In 1985, ABC created a Star Wars special to preview their upcoming slate of shows for the fall television season. Among these was The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, and at 13:06 in the video above, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Tony Danza come across a real-life Chest of Demons on an adventure. The clip is about a minute and a half in length.
In addition, Scooby's first team-up with Weird Al Yankovic was actually not "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases." On a similar note, for their 1984 television preview, ABC created a bumper involving Scooby and Scrappy meeting Weird Al at Knott's Berry Farm. During the bumper, Weird Al, Scooby and Scrappy preview the new shows on ABC's 1984 fall schedule. You can watch the video here. A big thanks to Juan for finding these cool bumpers and sharing them with me!
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Greybishop
7/1/2024 01:04:14 pm
"C-3PO, R2-D2 and Tony Danza".
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7/1/2024 05:52:20 pm
Honestly, I'm surprised it even survived into the 80s with that awful Christmas special. That scene where Chewbacca yells out in stress when he makes a mistake while cooking still gets me every time lol.
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7/1/2024 06:37:43 pm
I found the clip lol: https://youtu.be/lCyMK4wqD4I?si=4P2RSXrIv2wfZcVM&t=172
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Juan
7/1/2024 05:02:52 pm
I wonder if that chest still exists
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7/1/2024 05:53:39 pm
That would be amazing if it was somehow still in storage at an ABC Studio somehow!
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Matt
7/2/2024 01:57:54 pm
I LOVE this kind of stuff, it feels like a true time capsule. Where this would probably make most people cringe, I find it very fascinating
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7/2/2024 04:26:18 pm
Yeah, I love watching this type of stuff too. They are cringey in a fun way to me lol.
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Becker
7/2/2024 04:39:21 pm
Warlock of Wimbledon is a masterpiece compared to the Holiday Special lol
Matt
7/2/2024 05:06:25 pm
Yeah, I know how infamous that cooking scene is LOL. 7/2/2024 06:30:51 pm
@Becker That is very true lol. I thought it was a good metaphor for how wildly up and down the writing is from "so bad it's funny" to just plain bad, but yeah, there's really nothing else in the same league of quality as that Holiday Special lol.
Greybishop
7/2/2024 04:53:42 pm
"Where this would probably make most people cringe, I find it very fascinating"
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Matt
7/2/2024 05:03:33 pm
I guess I shouldn't say that I don't find it cringey at all, as much as it just isn't my main reaction to it because of how interesting I find it 7/2/2024 06:43:18 pm
I found the Scooby stuff a bit cringey in an enjoyable way with how stilted the dialogue is imo, but yeah, that clip with Mary Lou Retton was extremely cringey lol. The scene where R2-D2 puts on a tie to impress her is also ridiculous. Leave a Reply. |
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