The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show

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The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
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Also known asThe Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (And Scrappy Too!)
Created by Joe Ruby (Scooby-Doo)
Ken Spears (Scooby-Doo)
Mark Evanier (Scrappy-Doo)
Alfred Harvey (Richie Rich)
Warren Kremer (Richie Rich)
Written by Mark Evanier
Bob Ogle
John Bradford
John Dunn
Paul Haggis
Joan Mauler
Michael Mauler
Norman Mauler
Tom Yakutis
Earl Kress
Directed by Ray Patterson (1980)
George Gordon
Rudy Zamora (1981)
Carl Urbano (1981)
Creative directors John Dunn
Jan Green
Gary Hoffman
Cullen Houghtaling
Emilie Kong
Bob Ogle
Dick Sebast
Don Sheppard
Howard Swift
Roy Wilson
Voices of Dick Beals
Bill Callaway
Nancy Cartwright
Joan Gerber
Christian Hoff
Joyce Jameson
Stanley Jones
Casey Kasem
Sparky Marcus
Don Messick
Marilyn Schreffler
Frank Welker
Composer Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producers William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducersDon Jurwich (1980)
Oscar Dufau (1981)
Running time60 minutes
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseNovember 8, 1980 (1980-11-08) 
November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
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The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (And Scrappy Too!) is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to November 7, 1981. The program contained segments of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Richie Rich . [1] The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts represents the sixth show in which Scooby-Doo appears. [2] This was the only Hanna-Barbera package series for which Scooby-Doo was given second billing and was also notable for Richie Rich's debut in animation. [3]

Contents

Cast

Episodes

With the exception of the Richie Rich Gems, each episode featured three Scooby-Doo segments and three Richie Rich segments between them. The episodes that contain Scooby-Doo cartoon segments that are repeats from earlier episodes are noted in the following list with "rr" used to indicate where a previously aired cartoon was rerun.

Season 1 (1980–81)

  1. "A Close Encounter With A Strange Kind" / "The Robotnappers" / "A Fit Night Out For Bats" / "Piggy Bank Prank" / "The Chinese Food Factory" / "Muscle Beach" (November 8, 1980)
  2. "Scooby's Desert Dilemma" / "The Rare Scare" / "The Old Cat and Mouse Game" / "Kitty Sitter" / "Stowaways" / "One of Our Aircraft Carriers is Missing" (November 15, 1980)
  3. "Mummy's the Word" / "Silence is Golden" / "Hang in There, Scooby" / "The Shocking Lady Strikes Again" / "Stuntman Scooby" / "Spring Cleaning" (November 22, 1980)
  4. "Scooby's Ding-A-Ling Circus" / "The Kangaroo Hop" / "Scooby's Fantastic Island" / "Cur Wash" / "Long John Scrappy" / "The Blur" (November 29, 1980)
  5. "Scooby's Bull Fright" / "Irona Versus Demona" / "Scooby Ghosts West" / "Chef's Surprise" / "A Bungle in the Jungle" / "The Snow Bounders" (December 6, 1980)
  6. "Scooby's Fun Zone" / "The Abominable Snow Plan" / "Swamp Witch" / "Miss Robot America" / "Sir Scooby and the Black Knight" / "Constructo" (December 13, 1980)
  7. "Waxworld" / "The Greatest Invention in the World" / "Scooby in Wonderland" / "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bug" / "Scrappy's Birthday" / "Counterfeit Dollar" (December 20, 1980)
  8. "South Seas Scare" / "Mystery Mountain" / "Scooby's Swiss Miss" / "Poor Little Richbillies" / "Alaskan King Coward" / "Chowhound" (December 27, 1980)
  9. "Et Tu, Scoob?" / "Wiped Out" / "Soggy Bog Scooby" / "Welcome Uncle Cautious" / "Scooby Gumbo" / "Disaster Master" (January 3, 1981)
  10. "Way Out Scooby" / "T.V. Dollar" / "Strongman Scooby" / "Disappearing Dignitaries" / "Moonlight Madness" / "The Most Unforgettable Butler" (January 10, 1981)
  11. "Dog Tag Scooby" / "Prankster Beware" / "Scooby at the Center of the World" / "Clothes Make the Butler" / "Scooby's Trip to Ahz" / "Phantom of the Movies" (January 17, 1981)
  12. "A Fright At the Opera" / "Cave Boy Richie" / "Robot Ranch" / "Young Irona" / "Surprised Spies" / "The Great Charity Train Robbery" (January 24, 1981)
  13. "The Invasion of the Scooby Snatchers" / "Baseball Dollar" / "Scooby Dooby Guru" / "The Sinsiter Sports Spectacular" / "Scooby and the Bandit" / "It's No Giggling Matter" (January 31, 1981)

Season 2 (1981)

  1. "Scooby Nocchio" / "Space Shark" / "Lighthouse Keeper Scooby" / "The Chef's Watch Dog" / "Scooby's Roots" / "Schoolhouse Romp" (September 19, 1981)
  2. "Scooby's Escape From Atlantis" / "Richie of the Round Table" / "Excalibur Scooby" / "I Want My Mummy" / "Scooby Saves the World" / "Canine Cadet" (September 26, 1981)
  3. "Scooby Dooby Goo" / "Voodoo Island" / "Rickshaw Scooby" / "Tooth is Stranger than Fiction" / "Scooby's Luck of the Irish" / "Butlering Made Easy" (October 3, 1981)
  4. "Backstage Scooby" / "A Special Talent" / "Scooby's House of Mystery" / "Villains Incorporated" / "Sweet Dreams Scooby" / "Bye-Bye Baby" (October 10, 1981)
  5. "Scooby-Doo 2000" / "Rich Mice" / "Punk Rock Scooby" / "King Bee" / "Canine to Five" / "Chilly Dog" (October 17, 1981)
  6. "Hardhat Scooby" / "Money Talks" / "Hothouse Scooby" / "Mischief Movie" / "Pigskin Scooby" / "An Ordinary Day" (October 24, 1981)
  7. "Sopwith Scooby" / "Dog Gone" / "Tenderbigfoot" / "Carnival Man" / "Scooby and the Beanstalk" / "The Day the Estate Stood Still" (October 31, 1981)
  8. "rr" / "Around the World on Eighty Cents" / "rr" / "No Substitute for a Watch Dog" / "rr" / "Robot Robber" (November 7, 1981)

Home media

On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD for the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection Region 1 for the first time. [4] It features animated cartoons from the first seven episodes. The segment order is altered from the original air-date order. It is unknown when Warner Home Video will plan to release Volume 2 of the first season and the remainder of the second season of the show on DVD.

DVD NameNo. of episodesRelease date
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 17May 20, 2008
October 3, 2017 (re-release)

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