The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies Reviews

• Best of? Go Big or Go Home!

  
  By A1VM7171UGI7Q4 on 2005-01-27
  I gave this 3 stars because I am a huge Scooby fan and was a really disappointed to see the episodes that make up this DVD set. Heres the break down:
  Disc 1
  The Ghastly Ghost Town (with The Three Stooges)
  The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair (with Batman & Robin)
  The Frickert Fracas (with Jonathan Winters)
  Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner (with Don Knotts)
  Disc 2
  The Spooky Fog (with Don Knotts)
  The Ghost of Bigfoot (a.k.a. "Scooby-Doo Meets Laurel & Hardy")
  The Ghost of The Red Baron (with The Three Stooges)
  The Ghostly Creeps from the Deep (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  Disc 3
  The Caped Crusader Caper (with Batman & Robin)
  The Lochness Mess (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  The Mystery of Haunted Island (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  The Exterminator (with Don Adams)
  Disc 4
  The Weird Winds of Winona (with Speed Buggy)
  The Haunted Candy Factory (with "Mama" Cass Elliot)
  The Haunted Carnival (a.k.a. "Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke")
  
  Don't forget that this has some "Stardusted" special features, probably found on the fourth disc:
  Featurette: The Hanna-Barbera Kennel Club Roasts Scooby-Doo
  Featurette: Uptown With Scooby-Doo and The Harlem Globetrotters
  Featurette: The Girls Rock!
  
  I am just glad they are releasing this series but if I made a best of compilation, I would have picked one episode of the returning guests (i.e. one harlem globetrotter rather than all three since these episodes have been previously released on DVD). This way I could include the great guest episodes like Sonny and Cher, Josie and the Pussycats, Phyllis Diller, Davey Jones, Addams Family, Sandy Duncan and Jerry Reed. These episodes I feel far surpass the Don Adams, Dick Van Dyke, the "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner (with Don Knotts)", "The Ghost of The Red Baron (with The Three Stooges)", "The Mystery of Haunted Island (with The Harlem Globetrotters)" and the Laurel and Hardy episodes.
  
  

• GUEST STARS GALORE!

  
  By A2JP0URFHXP6DO on 2005-03-07
  I've always been a big Scooby Doo fan ever since the show first premiered in 1969 when I was just 6 years old. In 1972, "Scooby Doo, Where are You?" became "The New Scooby Doo Movies". The show was now an hour long instead of 30 minutes and each episode had the gang meet a new guest star each week. This format lasted from 1972 through 1973 and featured 24 total episodes along with a Halloween special. Unfortunately, instead of giving us ALL 25 episodes, Warner Home Video has chosen to give us a "best of" collection of 15 episodes. Why not do all of them is a mystery for Scooby and the gang but I guess beggars cannot be choosers.
  
  "Ghastly Ghost Town" guest stars the Three Stooges. The gang is forced to seek help on foot in the desert after their van is forced onto a sand dune by a low-flying, king-sized bat. They come across Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita, whose amusement park is really the one in need of help.
  
  "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair" with Batman & Robin. When The Mystery Machine breaks the gang bump into smugglers, Batman and Robin, a little old lady, and a punching clown filled with counterfeit cash. A tip leads them to the carnival. . .where they find Joker and Penguin behind the kooky counterfeit caper. As is usually the case with these villainous villains, our heroes wind up in a funhouse hideout.
  
  "The Frickert Fracas" with Jonathan Winters. Hoping they will have a vacation from haunted houses and spooky characters when Jonathan Winters invites them to stay at Maude Frickert's farm, Scooby-Doo and company soon learn differently when the place becomes overrun with vandalizing scoundrels and living scarecrows.
  
  "Guess who's Knott Coming to Dinner?" with Don Knotts. When the gang stop at Moody Manor to get directions, they find themselves mistaken for Captain Moody's neices and nephews by an assortment of characters who all resemble Don Knotts.
  
  "The Spooky Fog" - with Don Knotts. A spoof of Knott's show Mayberry R.F.D, wherein a unique form of small-town hospitality is in store for Scooby-Doo and pals when officer Don Knotts invites them to spend the night at the best hotel in Juneberry: the local jail!
  
