The Slumbering Lungfish Dybbuk Hostel and All-Night Boulangerie

Wow. That sounds awful.

I figure Hanna died jumping the shark tank. Or maybe Barbera threw him in as a distraction.

I found Scooby-Doo annoying even when I was a kid. The shtick got really tired really fast, and even as a little nipper all the spin-offs and weird celebrity tie-ins seemed like pandering.

But still indeed. I mean, haven't they messed with the series enough with scrappy? Remember when Avenger killed scrappy? Good times...

There was nothing better than Vincent Price trying to help them get back the thirteen spirits.

Although Scooby-Doo was always pretty annoying, at least it taught a modicum of critical thinking skills. Until they did Zombie Island.

Harvey Birdman killed Dynomutt and served four years of jailtime. It all ended up as a practical joke, so I don't remember if Dynomutt is actually dead.

Whatever can be said about this show, I'm amazed to see Joseph Barbera is still involved in these programs at age 95. I suppose there is the possibility that could simply be throwing his name on there for recognition, but if not and he actually does a little but here and there on the show... wow.

I'm also shocked to see Eric Radomski is involved in the show... this is a sudden jump from his earlier work.

God I hated Scrappy. Never had such utter loathing been aroused in my seven-year-old brain. Scrappy Doo was paralleled in cartoons only by the addition of Johan and PeeWit to The Smurfs.

How do you "bling-out" a mansion? Does it have gold chains hung from the roof like Christmas lights? Grills adorning the front steps? Studded with rhinestones?

Other than that, this is entirely a remake of The Fake Ghostbusters, right down to the transforming car. Come ON, H-B, you've got fucking Genndy Tartakovsky working for you-- you don't have to reuse ideas from failed cartoons! Try employing some of the talented people for once!

Damn. The first thing I thought of when I read the stuff about the Scooby snacks is how reminiscent it is of 'A Boy and His Blob.'

um, perhaps your indent should end a little sooner? reading this through the first time, it appeared as though the press release began waxing about "childhood memories" and then used the word "fucked!" ha

Thanks, fixed it.

Personally, the only Scooby-Doo I'd watch without 7-year-olds demanding it is "Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island" and its sequels. That said, using the word "bling'd" is still remarkably stupid.

I hardly think adding Johan and Peewit to Smurfs was anywhere near the level of evil involved in the addition of Scrappy. I mean, turnabout is fair play. After all, the Smurfs were actually a spin-off of Johan and Peewit in the first place.

Actually, I could (barely) handle Scrappy as an irritating part of the whole group. He wasn't a welcome addition, but he was tolerable. It was when they dropped most the other characters (giving Scrappy a more central role), and started finding real monsters (which went against the entire premise of Scooby Doo, IMO) that the show became the stinking pile of horror that I fled.

This, I'd like to preface my comment by saying, is coming from a person who already rather dislikes Scooby-Doo: They have completely and utterly ruined Scooby Doo. Also, kids are idiots so I can see why they did it. Also, "'blinged out' mansion"... the fuck?

I must say I do love the circular logic in that last statement. The scooby snacks are a useful tool in their never-ending battle to stop people from trying to acquire the scooby snacks. Y'know what would be more useful? Simply destroying them!

Okay, zoinks are in order I suppose.

I suppose I understand them wanting to freshen up the concept, but there's got to be a way of doing that without getting nano-technology all over the doggy treats.

I say we Rastafy him by 10% or so... Nah, that's so 80s; how about a blinged-out mansion and some nanotechnology?

Does Scooby have a love interest yet (besides Shaggy, I mean)? There's another angle.

"I've learned that if you require your childhood memories to be enshrined in popular culture and never altered in any way, you're fucked." - Lore Sjöberg

Words more true have not been spoken in a very long time. Thank you.