BEST 70s Saturday Morning Cartoon Clones of SCOOBY DOO | 1970s Copy Cat Saturday Morning Cartoons

[@LouisBerry-vn8vl]

Victor, your knowledge of pulp fiction is second to none. Every video I watch I'm struck by your attention to detail. Memories come flooding into my consciousness from the deep recesses of my youth.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

WOW. This is one heck of a compliment, and I'll take it. Thank you. All of this is stuck in my brain, but don't think I don't research to get some of facts straight, I do. And sometimes I get a wrong one here and there, lol. But all of this was very important to me growing up. Seriously. I am going to figure out how to PIN this comment to the top in my section. Thank you so much.

[@LouisBerry-vn8vl]

@@GENXPERIENCE You're welcome, Victor. It was meant with all sincerity, and I'm glad you accepted it as such.

[@Buzz-McCool]

I watched Captain Caveman and Clue Club. I loved both so much as a kid that I bought the DVDs when I grew up!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

That is love. Thank you for sharing.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@GENXPERIENCE I kind of wish there was a Clue Club/Scooby-Doo crossover

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@GENXPERIENCE I kind of wish there was a Clue Club/Scooby-Doo crossover

[@chriss1757]

I was born in 72, so all these shows were in heavy rotation when I sat down with a bowl of BooBerry on Saturday! After Scooby, Clue Club was my favorite! It just was a cut above the others! Cavey ran a close second because he was so cool!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank you for watching and the comment. That is the phrase...HEAVY ROTATION. These guys stayed with us because they just never stopped showing them. And it was great with cereal (you were lucky getting BooBerry, lol)

[@brandonb.4517]

Clue Club definitely deserved way more seasons than what it had. Boomerang showed reruns of Clue Club back in like 2010. I would watch it in the ninth grade every time I came home from school

[@studogable]

Speed Buggy only had 16 episodes? Holy Hannah! I loved that show. Prost!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Right! And it just played over and over and over again. And we loved it.

[@MegaDcmp]

Remember the live-action 'Wonderbug,' with Schlepcar?

[@wb3381]

That theme song still plays in my head

[@studogable]

@@MegaDcmp the one with the magic horn?

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

He also appeared on a episode of Johnny Bravo.

[@leejtam0914]

Im an elder Millennial and I remember Jabber Jaw, Josie, and Speed Buggy the most.. Back when Cartoon Network played 60s cartoons

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank God for endless reruns, especially on EARLY Cartoon Express, Nick, and USA Network when Saturday Morning Cartoons were dying away at the turn of the 90s. Elder Millennials are our brethren.

[@leejtam0914]

@@GENXPERIENCE I’m 38 and us elders were the last to really get the full cartoon experience

[@Filmation77]

"Imitation is the Sincerest form of TELEVISION " - AARON SPELLING

[@timothywilliams9642]

Don't forget about The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan.

[@jeromeosills6522]

​@GENXPERIENCE reruns can never replace the Saturday morning cartoon experience. Saturday mornings were more than just the cartoons, we had the toy company commercials with all the big brands competing against each other with great toy advertising. Cereal commercials, Mcdonalds hamburgers advertising and School House Rock! It was a time in history that can never be duplicated by the cartoons alone. We did not know at the time that we were living through a very historical moment.

[@davecardoza4762]

I like almost all of them but, the OG Scooby Doo is and will always be my favorite. I love Josie & the Pussycats, Jabber Jaw & the one with with the orange buggy with blue eyes. 😊 Ahh Saturdays in the morning & cereal, how many memories and joyful times we had. 😁

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Enough to last a lifetime I hope. Seeing your Destro Profile pic, I hope you watched my new video on GI Joe Animal Partners

[@Lynn17]

My favorite was The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. Most of the stereotypes covered by a group of siblings and a cute dog, but this time they actually had a parent.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Great one. I didn't include it because of the parent...but also because it is based on an old HOllywood Character, and I am doing a show about all of those. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

​@@GENXPERIENCEIt would be funny if we got a Scooby-Doo/Amazing Chan & The Chan Clan crossover Film at some point.

[@johndurham2459]

Didn't the Jerry Lewis cartoon also have some cringey characters?

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@johndurham2459 Huh?

[@artytoons]

Some of the Chan Clan kids and Charlie Chan were voiced by actual Asian American performers with ace detective Charlie Chan being voiced by familiar actor Keye Luke (blind Master Po in the David Carradine Kung Fu series) and the oldest son Henry was played by Robert Ito of the Quincy M.E. series. The kids did not practice martial arts or work as servants for a positive change than the past cartoon portrayals of Asian characters.

