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I was thoroughly entertained with this 4-DVD set, basically because Dyn-o-Mutt was a character i had always laughed my you know what off at. His malfunctions coupled with Blue Falcon's seriousness in my opinion are what make the series hilarious. Lots of credit goes to the vocal delivery of Gary Owens who in spite of ridiculous situations his character is put through thanks to "Dog Wonder", watching Blue Falcon's slow burn at the malfunctions of Dynomutt and then hearing him call his side-kick "dog blunder", etc etc. Well, to me it's funny but my sense of humor is off the wall anyway. Frank Welker voices Dynomutt. On the Scooby side of the collection, i enjoyed the programs...for pure nostalgia reasons if nothing else, Scooby-Dum makes an appearance as well. I enjoyed every episode but some i can watch and re-watch and re-re-watch and never get tired of seeing them, even though i know the mystery. Those episodes include "The Lighter Than Air Raid" which features Blue Falcon and Dynomutt pursuing a villain known as The Blimp. "The Awful Ordeal with The Head of Steel" is about a villain named Iron Face who goes on an abduction spree of Big City's top officials. "Everybody Hyde" deals with Willie the Weasel disguising himself as Mr Hyde to commit crimes. Scooby and the gang guest star on this episode. Another favorite episode is "Sinister Symphony" where Blue Falcon must stop evil clones who are hypnotized by a lullaby to commit crimes. "The Injustice League of America" deals with the villains of Blue Falcon teaming up to form a plan to defeat the super-hero and Dynomutt. The villains include The Gimmick, Lowbrow, Super Thug, Fish Face, and Queen Hornet. The Scooby episodes that i love are "Watt a Shocking Ghost" which tells the story of the 10,000 volt ghost and a blacked-out ski resort. "The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul" features the debut of Scooby-Dum and the famous Scooby-Doo/Scooby-Dum hand slap and dance routine. "The Headless Horseman of Halloween" features the tale of the Headless Horseman...trivia: the descendant of Icobod Crane is voiced by Janet Waldo of Penelope Pitstop and Judy Jetson fame. Scooby-Dum appears on that episode as well. In "There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark", Scooby and the gang unravel the mystery of the shark monster that haunts Aqua-Land. "The Spirits of '76" is based on history. Scooby and the gang are at the Smithsonian Institution, and end up being locked in over-night where they stumble onto a mystery involving wet foot prints, which leads them to unravel a mystery leading to a crime being committed by imposters, posing as Benedict Arnold and the like. In "The Ghost and the Bad Humor Man", Scooby and the gang stumble onto a mystery revolving around an ice cream factory. On each of the DVD's there contains menu selections of course. However only one disc provides bonus material...DVD #4...on side 2. I also had to search each DVD to find the masterpiece segment, which only runs a little over 7 minutes, giving spotlight to the wonderful voice actors on that cartoon...including what could have been one of Don Messick's last interviews in the early-mid '90s. The clip of Don isn't dated to it's not for certain when he did that...he passed away in 1997 so it's safe to say it was before 1997. Frank Welker shows us his vocal tricks...he portrayed both Fred and Dynomutt in that series...oh, and Casey Kasem is also featured. Anyone with ears can tell Casey is the voice of Shaggy plus a few of the cops and criminals {including Swamp Rat in one of the episodes}. Along with Casey, Don, and Frank there is Nicole Jaffe {Velma} and Heather North {Daphne} and Gary Owens {Blue Falcon}. Gary also narrates a segment in the bonus selections on side 2 of DVD #4 recalling the history of Scooby, which includes appearances from Fred Silverman, Iwao Takamoto, Mark Evanier, and the Ruby-Spears team that created the program. As a whole, and for nostalgia, i give the DVD set 4 stars. Like others have said, it would've been nice to have the official opening credits and theme songs on here but it's the best that's out there.
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i love scooby-doo as i have said before and so do my boys! this set is just great because i also loved the blue falcon cartoon series,and have long wanted to show my boys this one too. well here it is and both shows still look great. set back and watch scooby and dynomutt save the world. great family fun!!
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This was indeed by far the best DVD package to come out of the WB in some time but I hope that the WB will come out with the other Dynomutt cartoons that were made when Dynomutt got a solo spot. Scooby Doo's 1976 series lacks the original charm of the Where Are you series. Gator Goul and Mumba wamba are 2 of the best ones from that show.
I like the everybody hyde episode where Scooby Teams up with dynomutt and BF to catch the criminal.. I even like the one with Iron face where the people that put Iron Face away are captured and locked up in their own prison... It is up to BF and Dynomutt to save them.
the interviews are FUN... We see the late GREAT Don Messeck and all the cast have a blast recalling their own memories about the series. Hopefully the WB will decide to release the other dynomutt cartoons for the fans that want them..