  "The Ghost of Bigfoot" with Laurel & Hardy. While visiting a ski lodge, the gang run into bellhops Laurel and Hardy, who attempt to help the gang uncover the mystery of the ghost of Bigfoot... but Laurel and Hardy are even more cowardly than Scooby and Shaggy.
  
  "The Ghost of the Red Baron" with the Three Stooges. The gang re-teams with the Three Stooges to ground the ghost of Baron Ludwig von Richtofen, The Red Baron, the evildoer of daring who has scared off all of Mr. Sawyer's crop dusting pilots in an effort to pressure the farmer into leaving his land.
  
  "Ghostly Creeps from the Deep" with the Harlem Globetrotters. Scooby and the gang run across the clown princes of basketball, The Harlem Globetrotters on the eerie banks of a haunted swamp so that their boosted team spirit might protect them from the supernatural spirits being released by the ghost of Redbeard The Pirate.
  
  "The Caped Crusader Caper" with Batman & Robin. In Batman and Robin's second appearance on this series, Scooby and the gang try to foil Joker and Penguin's attempts to steal a flying suit from a goofy scientist.
  
  "The Lochness Mess" with the Harlem Globetrotters. The Gang travel to a small New England town to visit Shaggy's Uncle Nathaniel but walk into the middle of a mystery complete with the ghost of Paul Revere and a spooky sea serpent. With the aid of The Harlem Globetrotters, they uncover a plot whereby Morgan, a local crook, is trying to scare the townsfolk into moving away in order to hide his discovery of a treasure ship.
  
  "The Mystery of the Haunted Island" - The Globetrotters are back again. The gang and the Trotters are taken by a spectral ship to a deserted island. They take refuge in a deserted mansion where statues come to life, books fly off the shelves, and ghosts and secret passages are everywhere.
  
  "The Exterminator" with Don Adams. The gang pick up Don Adams who is running an extermination business and take him to his next job at Horror Hill, an eerie, foreboding-looking ramshackle which is also the home of old horror film star Lorne Chumley.
  
  "The Weird Winds of Winona" - with Speed Buggy! The Mystery Machine breaks down and the gang find themselves running into Speed Buggy and his friends. It's up to the two gangs to discovery the mystery of the winds that blow through the town that they've been stranded in.
  
  "The Haunted Candy Factory" with Mama Cass. Mama Cass, Scooby-Doo and company are caught in a "sticky mess" at her namesake candy factory when two green cotton candy globs attempt to "cover" stolen gold bullion with caramel, chocolate and nuts.
  
  "The Haunted Carnival" with Dick Van Dyke. The gang takes a trip to the carnival to escape their ghost-chasing troubles, only to find Dick Van Dyke owns and operates the park. . .which is haunted.
  
  I'm not sure how Warner's chose these particular episodes. Maybe there was something to do with obtaining the rights to shows with other guest stars. I would have preferred to see the episodes which featured the Adams Family, Phyllis Diller and Tim Conway myself as opposed to all the Globetrotter shows, Speed Buggy and Mama Cass. This set is aimed at us baby boomers since most kids today are not going to have any idea who people like Don Adams and Mama Cass are but they are still fun and I've not seen many of these in over 30 years. Great to see these on DVD! Actors doing voices for animated films and shows is quite common today but it wasn't so common back then and it's fun to see animated versions of these great comics with their own voices.
  
  
  
  

• Globetrotter Get no scooby snacks

  
  By A3S6Z7A6SHC6KR on 2005-10-14
  I ran into Curly Neal at a supermarket opening and asked him about "appearing" in the Scooby Doo Cartoons. he said that he gets nothing from the DVDs since he didn't do the vocal work and his likeness was covered under promotional appearances as a Globetrotter. But he didn't seem too bitter about it since a lot of small kids knew who he was from these cartoons - doesn't hurt that he still looks young.
  
  I get a kick out of watching these adventures although not the same rush as when I was a kid - seeing Don Knotts and Shaggy together, that was star power.
  
