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Network | TBS |
Broadcast Date | September 3, 1994 |
Runtime | 70 minutes |
Starring | Don Messick Casey Kasem |
Producers | Jun Falkenstein Joanna Romersa Buzz Potamkin |
Music | Steven Bernstein |
Edited By | |
Produced By | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. |
Written By | Gordon Kent |
Directed By | Jun Falkenstein Joanna Romersa |
Previous Show | Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf |
Next Show | None |
Arabian Nights is a Scooby-Doo television special which originally aired September 3, 1994 on TBS. It's based around The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. It is notable for being one of the last featuring Don Messick as the voice of both Scooby-Doo and Boo-Boo Bear, as well as the final Scooby-Doo cartoon to be produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.
The special features classic Hanna-Barbera characters Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, and Magilla Gorilla. Scooby and Shaggy are mostly used as set up for the two main tales. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc., Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and Turner Program Services. It was produced in a manner similar to the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, similar to Steven Speilberg's Animaniacs, which debuted the previous year, down to the music. The animation style is also different from the previous TV movies, drawn in a more flatter style with brighter colors and stylized character designs.
Premise
Scooby and Shaggy are hired as royal food-tasters by a young Arab Caliph - a job offer they can't refuse. When they eat everything, the nearsighted Caliph gets mad and has his guards chase them, until he finds Shaggy disguised in drag as a harem girl. In order to make the prince fall asleep, Shaggy tells him two classic stories with a twist.
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Cast and characters
Actor | Character |
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Don Messick | Scooby-Doo (simply credited as Scooby) Boo-Boo Bear |
Casey Kasem | Shaggy Rogers |
Greg Burson | Yogi Bear Royal chef |
Alan Melvin | Sinbad/Magilla Gorilla |
Jennifer Hale | Aliyah-din |
Rob Paulsen | Prince |
John Kasir | Haman |
Charlie Adler | Captain Royal guard #1 |
Eddie Deezen | Caliph |
Maurice LaMarche | M. Cyclops Esquire (credited as Cyclops) |
Brian Cummings | Sultan Flying carpet driver Royal guard #2 |
Nick Jameson | Kitchen worker Dress worker |
Additional voices: Paul Eiding, Nick Jameson, Tony Jay, Kath Soucie, Frank Welker
Locations
- Arabia
Notes/trivia
- This is the last time Don Messick voices both Scooby-Doo and Boo-Boo Bear, because he passed away in 1997.
Home media
- Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights VHS.
- Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights DVD.