The New Scooby Doo Movies (1972-1974)

The Scooby Doo Movies were most remembered for the fact that they were an hour long, and had different guest stars every episode. However, I guess it's really a matter of quality over quantity. The original series were much stronger than this series. This is mainly due to the fact that

A) The mysteries were almost all immediatley solvable (sometimes they even show who the villain is behind the mask!)

B) The animation quality... well... it's a lot more... rubbery. That's the best way I can describe it. You'll notice it in some of the worse episodes, where the artwork is downright lazy. Though each guest star bore a good likeness to his real life self, the animation quality was definatley inferior, possibly due to the length of each episode.

C) The comedy! I'm not objecting to the comedy, because that's the filler in between the mystery and chase bits, but 85% comedy, 10% mystery, and 2% plot? I think they pushed this one too far. But then again, what else do they need the guest stars for?

Overall, the Scooby Doo Movies weren't all bad. Some episodes were truly memorable (Don Knotts, Don Adams), while others were terrible (Batman, anything else with another cartoon gang in it).


  • The Ghost Of Red Baron (The Three Stooges)
  • Ghastly Ghost Town (The Three Stooges)
  • Guess Who's Knott Coming To Dinner (Don Knotts)
  • The Spooky Fog Of Juneberry (Don Knotts)
  • The Caped Crusader Caper (Batman and Robin)
  • The Dynamic Scooby Affair (Batman and Robin
  • Mystery Of Haunted Isle (The Harlem Globetrotters)
  • Lochness Mess (The Harlem Globetrotters)
  • The Ghostly Creep From The Deep (The Harlem Globetrotters)
  • The Secret Of Shark Island (Sonny and Cher)
  • The Spirited Spooked Sports Show (Tim Conway)
  • The Exterminator (Don Adams)
  • The Wierd Winds Of Winoa (Speed Buggy)
  • The Haunted Candy Factory (Cass Elliot)
  • The Ghost Of Bigfoot (Laurel and Hardy)
  • Jekyll and Hyde (Sandy Duncan)
  • The Fricket Fracas (Jonathon Winters)
  • Wednesday Is Missing (The Addams Family)
  • A Good Medium Is Rare (Phyllis Diller)
  • The Haunted Carnival (Dick Van Dyke)
  • The Phantom Of The Country Music Hall (Jerry Reed)
  • The Haunted Horseman Of Hagglethorn Hall (Davy Jones)
  • The Haunted Showboat (Josie and The Pussycats)
  • Scooby Doo meets Jeannie And Babu (Jeannie and Babu)