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09-22-2004, 03:32 PM
Rappy birthday, Scooby Doo!
this is a bit of news i piked up looking for news on hanna barbera.
scooby 35 years. happy birthday to scooby doo.:)
Cartoon canine still snacking, sleuthing after 35 years
BY CHRIS WADSWORTH
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Michelle George sounds like a walking, talking encyclopedia of "Scooby-Doo" lore. The 21-year-old grew up in Puerto Rico and watched the show every morning before school. Now living in Fort Myers,, she remembers the cartoons and the characters clearly.
"They all had their own ways," says George. "There's Fred -- he's conceited. Daphne . . . doesn't like getting dirty. Velma is a genius. Scooby and Shaggy -- they're always running away."
Now, married and raising a family of five children who love Scooby, George has plenty of opportunities to stay current with the cartoon gang.
"They're hilarious," she says. "They're good for the kids, good entertainment."
Entertainment that has endured 35 years to the day (or 245 years in dog years).
The moment that would leave a mark on millions of American kids happened at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 13, 1969. That's when the CBS network first aired a new Saturday morning show about a silly Great Dane and his four human friends who traveled around in a van and solved mysteries. Today, Scooby-Doo and his pals are still going strong than on television as well as in movies, toy stores, video games and more.
"I think he's as popular as he's ever been without a doubt," says Khaki Jones, a vice-president with the Cartoon Network in Atlanta. The all-cartoon cable network went on the air in 1992, but hit the big time two years later when they obtained the rights to air "Scooby-Doo" repeats.
"The excitement around Scooby arriving at this network was palpable," Jones says. "He's been on the air in some sort ever since."
And drawing viewers for the channel where officials say more than 10 million people tune in to "Scooby-Doo" each week. From the original "Scooby-Doo" series of the 1969 season, the Scooby universe has continued to grow. In the last 35 years, there have been at least a dozen different television shows, a dozen TV and direct-to-DVD movies, plus two big-budget Hollywood movies.
He had become a cultural icon," says Ronn Webb, a graphic artist from Connecticut who created a Scooby-Doo section at his www.wingnuttoons.com Web site. It includes an episode guide, details on the main characters as well as the villains, plus information on the many Scooby-Doo products the collectors covet.
The Cartoon Network and its sister network Boomerang, along with the WB Network, continue to air old and new "Scooby-Doo" cartoons. Their parent company, Time-Warner, bought the entire Doo library from Hanna-Barbera, the original creators. Besides releasing collections of the classic episodes on DVD, new cartoons are being made all the time. From the popular most-recent "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" series to the direct-to-DVD movie "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" out earlier this year, the Scooby gang's adventures are as popular as ever. "Scooby is the perfect storm of cartoons," says Jones. "Everything came together to make a really great show."
i thought you guys would like to se this.
send in your posts if you want to about this 35 years of scooby dooby doo!!:D
this is a bit of news i piked up looking for news on hanna barbera.
scooby 35 years. happy birthday to scooby doo.:)
Cartoon canine still snacking, sleuthing after 35 years
BY CHRIS WADSWORTH
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
Michelle George sounds like a walking, talking encyclopedia of "Scooby-Doo" lore. The 21-year-old grew up in Puerto Rico and watched the show every morning before school. Now living in Fort Myers,, she remembers the cartoons and the characters clearly.
"They all had their own ways," says George. "There's Fred -- he's conceited. Daphne . . . doesn't like getting dirty. Velma is a genius. Scooby and Shaggy -- they're always running away."
Now, married and raising a family of five children who love Scooby, George has plenty of opportunities to stay current with the cartoon gang.
"They're hilarious," she says. "They're good for the kids, good entertainment."
Entertainment that has endured 35 years to the day (or 245 years in dog years).
The moment that would leave a mark on millions of American kids happened at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 13, 1969. That's when the CBS network first aired a new Saturday morning show about a silly Great Dane and his four human friends who traveled around in a van and solved mysteries. Today, Scooby-Doo and his pals are still going strong than on television as well as in movies, toy stores, video games and more.
"I think he's as popular as he's ever been without a doubt," says Khaki Jones, a vice-president with the Cartoon Network in Atlanta. The all-cartoon cable network went on the air in 1992, but hit the big time two years later when they obtained the rights to air "Scooby-Doo" repeats.
"The excitement around Scooby arriving at this network was palpable," Jones says. "He's been on the air in some sort ever since."
And drawing viewers for the channel where officials say more than 10 million people tune in to "Scooby-Doo" each week. From the original "Scooby-Doo" series of the 1969 season, the Scooby universe has continued to grow. In the last 35 years, there have been at least a dozen different television shows, a dozen TV and direct-to-DVD movies, plus two big-budget Hollywood movies.
He had become a cultural icon," says Ronn Webb, a graphic artist from Connecticut who created a Scooby-Doo section at his www.wingnuttoons.com Web site. It includes an episode guide, details on the main characters as well as the villains, plus information on the many Scooby-Doo products the collectors covet.
The Cartoon Network and its sister network Boomerang, along with the WB Network, continue to air old and new "Scooby-Doo" cartoons. Their parent company, Time-Warner, bought the entire Doo library from Hanna-Barbera, the original creators. Besides releasing collections of the classic episodes on DVD, new cartoons are being made all the time. From the popular most-recent "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" series to the direct-to-DVD movie "Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster" out earlier this year, the Scooby gang's adventures are as popular as ever. "Scooby is the perfect storm of cartoons," says Jones. "Everything came together to make a really great show."
i thought you guys would like to se this.
send in your posts if you want to about this 35 years of scooby dooby doo!!:D