Hanna-Barbera Productions
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...
and broadcast on ABC from September 10, 1977, until September 2, 1978.
The block featured five Hanna-Barbera series among its segments: '' Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'', ''
Laff-A-Lympics
''Laff-A-Lympics'' is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series premiered as part of the Saturday-morning cartoon program block '' Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics'', which consists of 24 e ...
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on Septem ...
''. During the second season in 1978–79, the show was re-titled ''Scooby's All-Stars'' and broadcast on ABC from September 9, 1978, to October 28, 1978. The runtime was reduced from 120 minutes to 90 minutes by dropping ''The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt'' and ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!''.
Overview
''Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics'' included five cartoon segments:Lenberg, Jeff (1991). ''The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons''. New York: Facts of File. p. 409-411.
* '' Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' (one episode, 11 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about three female teenage detectives and their companion, a prehistoric
caveman
The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as " simian" or " ape-like" by Marcellin B ...
superhero thawed from a block of ice. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
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Laff-A-Lympics
''Laff-A-Lympics'' is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series premiered as part of the Saturday-morning cartoon program block '' Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics'', which consists of 24 e ...
'' (one episode, 30 minutes): Based on '' Battle of the Network Stars'', this series featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters, including Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Mumbly, and others competing in
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ...
-styled events. Sixteen episodes were produced for 1977–78.
* '' The Scooby-Doo Show'' (one episode, 30 minutes): Comedy/mystery show about four teenage detectives and their talking dog,
Scooby-Doo
''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which wa ...
. Eight first-run episodes were produced for 1977–78, with 16 made for '' The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour'' from 1976–77 re-run following the final first-run episode. Two of the new episodes, as well as two others from 1976–77, feature Scooby-Doo's cousin Scooby-Dum as a recurring character.
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on Septem ...
'' (one episode, 30 minutes): reruns of the first ''Scooby-Doo'' series, originally run on CBS from 1969–70.
* '' The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt'' (one episode, 11 minutes each): New episodes featuring the superhero Blue Falcon and his bumbling
cyborg
A cyborg (, a portmanteau of ''cybernetics, cybernetic'' and ''organism'') is a being with both Organic matter, organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' segments of ''The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour''. The new ''Dynomutt'' episodes were two-part cliffhangers, of which eight episodes (four stories total) were produced for 1977–78.
When the show became ''Scooby's All-Stars'' during the second season on September 9, 1978, the ''Blue Falcon & Dynomutt'' and ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' segments were dropped and two ''Captain Caveman'' segments were broadcast instead of just one; eight new ''Laff-A-Lympics'' and eight new ''Captain Caveman'' segments were produced for the block in 1978–79. ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' began the 1978–79 season in reruns, though starting from November 11, seven new episodes (produced for an aborted revival of ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' as a separate half-hour) were run as part of ''Scooby's All-Stars''.
For the 1979–80 season, the block was cancelled and ''Scooby-Doo'' became a half-hour show as ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo''. ''Laff-A-Lympics'' and ''Captain Caveman'' would resurface on ABC during the latter part of the season in 1980.