Shadowman, and the one about beast Woman taking control of Dynomutt are not on the set... I intend to enjoy my set as I am glad to see SOMETHING come out with Dynomutt and Scooby Doo...
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Do yourself a favour...If it's Doo you savour...buy this set...It's the best bet! Scooby, Scooby..Doo!
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The 1976-1977 Saturday morning TV season saw the premiere of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. This show was composed of a half-hour Scooby-Doo episode and a half-hour Dynomutt episode. These were the first new Scooby-Doo episodes produced in 3 years, and the very first episodes ever of Dynomutt. In total, 16 episodes of Scooby-Doo and 16 episodes of Dynomutt were produced for this season. After only 13 airings of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, the show proved popular enough that it was expanded to 90 minutes and renamed The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show, adding repeats of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes for the extra half-hour. The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show aired the final 3 new episodes of each, and then repeated all 16 episodes of each for the remainder of the season. This is the ONLY season of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour/Show, and so, YES, this DVD is complete with all 16 episodes produced for both Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt that aired under that title.
The 1977-1978 Saturday morning TV season saw the premiere of Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics, a 2-hour show composed of the half-hour debut of the Laff-a-Lympics, the half-hour debut of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, plus a half-hour of Scooby-Doo, and a half-hour of Dynomutt. The half-hour of Scooby-Doo aired repeats from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour/Show, PLUS 8 new episodes. Similarly, the half-hour of Dynomutt aired repeats PLUS 4 new episodes as well. It's these new episodes of Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt that aired during Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics this season that some folks refer to as the "2nd season".
The 1978-1979 Saturday morning TV season gets even more confusing. 16 more new Scooby-Doo episodes were produced for this season. No new Dynomutt episodes were produced. The first 9 of these new episodes were first aired under the half-hour Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! show, complete with the original show's opening credits, just with new episodes. The remaining 7 new episodes (plus repeats of all 16) aired as part of the renamed Scooby's All-Stars, a 90-minute show composed of new and repeat half-hour episodes of the Laff-a-Lympics, new and repeat half-hour episodes of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, and new and repeat half-hour episodes of Scooby-Doo. It's these 16 new episodes of Scooby-Doo that some folks refer to as the "3rd season".
Now to add even more confusion, all Scooby-Doo episodes from these past three seasons, 40 episodes in total (16 + 8 + 16), were re-packaged together as The Scooby-Doo Show for syndication reruns. All Dynomutt episodes, 20 in total, were re-packaged together for both network and syndication reruns as Dynomutt, Dog Wonder. So most folks only know these episodes from the syndication repeats airing on cable networks like Cartoon Network, and not from their original airings.
As for the DVD, the GOOD news is that, YES, this DVD is complete with all 16 episodes produced for both Scooby-Doo and Dynomutt that aired under The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour/Show, from the ONLY season that the show aired. The video and audio are both great for a 30-year old show, with the Dynomutt episodes just a bit under par compared to the Scooby episodes. The bonus features are the best of any Scooby-Doo DVD set released thus far, particularly with the interviews with the voice cast: Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Heather North, etc.
But, there is BAD news and REALLY BAD news. The BAD news is that the 2006 Hanna-Barbera DVD releases so far for this year, for both this DVD set, and for The Flintstones Season 5 DVD set, show the "cheapening" in production for the product packaging. Gone are the plastic outer covering transparent slip covers that were on all the 2004 and 2005 Hanna-Barbera animated DVD sets. The DVD discs themselves are now stored two to a page, with one on top of the other, overlaying half of the one underneath it. More likely to scratch one while trying to get to the one below it, especially with the two-sided discs. It does make for a thinner boxed set.
And the REALLY BAD news: I was fully expecting to see The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour episodes as they originally aired back in 1976 when I first watched them on Saturday mornings. That means with the original opening credits with the original Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt theme song, and with the original closing credits. Heck, even the back of the DVD box listed partial lyrics from the original theme song. I was even hoping to see the modified opening credits when the show changed from Hour to Show, which was also noted on the back of the box. Whoever did the text for the back of the DVD box certainly did his homework and knew his stuff. But, boy was I surprised when I watched my first episode, and each episode thereafter. What you get is the opening credits for the syndicated re-packaged The Scooby-Doo Show followed by the Scooby-Doo episode, followed by the closing credits of The Scooby-Doo Show, followed by the opening credits of the re-packaged Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, followed by the Dynomutt episode, followed by the closing credits of Dynomutt, Dog Wonder. This is NOT how these shows originally aired in 1976.
Overall, if you are a fan of either Scooby-Doo or Dynomutt, and want to add these episodes and bonus material to your DVD collection, you will greatly enjoy this collection. However, if you are a completist, and want the episodes as they aired on their original network airing, or want every episode that aired in the re-packaged syndication reruns, you will be disappointed.
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