SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 12 Hours, 38 Min.
First appearing on ABC-TV in 1976-77, these sixteen double-feature episodes (including at least one cross-over) were released as a DVD set in 2006. Subsequent re-releases have occurred in 2017 and 2019. Presented in standard-screen, the thirty-two total episodes (approximately twenty-three minutes each) are:
Disc 1:
- Scooby: High Rise Hair Raiser / Dynomutt: Everybody Hyde
- Scooby: The Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost / Dynomutt: What Now, Lowbrow?
- Scooby & Scooby-Dum: The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul / Dynomutt: The Great Brain … Train Robbery
- Scooby: Watt a Shocking Ghost / Dynomutt: The Day and Night Crawler
Disc 2:
- Scooby & Scooby-Dum: The Headless Horseman of Halloween / Dynomutt: The Harbor Robber
- Scooby: Scared a Lot in Camelot / Dynomutt: Sinister Symphony
- Scooby: The Harum Scarum Sanitarium / Dynomutt: Don’t Bug Superthug
- Scooby: The No-Faced Zombie Chase Case / Dynomutt: Factory Recall
Disc 3:
- Scooby: Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo / Dinomutt: The Queen Hornet
- Scooby: The Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground / Dynomutt: The Wizard of Ooze
- Scooby: A Bum Steer for Scooby / Dynomutt: Tin Kang
- Scooby: There’s a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark / Dynomutt: The Awful Ordeal with the Head of Steel
Disc 4:
- Scooby: Scooby-Doo, Where’s the Crew? / Dynomutt: Blue Falcon vs. the Red Vulture
- Scooby: The Ghost that Sacked the Quarterback / Dynomutt: The Injustice League of America
- Scooby: The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man / Dynomutt: The Lighter than Air Raid
- Scooby: The Spirits of ’76 / Dynomutt: The Prophet Profits.
REVIEW:
In bulk quantity, Scooby nostalgia scores a welcome victory. Including a few classic adventures (i.e. Watt a Shocking Ghost; let alone The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man, with its chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla phantoms), the Mystery, Inc. gang returns in proper style. Though the groovy charm emanating from the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? isn’t present, there’s a surplus of undemanding fun for kids and Scooby’s adult die-hards.
As for the Blue Falcon & Dynomutt capers, as long as one is in a spoofy mood, Big City’s favorite super-heroes can get the job done. The only caveat is that Dynomutt’s silly scripting would have played better as eleven-minute segments vs. full animated half-hour shows — yes, a little Dog Blunder action goes a long way.
Overall, this DVD set is a guilty pleasure for Mystery, Inc. fans, especially a new generation not yet introduced to Scooby-Doo & friends.
BONUS FEATURES:
Subtitles are available in English, French, & Spanish.
PACKAGING:
For this particular release, the discs are stacked upon a single but durable casing. A double-sided insert accurately lists the contents of all four discs.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 6½ Stars
