Season 1 of The New Scooby-Doo Movies debuted on CBS from September 9, 1972 to December 23, 1972.
Cast[]
- Don Messick as Scooby-Doo
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
- Frank Welker as Freddie Jones
- Heather North as Daphne Blake
- Nicole Jaffe as Velma Dinkley
Episodes[]
| Number | Title | Airdate | Guest stars | Suspects | Culprits | Monsters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghastly Ghost Town | September 9, 1972 | The Three Stooges | N/A | Amos Crunch and Rhino | Gunslinger and Geronimo |
| When the Mystery Machine is run off the road by a mysterious giant bat, the gang encounter The Three Stooges and agree to help them solve all of the strange happenings at their nearby theme park. | ||||||
| 2 | The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair | September 16, 1972 | Batman and Robin | Joker, Penguin | Mrs. Baker, Joker and Penguin | Living skeletons, Hooded man |
| The gang team up with Batman and Robin after observing a plane land in a remote location and drop off a shipment of counterfeit money. | ||||||
| 3 | Wednesday is Missing | September 23, 1972 | The Addams Family | N/A | Housekeeping couple | Vulture |
| The gang end up at the Addams Family's mansion after the Mystery Machine's battery dies nearby, but end up stuck there as house sitters while Morticia and Gomez Addams immediately leave for a vacation. Soon after, Wednesday Addams goes missing in an apparent kidnapping. | ||||||
| 4 | The Frickert Fracas | September 30, 1972 | Jonathan Winters | Vernon Crow, Rock festival businessmen | Simon Shakey | Scarecrow |
| After a chance encounter with Jonathan Winters, the gang head to Maude Frickert's farm where they are confronted with a terrifying Scarecrow and a scheme to steal Maude's secret chicken formula. | ||||||
| 5 | Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner | October 7, 1972 | Don Knotts (Homer Pipsqueak) | N/A | Captain Moody's nephews | Ghost of Captain Moody |
| The gang stop at a mansion to ask for directions, but detective Homer Pipsqueak believes them to be the relatives of the mansion's owner, Captain Moody... and the prime suspects in his disappearance. | ||||||
| 6 | A Good Medium is Rare | October 14, 1972 | Phyllis Diller | Mysto, Lucas, Madame Zokar | Alberto and his henchman | Phantoms |
| When the gang finds Phyllis Diller's dog and return it, they agree to help her after it becomes apparent that someone is trying to steal her priceless jewels. | ||||||
| 7 | Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde | October 21, 1972 | Sandy Duncan | Mr. Thayer, Mr. Van Henstone, Slats | Zalia Z. Fairchild | Monsters, ghosts, bad guys from movies, Mr. Hyde |
| The gang visit a movie studio that is to be sold and closed down and come to the aid of actress Sandy Duncan, who is the target of a string of incidents intended to alter the future of the studio. | ||||||
| 8 | The Secret of Shark Island | October 28, 1972 | Sonny and Cher | Matilda | Milo Meekly and some sea scavengers | Shark men |
| The gang pick up a stranded Sonny and Cher, but become stranded on Shark Island... which is being haunted by a land-going monster shark. | ||||||
| 9 | The Spooky Fog of Juneberry | November 4, 1972 | Don Knotts | Dandy Griffith | Gene Haultrey | Cackling Skeleton, projected ghosts, monsters and a Brontosaurus |
| The gang are mistakenly pulled over by Don Knotts, a police deputy in the town of Juneberry. After Knotts invites them to stay in the town as his guests, they team up to solve a series of cattle rustlings. | ||||||
| 10 | The Ghost of Bigfoot | November 11, 1972 | Laurel and Hardy | Caley Burgess, Hans Edelweiss, Jonathan Crabtree's chauffeur | Jonathan Crabtree | Ghost of Bigfoot |
| On their way to a skiing vacation, the gang give Laurel and Hardy a lift to the ski lodge only to discover it is being plagued by a ghostly Bigfoot scarring guests away. | ||||||
| 11 | The Ghost of the Red Baron | November 18, 1972 | The Three Stooges | Andrew Terra, Mr. Sawyer | Mr. Siegfried | Ghost of the Red Baron |
| The gang encounter The Three Stooges in the midst of a frightening string of attacks on crop dusting planes. | ||||||
| 12 | The Ghostly Creep from the Deep | November 25, 1972 | Harlem Globetrotters | Swampy Pete | Oil pirates | Redbeard's Ghost |
