Scooby Doo

[Matt]

Always a childhood favourite, the ghost/monster/alien always seemed to be Old Mr Crabbity the caretaker trying to scare people away from his secret gold mining operation.

And these days of course thanks to the miracle of rhyming slang Scooby means clue which endears him to me even more.

However when they changed the format so that all the ghosts were real, I felt betrayed.

Nonetheless I just love this portrayal on Very Demoviational (http://verydemotivational.com/2010/02/01/demotivational-posters-meddling-kids) of a grizzled and world weary Velma and Shaggy as the last survivors of the Scooby gang holding out against the zombie apocalypse.
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So much so that I had to check the comments and see where it came from. Apaprently a chap called Dr Monster (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zom-bot/3919747363/in/photostream/) who's selling it as a T Shirt on Threadless (http://www.threadless.com/product/2094/We_ve_Got_Some_Work_To_Do_Now) Joy! I want one.

But Sadness, they've sold out of my size. What can I do but publicise it amongst a like minded audience in the hope that some of you are as obsese as me and also sign up for a re-print.

[Croydon Bob]

There's an interesting piece here: http://www.povonline.com/scrappydays/scrappy01.htm

Where Mark Evanier explains that he didn't spoil Scooby Doo and that Scrappy was a popular character who everybody loved, honest guv would he lie to us?

To quote the final paragraph of this very long article: "This is probably all I remember about the birthing of Scrappy Doo. I did not create him, as some report. He did not destroy the show, as others claim."

The claim that Scrappy didn't destroy the show may be technically true, but he spoiled the show. So Evanier is not being honest. He'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

[Matt]

Introducing scrappy didn't spoil the show. Axing Velma did that. She was the one who unmasked the ghosts. After that the ghosts mummies and space aliens were all apparently real and old Mr Crabbity presumably got away with poaching gold from the fairground's owners.

[Graham Lappin]

Grrrr I would have posted on this, if it wasn't for you pesky kids.>:D