A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Vol. 1

Starring:Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Carl Stevens, Christina Lange, Kellie Martin, Scott Menville, Jerry Houser, Hamilton Camp, Chuck McCann, Paul Lukather, Cathy Cahn, Ed Gilbert, Dorian Harewood, Vernee Watson-Johnson, David Mendenhall, Isabel Sanford, Kenneth Mars, Charles Adler, Dan Gilvezan, Richard Gautier
Director: Paul Sommer (II), Bob Goe, Don Lusk
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Product Type: DVD

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Puppy Scooby-Do and his four young friends have a knack for getting involved in mysteries ranging from bicycle theft to bank robbery in the A Pup Named Scooby-Do series for television--never mind that Scooby-Doo's gang is barely old enough to enroll in elementary school! As in the Scooby-Doo series, Fred takes an enthusiastic lead with his often far-fetched theories, while Daphne is most concerned about getting messy. Shaggy is laid-back and easily spooked and Velma, though a tyke of few words, exhibits a very busy intellect. Scooby-Do, who bears almost no resemblance to the often-annoying Scrappy-Doo some viewers may be familiar with, performs for Scooby Snacks. These mysteries share a marked similarity with the regular Scooby-Do series, complete with extended chase scenes with slimy ghosts, hidden rooms, and an abundance of creepy monsters. What's unique to the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series is that the ghosts and monsters are slightly less scary, the clues are more obvious, and Velma walks young viewers through the process of figuring out the identities of the thieves just prior to their revealing. This compilation includes "A Bicycle Built for Boo," "The Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core," "Wanted Cheddar Alive," and "The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book" and features both spoken language and subtitle options in English, French, and Spanish. (Ages 3 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Description

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo follows the delightful mystery-solving antics of a frisky pint-sized Scooby-Doo and friends Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, and Fred as kids. Join them on their first 4 adventures: A Bicycle Built For Boo, The Sludge Monster From the Earth's Core, Wanted Cheddar Alive, and The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book.

Customer Reviews:

Straight from the mom of the world's biggest Scooby Doo Fan.......2007-05-12

In "A Pup Named Scooby Doo," we get a sneak peak at what the meddling teens we all know and love from the original Scooby Doo cartoon series were like when they were younger. Each DVD has four episodes in which Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and a pup named Scooby Doo solve mysteries as the Scooby Doo Detective Agency.

Highly recommended DVD!.......2006-02-21

My 4 year old daughter loves Scooby Doo. However sometimes it can be too scary for her. That was until she discovered "A Pup Named Scooby Doo". She loves itand could watch it for hours at a time.

not for little kids.......2006-01-02

You would think a Scooby-Do spinoff that has them as little kids would be appropriate for little kids. But Warner Bros. thought differently. They turned Freddie and Daphne into mean kids, added a recurring mean "bully" character, and made all the adults mean (in addition to being crooks, as usual).

Somehow, with the original series, the writers managed to create a permanent money machine and enduring hit while making every character nice. Is that impossible today?

This series is fine for adults who like cartoons but keep it away from your younger kids unless you want to teach them how to be bratty.

For younger children, go with Kipper the Dog, the Wiggles, even Dragon Tales--but avoid this Pup series. It's a dog.

more volumes and not complete seasons yeah!!!.......2005-11-05

more corporate greed ,they know people want complete seasons but they dont care..all these episodes will be realeased in volumes and after that they will be realeased in seasons just so they can milk you for every dime you have.they did the same thing with scooby doo where are you and the biggest joke was the twilight zone which had 43 ..thats right freakin 43 volumes and then after that they realease complete seasons..i think i'll pass on these volumes for now F-U-W-B

One of my fave Scooby incarnations.......2005-10-05

The 80s were a goldmine decade of great animated shows. Stuff we got in those ten years we just don't see any more. Quite literally. I don't think we'll ever see Denver the Last Dinosaur or Centurions on DVD. One of the forgotten shows among dozens of others was A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. The Scooby-Doo franchise suffered a heavy blow in the 80s when some silly man wearing a suit thought it would be a good idea to introduce Scrappy-Doo, a highly irritating doggy who never kept his mouth shut for more than two seconds. Freddy and Velma also disappeared for a while and Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy would go off solving mysteries with just Daphne.

Desperate for a new way to re-invent the franchise, Warner gave us A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, an interesting, if failed attempt.

The show features the Mystery Inc. gang as kids and Scoob as a little puppy. The humor and animation is more offbeat and Looney-Tunes orientated but the mysteries are still substantial and the locations still occasionally Gothic and atmospheric.

Shaggy and Scooby are still voiced by Casey Kasem and Don Messick. Since they are the backbone of the show it's good to have this consistency. The childhood angle also gives us new insight into their background.

Many have criticised this show, claiming it to be aimed at under-tens and that it an embarrassment to the Scooby-Doo franchise. Well, I never found it to be that way. As a Scooby-Doo fan I thought this show was very amusing and I loved the score and songs by John Debney. There should be a soundtrack CD released. It really is a shame it never lasted for longer.

Since there were only 26 episodes made I can't help but be angry at Warner's awful DVD presentation of the show. Since they are releasing loads of their back-catalogue animation in beautifully packaged box sets (Premier Collections/Spotlight Collections/Golden Collections) I find it baffling that A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (a show that would have suited this format well) gets a horrid DVD release with 4 episodes per disc, a crappy snap-case box (we're STILL getting these in 2005!) and no extra features. The 1.33:1 full frame picture and Mono sound are perfectly adequate but, even though the show failed, it still deserves a much better DVD release than the one it got.

Shame on you Warner for neglecting this one instalment of a cash-cow that has generated you billions of dollars.

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