Laff-A-Lympics

Laff-A-Lympics
Also known asScooby's All-Star Laff-A Lympics
Scooby's All-Stars
GenreComedy, sports
Created by
Written by
  • Neal Barbera
  • Haskell Barkin
Directed by
Presented by
Voices of
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Opening theme"Laff-A-Lympics" (Main Title) by Hoyt Curtin
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Don Jurwich (1978)
  • Alex Lovy (1978)
  • Art Scott (1978)
Editors
  • Larry C. Cowan
  • Dick Elliot
  • Gil Iverson
Camera setup
  • George Epperson
  • Jerry Smith
  • Reba Bement
  • Tom Epperson
  • Chuck Flekal
  • Curt Hall
  • Ron Jackson
  • Larry Smith
  • Terry Smith
  • Brandy Whittington
  • Jerry Whittington
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1977 (1977-09-10) –
October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28)
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Laff-A-Lympics is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series premiered as part of the Saturday-morning cartoon program block Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, which consists of 24 episodes, on ABC on September 10, 1977.[1] The show is a spoof of the Olympics and the ABC primetime series Battle of the Network Stars,[2] which debuted one year earlier. It featured 45 Hanna-Barbera characters organized into teams (the Scooby Doobies, the Yogi Yahooeys, and the Really Rottens) which competed each week for gold, silver, and bronze medals. In each episode, the Really Rottens would try in each event to cheat only to get caught by Snagglepuss each time. One season of 16 episodes was produced in 1977–78, and eight new episodes combined with reruns for the 1978–79 season as Scooby's All-Stars. Unlike most cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, Laff-A-Lympics did not contain a laugh track. Scooby’s Laff-a-Lympics was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting; Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution currently owns the series through its two in-name-only units, Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and Turner Entertainment.

The "all-star" cast was mostly made up of characters from other Hanna-Barbera series. The "Scooby Doobies" included characters from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Speed Buggy and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder; the "Yogi Yahooeys" had characters from The Yogi Bear Show, The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Quick Draw McGraw Show. The only original characters were some members of the Really Rottens.[1]

In 1978, Hanna-Barbera produced another "all-star" show with a similar theme, titled Yogi's Space Race.[3]

  1. ^ a b Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ "Catch Laff-A-Lympic Fever (All Over Again)". Wired. February 19, 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  3. ^ Burke, Timothy; Burke, Kevin (1998). Saturday Morning Fever: Growing up with Cartoon Culture. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 150. ISBN 978-0312169961.