Shaggy Rogers Is More Than Just Bait!

When you think about Shaggy, what comes to mind?

For me, it's his love of food, green shirt and his amazing friendship with his pal, Scooby-Doo. I think of him running from monsters and being the bait for Fred's traps. Shaggy is way more complex than I think people realize. 

In this episode of the Scooby Panel, we discuss Shaggy. We take a look at his family, his love interests, his voice actors and more. We also shed a little more light on why Casey Kasem refused to voice Shaggy for the Burger King Commercial. 

It was a lot of fun learning about Shaggy as a character and what he brings to the gang! I also updated Shaggy's family members on my website!

I added a table of contents to this one, which I hope to eventually add to all of them.  

Thanks to Wendy, Cameron, Joel and Danii for joining me for this one! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

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REVIEW: Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who? The Complete Second Season

 “Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.”

Just a quick note, this review is about the disc set and not about the individual episodes. 

Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who? The Complete Second Season was released digitally and on DVD in the US on June 28, 2022 for $24.98 and will be released in Canada on December 6, 2022 for $29.98. I have not heard about the release dates in any other countries.

Let's first take a look at the cover of the DVD set. It's interesting that they did a little play on "Guess Who?" in the title by making everyone look so confused. I don't mind the way that Shaggy, Daphne and Velma look, but Fred looks angry confused and Scooby just looks so off. His eyes are bugged out, the wrinkles on his head made him look like he has a comb-over and what is with his hand? He has paws, not human hands! I just cannot get past the hand!! 

I do like the thumbprint background they used and especially the purple color, which really makes everyone stand out on the cover. Though I might have switched Fred and Daphne as Daphne's hair kind of blends in a little with Velma's shirt. 

Disc 1 has Scooby on it, in that same crazy pose as the front cover. The disc includes: 

1. The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!

Celebrity guest: Kristen Schaal

 

2. The Phantom, the Talking Dog and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!

Celebrity guest: Kacey Musgraves

 

3. The Hot Dog Dog!

Celebrity guest: Joey Chestnut

 

4. A Moveable Mystery!

Celebrity guest: Gigi Hadid

 

5. The Feast of Dr. Frankenfooder!

Celebrity guest: Alton Brown

6. A Fashion Nightmare!

Celebrity guest: Tim Gunn

7. Scooby On Ice!

Celebrity guest: Tara Lipinski

Disc 2 has Shaggy on it with that same confused look he has on the cover and includes: 

8. Caveman on the Half Pipe
Celebrity guest: Chloe Kim

9. The Crown Jewel of Boxing!
Celebrity guest: Laila Ali

10. The Internet on Haunted House Hill!
Celebrity guest: Liza Koshy

11. The 7th Inning Scare!
Celebrity guest: Macklemore

12. The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!
Celebrity guest: Sandy Duncan

13. The Last Inmate!
Celebrity guest: Morgan Freeman

14. Lost Soles of Jungle River!
Celebrity guest: Jason Sudeikis

Disc 3 has Velma on it and includes: 

15. The Tao of Scoob!

Celebrity guest: Lucy Liu

 

16. Returning of the Key Ring!

Celebrity guest: Sean Astin

 

17. Cher, Scooby and the Sargasso Sea!

Celebrity guest: Cher

 

18. The Lost Mines of Kilimanjaro!

Celebrity guest: Jessica Biel

 

19. The Legend of the Gold Microphone!

Celebrity guest: Reverend Run

 

20. Total Jeopardy!

Celebrity guest: Alex Trebek

Disc 4 has Daphne on it and includes: 

21. Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!

Celebrity guest: Billy Dee Williams

 

22. Falling Star Man!

Celebrity guest: Terry Bradshaw

 

23. Dark Diner of Route 66!

Celebrity guest: Axl Rose

 

24. A Haunt of a Thousand Voices!

Celebrity guests: Frank Welker, Kate Micucci, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin-

 

25. Scooby-Doo, Dog Wonder!

Celebrity guest: Dynomutt and Blue Falcon

 

26. The TV and Movieland Monsters!

Celebrity guest: Carol Burnett

I was very excited to have the gang artwork on the discs, but my main question is...WHERE IS FRED???? Why didn't he make it onto a disc? They could have put Scooby and Shaggy on one disc, like they have done so often in the past, and then the 4th disc could have been for Fred. But they left him off! Poor Fred! 😔

My other pet peeve regarding the discs is that they don't lock into place in the case, so when I open the case I have to be really careful that none of them fall out. Disc 4 is the only one that seems to be secure in the case. I don't know if the sets sold in stores are more secure. 