  For anyone wondering about the missing 9 episodes - they are:
  Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family ?(1972) ?
  A Good Medium Is Rare ?(1972) ?Phyllis Diller
  Sandy Duncan's Jekyll And Hyde ?(1972) ?Sandy Duncan..
  The Secret Of Shark Island ?(1972) ? Sonny and Cher.
  The Haunted Horseman Of Hagglethorn Hall ?(1972) Davey Jones
  The Phantom Of The Country Music Hall ?(1972) ? Jerry Reed.
  The Haunted Showboat ?(1973) Josie and the Pussycats
  Scooby-Doo Meets Jeannie ?(1973) ?Jeannie, Babu,
  The Spirited Spooks Sport Show ?(1973) ? Tim Conway.
  
  

• The missing 1 hour episodes

  
  By A3NODM2ND60WQG on 2006-04-04
  It's great they released these 1 hour scooby episodes that followed the 2 season run of scooby doo where are you?. Its just a shame they didn't continue the original 1/2 hour shows as well. The one hour "movies" were filled with a lot of filler chase scenes and seemingly senseless time fillers to stretch them to 1 hour. Many show the same scenes over and over again. I still enjoyed them when I was a kid and will order this set for my 2 year old son. I still find the original series more entertaining than the movies episodes.
  
  Here is a listing of the missing episodes not included in this dvd:
  
  Scooby Doo Meets the Adams Family 1972
  
  A Good Medium is Rare 1972 starring Phyllis Diller
  
  Sandy Duncan's Jeckyll And Hyde 1972
  
  The Secret of Shark Island 1972 stars Sonny and Cher
  
  The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn 1972 starring Davey Jones
  
  The Phantom of the Country Music Hall 1972 starring Jerry Reed
  
  Scooby Doo Meets Jeannie (of I love Jeannie) 1973
  
  The Haunted Showboat 1973 starring Josie and the Pussycats
  
  The Spirited Spooks Sports Show 1973 starring Tim Conway
  
  Too bad they have release issues with the stars, the Adams Family episode was one of my favorites.
  
  

• They Cut out Sonny and Cher, Phyllis, Davey and Jeannie!?!?!?!

  
  By A8FJ46175HC7W on 2005-02-25
  I grew up watching the Scooby-Doo Movies and I was so happy to hear that the series was finally coming out on DVD....that is until I found out that they only included 15 out of the original 25 episodes. Some of the episodes Warner Bros decided to omit were my favorites...including the ones with the Sonny and Cher, Addams Family, Phyllis Diller,Davy Jones and Jeannie. Instead what they did was include 4 episodes that they had already released on DVD 2 years ago( the Harlem Globetrotters and the Batman episodes). What a rip off! People at Warner Bros. if you're reading this , I just want to say one thing.....in the future when releasing the other scooby doo series on DVD, don't give us another "Best of" just give us the complete series! And please do release the rest of this Series sometime soon...I still ccan't believe you edited out Sonny and Cher!
  
  
• Great Box set even though its missing some good ones
  By A3A0QG24XXBI9J on 2005-04-13
  I know alot of people are dissapointed with some of the shows that were left out.Sonny and Cher, Josie and the Pussycats, Phyllis Diller, Davey Jones, Addams Family, Sandy Duncan and Jerry Reed. Of these Sandy Duncan and Jerry Reed are the only two I would have liked to have owned. I wonder if music rights were an issue? As a christian I was really glad the Phyllis Diller episode "A Good Medium Is Rare"
  was not encluded as it had some occultic stuff in it like the Seance.
  The list is
  Disc 1
  The Ghastly Ghost Town (with The Three Stooges)
  The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair (with Batman & Robin)
  The Frickert Fracas (with Jonathan Winters)
  Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner (with Don Knotts)
  Disc 2
  The Spooky Fog (with Don Knotts)
  The Ghost of Bigfoot (a.k.a. "Scooby-Doo Meets Laurel & Hardy")
  The Ghost of The Red Baron (with The Three Stooges)
  The Ghostly Creeps from the Deep (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  Disc 3
  The Caped Crusader Caper (with Batman & Robin)
  The Lochness Mess (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  The Mystery of Haunted Island (with The Harlem Globetrotters)
  The Exterminator (with Don Adams)
  Disc 4
  The Weird Winds of Winona (with Speed Buggy)
  The Haunted Candy Factory (with "Mama" Cass Elliot)
  The Haunted Carnival (a.k.a. "Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke")
  
  
  
• Why this is a Best Of collection
  By AF108TBBPTT58 on 2005-04-05
  It seems a lot of the previous reviewers have been upset with Hanna-Barbera for not releasing all 25 "Scooby Doo Movies" episodes, instead opting for a "Best of" collection.
  
