September 10, 1977 - October 28, 1978
Laff-A-Lympics is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series premiered as part of the Saturday morning cartoon program block, Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, on ABC in 1977. The show is a spoof of the Olympics and the ABC primetime series Battle of the Network Stars, 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. 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. Television Distribution currently owns the series thru 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 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.
In 1978, Hanna-Barbera produced another "all-star" show with a similar theme: the out-of-this-world competition Yogi's Space Race.
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Sound Effects Used[]
- H-B BELL, CLOCK TOWER - BIG BEN CHIMING FOUR TIMES (Heard once in "Acapulco and England".)
- H-B BELL, DESK - DESK BELL RING
- H-B BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 09
- H-B LAUGH, CARTOON - MUTTLEY'S LAUGH
- H-B RISE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING RISE UP (Use for the fireworks.)
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WACKY SPIN WITH DRUM (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WARBLE SPIN
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WILD SPIN WITH WIND WHISTLING
- H-B SPIN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SPIN
- H-B SPUTTER, CARTOON - SPEED BUGGY SPUTTERING (Used for Speed Buggy when he sputters.)
- H-B TWANG, CARTOON - GUITAR TWANG
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, JET - F-84: PASS BY 01
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, MODEL - MODEL AIRPLANE PASS BY
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BIG, LONG BOING (Heard twice in "Lousiana and Atlantis".)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BROKEN SPROING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 01 (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HEAVY DOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - TROMBOING
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 03
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - SCRAMBLE FIGHT COMMOTION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - SURPRISED TAKE AND CRASH
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 02
- Sound Ideas, DOG - SMALL SPANIEL EXCITED BARKING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, DRUMS, CARTOON - SHORT COMIC BREAK, MUSIC, PERCUSSION 02 (Heard in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo", "Acapulco and England" and "The Grand Canyon and Ireland".)
- Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - ANGRY ROARS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING, THREE TIMES, ANIMAL (Heard once in "India and Israel".)
- Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - SEVERAL ELEPHANT ROARS, ANIMAL (Heard thrice in "India and Israel".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HIT AND BOWANG (Heard once in "Lousiana and Atlantis".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - LID ON MANHOLE HIT
- Sound Ideas, LION - SINGLE GROWL, ANIMAL, CAT (Used twice for a tiger in "India and Israel".)
- Sound Ideas, MACHINE, CARTOON - SMURF MACHINE
- Sound Ideas, MONSTER - MONSTER HISSING, CREATURE, CARTOON, ANIMAL (Heard in "The Sahara Desert and Scotland".)
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - PAPER BAG BURST
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SHOT AND WHINE (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RIOT, LONG/SHORT
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SCAT
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - AIR TO AIR ROCKET FIRE
- Sound Ideas, SKID, AUTO - AUTO PULL UP AND SKID TO STOP, TIRE
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - SHORT SPLING (Debut)
- Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - BABOO LONG DRUM SPIN
- Sound Ideas, SPIN, CARTOON - SPIN COMMOTION
- Sound Ideas, SPUTTER, CARTOON - SLOPPY SPUTTERING
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, CARTOON - LITTLE TWANGY ZIP (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, LONG
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG
- Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - BIG SWOOSH, 01 (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - LONG AIR BY
- Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - WHISTLE TAKE
- Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG/SHORT (Heard once in "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo".)
- Sound Ideas, TIGER - BENGAL TIGER GROWLS, ANIMAL, CAT (Heard once in "India and Israel".)
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - BOWANG
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE
- Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - LIGHT SPLASH, CARTOON 01
- Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN
- Sound Ideas, WIND - WHISTLING HURRICANE WIND, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING IN
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK SLIDE WHISTLE ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH