
ABC seemed to really like changing up the Scooby formula whenever the wind shifted. It was their time that led to the show being just about chases, and when the mysteries finally returned, it was still with an extra layer of the silliness. Just when things started getting back to normal however, the wind shifted again and we got The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo.
Scoobypedia, the website I’ve been getting my Scooby refresher from since I don’t have time to rewatch the whole show even though it’s on Tubi as of this writing, suggests that the success of Ghostbusters leading to both The Real Ghostbusters and Filmation reviving the comedy show that the movie licensed its name from as a cartoon may have lead to this change in direction. My official view on this show is I don’t hate it but the only reason it’s not my least favorite is that we got two other incarnations that I actually either don’t like even more or outright hate for being terrible as well as a bad direction for the franchise. However, what they put together for the most part was amazing, especially given the horror celebrity they got to co-star in the show: Vincent Price himself!
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