Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

1977
7.4| 0h30m| TV-G| en
Synopsis

Featuring 45 Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (classic and otherwise) competing for gold medals in wacky events. Events include racing on ostriches, camels, kangaroos, rickshaws and unicycles, as well as scavenging for creatures like the Abominable Snowman, vampires, and the Loch Ness Monster.

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Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
generationofswine Can you imagine your kids, glued to the television, watching a cartoon as if it were the real Olympics and rooting for their favorite team of cartoon characters to win? that's sort of exactly what this show was. I vaguely remember arguing with the twins next door about what team was better and worrying that the Really Rottins would win even though they always cheated and....the 80s were insane for children.Cartoon crack.And hysterical to boot.Unfortunately, as you get older, it's harder to really identify with cartoons and root for your favorite teams like you did when you were really little.It's harder to suspend your disbelief enough to convince yourself that, yes, this is a real competition like the Olympics for cartoons...But as a kid, this was awesome and as an adult, well, it's as nostalgic as it is embarrassing. The vague memories of your five-year-old self and how memorized you were by the Olympics, how much you felt was at stake...well...The good news is that now you can introduce it all to 5 year-olds and watch them get as excited about it as you were.
richard.fuller1 I actually can't believe I don't have a review for Laff-A-Lympics here yet.It isn't a good cartoon. It wasn't then and it still isn't. As others have noted, it consisted of three teams.In truth, the Yogi Yahooeys seemed like the 1960s Hanna Barbera team, the Scooby Doobies was the 1970s HB team and the Really Rottens consisted of the bad guys.The promise was also 15 members on each team. The Yogis had 16 members (and by all account, the extra one was Grape Ape. Why was he on their team?), and the Scooby Doobies and Rottens each had 13 members.I wanted to like this cartoon back then, I wanted to regard it as fun, but in truth, it wasn't. It was incredibly stale, and the animation isn't impressive either.The comic books, published by Marvel comics, actually were better. Written by Mark Evanier (the man who would go on to create Scrappy Doo), they consisted more of adventures and the characters interacting with one another.And there was a larger treasury edition, truly outstanding book, with the Yogis and the Rottens hurled thru time to Fred Flintstones era, where they had a stone age Laff-A-Lympics.I think the biggest problem my brother and I had with the cartoon was it was Scooby's show, and there were countless times when the Yogis, who I always rooted for, would be disqualified for the silliest things, then the Scoobys would get a bonus 50 points simply for being the Scoobys.One of the daffiest I recall was the sandcastle building competition. I think it was either Yogi or Doggy Daddy who built the wonderful sand castle, won the competition, then a wave came in and washed it away."Aw," said guest judge Fred Flinstone, "too bad. You lose." I thought, you gonna take the prize back from them like that? Another pitfall was Snaggle Puss and Mildew Wolf hosting. Based on the virtually non-existent exposure the rest of the characters got, today we do at least have the wonderful Snaggle Puss voice in this way, but we always felt that Snag belonged on Yogi's (already crowded) team and Mildew of course should have been on the Rottens.Undeniably, the worst aspect was the Ranger Smith narrator. You have nearly 50 cartoon characters in a show, let them do the talking, not some unseen fellow who didn't have his own cartoon! Laff-A-Lympics would air their first fifteen minutes after a Scooby or Dynomutt adventure, then we would get the Captain Caveman cartoon, then a Dynomutt conclusion or something, then the Laff-A-Lympics finale. It was near impossible to sit there for that long to see who won.I was stunned when years later, the cartoon would air devoid of Scooby, Dynomutt and Caveman adventures and learned it was only a 30 minute long commercial! Rarely did the show get off its routine track, but there was one where all three teams tied, when they raced to the moon.30 years on, that is about the only distinction of the show, seeing what 'locales' the characters are competing in.Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken show from Seth Green just aired a spoof of Spielberg's "Munich" with the Laff-A-Lympics characters, called "Laff-A-Munich".I'm not sure which was the way to be; glad to see this cartoon not forgotten, or distressed to see Wally Gator and Doggy Daddy pleading for their lives, Quickdraw McGraw making a last-ditch heroic effort to no avail, and all of those forlorn expressions from Hong Kong Phooey.Many a time, I would try to play Laff-A-Lympics with my toys, animals as one time, heroes as another, suddenly-designated villains as the third.I wasn't very creative either. Still, it was fun trying.
voicemaster71 The biggest gathering imaginable was back in 1977 and 1978. ALl ABC needed on Saturday mornings were three variety shows, the Krofft Super Show, the SuperFriends, and this variety series. I never saw it as Scooby's All Star Laff a Lympics in its first year, but I heard the lineup consisted episodes of Scooby Doo and Dynomutt as well as 2 new shows, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angles. I don't think this series ran by itself on Saturday mornings, but it was fun to watch.The Laff a Lympics was probably the biggest draw. A huge all star cast of Hanna Barbera favorites. The Yogi Yahooeys, the Scooby Doobies and the Really Rottens competing in competitions around the world. Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf were hosts of this series. The Yogis team consisted of the cartoon cartoon characters from the 60's. I always rooted for the Scooby's team because Blue Falcon and Dynomutt were on this team plus this was the team of comedy adventure characters. I'd say with the exception of Mumbly I'm betting the rest of the Really Rottens were made up for this show.I never saw this series back in 1977, but I do remember seeing it when it was Scooby's All Stars in 1978. It consisted of the newer Scooby Doo episodes along with the Laff a Lympics and Captain Caveman shorts. I miss this format and I'm hoping that WB will consider releasing the latter shorts, Laff a Lympics and Captain Caveman. Laff a Lympics is a series not to be missed. I love it whenever Mumbly grumbles after losing to the Scoobys and Yogis. WB needs to release this series on DVD.
Movie Nuttball When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious like the Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funnies and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!