The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show

*The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show*
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
Also known as	The 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 origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producers	Don Jurwich (1980); Oscar Dufau (1981)
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 8, 1980 –; November 7, 1981
Related
	The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (Richie Rich); The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (Scooby Doo!); Richie Rich; Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo;

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]

Cast

Sparky Marcus – Richie Rich
Don Messick – Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Casey Kasem – Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
Christian Hoff – Pee Wee, Freckles
Dick Beals – Reggie Van Dough
Bill Callaway – Professor Keanbean
Nancy Cartwright – Gloria Glad
Frank Welker – Dollar the Dog, Dr. Blemish, Suavo
Joan Gerber – Irona the Robot Maid, Mrs. Rich
Stanley Jones – Mr. Rich, Cadbury the Butler
Robert Ridgely – Collector

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)

"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)
"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)
"Mummy's the Word" / "Silence is Golden" / "Hang in There, Scooby" / "The Shocking Lady Strikes Again" / "Stuntman Scooby" / "Spring Cleaning" (November 22, 1980)
"Scooby's Ding-A-Ling Circus" / "The Kangaroo Hop" / "Scooby's Fantastic Island" / "Cur Wash" / "Long John Scrappy" / "The Blur" (November 29, 1980)
"Scooby's Bull Fright" / "Irona Versus Demona" / "Scooby Ghosts West" / "Chef's Surprise" / "A Bungle in the Jungle" / "The Snow Bounders" (December 6, 1980)
"Scooby's Fun Zone" / "The Abominable Snow Plan" / "Swamp Witch" / "Miss Robot America" / "Sir Scooby and the Black Knight" / "Constructo" (December 13, 1980)
"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)
"South Seas Scare" / "Mystery Mountain" / "Scooby's Swiss Miss" / "Poor Little Richbillies" / "Alaskan King Coward" / "Chowhound" (December 27, 1980)
"Et Tu, Scoob?" / "Wiped Out" / "Soggy Bog Scooby" / "Welcome Uncle Cautious" / "Scooby Gumbo" / "Disaster Master" (January 3, 1981)
"Way Out Scooby" / "T.V. Dollar" / "Strongman Scooby" / "Disappearing Dignitaries" / "Moonlight Madness" / "The Most Unforgettable Butler" (January 10, 1981)
"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)
"A Fright At the Opera" / "Cave Boy Richie" / "Robot Ranch" / "Young Irona" / "Surprised Spies" / "The Great Charity Train Robbery" (January 24, 1981)
"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)

"Scooby Nocchio" / "Space Shark" / "Lighthouse Keeper Scooby" / "The Chef's Watch Dog" / "Scooby's Roots" / "Schoolhouse Romp" (September 19, 1981)
"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)
"Scooby Dooby Goo" / "Voodoo Island" / "Rickshaw Scooby" / "Tooth is Stranger than Fiction" / "Scooby's Luck of the Irish" / "Butlering Made Easy" (October 3, 1981)
"Backstage Scooby" / "A Special Talent" / "Scooby's House of Mystery" / "Villains Incorporated" / "Sweet Dreams Scooby" / "Bye-Bye Baby" (October 10, 1981)
"Scooby-Doo 2000" / "Rich Mice" / "Punk Rock Scooby" / "King Bee" / "Canine to Five" / "Chilly Dog" (October 17, 1981)
"Hardhat Scooby" / "Money Talks" / "Hothouse Scooby" / "Mischief Movie" / "Pigskin Scooby" / "An Ordinary Day" (October 24, 1981)
"Sopwith Scooby" / "Dog Gone" / "Tenderbigfoot" / "Carnival Man" / "Scooby and the Beanstalk" / "The Day the Estate Stood Still" (October 31, 1981)
"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 Name	No. of episodes	Release date
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1	7	May 20, 2008 October 3, 2017 (re-release)

References

^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 249=253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Banks, Clive. "Scooby-Doo". Retrieved from http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Scooby-Doo%20Intro.htm on January 8, 2009.
^ Erickson, Hal (15 March 2016). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 665–666. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Hour DVD news: Announcement for the Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Hour - the Complete Series, Volume 1 | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

External links

The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show at IMDb

[Woolery-1] Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 249=253. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[2] Banks, Clive. "Scooby-Doo". Retrieved from http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Scooby-Doo%20Intro.htm on January 8, 2009.

[3] Erickson, Hal (15 March 2016). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 665–666. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[4] "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Hour DVD news: Announcement for the Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Hour - the Complete Series, Volume 1 | TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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