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And we continue with our American stories. Scooby-Doo, where are you? This is a question Americans have been asking ourselves for over a half century. This is the story of one of the most iconic cartoons of all time. Here's Greg Hengler with the story.
Um Nineteen sixty nine. America was approaching its 14th year fighting in Vietnam. A serial killer calling himself the Zodiac terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area with cryptic letters. Actress Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered at the hands of Charles Manson and his counter-culture family of so-called flower children. With all this happening, The song topping the charts was this.
Oh honey, honey. Sugar Sugar was originally recorded by the fictional garage band The Archies, spawned from the cartoon series The Archies, which itself was based on the long-running comic book series. This version reached number one in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969 and remained there for four weeks. It was the tail end of animation's golden age, and the early years of television animation in particular. Parent advocacy groups like the now-defunct Action for Children's Television were pressuring television networks to drop violent action-adventure Saturday morning cartoons like The Herculoids.
Fred Silverman, the head executive in charge of children's animation at CBS, sought new programming that would keep his Saturday morning block afloat while simultaneously keeping parental watchdogs off his back. The solution was to hopefully expand upon the massive success CBS found with the Archie Show.
So, Silverman contacted William Hanna and Joseph Barbera to develop a show in the Archie Mold. Hanna-Barbera Productions were early pioneers in TV animation, having created shows like Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, The Smurfs, The Jetsons, and America's first primetime animated series, The Flintstones. Just keep your eye on the ball, Bonnie boy. The new Archie style show was initially called House of Mystery, that would feature a teenage rock band and would solve mysteries in between gigs. Iwo Takamoto, an animation vet who got his start at Disney in the 40s, was assigned as designer of the project.
From here, the series took shape as Mysteries 5. Much like the Archies, the band was also joined by a dog named Too Much. who played the bongos. Designer Takamoto, who had previously designed Astro from the Jetsons, took particular care in crafting too much by consulting one of his workmates. A breeder of Great Danes.
But after studying these prize-winning Great Danes, Takamoto ignored their signature characteristics, making Too much bow-legged, with a sloped back and a double chin. When the show was finally pitched to CBS, the band was phased out. The name of the leader of the group Ronnie was changed to Fred after a subtle suggestion from Fred Silverman. And easily frightened and always hungry talking dog Too Much was renamed Scooby-Doo. Inspiration for his new name came while Fred Silverman listened to Sinatra's Strangers in the Night on a Cross-Country Flight.
Redoo, redo. CBS ordered 17 episodes and the show was introduced to generations of children on September 13th, 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, just a few weeks before Sesame Street premiered. What's remarkable about Scoob's first episode is that it established everything that the franchise would be known for. from the plot structure to the visuals. Making each episode feel unique yet familiar by inserting different monsters, settings, gags, etc.
Let's take a deep dive into this mystery, getting some help from the gang who created the show. Here's animation historian Mark Avaner. Don Messick did the voice of Scooby-Doo originated. And Don was just brilliant at Breathing life to that character. Here's the voice of the snack-loving beatnik shaggy, legendary disc jockey, Casey Kasem.
Well, I think Don got into the psyche of an animal that was very much like Scooby-Doo. That dog was alive and it was. was a being, a human being. And here's Baldiodo. He just invested that character with so much personality.
and made him so funny that it's impossible not to love him. Do I get a Scooby Star? We'll look for one after we're off the camera here.
Okay. Scooby-Dooby-Doobie. I just got the idea for a trap that'll solve this mystery. Listen. Here's the voice of the confident all-American ascot wearing Fred.
Frank Welker. Hang on, gang. Yeah. The way that I got apart for Freddie, I was doing a stand-up routine and within this routine, I did like a dog and cat fight, a lot of, you know, And this executive said, you know, we're doing a show called Scooby-Doo. And there's a dog, why don't you come in and audition for Scooby-Doo?
And I said, Great.
So I went over there and I got the script and I saw Shaggy. This is me. funny character. You know, and I'm always playing the straight guys. And so I sit down, I meet Casey, and he's just fantastic.
I said, well, what part are you reading for? And he says, oh, I'm reading for Shaggy and I want to read for Freddie. Character I wanted to do was Fred, and so they said, No, we'd like you to read the other character, Shaggy. I said, Oh, okay.
Well, what is it you want? And he said, Come up with something. And what I came up with was, Scubo, buddy, old friend, old pal, it's me, your friend Shaggy. Like, wow, my favorite little double, triple-decker sardine and marshmallow fudge sandwich. Open the mouth between the gums.
Look out, stomach. Here it comes. They called me back three times, and a third time. Apparently they sell what they liked. And so they hired me.
Well game? I guess that wraps up another mystery. Here's the voice of the bespeckled bookish Velma, Nicole Jaffe. My glass. I can't see without my glasses.
It was not my real voice, but it wasn't that far away. Velma lisps, I lisp. Velma has kind of a slightly kooky voice. I guess my voice is slightly kooky. Here's the voice of the attractive, accident-prone Daphne.
Heather North That's your cue, Daph. Right! Oh no! My fingers stuck in the keys. I can't work the trick.
Danger-prone Daphne did it again. Danger-prone Daphne. Yeah. Wait! Help me!
The girl that had played Daphne for a short period of time had left and gone to New York to get married. Nicole Jaffe, David, was my roommate. And said, get in here. They're looking for Daphne. You can do Daphne.
Jeepers! I'm doing Velma. We could do this together. This would be great fun. And I auditioned and got the part.
Together, these characters formed Mystery Inc. and embarked on countless mysteries to seek out the truth in their van dubbed the mystery machine. Predictably, the monsters always turned out to be humans in disguise. And I'd have done it too if you kids hadn't come along. And contrary to popular belief, the phrase meddling kids is never mentioned until episode 20 during season 2.
And it would have been mine if it hadn't been to those meddling kids. But even then, it was not muttered with much consistency. only being said twice in the original series. After season one of Scooby-Doo, the series was a rating smash hit. Up to 65% of the Saturday morning audience was tuning in to Scooby-Doo, and its popularity hasn't slowed down to this day.
There have been many spin-offs, blockbuster movies, and merchandising, but the heart of the characters has remained. And thanks to reruns, a new generation of kids get to enjoy Scoobin the gang as they solve their mysteries.
Okay. And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Greg Hengler. And my goodness, out of 1969's Mayhem and Chaos, that year there was the Zodiac Killer, the Tate murders. But there it was, Scooby-Doo debuting in September. Of 1969 and pulling 65% of the Saturday morning audience.
There were spin-offs, yes, there were blockbusters, but there are the reruns for generation after generation to enjoy. A classic American cartoon, and in a sense, classic American art. The story of Scooby-Doo, here on Our American Stories. There's a difference between liking a house and actually getting it. Redfin is built to make up that difference and close the gap between finding and owning the home for you.
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