While this is not technically a Scooby-Doo fun fact, it is somewhat related as it's about Mumbly from Laff-a-Lympics. I had originally thought that WB renamed Muttley just for Laff-a-Lympics; however, it was apparently more of a character evolution. Mumbly was originally named Mugger in the 1964 film Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, and was a circus dog. He also walked on all four legs in this film rather than his hind legs as he did in later appearances. In 1968, the version of Muttley that most of us are familiar with appeared in Wacky Races. He had brown fur in this series, rather than the white fur he had in Laff-a-Lympics. However, right before Laff-a-Lympics, Muttley was given his own show, The Mumbly Cartoon Show, and his character name was changed to Mumbly. This show also changed his fur from brown to white. This show also significantly changed Mumbly's personality, and he was not evil like we see in Laff-a-Lympics. Rather, in The Mumbly Cartoon Show, Mumbly was a private eye who fought crime with a human sidekick. Mumbly also had a brief cameo in the third episode of Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, where he meets Dynomutt for the first time.
On a separate note, I'll also throw in an extra little tidbit here that I learned while researching this fact. Apparently, John Stephenson's Mildew Wolf voice was intended to be him doing an impression of Paul Lynde, who was a famous comedy actor at the time.
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Matt
7/17/2023 10:44:34 am
Another further fact about Mildew Wolf is that Paul Lynde actually did play him in his original show, It’s the Wolf, where the Laff A Lympics version was Stephenson doing an impression of him
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7/17/2023 12:45:14 pm
Interesting, I was not aware Paul Lynde did the original voice. I have fond memories of Paul from his role of Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, so it's cool to know he voiced Mildew as well!
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Juan
7/17/2023 01:23:20 pm
Off-topic but today I finished watching The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show... and I can safely say it's the worst Scooby-Doo show ever made.
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7/17/2023 01:36:57 pm
This is a really interesting opinion! I personally am one of the people who find the worst Scooby series to be the Scrappy shorts, although it may be just because the "screw-around" type adventures isn't really what I look for in a cartoon. I did like The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries much better for how it brought back Fred and Velma, was mostly two-parters, and was also more experimental, which I found to be fun. I definitely wouldn't put The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show amongst my favorite shows, but I enjoy it for what it is and like how it brought us back to the classic mystery format.
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Juan
7/17/2023 01:45:32 pm
I'm looking at it. It's pretty fair. 7/17/2023 03:22:42 pm
I like Get a Clue, but it's towards the bottom for me as it doesn't really feel like a Scooby show to me. There's a big gap between that, and Laff-a-Lympics/the Scrappy shorts for me though, as Get a Clue's plots are so much more enjoyable to me than the antics-driven plots of those two series.
Matt
7/17/2023 02:29:22 pm
I disagree with this a lot. It isn’t an elite series or anything, but I feel there was a lot of enjoyable stuff in here, and is FAR better than the earlier Scrappy shorts and my least favorite, which I view as by FAR the blandest of any of the series, Guess Who
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Matt
7/17/2023 02:29:44 pm
Of course, I respect your opinion still though
Juan
7/17/2023 05:54:31 pm
I forgot about Guess Who. But even if I think/know that it is a soulless, unoriginal cashgrab that adds nothing new to the franchise and plays it very safe.... on a production level it's miles better than anything from the Scrappy era (animation, most visuals, voice acting). 7/17/2023 06:36:18 pm
Ngl, I appreciate the Big Ben time travel episode ("Scooby-Doo 2000") as well for how bizarre and silly it is. There are a few Scrappy shorts I enjoy, but for the most part they are misses for me.
Becker
7/17/2023 07:13:29 pm
I'd much rather watch a NS&SDS episode than a Scrappy short, Guess Who or Velma episode, so it's nowhere near the worst show for me. I'm not going to argue about the production or animation quality, but as far as actual enjoyment goes, you can do a whole lot worse than NS&SDS.
Matt
7/17/2023 10:44:51 pm
Well, there are a handful of Scrappy shorts I can agree for the same reasons so I’ll agree with you to a small extent 7/18/2023 08:53:33 am
Completely agreed with what Becker and Matt said. I would also add that The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show felt like it was written in a silly way where the writers didn't expect the audience to take it too seriously, whereas Guess Who tries to make itself exactly like Where Are You and falls flat in comparison.
Juan
7/18/2023 09:39:06 am
I can't reply to the next messages, but I respect all of your opinions and see your points. Still, I can't say I enjoyed New that much, so I'll agree to disagree.
Drakosleuth
7/17/2023 07:10:44 pm
My favorite quote will always be "Savages." It's so fun to hear, whether it's Paul Lynde or John Stephenson's impression of him.
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7/17/2023 07:57:16 pm
I'd never made the connection between it being Paul Lynde before since I'd never watched the original, but the "savages" catchphrase actually does really sound like him when I think about it. I'm not sure how it sounded in the original show but I think John did a great impersonation of Paul.
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Drakosleuth
7/17/2023 08:16:27 pm
Neither did I until I watched clips of Where's Huddles and one of the characters, that sounded like Mildew Wolf, was voiced by Paul Lynde and I looked up the cast of both Where's Huddles and Laff-A-Lympics and noticed the difference with the voice actors. It's just one of those things that make me appreciate voice acting so much.
James Dixon
7/28/2023 06:55:55 am
Not so much about Scooby, but I loved the post regardless.
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