Unmasked History of Scooby-Doo

This episode marks the first of a month full of Mystery Incorporated themed interviews! To kick off the month, Alexa chats with producer and head writer of the show, Mitch Watson. 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- Some fun behind the scenes stories from the show. 

2- What it was like to develop an overarching story for Scooby-Doo, and discussions about the timeline. 

3- Chatting about the development of the characters, especially about the direction they went with Velma and Fred. Also, how setting the show in one town gave them the ability to give the gang parents, and to develop so many other recurring characters. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Laren Bright, writer and story editor on A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- Laren’s stories from working at Hanna-Barbera. 

2- What the writing process was like for A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. 

3- Laren’s thoughts on including positive messages in children’s cartoons. 

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In the tenth episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Scott Jeralds, who has worked on numerous Scooby projects over the years, from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, to directing early direct to video movies Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Vampire, and Scooby-Doo! Monster of Mexico. 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- The very first time Scott heard about Scooby-Doo Where Are You? when he was about nine years-old, and how he fell in love with the show, and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. 

2- What it was like to work with Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, and Iwao Takamoto. 

3- The story of Scott’s determination to get the original voice cast back for the direct to video movies he directed. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa chats with Cheryl Johnson, who worked as a background designer on season 1, and art director on season 2 of Be Cool Scooby-Doo! 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- What a typical day would look like at work on Be Cool Scooby-Doo for a background designer and an art director. 

2- What it was like to work on a new look for Scooby-Doo. 

3- Cheryl’s favourite moments from working on Be Cool Scooby-Doo. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Christopher Keenan, former Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs for Warner Bros. Christopher worked on early direct to video Scooby Doo movies from Cyber Chase to Chill Out Scooby Doo, and was also involved in the What's New Scooby Doo? series. Christopher is currently Executive Producer of Mattel Television. 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1-  What the development process was like for the early direct to video movies and What's New Scooby Doo. 

2- How Christopher wanted to evolve the gang's personalities from their original versions in the movies and series that he worked on. 

3- What the aspects are that a Scooby Doo movie or series needed to have. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Christian Campbell, who voiced Bram, the leader of the vampire performance troupe in the 2012 musical film Scooby Doo! Music of the Vampire.

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- Christian's thoughts on Bram as a character, and the experience voicing him.

2-  What the differences are between performing on a stage, acting in front of a camera, and voice acting. 

3- The process of recording the dialogue and songs for the movie. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with character designer Chris Battle, who worked on a redesign of the gang for the opening title sequence of Scooby Doo! Frankencreepy (2014). 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- What the idea was for the redesign of the Scooby gang in the Frankencreepy title sequence. 

2- How to design a silhouette of a character for animation. 

3- What it's like to be able to redesign characters that you grew up watching when you were a kid. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa chats with Kate Melton, who played the role of Daphne Blake in the live action TV films Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009) and Scooby Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- What the audition process was like for Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins. 

2- What it was like to bring a cartoon character to life in live action, and what Kate wanted to bring to her interpretation of Daphne. 

3- Behind the scenes stories from the filming process for both movies. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Mark Hoffmeier, writer for two episodes of Scooby Doo and Guess Who: A Mystery Solving Gang Divided, featuring Abraham Lincoln and the Funky Phantom crew, and Attack of the Weird Al-Osaurus, which naturally features Weird Al Yankovic. 

Highlights of this episode include: 

1 - Mark discusses his work at Hanna-Barbera in publicity. 

2 - What it was like to bring back classic Hanna-Barbera characters in a Guess Who episode. 

3 - How Weird Al's personality contributes to an animated episode of Scooby Doo. 

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In this episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo, Alexa speaks with Zac Retz, who worked as a visual development artist on the early stages of the 2020 film SCOOB!

Highlights of this episode include: 

1- What it was like to work on the early stages of SCOOB! 

2- The process of environment design on an animated movie. 

3- Chatting about a few other Hanna Barbera characters who were included in an early version of the script.  

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