Scooby-Doo & Guess Who? is a call-back to the 1972-4 New Scooby-Doo Movies with its mix of celebrity guest stars, along with some other familiar characters. It's also a good way of marking Scooby's 50th anniversary, which was last year.
First season guests have included Wanda Sykes (more recently heard on Harley Quinn), Ricky Gervais (ex-Child Support), Jaleel White, reprising his iconic Family Matters role as Steve Urkel, more than 20 years after that series ended, and, in the series opener, NBA star and State Farm salesman Chris Paul, who's found another sport. Golf.
The gang meets Batman "for the first time" in this continuity (Kevin Conroy guest starred in the mid-season finale), and also met up with Wonder Woman and the Funky Phantom and his team, with Tom Kenny doing his best Daws Butler impersonation as Mudsy. The plots, of course, are still interchangeable after 50 years, but the real fun is seeing the gang interact with a new generation of celebrity guests. I found it amusing that Paul is buds with Shaggy (Matthew Lillard, Good Girls). Well, at least Alfonso Ribiero didn't crash this party. If you've seen recent State Farm ads, you'll know what I mean.
I'll happily pick up the DVD....!
Rating: A-.
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