People often ask about the languages on the discs. Audio is available in English and Spanish and subtitles are available in English, Spanish and French. 

There are no special features on the discs at all. They could have done some fun interview clips with the guest stars or behind the scenes type stuff, but there is nothing. Not even a trailer for the series! Are special features a thing of the past? 

The back of the box has another picture of the gang with scared/surprised looks on their faces. There is a synopsis of what is on the discs and a list of the episodes, 26 episodes in all for a total of 582 minutes. 

The synopsis reads:

It seems like everybody wants to be one of those meddling kids, and a different pop-culture icon joins the Mystery Inc. gang in every episode of Season 2 of Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who? Get Sleuthing with Scooby-Doo, Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy - because they'll need all the help they can get if they want to solve these mind-boggling mysteries. So who's on board? Terry Bradshaw gets off the bench to tackle a case, Axl Rose rocks some monsters, and Jason Sudeikis has villains laughing out loud! And Kacey Musgraves, Tim Gunn, Cher, Jessica Biel, Macklemore and many more sign on for spooky, side-splitting fun. See if you can guess who's next!

 I would definitely suggest buying this if you like to have physical media in your collection like I do. I know my review isn't the most positive, but keep in mind I am only reviewing the DVD set on it's own, this doesn't include my review of the episodes, and really the content is why I buy the sets! I like to have them in my collection and be able to watch the episodes whenever I want. 

There are some really great episodes on this set!  Like Total Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek. Wow! That was an amazing tribute to him! A Haunt of a Thousand Voices with the voice actors - Frank Welker, Kate Micucci, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin. How awesome to see them in an episode and interacting with the characters they voice. Plus they brought back Cher and Sandy Duncan, who were originally on episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. Season 2 was definitely my favorite season of the series!

Have you purchased your copy? If so, what do you think of it?

We Eat Foods From the Scooby-Doo Series Just To See What They Taste Like

When I think of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, I think of best friends who get scared and like to eat a lot of food. What better way to celebrate their love of food than by attempting to eat it ourselves! 

On the Scooby Panel, we do food episodes every 10th episode...and since we just released our 30th episode, that means we have had 3 food episodes...3 episodes where we tasted a few of the crazy concoctions that the loveable Great Dane and his best friend have come up with. 

Since no one else was eating the foods from Scooby-Doo, I thought it would be fun to add it into our panel rotations. Though before I was brave enough to do it on the panels, I talked to Jordan from theartofscoobydoo and I gave him the idea to make a couple of Instagram videos eating a couple of the foods. He also happily joined us on the Scooby Panel for the first food panel. 

So far, we have covered the food of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Scooby-Doo Show and The New Scooby-Doo Movies. It seems that with each series we do, there is more and more food!

In our most recent panel release, our third food panel, the food of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, we tried chocolate pizza (mentioned in The Ghastly Ghost Town) OR pizza with sausage, pepperoni, chocolate sauce, vanilla ice cream (anchovies optional) (The Phantom of the Country Music Hall), a sandwich with peanut butter, jelly, meat, cheese (ketchup, mustard, pickle, mayo, banana optional) (Guess Who’s Knott Coming to Dinner) and grapefruit covered in whipped cream, marshmallow, chocolate syrup and a cherry (The Haunted Candy Factory).

I think this has got to be one of the most fun panels we have done! We had a great conversation about the food. Wendy made her foods look amazing! Devin went all out with preparing his foods! He made them look just like the foods from the show...tall sandwich and all! Leah was a great addition to the panel as well, she was very knowledgeable and so much fun to have on!

