the inside, and he was always hungry?? ;) :crazy: :lol:

I loved in the first Scooby Doo movie how they made it look like Shaggy was getting stoned inside the van, but then when they go in the van he's actually barbecuing:lol:

Proof that Shaggy was a stoner:

He was based on a beatnik

He had full-on conversations with his dog

What's the first thing he does when arriving at a spooky location? Raids the kitchen....


Munchies!!!
http://benich.com/pictures/scooby_doo_kyle/scooby_shaggy.jpg

^ Exactly my point!!! :lol:

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I think Shaggy was supposed to have all the elements of a stoner, i.e. bohemian appearance (the goatee thing, the shaggy hair, the slumped shoulders), the lingo ("like WOW, Scoob!"), the appetite (no explanation needed) and personality (laidback and mellow, except when it came to ghosts) without actually BEING a stoner.

Kind of like Fonzie had all the "cool" attributes of a 50's hood but none of the nasty stuff. :lol:

I think Shaggy was supposed to have all the elements of a stoner, i.e. bohemian appearance (the goatee thing, the shaggy hair, the slumped shoulders), the lingo ("like WOW, Scoob!"), the appetite (no explanation needed) and personality (laidback and mellow, except when it came to ghosts) without actually BEING a stoner.

Kind of like Fonzie had all the "cool" attributes of a 50's hood but none of the nasty stuff. :lol:

Shaggy was a "kid friendly" stoner:lol:

Shaggy was a "kid friendly" stoner:lol:

Yeah, in retrospect it seems very unrealistic but when writing for kids I can see how you'd want to skew reality a bit. We're only young once, why drown kids in reality when there's plenty of time for that later on? :cool:

On topic but off a bit...this reminds me of the obscure kids' show "Monster Squad" with Fred Grandy. The premise is that Dracula, the Wolfman and the Frankenstein Monster come to life in a wax museum (never sure how they got there in the first place, since they weren't made out of wax!) and decide to do good in order to "attone for their past misbehaving".

"Misbehaving" like mass murder, desecration of graves, kidnapping...stuff like that. :eek: Even as a kid I kind of thought that was REALLY soft pedalling their pasts! :crazy:

(Still liked the show, btw).

I think Shaggy was supposed to have all the elements of a stoner, i.e. bohemian appearance (the goatee thing, the shaggy hair, the slumped shoulders), the lingo ("like WOW, Scoob!"), the appetite (no explanation needed) and personality (laidback and mellow, except when it came to ghosts) without actually BEING a stoner.

Kind of like Fonzie had all the "cool" attributes of a 50's hood but none of the nasty stuff. :lol:
I agree!

Shaggy was a "kid friendly" stoner:lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

He was a damn dirty hippy.

He was a damn dirty hippy.
Actually he was more of a beatnik than a hippie!

He was a damn dirty hippy.
No Scooby snack for you. :D

Confucius once observed if you want to know someone look at his friends.

http://sharetv.org/images/jabberjaw/cleveland_clam-head_rogers-char.jpg

http://sharetv.org/images/josie_and_the_pussycats/alexander_cabot_iii-char.jpg

http://fliiby.com/images/_thumbs/me_ekbfadpwq11.jpg

Just sayin'... ;)

Actually he was more of a beatnik than a hippie!
:yeahthat