  My understanding is that H-B had no choice. When stars agree to guest on a special, they usually sign long, thick contracts that stipulate how the material can be used. The company that owns these shows usually must get "clearance" from stars if the materials are going to used in some way that was not part of the original agreement.
  
  In the case of the Scooby Doo Movies, there was no way to anticipate the release of DVD collections 30 years later. Thus before H-B can release any of these episodes they must "clear" them with the individuals involved. I have read several reports that H-B could not get clearance from all the celebrities (or their estates) involved. Thus some episodes of the Scooby Doo Movies are still in limbo, until they get clearance for them.
  
  I hope this helps clear up the questions about H-B's approach to this release, which despite the missing episodes, is really a fantastic collection for anyone who fondly remembers Saturday mornings in the early 70s. My kids love watching these shows, even though they unfortunately have no idea who many of the great guest stars are.
  
  
  
  
• How about a Vol 2 "The REST OF the New Scooby-Doo Movies?"
  By A3929TSRPOQWVM on 2006-03-30
  This is a great series, but I believe I speak for a lot of people - "WE WANT THE REST OF", not just the Best of. There are 9 missing episodes plus the Halloween Special from this release. The Addams Family, Phyllis Diller and Sonny and Cher to name a few!
  
  
  
• This could have been better
  By A2W02THM2G4GMF on 2005-04-07
  Ok - I was a sucker - I was looking forward to this set, but was somewhat dissapointed. If you look at the opening titles, they are not the original titles, like many speculated, WB/HB probably do not have the DVD rights from the likeness of the stars...so the Addams Family, etc are edited out of the opening...With the vast vault of HB material, it would have been nice to get a bunch more extras...maybe features on how the series came about, what it was like working with the celbrities..etc. Other than that, being a 3 Stooges fan, it is nice to see them on DVD but would like to see the other stars...
  
  
• What about the other 9 episodes?
  By A13EPXAJ54YG6G on 2005-01-04
  So far I've been very pleased with the Hanna-Barbera collections, but this is really a poor choice. There were 24 one-hour episodes of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" produced, there are 15 on this set, what about the other 9 episodes? Will there be a second volume? Why didn't they just add a fifth two-sided disc and give us the complete series? BOOOOO!
  
  
• All good things...
  By AQ1ESFF6LENSB on 2005-03-04
  So much for the 'Golden Collection'!
  
  I, and i might say many others, have been anxiously awaiting the next 'Complete' season of Scooby-Doo. And this is what we get?! Another lame 'Best of'..? Please, most of us Scooby fans have already double dipped on your titles, more than once!!
  What has happened to the once great 'Golden Collection'? A note to those at Warners, "Get it right the FIRST time"!!
  
  This is a case of 'buyer beware'! Get this set, but be prepared for the 'complete' series to be released later down the track!!
  
  
• Missing the best ones
  By A3PEV8SRSAQ45H on 2005-06-30
  While I understand copyrights and the need to secure permission to include the missing 10 "movies" - Warner Brothers, you need to put urgency on this and issue a second dvd compilation with the missing movies - no repeats please, that's horribly annoying.
  
  and, I can't resist this one but reviewer "bobby the c" has annoyed me. I am Wiccan and would like to have Phyllis Diller's episode prominently displayed on the cover. :)
  
  
• Do it right and don't cheat your customers
  By A18LPI72WCNM8W on 2005-03-21
  While I am pleased that studios are digging deeper into their vaults and bringing back these classic shows, why should I pay for more "best of" when I want "complete". The Scooby Doo Movies gave us longer episodes, with some big name guests (for 1972) and made one great show. 5 stars out of 5 for content, but -2 stars for the poor distribition methods.
  
  
• Here I go.....
  By A2UG0N60AJ1OF8 on 2005-02-23
  doing something I hate that others do on this site - reviewing a dvd that hasn't been released yet and I have not viewed.
  
