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October 20, 2009
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Volume 1 of "Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics" Coming to DVD January 19, 2010
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Tvshowsondvd.com reports that Warner will bring the fan favorite Laff-A-Lympics to DVD with Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics: Volume 1.
It's Around the World triple team competition as the Yogi Yahooeys (captain by Yogi Bear), the Scooby Doobies (captain by Scooby-Doo) and the Really Rottens (captain by Mumbly) battle for a single honor: to win the Laff-A-Lympics Gold Medal.
Laff-A-Lympics aired as part Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics which also features The Scooby-Doo Show, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Captain Caveman & the Teen Angels. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired on ABC back in 1977. The show features the voices of Daws Butler, Don Messick, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Casey Kasem, Gary Owens, Bob Holt, Scatman Crothers, Marylin Schreffler, John Stephenson, and Frank Welker.
Volume 1 consists of 4 episodes, each with two different locations.
The Swiss Alps, and Tokyo
Acapulco and England
The Sahara Desert and Scotland
Florida and China
Bonus features contain an episode of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue. It will be in stores on January 19, 2010.
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http://news.toonzone.net/articles/31475/volume-1-of-scoobys-all-star-laff-a-lympics-coming-to-dvd#
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September 29, 2009
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Zoinks! 'Scooby-Doo' Actor Cuts off Thumb
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Nick Palatas -- the straight-to-DVD "Scooby-Doo" actor -- just lopped off his thumb.
Nick's manager tells us the actor -- who plays Shaggy in the film -- was working with a table saw this afternoon in Northridge, CA when the saw struck a knot in the wood and suddenly jumped.
We're told the saw sliced off one-third to one-half of Nick's right thumb. Nick dialed 911. Yes.
While in the ambulance, Nick called his mother and asked her to go to his home and retrieve his thumb ... which she obligingly did.
Nick's mother just took the thumb to Northridge Hospital -- but the medical staff concluded it could not be reattached.
Nick is now waiting on a "top Hollywood plastic surgeon" to see if he'll ever get put back together again.
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http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/29/nick-palatas-scooby-doo-actor-shaggy-thumb/
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September 12, 2009
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WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES SCOOBY-DOO ZOINKS POINTS REWARDS PROGRAM FOR FREE AND EXCLU
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Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) today announced the Scooby-Doo Zoinks Points consumer rewards program, now available at www.zoinkspoints.com. This first of its kind program offers fans the opportunity to download and access free, exclusive online content with the purchase of all Scooby-Doo licensed products. Users will have access to a vast and ever-expanding collection of online and downloadable content, including custom Scooby-Doo online games, video clips, wallpapers, screen savers, podcasts and more.
The special content, available online as part of the Zoinks Points rewards program, is designed to appeal to Scooby-Doo fans of all ages, and is inspired by the vast library of animated episodes and movies featuring Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang. Best of all, content rewards are offered to the purchaser or recipient of every Scooby-Doo product, including: Warner Home Video's Blu-ray and DVD release, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Scooby-Doo! First Frights videogame on the Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, both of which are scheduled to release on September 22, 2009. In addition, Zoinks Points rewards will be offered with an array of Warner Bros.' licensed consumer products and future DVD releases.
"We are happy to offer the Zoinks Points customer rewards program as a thank-you to all of the fans who have loved and supported Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang over the years," said Karen McTier, Executive Vice President of Domestic Licensing and Worldwide Marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "Scooby-Doo is one of our premier brand franchises, and it's fitting that Zoinks Points is launching at the same time that Scooby-Doo's consumer offerings are rapidly expanding in the areas of licensed consumer products, movies, video games, and notably a new animated series coming to Cartoon Network in 2010."
Prominent quick-serve restaurant Wendy's is the launch partner for the Zoinks Points program and the promotional partner for the upcoming Warner Premiere/Cartoon Network co-production of the live-action movie Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. Wendy's will be featuring a special Zoinks Points "super code" as part of their Scooby-Doo Kid's Meal offering during the promotional period in September 2009 in all U.S. Wendy's restaurants.
Following the purchase of one or more Scooby-Doo products, fans can access exclusive online rewards at www.zoinkspoints.com, thanks in part to numerous key retailers and licensees including: Walmart, Toys "R" Us, American Marketing Enterprises, Saramax Apparel Group, Union Underwear, Kellogg's, Joseph Enterprises, Kraft Foods, DC Comics, Scholastic, Pressman Toys, New Star Wholesale, Rubie's Costumes, VTech Electronics and more.
The Zoinks Points website currently offers more than 60 individual pieces of exclusive Scooby-Doo online content that can be unlocked with specific Zoinks Points codes that have been assigned to each Scooby-Doo product. As the program expands, look for the site to continue to unveil more than 100 new pieces of exclusive content every single year.
An international rollout for the site is planned for 2010, including Canada and select European countries.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/zoinkspoints/39822/
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September 3, 2009
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Scooby-Doo! Nostalgia Contest
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With the September 22 release of Scooby-Doo! First Frights readily approaching, Nintendo World Report is teaming up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to deliver a contest that will make you say "Zoinks, Scoob!"
All you have to do to enter is write a short piece detailing a nostalgic memory about Scooby and the rest of Mystery Inc. However, we encourage you to use your imagination and include as many Scooby-Doo references as possible. For example, you could write an entirely factual entry about how you and your siblings watched Scooby-Doo all the time as kids, and then end it with you unmasking a random ghoul who just so happens to be Old Man Weathers. Or you could make a fictional story about how you and Scooby-Doo met Batman and Abbot and Costello. It's all up to you!
While you won't be judged, there will be prizes, and we will post all of the entries for everyone's enjoyment (as long as they're appropriate). Five lucky entrants will win a copy of Scooby-Doo! First Frights for Wii.
Send your stories to contest@nintendoworldreport.com with the subject "Scooby-Doo! Contest" and show your work to the world. Maybe you'll win a prize!
All entries must be in by September 20 at midnight EST. Winners will be announced shortly after.
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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/specialArt.cfm?artid=19895
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September 2, 2009
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Boomerang to Run "Scooby-Doo" 40th Birthday Marathon Sept 5-6, 2009
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When Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? premiered on broadcast television (CBS) Saturday morning, Sept. 13, 1969, television audiences took their first journey on what would become literally hundreds of mystery-solving comedy capers featuring a teenage gang of amateur detectives and their cowardly, yet beloved great Dane. Today, having recruited generations of fans young and old across the globe, Scooby-Doo will celebrate his milestone 40th birthday over Labor Day Weekend on the commercial-free Boomerang network with two seven-hour marathons, 2-9 p.m. (ET), Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6.
To commemorate the special event, Scooby and the gang-Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy-on Saturday will solve 17 classic supernatural mysteries, including their very first from the original premiere episode, "What a Night for a Knight." Then on Sunday, Boomerang will devote another seven-hour marathon, 2-9 p.m., to showcase The New Scooby-Doo Movies, the second series in the Scooby-Doo canon and the only series to feature hour-long episodes. The hallmark of this series is its animated celebrity guests, and during the special presentation, Scooby and the gang meet the casts of other great Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Josie and the Pussycats and the Harlem Globetrotters.
"Scooby-Doo is a timeless character whose humor, chronic cowardice and insatiable appetite appeal to the 'kid' inside all of us," said Stacy Isenhower, senior vice president of programming and scheduling for Boomerang and Cartoon Network. "These marathons are excellent family viewing, providing nostalgia for adults while still funny and fresh for young ones today."
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http://news.toonzone.net/articles/30968/boomerang-to-run-scooby-doo-40th-birthday-marathon-sept-5-6-2009
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