Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980 TV series) "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show". Following the final first-run episode on October 31, reruns from the first seasons were rerun alongside episodes from the second season. The following ran in 1982, as segments of "The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour". All segments were written and storyboarded at Hanna-Barbera, but were produced and animated by then-sister company Ruby-Spears Enterprises. Note: The third episode for each air date listed is the "Scrappy and Yabba-Doo" episode from that date. Warner Home Video released "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1" on DVD in Region 1 on May 20, 2008. All three seasons are available for download
Scooby-Doo (character) would be renamed "Scooby-Doo" by Fred Silverman, CBS's head of daytime programming, between its unsuccessful first pitch and a second pitch which earned the show a green light. Silverman came up with the name from the syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" in Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers in the Night". Taking notes from a Hanna-Barbera colleague who was also a breeder of Great Danes, Production designer Iwao Takamoto designed the Scooby-Doo character with a sloping chin, spots, a long tail, a sloped back, and bow legs – all traits in direct opposition to those of a prize-winning purebred Great Dane. In defining the