Day Eighty-Nine: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Vol. 1

SCOOBY-DOO WHERE ARE YOU? THE COMPLETE 1ST & 2ND SEASONS

Starring:
-Fred
-Daphne
-Velma
-Shaggy
-Scooby-dooby Doo!


The premise is simple: a Great Dane is a scaredy-cat. Together with his master/best friend Shaggy and their other pals (ascot-wielding Fred, sexy redhead Daphne, and chubby, bespectacled, know-it-all Velma), these meddling kids travel around the country in their groovy van The Mystery Machine. The kids can’t seem take a potty break without stumbling into some overly elaborate criminal scheme. But plunging headfirst into mysterious situations is one reason why the nosy brats have sleuthed their way into pop culture history.

The set I have features all 25 episodes from the original televisions series, seasons I & II. A lot of the classic villains and images associated with the Scooby-Doo canon are found in these seasons, including the Hawaiian Witch Doctor, Charlie the Funland Robot, the Wax Phantom, and the Headless Specter at the Haunted Mansion.

These are the classic episodes that really exemplify everything you expect to see in a Scooby-Doo cartoon. Unless you’re really paying close, judgmental attention, you’ll be having too much fun to realize that every plot is basically the same and it’s never really all that difficult figuring out who dunnit.

Over the years, I’ve heard people say that Shaggy is an obvious pothead, and make the assumption that “Scooby Snacks” are actually marijuana-laced cookies instead of wholesome, quality, humorously-named dog biscuits. To these dastardly assumption makers I say, “You are probably right.”

But that’s okay with me.


FINAL GRADE: A+

Off in search of Scooooooby snacks,

M.