On this date in 1969 the first ever episode of Scooby Doo was shown on TV. 10 things you might not know about Scooby Doo:
Originally, the show was going to be about a band called The Mysteries 5 and Scooby was to be a sheepdog called Too Much who played the bongos. The human characters were going to be called Geoff, Mike, Kelly and Linda, with an extra character, Linda’s brother 'W.W'. Who's S-S-scared? was another possible title.
Scooby’s name was lifted from the Frank Sinatra song, Strangers in the Night after TV executive Fred Silverman heard the song being played on the PA during a flight. Though Sinatra actually sings “doobie,” not “Scooby.”
Shaggy’s real name is Norville Rogers. Scooby’s full name is Scoobert.
Scooby is a Great Dane with a speech impediment (pronounces all words as beginning with R) and is perpetually seven years old. His appearance was created by Iwao Takamoto. He consulted a Great Dane breeder who told him the important points of a Great Dane: straight back, straight legs, small chin. Takamoto turned this on its head and gave Scooby a hump back, bowed legs and a big chin.
The gang’s vehicle, the Mystery Machine, is a customised 1968 Chevrolet Sportvan.
The voice of Fred has been provided by voice actor Frank Welker in every Scooby series except A Pup Named Scooby Doo. Welker has has more than 850 acting credits, but Fred was his first at the age of 23.
Scooby is a triplet and his triplet brothers are called Skippy Doo and Dooby Doo. He also has a sister, who is the mother of Scrappy Doo, three other brothers and a cousin, Dixie Doo. He has an ancestor called Yankee Doodle Doo, and another called Great-Grandpa Scooby, who is a ghost.
The running gag about Velma always losing her glasses came about by accident. The voice actor who played her, Nicole Jaffe, also wore glasses and during an early recording session, lost them. The producers liked her utterances at the time so much that they kept them in.
Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy from 1969 to 1997, and left because he was asked to voice a Burger King commercial as Shaggy. Kasem was a vegan and thought Shaggy should be vegan as well.
The term "Don't have a Scooby" is recognised rhyming slang for "clue".
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