SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 24:00 Min.
First aired by ABC-TV on December 11, 1976, the Mystery Inc. gang are trapped in the Happy Humor ice cream factory. Along with the company president on crutches and a semi-deaf security guard, Scooby and his friends find themselves terrorized by three hooded ghouls: the Chocolate, Strawberry, & Vanilla Phantoms.
Fred Jones & Unseen Radio Announcer: Frank Welker
Daphne Blake: Heather North
Velma Dinkley: Patricia Stevens
“Shaggy” Rogers & Cop: Casey Kasem
Scooby-Doo: Don Messick
All Other Guest Voices: John Stephenson
Notes: This episode doubles as the 15th episode of The Scooby-Doo Show. The first scene has a glaring visual gaffe (from a distance, Fred is driving the Mystery Machine, but the close-up shows Shaggy as the driver). It’s entirely possible that the brief clip of Fred’s driving was recycled from a previous episode.
REVIEW:
Recycling the Phantom Shadows from the 1970 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?’s “A Night of Fright is No Delight,” as a trio of Neapolitan-flavored ghouls proves an inspired treat. The overall plotting and the inevitably frozen/sticky gags makes “The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man” easily re-watchable. For this particular series, it’s one of the best episodes.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 7 Stars