  I would like to say that the Scooby Doo Movies featuring the guest stars were my favorites. So I will definitely buy this....my daughter is also a big Scooby fan. My only complaint is that if you are going to make a box set of the movies with Guest Stars put them all on the disc. I can't understand why they haven't included them all. I would think if they were going to do this they would call this Vol. 1 - it is not.
  
  
• Where are the rest? Thanks for Don Knotts!
  By A23E2FEQMY38VS on 2005-04-01
  Bought this dvd set with one of my favorites "Guess who's Knott coming to Dinner" but where are the rest? I am very dissappointed to see many episodes missing and others like the Globetrotters and Batman and Robin on here! You have already released those on DVD (I have those already). Come on Warner Brothers! You are missing the Sonny and Cher, Jerry Reed and the Adams Family oh and don't forget Sandy Duncan, Phillis Diller and Genie and Babu episodes! You better release those on a seperate DVD set. Get it right for those of us who like the series we had watched when we were kids! Please release those on a seperate DVD!
  
  
• Nice collection, but missing some good episodes
  By AOI36QB4MZGLB on 2006-03-12
  The New Scooby-Doo Movies, along with "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" and the "Scooby-Doo Show", are my favorite Scooby-Doo cartoons. I grew up watching all of these shows in the 1970s, and I was very happy to see this collection put out on DVD.
  
  The format for these episodes is different than "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" (twice as long, plus the guest stars), and I find it quite enjoyable. There was a certain camraderie between the gang in the original series, and it seems to carry over here beween the gang and the guest stars.
  
  This set contains some great episodes - the ones with the Harlem Globetrotters, Speed Buggy, Laurel & Hardy, Don Knotts, and Batman & Robin are my favorites. I especially liked Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner, The Lochness Mess, The Ghost of Bigfoot, and The Weird Winds of Winona.
  
  The picture has been cleaned up well for the most part. There are a few scenes where artifacts (dirt) are visible. The soundtrack is mono (Dolby Digital 1.0), but it sounds pretty good. The packaging was also impressive.
  
  I do have two complaints though:
  1) Some of my favorite episodes are missing, including Scooby-Doo Meets Jeannie and The Haunted Showboat. One of the other reviewers mentioned that this was due to legal reasons with the guest stars involved. Hopefully this will be resolved soon so that we will have the remaining 9 episodes on DVD.
  2) Lack of special features. I would like to see interviews with the great voice talent (like Don Messick & Casey Kasem), and something on the history of the show (who came up with the idea, etc.)
  
  Overall I liked this set, and would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Scooby-Doo, especially the early years.
  
  
• Scooby-fanatic wants More!
  By A2UGM6QS2U0MX4 on 2007-12-18
  While the episodes contained on this release are good enough. I find myself missing some of my favorites ... Scooby Doo Meets Sandy Duncan ... The Addamms Family ... Sonny and Cher ... Phylis Diller ... And I am sure there are others. I can only hope that the rest of these great eps will be released on dvd SOON!
  
  
• Why this series?
  By A3E832FY3AIKFT on 2005-01-26
  After the extras-light release of the first and second seasons of the original Scooby Doo Where are You, you might have expected the Scooby box-sets to continue in a similar vein ie. the good shows. Instead we are given 'the best of (bad news for completists) The New (hardly) Scooby Doo Movies (oh, dear)'.
  The 'special' guests with a few exceptions will be unrecognisable to modern audiences (Who is Speed Buggy daddy? Mom, do you know who Phyllis Diller is?) and the show, even in the 1970's was pretty weak.
  Extras have yet to be announced but apparently there is some sort of decoder competition type thing - obviously to get you to buy the thing.
  I had hoped that the releases would have continued with the basic Scooby Doo mystery shows instead of moving on to the gimicky ones but at leaset we are still being spared Scrappy Doo!
  
  
• Included Episodes
  By A3P49IM1IZYSJ8 on 2005-03-22
  I pre-ordered mine 2 weeks ago. I examined the episodes included and couldn't understand why the folks didn't include the omitted episodes. They included some good ones but they should have at least kept the pink/red ending backgrounds together like the Don Knotts ones and the Sonny & Cher, etc., and the blue ending backgrounds together like the Don Adams, Tim Conway, Josie, Speed Buggy, etc. I gave it 4 stars because I love seeing the older cartoons being released. I now would like to see the original Space Ghosts, Frankenstein Jr/Impossibles, The Herculoids, Mightors, the Batman/Superman Hours (1968), JLA (1967), Secret Squirrels, etc. I can't wait for the Perils of Penelope and the Dastardly & Muttley ones.
  
