Ringing in All Hallow’s Eve, the Boomerang network will present “Scooberang,” a seven-day uninterrupted marathon of Scooby-Doo adventures. Taking place October 26 – 31, the event will serve 12 different Scooby-Doo series, seven animated movies and 16 one-hour telefilms. For more details on “Scooberang,” please click:

Seven-Day, All-Scooby-Doo Marathon Haunts Boomerang Oct. 26-31

12 Different Scooby-Doo Series, 7 Animated Movies and 16 One-hour
Telefilms Included in “Scooberang” Salute

Spooky mysteries and spine-tingling action will haunt Boomerang Oct. 26-31 when the commercial-free television home to classic cartoons stirs up the comedy cauldron for “Scooberang”, a seven-day uninterrupted marathon of Scooby-Doo animated adventures in celebration of Halloween. From midnight Oct. 26 to midnight on All Hallows Eve (ET), Boomerang will enlist canine super-sleuth Scooby-Doo and the teenage gang of mystery-solvers to present favorite episodes from 12 different Scooby-Doo series, seven animated movies and 16 one-hour telefilms. The hair-raising holiday tribute will provide Boomerang viewers the opportunity to witness Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Freddy and Daphne continue their unparalleled record for discovering hidden truths behind various hauntings, disappearances and other strange abnormalities that occur where ever their van, the Mystery Machine, takes them.

“A cartoon superstar for nearly 40 years, Scooby-Doo’s popularity spans child and adult audiences alike,” said Mark Norman, senior vice president for Boomerang. “He has the singular ability to combine silly comedy with scary adventures, so kids everywhere get to experience plenty of laughs mixed in with some real goosebumps. Plus Halloween week certainly is an ideal time to turn the spotlight on the hardest-working dog in television. “Scooberang” should now be considered a holiday tradition.”

Scooby-Doo’s ghost-chasing capers span 12 different series created by the legendary Hanna-Barbera Studios, as well as the newest program, What’s New, Scooby-Doo?, created by Warner Bros. Television Animation. Boomerang will select dozens of favorite episodes from each series to properly showcase Scooby-Doo and his crime-solving co-stars as they venture around the world in their psychedelic van, uncovering spooky mysteries and unexplained apparitions.

Following is an overview of Scooby-Doo series produced for network television from 1969 – 1990, as well as a description of the current series, What’s New, Scooby-Doo?:

* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (1969) – A club called Mystery, Inc., seeks out suspense in deserted mansions, ghost towns, museums and burial grounds. Scooby, the club’s mascot, provides the catalyst to solve each mystery.

* The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) – Our gang of teen-aged supersleuths are joined by caricatured guest stars, from Batman and Robin to Sonny and Cher, who team up with Mystery, Inc., to solve more mysteries. Additional guests included Tim Conway, Phyllis Diller, Sandy Duncan, Mama Cass Elliot, Don Knotts, Davy Jones, The Harlem
Globetrotters, Laurel and Hardy, Jerry Reed, The Three Stooges, Dick Van Dyke and Jonathon Winters.

* The Scooby-Doo Show (1976) – Condensed to a series of 11-minute episodes, this series is augmented by appearances from new characters such as Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Doo’s oafish country cousin, and Scooby-Dee, a glamorous movie actress.

* Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977) – More than 45 of Hanna-Barbera’s favorite cartoon characters participate in track and field competition, spoofing ABC’s Wide World of Sports, in this two-hour animated series, the first in network history.

* The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1979) – Joining our cast of criminal thwarting characters is Scrappy-Doo, Scooby’s pint-sized, boisterous nephew, who proves to have much more courage than his nervous uncle. The series premiered Sept. 11, 1979.

* The All-New Scooby & Scrappy-Doo Show (1980) – Cowardly Great Dane Scooby-Doo and his feisty pint-size nephew Scrappy-Doo brave ghosts, goblins and ghouls to crack a series of mysteries in all-new comedy adventures.

* Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba-Doo (1982) – The members of Mystery, Inc., take a turn off the mystery-solving map and find themselves uncovering comedic storylines. Yabba-Doo, another Scooby cousin, debuts as a Western wise-cracker.

* The New Scooby & Scrappy-Doo Show (1983) – Scooby-Doo acts his way out of scary situations-doing almost any daring act for a Scooby snack-with the help of his pal Shaggy, feisty nephew Scrappy-Doo and Daphne, whose predicaments as an investigative reporter propel the foursome into trouble.

* The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984) – A return to form as the gang gets back on track, chasing phantoms and witches and solving all things scary. “If it weren’t for those pesky kids …”

* The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) – A chamber of horrors is unleashed when Shaggy and Scooby unlock the Chest of Demons, raising the specter of the 13 most dangerous ghosts in the world. Inspired by the film Ghostbusters.

* A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988) – Viewers return to the days when the members of Mystery, Inc., were merely kids and their mascot but a pup. The “rebirth” of the original gang with a hip subtext.

* What’s New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) – Scooby-Doo and the gang find themselves in all-new adventures set in the new millennium. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series takes the characters of Mystery, Inc. to every international corner of the world.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? first aired on CBS in 1969, and over the course of 36 years has spawned multiple animated TV series spin-offs, feature-length television movies, direct-to-video motion pictures and even a blockbuster live-action theatrical film. The series follows a meddling gang of kids – Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and their Great Dane, Scooby-Doo – as they seek out suspense in deserted mansions, ghost towns, museums, old carnivals and burial grounds. Scooby always seems to provide the catalyst to solve each mystery. Typically, each episode ends with the thwarted villain proclaiming, “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids and that dog!”

About Boomerang
Boomerang is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s (TBS, Inc.) 24-hour cable/satellite network offering the best in classic animated entertainment. In partnership with Cartoon Network, the service boasts 75 percent unduplicated programming and is available to cable/satellite operators and their customers in Spanish. Boomerang’s official Web site is located at “>http://Boomerang.CartoonNetwork.com.