Alright, let's try this again. We are going to do last week's ghost town poll again with a clearer prompt, since "ghost town" was admittedly rather vague. This time, we're changing the prompt to "favorite Old West episode." This means all of the Yabba-Doo episodes qualify, except for "Go East, Young Pardner" as that episode took place in New York. I was generous with what I included here and tried to pick any episode that people could consider as qualifying for this prompt, even if it could be a bit of a stretch (i.e. "Night on Haunted Mountain"). If I've missed anything, feel free to leave a comment and let me know!
Thanks to Shadowscooby and Mr. Neither for suggesting this week's poll idea! Here are the results for last week's poll: What is your favorite dinosaur episode? Hang in There, Scooby-Doo! - 21 Legend of the Phantosaur - 17 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - 6 3-D Struction - 5 Attack of the Weird Al-osaurus! - 4 Scary Christmas - 3 The Dinosaur Deception - 2 Sweet Dreams Scooby - 1 Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School! - 1
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Hey all! I'm excited to announce (and shamelessly plug) the release of the final part of my Hexed fanfic series, which I just published the first chapter of today. Since the last two were from Thorn and Dusk's perspectives, respectively, the third and final fic (titled The Witching Hour) is from the perspective of Luna. Following on from the last two parts, the plot involves The Hex Girls going to a songwriting conference in Nashville at the prestigious Hermitage Hotel. When the girls' room is accidentally double-booked, they have to stay at another hotel, which they soon discover may be haunted by the ghost of a long-dead spirit from the time of the American Revolution. Meanwhile, Luna also has to cope with her performance anxiety when the girls are asked to do a concert at the conference. When Luna's anxiety gets so out of hand that she considers quitting the band, she must make a decision once and for all about which is more powerful - her love of writing music, or her touring anxiety.
The first chapter of this fanfic is now available on AO3, and a new chapter will be published every Friday. This fanfic will be much shorter than most of my other fics to date with only seven chapters, the last of which will be posted on April 19, 2024. (Note that I didn't miscount the number of weeks here; there will be a one-week break midway through publishing) Although those who follow my fanfics know that I typically publish on both AO3 and Fanfiction.net, I've made the decision to exclusively publish this fanfic on AO3. Fanfiction.net has been having some significant glitches recently. It seems to be hit or miss as to whether it saves when I upload a chapter, and I also can't view my messages without getting an error page. Unfortunately, this has been happening since last September, and there seems to be no signs of it being fixed, so I've just decided to not publish there since I can't even get the site to work 75% of the time. I hope you enjoy the final part of this fanfic series if you decide to check it out! Besides the Laff-a-Lympics parody and the Scooby-Doo cameo I posted about last week, Jellystone! season 3 had a number of other Scooby references.
Here are the results for last week:
What is your favorite demon episode? A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground - 19 Curse of the Speed Demon - 10 Curse of the 13th Ghost - 6 Aloha Scooby-Doo - 5 Come Undone - 5 Farmed and Dangerous - 4 Scooby-Doo (2002) - 4 Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake - 3 Nightfright - 3 There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark - 2 Scoo-Be or Not Scoo-Be? - 2 The Curse of Kaniaku - 2 Reflections in a Ghoulish Eye - 1 Ship of Ghouls - 1 It's a Wonderful Scoob - 1 Coast to Ghost - 1 Horror Scope Scoob - 1 Snow Place Like Home - 1 Safari So Goodi! - 1 Nightmare in Red - 1 World of Witchcraft - 1 0 votes: To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before, Scoobra Kadoobra, Me and My Shadow Demon, That's Monstertainment, A Spooky Little Ghoul Like You, When You Witch Upon a Star, Scooby in Kwackyland, The Ghouliest Show on Earth, The Devouring After a two-year wait, the HBO Max series Jellystone! finally released their third season, which featured a number of fun surprises for Hanna-Barbera fans. The new season featured crossover episodes with The Jetsons and Goober and the Ghost Chasers, but perhaps most interesting for Scooby fans is that one episode is a re-imagining of the Laff-a-Lympics, titled "LAFF Games". The episode features the town of Jellystone facing off against the town of New Bedrock in the yearly LAFF Games, which Mayor Huckleberry is determined to win due to the town being humiliated at every year. The participants from Jellystone are the Yogi Yahooeys, whereas the New Bedrock participants are the Really Rottens. Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf return as the commentators. The Scooby Doobies don't make an appearance in this episode, but I still thought this would be newsworthy to share for those who were fans of Laff-a-Lympics.
I watched the episode this morning and thought it was an excellent re-imagining that captured the tone and whimsy of the original series, while also staying true to the absurdist humor of Jellystone! What I loved most about the episode is that the crossover didn't feel forced at all; it felt very natural and like an enjoyable throwback to the show. I love the humor of this series, and this episode didn't disappoint (the scene where Yakky is dealing with her guilty conscience had me laughing pretty hard). If you enjoyed the Laff-a-Lympics and liked the more absurd humor style of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, I would highly recommend checking out this episode. There is also a brief Scooby-Doo cameo in the episode "Frankenhooky," which is the Goober and the Ghost Chasers crossover, although I don't know if I'd say that one is worth checking out if you're not already a fan of the series. The episode got increasingly weird and while I enjoyed it as a fan of the series, it definitely felt like a fever dream and not anything notable enough to check out. In "Wednesday Is Missing," all of the actors from The Addams Family show reprised their roles except for two. Wednesday and Pugley's original actors, Lisa Loring and Ken Weatherwax, did not return to voice their characters from the original series, and were replaced by Cindy Henderson and Jodi Foster, respectively.
This poll was a bit harder to put together, as it isn't always necessary cut-and-dry which villains are demons since they aren't stated to be so, so I made some inferences. If I missed anything you think should count, feel free to leave a comment! Here are the results for last week:
What is your favorite episode taking place in a toy store or factory? The No-Faced Zombie Chase Case - 23 The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair - 11 Toy Scary Boo - 11 Haunted Holidays - 9 Night of the Living Toys - 4 Wrath of the Krampus - 4 Block Long Hong Kong Terror - 3 One Minute Mysteries! - 2 Return of Commander Cool - 0 GamesRadar+ has posted the solicitation for Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #5, which will be our only Scooby comic for May. Batman fans will be excited to see that the cover art uses the style of Batman: The Animated Series!
THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #5 Written by MATTHEW CODY Art and cover by PUSTE $2.99 US | 32 pages ON SALE 5/7/24 Dr. Kirk Langstrom believes the cure for his monstrous alter ego lies in studying the infamous Dr. Jekyll. When Batman accompanies him to Jekyll’s abandoned lab, they’re attacked by the ghost of Mr. Hyde himself! The Mystery Inc. gang has a history with this so-called spook, so Batman calls for their help. But, like, no one told them they might be facing Man-Bat, too! In "A Good Medium Is Rare," Phyllis Diller had five ex-husbands. In real-life, at the time of this episode's airing, she had only divorced one man and was currently married to another.
Phyllis married her first husband, Sherwood, in 1939. She was married to him for 26 years, and divorced him in 1965. Later that year, she married actor Warde Donovan, who she was still with when "A Good Medium Is Rare" aired. In 1975, she divorced Warde due to his problems with drinking, and was single for the next 10 years. In 1985, she married Robert Hastings, who she remained with until his death in 1996. Phyllis did not remarry again after her third husband's passing. Our winning option last week won by a huge margin, getting over 3 times the amount of votes of any other option!
What is your favorite viking episode? Curse of the Viking Lake - 41 Norse Case Scenario - 11 Scooby the Barbarian - 8 The Phantom of the Country Music Hall - 8 |
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