  Larry
  
  
  
• A MUST For All You Scooby-Doo Fans!
  By A1SWJL0SS7YIAI on 2006-08-02
  I don't know who enjoys these movies more, me or my 2-1/2 year old! The movies are great. The packaging is nifty and durable enough to withstand my son's constant handling. The only episodes I wish it had were a few from Sonny and Cher.
  
  
• A missed opportunity
  By A3OS5TPPBD3A6G on 2007-01-04
  I am reliving my childhood and my 5 yo is too. I loved Scooby but hated Scrappy, so I've stopped at this the season 1 & 2 DVD set.
  
  This selection really isn't a best of. With Phyllis Diller missing, among others, and some average Harlem Globe Trotter ones, it is a missed opportunity. Why not simply include all of them? Problems with rights? Why aren't we told?! Still worth buying for the fan though.
  
  
• missing
  By A2GK5KQLORAEZ9 on 2007-08-15
  I have loved Scooby-Doo since I was a kid. The series of movies are missing a few: Sonny & Cher, Tim Conway, Jose & the Pussycats, phyllis Diller, The Adams Family, Sandy Duncan. I think these are the only ones missing from the set. I also have the first, second and third seasons. Ther are epasodes missing from these as well. Were are the ones with Scooby-Dumb? Hopfully all these missing films will be found to help complete my Scooby collection.
  
  
• For Real Fans, This Set Is a Waste of Money
  By A2JDEEPS6VN5UH on 2007-10-05
  I thoroughly enjoy Scooby-Doo as much today as I did when it first arrived on television. This set, with the alleged "Guest Stars", is/was a real disappointment to me. The backgrounds are cheaply made. They look almost as cheesy as those of the Steamboat Willy and other early cartoons. The colors are washed out. When being pursued by the bad guys, the same backgrounds appear repeatedly as Shaggy and Scooby flee.
  The voice characterizations of Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, and The Harlem Globetrotters sound like amateur night at an elementary school play.
  Unless one is attempting to complete a Scooby-Doo collection, skip this set.
  
  
  
• Not a good T.V. show sequel to a great T.v. show.
  By on 2004-12-31
  I'v watched this on Cartoon network and boomerang every now and then, does anybody know why we realese all of the T.V. show DVDS
  before the Show is not on any chanell?!!!??? Scooby-Doo's Lve-action movie was bad and so shall this be. So please don't waste like [...] on this dumb collecters editon of this DVD. Hanna -Barbara, You really put up a bad 70'
  
  Sighned,
  Doug
  
  
• Scooby Movies Bah!
  By A2K9FGSRD400EF on 2005-03-09
  I'm a big fan of Scooby but these episodes were played to death on cartoon network especially The Harlem Globetrotters and Laurel and Hardy.i wouldn't be surprised this is all the Scooby movies they put out, I mean the Tom and Jerry Collection wasn't complete and Uncut which totally sucks. Here's something that's strange Hanna Barbera put out the classic cartoons why cant they put out the new cartoons like The Addams Family cartoon that was shown in the early Nineties and Bill and Teds Excellent Adventures. Also were is the Smurfs MR T Dragons Lair and Space Ace and Pacman along with Saturday supercade and The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo. Never mind what they want to put out they should listen to what the fans want instead were the ones that buy them.
  
  
• The Best Of The New Scooby Doo Movies
  By A1PVTWMBKX503C on 2005-04-01
  First off, I just want to say that I love Scooby Doo and I'm glad they released this wonderful series on DVD, but... a "Best Of" series? This is definitely not a good Best Of DVD. How come all 3 Harlem Globetrotter appearances were released on DVD, but they didn't include the episode where Scooby Doo & Gang met Josie & The Pussycats? Surely that counts as the Best Of. My second problem with this DVD is that the 3 Harlem Globetrotter appeaerances have already been previsioulsy released on DVD, yet here they are released again. Alot of the Scooby Doo DVD releases tend to have the same episode on more than 1 DVD. If you are a true fan of all things Scooby Doo/ Hanna-Barbera, I recommend this to you. But the price is enough to make you want to wait a good year or two to add this to your DVD collection.
  
