Some very sad news today, as Variety has reported that Scooby-Doo writer Duane Poole has passed away. Duane was 74, and passed away on April 1 after a long battle with cancer. Duane was one of the main writers for season 1 of The Scooby-Doo Show, and wrote Scooby Goes Hollywood. He was also a story editor for The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, and wrote "Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake!" and "Lock the Door, It's a Minotaur."
Besides his work on Scooby, he also wrote for tons of other Hanna-Barbera shows and other cartoons, including A Flintstones Christmas, The Great Grape Ape, The Smurfs, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, C.H.O.M.P.S., and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Duane went to the University of Washington. His first job was working for King World Productions, but he moved to Los Angeles when he received a job offer to be a writer at Hanna-Barbera Studios. Poole also worked with the team of the popular show The Love Boat. In his later years, Poole moved on to write TV movies and theatrical productions. You can see all the animation, TV, movies and theatrical projects that he wrote on his website here. While I'm always sad when an influential person who has worked on Scooby dies, this one hits particularly hard for me as Duane is actually a Scooby-Doo writer that I have gotten the honor of talking to, and I did an interview with him for the blog only about a year ago. Duane was super nice, and admittedly, it was one of my favorite interviews I have done for the site. Duane seemed like such a nice, down-to-Earth guy, and it was so much fun getting to hear about all of his experiences writing for various Scooby-Doo projects. Duane was an influential figure for the franchise, whom without, we would not have the amazing series that is The Scooby-Doo Show season 1, The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, and Scooby Goes Hollywood. RIP Duane, you will be greatly missed!
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Becker
4/20/2023 03:05:20 am
He wrote a lot of good stuff. Rest in peace
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Scoob16
4/21/2023 01:08:12 am
This man had a hand in creating my childhood. 'Show' was my first exposure to Scooby-Doo. RIP
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Matt
4/21/2023 08:34:52 am
RIP Duane
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Tom Holste
4/22/2023 12:05:58 pm
RIP, Duane. It sounds like he was a really nice guy.
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James Dixon
4/25/2023 11:55:46 pm
This sucks. We followed each on Twitter, and he was always so nice.
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