![]() Quick Draw McGraw - From The Quick Draw McGraw Show.Hokey Wolf - From The Huckleberry Hound Show.Dixie - From The Huckleberry Hound Show.Pixie - From The Huckleberry Hound Show.Huckleberry Hound - From The Huckleberry Hound Show.Grape Ape is the only post-1962 character in the line-up.Īmong the members of the Yogi Yahooeys are: This team drew mainly from the 1950s and 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoons and is the only team made up completely of anthropomorphic animals. Hong Kong Phooey - From Hong Kong Phooey.Dee Dee Skyes - From Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.Taffy Dare - From Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.Brenda Chance - From Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.Captain Caveman - From Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.Blue Falcon - From Dynomutt, Dog Wonder.Shaggy Rogers - From The Scooby-Doo Show.In the actual series, Jeannie was replaced by Hong Kong Phooey and the Josie characters were replaced by Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.Īmong the members of the Scooby Doobies are: Likewise, Archie Comics held rights to the Josie characters. As a result, Babu appeared alone as a member of the "Scooby Doobies". Hanna-Barbera owned Babu, but Columbia controlled all rights to Jeannie's image. The early production art for the series showed Jeannie from the Jeannie series and Melody, Alexander, Alexandra, and Sebastian the Cat from the Josie and the Pussycats series as members of the "Scooby Doobies" team, but legal problems with Columbia Pictures Television, Screen Gems' successor, prevented it. This team drew mainly from the 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, particularly the "mystery-solving" series derived from The Scooby-Doo Show whose titular character served as team captain. Occasionally, though, the Rottens' cheating technique wouldn't actually be against the rules, which resulted in them (unlike Dastardly and Muttley) actually winning in a few episodes there was even one episode where they won through sheer chance. Much like Dick Dastardly and Muttley on Wacky Races, typically the Really Rottens would be just on the verge of winning, before they would make a fatal error at the very end that allowed one of the other two teams to end up at the top. ![]() ![]() The Really Rottens, however, always cheated and pulled dirty tricks which would ultimately cause them to be the last-place losers in most episodes. The "good guy" teams, consisting of the Scooby Doobies and the Yogi Yahooeys, were good friends and their respective team members gladly helped each other whenever they got into a jam. Points could also be subtracted for treachery and sabotage, which were the specialties of the villainous Really Rottens team. The team that had the most points by the end of the half-hour was declared the winner and received the gold medal. ![]() Various events were worth a certain point total for the first, second, and third place winners (usually 25, 15, and 10 respectively however, the last event was often worth either double points or a larger point bonus for the winner). The Laff-A-Lympics competition was based upon a point system. ![]() Unlike most cartoon series' produced by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, Laff-A-Lympics did not contain a laugh track. Other non-competing characters included parents of contestants (who were interviewed by Mildew before events) and various monsters and creatures that would serve as antagonists during events. Non-competing Hanna-Barbera characters such as Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Jabberjaw and Peter Potamus made appearances as guest announcers and judges. Since the show was airing on ABC, Snagglepuss and Mildew wore the then-traditional yellow jackets of ABC Sports announcers. Hosting duties and commentary were provided by Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf from the It's the Wolf! segments of Cattanooga Cats (though unlike It's the Wolf!, Mildew was no longer voiced by Paul Lynde he is now voiced by John Stephenson). That event occurred on the moon as a climactic ending, which followed a rocket race to the moon that was held as the previous event.Įach episode was presented in a format similar to an Olympic television broadcast, with announcing/voice-over duties handled by an unnamed/unseen Announcer character. Each segment took place in a different location around the world. The sporting competitions that the characters would be called upon to perform in would often be comical and offbeat versions of Olympic sports, races, and scavenger hunts. ![]()
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