| The gang become lost in a swamp haunted by pirates and team up with the Harlem Globetrotters, who are also traveling through the swamp, to get to the bottom of what could be going on. | ||||||
| 13 | The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall | December 2, 1972 | Davy Jones | Creech | Duke of Strathmore and Cyrus Wheatley | Moat Monster and the Haunted Horseman |
| The gang comes to the aid of rock star Davy Jones, who is being plagued by a ghost at a Scottish castle that he's inherited. | ||||||
| 14 | The Phantom of the Country Music Hall | December 9, 1972 | Jerry Reed | Bertha, Ben Bing | Bertha and Ben Bing | Possessed Viking Mannequin and Possessed Davy Crockett Mannequin |
| The gang search for their friend, country singer Jerry Reed, after he goes missing at the Grand Old Country Music Hall in a string of mysterious events intended on keeping the hall closed down. | ||||||
| 15 | The Caped Crusader Caper | December 16, 1972 | Batman and Robin | N/A | Joker and Penguin | Troll and Dryad |
| The gang's camping trip is disrupted when Batman and Robin inform them that Joker and Penguin have been tracked to the area. Joining forces again, they find themselves on a race against time to stop the villains from stealing a scientist's new invention. | ||||||
| 16 | The Lochness Mess | December 23, 1972 | Harlem Globetrotters | N/A | Morgan, Winslow, Selby | Ghost of Paul Revere, Minuteman Ghost, Redcoat Ghost |
| The gang again team up with the Harlem Globetrotters after encountering Revolutionary War ghosts that are haunting an area rumored to have shipwrecked pirate treasure. | ||||||
Full credits[]
The following credits are shown at the end of every episode. They reflect closely as possible to how they are presented on-screen.
- Produced and Directed: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer: Alex Lovy
- Story: Jameson Brewer, Tom Dagenais, Ruth Flippen, Fred Freiberger, Willie Gilbert, Bill Lutz, Larry Markes, Norman Maurer, Jack Mendelsohn, Ray Parker, Gene Thompson, Paul West, Harry Winkler
- Story Direction: Steve Clark, Mike Kawaguchi, Paul Sommer, Carl Fallberg, George Singer, Irv Spector, Howard Swift
- Voices: Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Frank Welker, Daws Butler, Joan Gerber, Larry Harmon, Ann Jillian, Jim MacGeorge, Mike Road, Vincent VanPatten, Casey Kasem, Heather North, John Stephenson, Henry Cordon, Florence Halop, Pat Harrington, Ted Knight, Cindy Putman, Olan Soulé, Len Weinrib
- Animation Director: Charles A. Nichols
- Production Design: Iwao Takamoto
- Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
- Layout: Bob Singer, John Ahern, Mike Arens, Ric Gonzalez, Alex Ignatiev, Ray Jacobs, Bill Lignate, Alvaro Arce, Mo Gollub, Paul Gruwett, Zygamond Jablecki, Herb Johnson, Lew Ott
- Animation: Bill Keil, Ed Aardal, Lefty Callahan, George Cannata, Izzy Ellis, John Garling, Fred Grable, Joan Orbison, Jay Sarbry, Irv Spence, Carlo Vinci, Ed Barge, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Hugh Fraser, Bob Goe, Dick Lundy, Ed Parks, Ken Southworth, Dave Tendlar, Xenia
- Backgrounds: F. Montealegre, Gary Niblett, Dave High
- Titles: Iraj Paran
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervision: Paul DeKorte
- Technical Supervisor: Frank Paiker
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Jayne Barbera
- Xerography: Robert ‘Tiger’ West
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry Cowan
- Film Editors: Earl Bennet, Ron Sawade, Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Post Production: Joed Eaton
- Camera: George Epperson, John Aardal, Dennis Weaver, Ralph Migliori
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- RCA Sound Recording
- © 1972 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
- a hanna-barbera production
Notes/trivia[]
- This is the first season of a Scooby-Doo series to have recurring characters; although there's still little to no continuity between them.
Home media[]
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies DVD set released by Warner Home Video on March 22, 2005.
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies: Volume 1 DVD released by Warner Home Video on April 2, 2007.
