Anybody Like The Scooby Doo Series That Had Guest Stars On Them? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-28-2010, 06:24 PM

They were referred to as The New Scooby-Doo Movies And featured such eclectic guests from Sonny & Cher to The Three Stooges. Did you like these "movies" or did you prefer the original "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" Series?

Retro4Life · 03-28-2010, 07:09 PM

Yes, actually I loved them. I was about eight or nine when these originally aired and at the time all of the celebs were (more or less) still quite active or at least very much in the public's mind or memories. I doubt that now a show featuring Phyllis Diller or Sandy Duncan would elicit much interest from kids, but then I ate it up.

I love it when favorites from different mediums or genres or just shows mix together; it's like a rainbow flavored sundae or something.

angiefan · 03-28-2010, 07:10 PM

I loved the Jeannie episode and the The Three Stooges.

dakert · 03-29-2010, 12:31 AM

I liked the Davy Jones episode. I think he sang a song called "Happy"?

Marvo301 · 03-29-2010, 12:47 AM

I was a fan of both Scooby Doo Where Are You and The New Scooby Doo Movies. Like Retro4Life said the fun thing about The New Scooby Doo Movies was having celebrities from different genres mixed together with our favorite cartoon characters!

TV Knowledge Fan · 03-29-2010, 03:15 AM

...but I found out much later on that the show was primarily the brainchild of CBS programming executive Fred Silverman, who made his mark creating "blockbuster" Saturday morning schedules for CBS from the mid-'60s through the mid-'70s, with the inclusion of "SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?", the various "ARCHIE" series, and his famous "all-superhero" line-up from 1966 through '68. Here, Silverman thought he could cross-promote several "second-string" CBS stars directly to kids by having them interact with Scooby and the gang....including Sandy Duncan (who had her own brief sitcom on the network's 1972 Fall schedule), Sonny & Cher (the stars of the network's "SONNY & CHER COMEDY HOUR"), Dick Van Dyke ("THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW"), Tim Conway (a regular guest star on "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW" back then), Jerry Reed (host of a 1972 summer musical variety series, "THE JERRY REED 'WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT' HOUR"), and various "celebrities" like Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Don Adams, Davy Jones, "Mama" Cass Elliott, et. al. Of course, Silverman always kept his eye on his "first love", the Saturday morning schedule, by reminding viewers about several of Hanna-Barbera's other cartoon "stars" on the same schedule by having them appear as "guest stars"- "THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS", "THE THREE STOOGES", "JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS", "JEANNIE", and "SPEED BUGGY".

And that was what Fred Silverman mastered in prime-time; he made sure "THE SONNY & CHER COMEDY HOUR" and "TONY ORLANDO & DAWN" were booked with as many CBS "guest stars" as possible. He loved the idea of using someone else's show to promote his other "stars"....

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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,453	I was a fan of both Scooby Doo Where Are You and The New Scooby Doo Movies. Like Retro4Life said the fun thing about The New Scooby Doo Movies was having celebrities from different genres mixed together with our favorite cartoon characters!
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03-29-2010, 03:15 AM	#6
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Sure, I liked "THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES"... ...but I found out much later on that the show was primarily the brainchild of CBS programming executive Fred Silverman, who made his mark creating "blockbuster" Saturday morning schedules for CBS from the mid-'60s through the mid-'70s, with the inclusion of "SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU?", the various "ARCHIE" series, and his famous "all-superhero" line-up from 1966 through '68. Here, Silverman thought he could cross-promote several "second-string" CBS stars directly to kids by having them interact with Scooby and the gang....including Sandy Duncan (who had her own brief sitcom on the network's 1972 Fall schedule), Sonny & Cher (the stars of the network's "SONNY & CHER COMEDY HOUR"), Dick Van Dyke ("THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW"), Tim Conway (a regular guest star on "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW" back then), Jerry Reed (host of a 1972 summer musical variety series, "THE JERRY REED 'WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT' HOUR"), and various "celebrities" like Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Don Adams, Davy Jones, "Mama" Cass Elliott, et. al. Of course, Silverman always kept his eye on his "first love", the Saturday morning schedule, by reminding viewers about several of Hanna-Barbera's other cartoon "stars" on the same schedule by having them appear as "guest stars"- "THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS", "THE THREE STOOGES", "JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS", "JEANNIE", and "SPEED BUGGY". And that was what Fred Silverman mastered in prime-time; he made sure "THE SONNY & CHER COMEDY HOUR" and "TONY ORLANDO & DAWN" were booked with as many CBS "guest stars" as possible. He loved the idea of using someone else's show to promote his other "stars"....

03-29-2010, 12:31 AM	#4
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	I liked the Davy Jones episode. I think he sang a song called "Happy"?