  
• now lets get the other shows on a best of two set
  By A1KP0IVWU0RQ0A on 2006-05-26
  as stated my boys a i love scooby-doo and this set is really very good. i remember getting up on saturday mornings and watching these one hour shows and loveing it.the shows look great and i hope they put the rest out soon. these make trips easier as we can put a dvd in the van player and have 3 to 4 hours of scooby on as we drive(no more "are we there yet")!!
  thanks scooby
  
  
• scooby doo
  By A2O4ZBYGBJJL2E on 2007-01-11
  absolutely worth the money. all the scooby movies with famous people like don knotts, don adams, mama cass elliot, jonathon winters, the globetrotters, batman, the three stooges. my 3 year old now knows some wonderful actors and comedians from the past-my teenager doesn't know who they are! we watch them all the time.
  
  
• The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies
  By A20X74FQDOPRYM on 2008-06-16
  The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies
  
  Like most 80's kids, I grew up enjoying Scooby-Doo and many other Hanna-Barbera characters. The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies is a nice collection of episodes from the popular TV series. I regret that either more collections and/or the entire 2-season set of The New Scooby-Doo Movies hasn't been released.
  
  According to Wikipedia:
  "Upon attempting to release The New Scooby-Doo Movies on DVD in 2005, Warner Home Video was unable to negotiate agreements with several of the episodes' guest stars to have those episodes included in the DVD set. As a result, the DVD was released under the title The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies, and features fifteen episodes culled from both seasons.
  
  Furthermore, the images of The Addams Family, Batman & Robin, The Globetrotters, The Three Stooges, and Laurel & Hardy were voluntarily removed from The New Scooby-Doo Movies' opening titles, as their rights were controlled by their copyright owners. In Batman and Robin's case, this is despite the fact that they and their comics publisher, DC Comics, are part of the same Warner Bros. family as Scooby-Doo and the Hanna-Barbera library."
  
  I hope that Warner will be able to release the rest of this series in the future. That way, fans can enjoy episodes featuring the following guest stars: Phyllis Diller, Josie & The Pussycats, Jeannie, Sonny & Cher, Sandy Duncan, Tim Conway, The Addams Family, Davy Jones, and Jerry Reed.
  
  
• Talk about yer Scooby Dumb's :(
  By A3Q4XAQXKKV6V on 2005-03-26
  Firstly, I have to comment on the price. WAAAY overpriced for what is being offered. Heck, I love Scooby as much as anyone, but I love him enough to want the COMPLETE SET of these and not some random pairing by some big wig in a very expensive suit I am funding.
  
  Next of course I have to comment on what WAS picked... no Jerry Reed? C'mon, that episode practically defined this leg of the series. They seemed to pick the safe ones once again underestimating the fans.
  
  I wouldn't mind dropping fifty on the COMPLETE SET but as it stands now, I'll wait to pick this up used, if at all, sad. Otherwise, I must say we Hanna fans are on a roll huh? I mean I haven't picked up Flinstones Season 3 quite yet but I am in disbelief on having the honor of getting them at all, a great time for Hanna fans! I'm not trying to be ungrateful for the Scooby set offered here but see no reason to suddenly cut corners and go "Best Of", etc., which almost never is anyway. I take it though by having this Best Of that there will be no follow-up.
  
  Now... where's Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound...??? Just another small nit of mine... as much as I love the Top Cat set (luv ya TC!) and found the Wacky Races to be a bit lukewarm (being honest), I truly do not see the logic in releasing those ahead of the flagship stars like Yogi and company. Flinstones, yes. Jetsons, ok. But Wacky Races ahead of Huckleberry Hound? nEvEr!! Can't wait to have the HH when he keeps getting pestered by that mosquito!! C'mon W/B!
  
  

• Scooby Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete Third Season
• Scooby Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete First and Second Seasons
• The Scooby-Doo Dynomutt Hour - The Complete Series
• What's New Scooby-Doo? - The Complete Second Season
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? - The Complete First Season