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Description: Here's the opening and partial commercial break for Scooby Doo (segments of The New Scooby-Doo Movies) on WGN Channel 9. (The New Scooby-Doo Movies - were originally hour-long shows that paired the Mystery Machine gang of Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby with the likes of Don Knotts, Sandy Duncan, The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, The Harlem Globetrotters, Tim Conway, Dick Van Dyke, "Mama" Cass Elliot and Sonny & Cher; fictional characters including Batman & Robin, The Addams Family and Jeannie [as in the cartoon version of the lead character from I Dream of Jeannie]; and also such other characters in the Hanna-Barbera staple as Speed Buggy - which ran on the CBS Network from 1972 to 1974.) Includes:

Animated WGN "Superman" station ID - "24 Hours a Day"

Show opening titles, with brief clips featuring The Addams Family, Sandy Duncan, Batman & Robin, The Harlem Globetrotters (and their dog mascot "Dribbles"), The Three Stooges and Laurel & Hardy - (C) 1972 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

Scooby-Doo "We'll Be Right Back" bumper slide (voiceover by Merri Dee)

Commercial: Dizzy Dolphins Disco Game by Milton Bradley - Battery not included (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Kid Kong Ape Escape Game from Bandai America - try to secure him with chains before he escapes (voiceover by ??)

Commercial: Sportmart - "The Edge in Brand-Name Sporting Goods" - with sale on DuPont's hollow-filled tube sleeping bag for $59.96 (voiceover by ??) (recording cuts out in middle of this ad)

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, November 18th 1981 during the 4:00pm to 4:30pm timeframe.