Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics - The Complete Series: Blu-ray Review

For a little over a decade, the major networks NBC, CBS and ABC would compete in what was called The Battle of the Network Stars. Stars of popular TV series would compete against one another in Olympic-style events. All to see who was the best.

In September 1977 Hanna-Barbera would bring some of their greatest cartoon stars together for their version of the Battle of the Network Stars. This series was entitled "Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics". Now Warner Archive Collection have released all 24 episodes on Blu-ray.

Synopsis: Sports, spoofs, and shenanigans abound when three teams of favorite Hanna-Barbera characters the Scooby Doobies, the Yogi Yahooeys and the Really Rottens compete for glory in all 24 original episodes of this fan-favorite series. Hosted by yellow-jacketed commentators Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf, the fractured face-offs feature other animated immortals joining Scooby Doo including Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Wally Gator, Dynomutt and many more.

Season One: 1. The Swiss Alps and Tokyo / 2. Acapulco and England / 3. Florida and China / 4. The Sahara Desert and Scotland  5. France and Australia / 6. Athens and the Ozarks / 7. Italy and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina / 8. Egypt and Sherwood Forest / 9. Spain and the Himalayas / 10. India and Israel / 11. Africa and San Francisco / 12. The Grand Canyon and Ireland / 13. Hawaii and Norway / 14. North Pole and Tahiti / 15. Arizona and Holland / 16. Quebec and Baghdad

Season Two: 1. Russia and the Caribbean / 2. New York and Turkey / 3. South America and Transylvania / 4. French Riviera and New Zealand / 5. New Orleans and Atlantis / 6. Morocco and Washington, D.C. / 7. Canada and Warsaw / 8. Siam and the Moon

Hanna-Barbera created a classic competition show entitled Wacky Races in the late 1960s. This show was an absolute classic. Hanna-Barbera's Laff-A-Lympics is yet another competition show. If feature all your favorite characters and the great voice actors we all know and love, including Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Alan Reed, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers and Joe Besser, just go name a few. Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics is a fun little program, but for me, it fails to hit the classic heights of Wacky Races. 

Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics have been transferred to Blu-ray in 1080p and is presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The audio track is an English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono. There is also the option for English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Now, as for bonus features. There is but one. But it is a good one. It is the 2012 Spooky Games. In this 23-minute Warner Brothers production, Scooby and the gang compete in the World Invitational Games in London, but instead find themselves solving a mystery. Spooky Games is presented in its original 1:85.1 screen aspect ratio with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio.

All 24 episodes of Laff-A-Lympics and the bonus Spooky Games are spread across 3 Blu-ray discs. What results is a crisp and clean, beautifully colorful cartoon series. And would make a nice addition to your Hanna-Barbera Collection. 

So, if you would like to add the Blu-ray of Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics to your home video library head over to MovieZyng or Amazon and order your copy today. 

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