The Scooby-Doo Show is an American animated mystery comedy series that is essentially a collection of episodes from the third incarnation of the Hanna- Barbera Scooby-Doo franchise. It originally aired for three seasons from 1976 to 1978 on ABC, with a total of 40 episodes. These episodes were broadcast in various formats including The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, and Scooby's All-Stars. Despite these different formats, the episodes are now commonly rerun under the umbrella title The Scooby-Doo Show
. The show features the classic Mystery Inc. gang-Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma-solving mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures, which typically turn out to be criminals in disguise. Scooby-Doo’s cousin Scooby-Dum also appears in some episodes. The voice cast includes Don Messick as Scooby-Doo, Casey Kasem as Shaggy, Frank Welker as Fred, Heather North as Daphne, and Pat Stevens as Velma
. The Scooby-Doo Show is notable for being the longest-running format of the original Scooby-Doo series before the introduction of Scrappy-Doo, and it maintained the familiar blend of comedy, mystery, and light horror elements that define the franchise
. In summary, The Scooby-Doo Show is a key part of the Scooby-Doo franchise from the late 1970s, compiling episodes that kept the beloved formula of mystery-solving fun alive for its audience
