With Hanna-Barbera having almost a monopoly on Saturday morning programming in the early 80's, with help in part from sister studio Ruby-Spears, ABC insisted on some bad programming choices in 1982.
We've previously discussed how an animated "prequel" to Mork & Mindy was paired with season 2 of Laverne & Shirley in The Army. Similarly, ABC decided that The Puppy's New Adventures, spun off from Weekend Special, would be coupled in another hour long block with Scooby & Scrappy Doo.
This was the season that introduced Scooby's other brother, Yabba-Doo, who shared adventures with Scrappy and Deputy Dusty out West. Unfortunately, Dusty & Yabba were gone after 1 season. Petey (Billy Jacoby) and friends got 2 seasons. Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life) lent her voice to Petey's girlfriend, Dolly.
Where ABC messed up, of course, was not having Scooby team with Yabba & Dusty on a case, especially since Shaggy (Casey Kasem) had the rights to the Mystery Machine at the time. Poor Scrappy. All those frequent flier miles, and no respect.
Edit, 9/7/22: The video has been deleted. In its place is a title card:
Rating: B.
2 comments:
Interestingly, later on "A Pup Named Scooby Doo", it was revealed that Scooby had a brother named Howdy Doo. I wonder why H-B didn't give Yabba Doo that name instead?
Ret-cons.
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