Scooby Saturday takes us back to another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. Lost on their way to a Tom Sawyer festival, Mystery, Inc. literally run-into Josie and the Pussycats who have been signed up to perform on a riverboat which turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of Captain Scavenger and Injun Joe.
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Scooby Saturday takes us back to another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. Despite the look of the Gator Ghoul, a walking alligator with eyes that illuminate things in a strange light, I’ve never been much of a fan of the episode set in the middle of a swamp and responsible for introducing the character of Scooby-Dum (Alan Oppenheimer), a cousin to Scooby (Don Messick) who at times can even be more annoying than Scrappy-Doo.
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the adventures of British spy John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and his various partners. “The Decapod” is the first episode to introduce Julie Stevens as nightclub singer Venus Smith who Steed recruits, and tricks, into helping him on his latest case (which is certainly a bizarre hour of television). Although the situation does highlight Steed as a scoundrel willing to use whatever, or whoever, is at his disposal to get the job done, I’m not sure the logic of his plan holds up (even if it is ultimately successful).
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Mystery Monday takes us back for the second Nancy Drew film to star Bonita Granville. Notably not adapted from any of the novels, Nancy Drew… Reporter puts Nancy Drew in an amateur reporter contest where she trades the story she’s been assigned by the disinterested editor to look into a murder case. With her usual pluck, Nancy muddles through mostly relying on coincidence and dumb luck, including the real killers literally running into her and leading her to the scene of the crime.
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Scooby Saturday takes us back to another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. A stop at a farmer’s market leads to a pair of farms both being terrorized by a living Scarecrow. The clue gathering is a bit nonsensical, as is the ending, meaning the episode has to be held up mostly by the running gags (and in this episode it seems like everyone has one).
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