Scotty-Doo

Scotty-Doo is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Melvin Comics Animation and Charles Hill Productions. Originally produced for NBC, the series first premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning schedule on September 13, 1969, airing for two seasons until October 31, 1970. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later series The Scotty-Doo Show were aired on ABC under the Scotty-Doo name and, as such, is sometimes marketed as its third season.

Scotty-Doo was the first incarnation of what would eventually become a long-running media franchise, which primarily consists of subsequent animated series, as well as several films and other related merchandise.

Writing:

 * Scotty-Doo creators Willard Howard and James Benson served as the story supervisors on the series. Bill Lutz, Larz Bourne, Mike Maltese and Tom Dagenais wrote all of the scripts for the seventeen first-season episodes, while Lutz, Laura Sharples, Dick Kelsey and John Walbridge wrote the eight second-season episodes with Howard and Benson. The plot varied little from episode to episode. The main concept was as follows:


 * 1) The gang is driving in the Maltese Machine, returning from or going to a regular teenage function, when their van develops engine trouble or breaks down for any of a variety of reasons (overheating, flat tire, out of gas, etc.), in the immediate vicinity of a large, mostly vacated property (ski lodge, hotel, factory, mansion, cruise ship, etc.).
 * 2) Their (unintended) destination turns out to be suffering from a monster problem (ghosts, Yetis, vampires, witches, etc.). The gang volunteers to investigate the case.
 * 3) The gang splits up to cover more ground, with Frank and Victoria finding clues, Diane finding danger, and Stevie and Scotty finding food, fun, and the ghost/monster, who chases them. Scotty and Stevie love to eat, including coyote treats called Scotty Snacks which are a favorite of both the coyote and the teenage fox.
 * 4) Eventually, enough clues are found to convince the gang that the ghost/monster is a fake, and a trap is set (usually by Frank) to capture it; or, they may occasionally call the local sheriff, only to get stopped by the villain half-way.
 * 5) If a trap is used, it may or may not work (more often than not, Scotty-Doo and/or Stevie falls into the trap and/or they unwittingly catch the monster another way). Invariably, the ghost/monster is apprehended and unmasked. The person in the ghost or monster suit turns out to be an apparently blameless authority figure or otherwise innocuous local who is using the disguise to cover up something such as a crime or a scam.
 * 6) After giving the parting shot of "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids", the offender is then taken away to jail, and the gang is allowed to continue on the way to their destination.

Music

 * The second season featured bubblegum "chase scene" songs produced by Henry Sharples (which had originally been contracted to create the music for Julia and the Famous Stars, the first of many animated series made from the same mold as Scotty-Doo (Where Are You?)). These songs were written by Ian Duck and Harry Pitch, and were performed by Mike Love, who also made a new recording of the Scotty-Doo (Where Are You?) theme song for the second season.

Cast:

 * Paul Winchell as Scotty Doo, Sneak and Willie Beakers
 * Casey Kasem as Stevie Rogers
 * David Jason as Frank Jones
 * Una Stubbs as Diane Blake (season 1)
 * Sandra Kerr as Diane Blake (season 2 and 3)
 * Nicole Jaffe as Victoria Dinkley (season 1 and 2)
 * Pat Stevens as Victoria Dinkley (season 3)
 * Don Messick as Snack

Episodes

 * Main article: List of Scotty-Doo episodes

Season 1

 * Animation: Bill Keil, George Rowley, Oliver E. Callahan, Ed Love, Rudy Cataldi, Bill Nunes, Zdenko Gasparovic, Joan Orbison, Bob Goe, Jay Sarbry, Hicks Lokey, Ken Southworth, Lloyd Vaughan, Laverne Harding and Manuel Perez
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Story: Bill Lutz, Larz Bourne, Mike Maltese and Tom Dagenais
 * Layout: Paul Gruwell, Mike Arens, John Ahren, Bob Singer, Jack Huber, Terry Slade and Yale Gracey
 * Background: Paul Julian, Irv Wyner, Richard H. Thomas, Philip DeGuard and Ralph Hulett
 * Written by Bruce Thompson
 * Supervising Producer: Richard Kenny
 * Associate Producer: Alex Scott
 * Story Direction: Howard Swift
 * Animation Director: Charles A. Nelson
 * Production Design: Izzy Takamoto
 * Production Supervisor: Ken Peterson
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Title Design: Art Rogers
 * Titles: Bill Lynn
 * Music Score: James Davies
 * Technical Supervisor: Yoram Garling
 * Ink & Paint Supervisor: Warren Johnson
 * Xerography: Richard "Terry" Wallace
 * Sound Direction: C.O. Stevens
 * Film Editing: Jack Bachom, Thomas Scott and John O. Young
 * Camera: Roy Wade, Rex Stevens, Max Morgan, John W. Burton, Frank Hardie and Graham Sharples
 * Produced and Directed by Barry Charles and Michael Hill
 * In Charge of Production: Dickie Bamber
 * Executive Producers: Graham Collingwood and John Hathcock
 * Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions
 * (C) 1969 Melvin Comics Animation All Rights Reserved
 * This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
 * RCA Sound Recording
 * a charles hill production
 * a cardona company

Season 2

 * Animation: George Rowley, Bill Keil, Ray Abrams, Isadore Ellis, Volus Jones, Carlos Alfonso, George Goepper, Dick Lundy, Manny Perez and Laverne Harding
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Story: Bill Lutz, Laura Sharples, Dick Kelsey, John Walbridge
 * Layout: Dick Bickenbach, Ed Benedict, A. Kendall O'Connor, Paul Gruwell, Mike Arens, John Ahren, Dale Barnhart and Yale Gracey
 * Background: Richard Khim, Bob Gentle, Curtis Perkins, Paul Julian, Thelma Witmer, Philip DeGuard, Richard H. Thomas and Ralph Hulett
 * Co-Producer: Lew Marshall
 * Story Editors: Willard Howard and James Benson
 * Supervising Producer: Richard Kenny
 * Associate Producer: Alex Scott
 * Story Direction: Howard Swift, Joe Grant, Paul Sommer and Bob Singer
 * Animation Director: Charles A. Nelson
 * Production Design: Izzy Takamoto
 * Production Supervisor: Ken Peterson
 * Character Design: Bob Beck
 * Title Design: Art Rogers
 * Titles: Bill Lynn
 * Music Score: James Davies
 * Music Supervisor: Henry Sharples
 * Technical Supervisor: Yoram Garling
 * Ink & Paint Supervisor: Warren Johnson
 * Xerography: Richard "Terry" Wallace
 * Sound Direction: C.O. Stevens and Robert Crissman
 * Music Editor: Emery Kennethson
 * Film Editing: Donald Halliday and Lloyd Richardson
 * Camera: John Aardal, Ralph Migliori, Frank Hardie, Graham Sharples, Max Morgan and John W. Burton
 * Produced and Directed by Barry Charles and Michael Hill
 * In Charge of Production: Dickie Bamber
 * Executive Producers: Graham Collingwood and John Hathcock
 * Produced by Melvin Comics Animation in association with Charles Hill Productions
 * (C) 1970 Melvin Comics Animation All Rights Reserved
 * This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA, Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.
 * RCA Sound Recording
 * a charles hill production
 * a division of cardona company

Home media releases

 * On March 16, 2010, Michael Shires Home Entertainment released Scotty-Doo: The Complete Series. The 8 disc set features all 25 episodes of the series plus the 16 episodes produced in 1978 which aired as part of Scotty's All Star Racing.

Trivia

 * This franchise is an alternate version of the Scooby-Doo franchise.