Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Also known as	'Scooby's All-Stars'
Genre	Animation Comedy Children's television series
Created by	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Directed by	Ray Patterson (1978) Carl Urbano (1978) Charles A. Nichols
Voices of	Don Messick Daws Butler Mel Blanc Casey Kasem Frank Welker Julie Bennett Joe Besser John Stephenson Heather North Pat Stevens Gary Owens Laurel Page Marilyn Schreffler Vernee Watson
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	120 minutes (1977–78) 90 minutes (1978–79)
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 10, 1977 – September 8, 1979
Chronology
Preceded by	The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77)
Related shows	The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics is a two-hour Saturday morning animated program block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from September 10, 1977 to September 2, 1978.

The block featured five Hanna-Barbera series among its segments: The Scooby-Doo Show, Laff-A-Lympics, The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels and reruns of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. During the second season in 1978–79, the show was re-titled Scooby's All-Stars and broadcast on ABC from September 9, 1978 to September 8, 1979. The runtime was reduced from 120 minutes to 90 minutes by dropping The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

Overview

Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics included five cartoon segments:^[1]

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (one episode, 11 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about three female teenage detectives and their companion, a prehistoric caveman superhero thawed from a block of ice. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
Laff-A-Lympics (one episode, 30 minutes): Based on Battle of the Network Stars, this series featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters, including Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Mumbly, and others competing in Olympics-styled events. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
The Scooby-Doo Show (one episode, 30 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about four teenage detectives and their talking dog, Scooby-Doo. Eight first-run episodes were produced for 1977–78, with 16 made for The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour from 1976–77 re-run following the final first-run episode. Two of the new episodes, as well as two others from 1976–77, feature Scooby-Doo's cousin Scooby-Dum as a recurring character.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (one episode, 30 minutes): reruns of the first Scooby-Doo series, originally run on CBS from 1969–71.
The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt (one episode, 11 minutes each): New episodes featuring the superhero Blue Falcon and his bumbling cyborg dog sidekick Dynomutt, introduced the previous year in the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder segments of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. The new Dynomutt episodes were two-part cliffhangers, of which eight episodes (four stories total) were produced for 1977–78.

When the show became Scooby's All-Stars during the second season on September 9, 1978, the The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! segments were dropped and two Captain Caveman segments were broadcast instead of just one; eight new Laff-A-Lympics and eight new Captain Caveman segments were produced for the block in 1978–79. The Scooby-Doo Show began the 1978–79 season in reruns, though starting from November 11, seven new episodes (produced for an aborted revival of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! as a separate half-hour) were run as part of Scooby's All-Stars.

For the 1979–80 season, the block was cancelled and Scooby-Doo became a half-hour show as Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo. Laff-A-Lympics and Captain Caveman would resurface on ABC during the latter part of the season in 1980.

References

↑ Lenberg, Jeff (1991). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3 p. 409-411.

External links

Scooby-Doo

Characters	Scooby-Doo Shaggy Rogers Daphne Blake Fred Jones Velma Dinkley Scrappy-Doo

Television shows	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–73) The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–78) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–82) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–84) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–06) Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–08) Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13) Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (since 2015)

Package shows and programming blocks	The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics/Scooby's All-Stars (1977–78) The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–81) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–83) Scary Scooby Funnies (1984–85) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–86)

Television films and specials	Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978) Goes Hollywood (1979) Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) Ghoul School (1988) Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989) Arabian Nights (1994) Night of the Living Doo (2001) Spooky Games (2012) Haunted Holidays (2012) Spooky Scarecrow (2013) Mecha Mutt Menace (2013) Ghastly Goals (2014) Beach Beastie (2015) Knight Time Terror (2015)

Direct-to-video films	Zombie Island (1998) Witch's Ghost (1999) Alien Invaders (2000) Cyber Chase (2001) Legend of the Vampire (2003) Monster of Mexico (2003) Loch Ness Monster (2004) Aloha (2005) Where's My Mummy? (2005) Pirates Ahoy! (2006) Chill Out (2007) Goblin King (2008) Samurai Sword (2009) Abracadabra-Doo (2010) Camp Scare (2010) Legend of the Phantosaur (2011) Music of the Vampire (2012) Big Top (2012) Mask of the Blue Falcon (2013) Adventures: The Mystery Map (2013) Stage Fright (2013) WrestleMania Mystery (2014) Frankencreepy (2014) Moon Monster Madness (2015) Rock and Roll Mystery (2015) Haunted Hollywood (2016) Curse of the Speed Demon (2016) Shaggy's Showdown

Live-action films	Scooby-Doo (2002) 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) The Mystery Begins (2009) Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)

Animated films	S.C.O.O.B.

Video games	Scooby-Doo (1986) Mystery (1995) Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom (1999) Mystery Adventures (2000) Classic Creep Capers (2000) The Cyber Chase (2001) Night of 100 Frights (2002) Mystery Mayhem (2004) Unmasked (2005) First Frights (2009) Spooky Swamp (2010)

Amusement rides	The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990) Ghoster Coaster (1998) Haunted Mansion (2001) Spooky Coaster (2002)

Comic Books	Scooby Apocalypse (2016)

Soundtracks	Snack Tracks: The Ultimate Collection (1998) Scooby-Doo (2002)

Category

Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) The Hardy Boys (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) The Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–76) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Super Friends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)

Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1972–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1972) The Roman Holidays (1972) Speed Buggy (1976) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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