Watch our latest food episode here:

In our first food panel, the food of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, we tried a chocolate covered hot dog (A Clue For Scooby Doo), chocolate dipped corn on the cob (Jeepers It's The Creeper) and Scooby Snacks.  

In our second food panel, the food of The Scooby-Doo Show, we tried licorice pizza (mentioned in The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face), a sauerkraut sandwich topped with whipped cream and a cherry (The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller) and a peanut butter, mozzarella cheese and ice cream sandwich (The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller). 

I never thought I'd be trying the foods in the episodes. I'm not one to eat weird foods! It had been quite interesting and while the foods haven't all tasted good, the food panels are a fun way for us to try something new together and do something different on the panels. 

I am so excited about where the Scooby Panel has gone! I have talked to some amazing Scooby fans about Scooby-Doo and we have had 2 to 4 hour conversations! It's been great! These food episodes are so much fun and also kind of weird haha, but a great way to bond with other Scooby fans! 

I'm excited to see what other Scooby-Doo foods are in our future!  

Scooby-Doo! Yahtzee Score Card

Growing up, Yahtzee was one of my favorite games to play. I loved it so much, but I always thought there should be a Scooby-Doo Yahtzee. 

Since there was never a Scooby version made, so in 2015 I had a woodworker near me make me wooden dice that I could use to play Scooby Yahtzee. 

The wooden dice turned out awesome! Hand made! One of a kind! But they were too light to use to play Yahtzee and I didn't want to ruin them. 

In 2020, USAOPOLY released these Scooby-Doo dice, which are perfect for Yahtzee!! I bought 2 sets so I could open one and keep the other sealed. These dice were screaming YAHTZEE! 

All I needed was a Scooby-Doo! Yahtzee card, which I finally made yesterday to go with the dice. I'm so excited to play Yahtzee now! I just need someone to play with! Virtual game of Yahtzee anyone?

You should be able to click on the score card and save it or print it for yourself. If not, let me know and I can send it to you.

ScoobyAddicts June Challenge - Name The Character

I can't believe it is already June! This months challenge is going to be the #NameTheScoobyCharacter challenge. I will post a description of a character and you just have to post in the comments who the character is. It can be a member of the gang, a villain, a guest star or anyone that has shown up in any Scooby series or movie. 

I will be posting a picture every day with a description of a character. The pictures might not always make sense, but I don't want to give away who the character is that easily. Some will be more difficult than others!

You can see the descriptions on my social media pages:

Facebook
Instagram
Twitter

Rules:
1. Write a comment on my post for each day with your answer to who you think the character is that I am writing about.
2. That's it! It's that easy!

Day 1
He's been robbing the towns bank vaults at night by passing through walls.
The Creeper

Day 2
She is a photographer that also happens to be an undercover government agent.
Crystal from Alien Invaders

Day 3
He has a special handshake with Scooby that includes 2 high fives.
Scooby-Dum

Day 4
He was the doctor that told the gang that Shaggy had lost his memory.
Dr. Elmo, Velma's Uncle, in Return of Commander Cool from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

Day 5
She was out on early parole and was also Daphne's replacement for 2 episodes.
Marcie Fleach, aka Hot Dog Water

Day 6 
Velma called him their favorite and Daphne said he's even better looking in person.
Don Knotts from The Spooky Fog from The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Day 7
He is a marvelous megastar mutt.
Dooby-Dooby-Doo - from The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode The 'Dooby Dooby Doo' Ado

Day 8
She loves ice hockey.
Velma - from the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode Diamonds Are a Ghouls Best Friend.

Day 9
They are the gangs closest friends.
Nate & Kimmy - the gang attended their wedding in the Be Cool, Scooby-Doo episode I Scooby Dooby Doo.

Day 10
She tried to adopt Scooby after awarding him 1st place at a dog competition.
Wanda Sykes, from the Scooby-Doo Guess Who? episode Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!

Day 11
He obeyed a ghostly voice that drew him out of the mansion and when he returned, he was an old man.
Uncle Stewart, the uncle of Sharon, who was a friend of the gang, in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode What the Hex Going On?

Day 12
She was almost crushed to death.
Thorn in the Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated episode In Fear of the Phantom.

