Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980)
Genre	Comedy Mystery Adventure
Created by	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Developed by	Mark Evanier
Directed by	Ray Patterson Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano George Gordan
Voices of	Don Messick Lennie Weinrib Casey Kasem Frank Welker Heather North Kenney Pat Stevens Marla Frumkin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Don Jurwich
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting (original) Worldvision Enterprises (syndication through 1992)) Turner Program Services (1992-1998) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1998-current)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 22, 1979 – January 5, 1980
Chronology
Preceded by	The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1978)
Followed by	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1982)

The original thirty-minute version of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo constitutes the fourth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. It premiered on September 22, 1979 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. A total of sixteen episodes were produced. It was the last Hanna-Barbera cartoon series (excluding prime-time specials) to use the studio's laugh track.

By 1979, the staff at Hanna-Barbera realized that the Scooby-Doo formula was getting worn out, which gave them reason to parody it in a 1979 prime time special, Scooby Goes Hollywood. In addition, ABC began threatening cancellation for the show, whose ratings were in decline. Therefore, for its 1979 – 1980 season, Scooby-Doo was given a major overhaul, adding the character of Scooby's nephew Scrappy-Doo, voiced by Lennie Weinrib, and changing the name of the show to Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

Although still present in these episodes, the characters of Fred, Daphne, and Velma became less essential to the plot, and Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy were the main focus. Marla Frumkin took over Pat Stevens' role as Velma Dinkley towards the end of the season, beginning with episode 12, "The Ghoul, the Bat, and the Ugly". Velma does not speak in episode 16, "The Ransom of Scooby Chief" as she, Fred, and Daphne weren't seen much in that episode. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.

A complete series set was released on April 28, 2015.