Day 13
He met Shaggy in daycare and he has a dog similar to Scooby.
Jimmy Proudwolf - Jimmy and Shaggy met at the Red Wood Rabbit Daycare Center and he has a dog names Shooby that looks similar to Scooby. What's New, Scooby-Doo episode New Mexico, Old Monster

Day 14
She is a friend of the gang who was hypnotized to think she was a vampire.
Lisa Vanoff from The Scooby-Doo Show episode Vampires, Bats and Scaredy Cats

Build-A-Bear Scooby

I just got my Build-A-Bear Scooby in the mail today and he is adorable! He stands 13" tall and he came already stuffed. His sleeper is super cute too! He came as a set with the plush, the sleeper, the phrases that he says, the birth certificate and the Cub Condo box.

Build-A-Bear released Scooby on May 14, 2020, just in time for SCOOB's digital release.

Scooby's phrases are "I'm Scooby-Doo", "I Love Scooby Snacks!", "Let's solve a mystery!", "Rikes! A ghost!" and "Ruh Roh"

Scooby cost a total of $49.25 ($29.99 for the plush, $12.50 for the sleeper, $7.00 for the phrases and $.75 for the Cub Condo.)

He, of course, has his iconic collar!!

Here are pictures of him from all sides.

He has a Build-A-Bear logo on one paw, which also has his phrase box in it, and Scooby-Doo on another Paw.

His sleeper is totally cute! It has all the gang members on it and the Mystery Machine.

Scooby is totally adorable in his outfit!

Here is the front and back of the tag on his ear.

The front and back of the tag on his outfit shows that the outfit was $12.50. Both tags have a copyright date of 2020.

My Scooby Stuff - Item 381 - Scooby-Doo Gang Sticky Notes

Item 381 - Scooby-Doo Gang Sticky Notes

I got this Scooby-Doo Gang Sticky Note set from BoxLunch. It was $7.90 on their website and I had a coupon code as well. I really think this set is cool. Each gang member is a sticky note pad and they all fit in the Mystery Machine. The Mystery Machine measures approximately 5 1/2" wide by 3 1/2" tall. Each gang member measures approximately 3/4" wide and 2 1/4" tall.

This is what the notepads look like. Each one has a small area to write notes on. I will most likely never use these because they are too cute!

There is a card in the front of the packaging that calls these sticky bookmarks instead of sticky notes. The packaging is missing the 50th logo, even though these were just released a few days ago.

The back of the packaging has the 2019 copyright date, says it is Made in China and for ages 14+.

This is what it looked like out of the box.

My Scooby Stuff - Day 327 - Scooby Ghost Pin

Day 327 - Scooby Ghost Pin

I found this pin at the Hot Topic store. The pin measures 1 1/2" across. It features Scooby and Shaggy being afraid of a ghost, which looks like a pink version of the Phantom Shadows from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode A Night of Fright is No Delight.

The pin cost $1.99. There was a sale, buy two get one free, so I bought 2 Scooby pins and another pin for one of my kids. The pin is made in China.

The pin is copyright 2017.

My Scooby Stuff - Day 300 - Shaggy Itty Bittys Plush

Day 300 - Shaggy Itty Bittys Plush

How cute is this Shaggy itty bittys plush from Hallmark? Shaggy stands 4 1/2" tall and he is super soft. He's quite adorable!

He looks a little odd from the side, since his hair is a little bigger in the front and you really can't see his face. He kind of reminds me of Link from The Legend of Zelda from the side.

I'm not sure what he looks like from behind. Maybe a monkey with clothes? He has a very monkey-like head from behind. You can see he has a Hallmark tag attached to his left side.

This Hallmark ittybittys tag is plain, but cute. It has Shaggy's name on it and shows it was $6.95.

The back of the tag shows that this is copyright 2015 and made in China. Hallmark also has a website just for their itty bittys.

The other tags show the materials used to make Shaggy, the copyright info and that it was exclusive to Hallmark.

The other side of the Hallmark tag says itty bittys, which you can see in this picture.

This Shaggy itty bittys is really cute! The other ones will be fun to post too!