[@fanaticat1]

I remember all of these cartoons. I loved them all. Scooby-Doo and Clue Club were my favorites. Does anyone remember the Chan Clan? I know it wasn't a Scooby-Doo spinoff but they has music and they solved cases...

[@charlesf.roland542]

The Hardy boys was the first cartoon to feature a black character 1969, a year before "Josie and the Pussycats" 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛ 🐱

[@2up3rm4n1]

Came in to say the same thing, then decided to let it slide, since he did say 'first black female' which she was, but yea, Pete in the Hardy Boys was first, male or female.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Are we talking TV shows, or animation in general? Because if it’s the latter, they’ve been in the animation scene far longer than that - though not always in the most flattering sense.

[@2up3rm4n1]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Hardy Boys cartoon, that aired Saturday mornings, brought to us by Filmation, had earlier done the Justice League, Teen Titans and solo Batman, Aquaman, Superman cartoons, so they had made a crack in the cartoon biz.

[@EricFarwell-gh9pw]

Scooby got a new life in 80s dorm rooms. That was our go to cartoon in the afternoon when we were blazing up.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I am not surprised, and yes that whole culture seems to follow him (and Shaggy) everywhere.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

In the late 80s, we watched Brady Bunch in our dorm. We'd have a game to see who could first remember, after just a couple lines, what the plot of the show would be. Obviously that was before having a guide built into the cable. Good times.

[@paulsoxl7739]

@@grannyweatherwax8005was playing that game in the late 70’s when the reruns ran after school

[@seanryan3020]

​@paulsoxl7739 At my university (Northern Colorado), we spent our afternoons blazing up to Inspector Gadget, followed by TMNT, and topped off with The People's Court!

[@paulsoxl7739]

@@seanryan3020 What else are you going to do in Greeley

[@gilliancampbell6759]

I was born in 76. I know and love Scooby-Do because it was one of cartoons I watched on Saturday mornings in the 80s.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

IT was simply the first, the original, the BEST>

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Anything old such as old cartoons is right up my alley

[@sharkMac]

lol Jabber Jaws! Most wonderful Shark you ever saw! Show cross with Josie and Doo.

[@bradlee-dk6hn]

I was born in 66. I lived for Saturday mornings in the 70’s! Clue Club was my favorite because it seemed a little smarter and more engaging than the other cartoons. I tried solving the crimes and it gave the viewer clues and let us try to solve it.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You saw first run with that birthdate. That is exciting, and I completely agree, CC was a bit smarter. Thanks for sharing. Love seeing an early Gen Xer on here.

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

Can you believe I forgot Clue Club.... thanks for reminding me 😅😅😅😅

[@RustyX2010]

Captain Caveman was part of the Flintstone universe.

[@the_flyattractor8656]

Funniest Part of this that it was Hanna Barbera ripping itself off not some competitor.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I do love that. It was such an assembly line, too. SD was a success, we will make more of those, lol.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@GENXPERIENCE True and Hanna-Barbera didn't have to sue themselves for making alot of Scooby-Doo Clones in the 1970s

[@Dhampir101980]

Because they didn’t really have any competition back then. Up until the 1980’s, H&B had 80% percent of the cartoon viewership. It’s why they were pumping out so many shows during the 70’s; hence all the clones. Even though most of their 70’s shows only lasted a single season( except wait till your father gets home ), it didn’t really matter because H&B was such a monopoly that they had to rip off themselves, because they were all there was

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@Dhampir101980 Yeah, that is also a good point

[@Cre8Lounge]

@@Dhampir101980Which is why I welcomed the 80's

[@LeloniBunny]

You can probably thank 80s rerun blocks like "The USA Cartoon Express" for cementing some of those shows in the nostalgia consciousness. Clue Club especially benefited from airing there. I think Buford and the Galloping Ghost also ran on USA Network as well. Of course, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels along with Blue Falcon and Dynomut are my personal faves! :D

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Absolutely. Some were created the year of my birth, so RERUN after RERUN made them memorable for me. And I never questioned how old they were, just sometimes "Why were they wearing some of those clothes?" lol. Thank you for the comment.

[@rony41165]

I nevrr heard of clue club

[@rony41165]

I watched these shows and remembered them.

[@Dhampir101980]

@@rony41165it’s the best of the Scooby clones because the kids are competent and the mysteries and villains aren’t outlandish

[@Just_me0312]

I absolutely loved Jabberjaw! My grandfather used to take me to the matinee (usually at the high school auditorium). It always had the Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny then the movie. Curly always made me laugh, so Jabberjaw was big on association. The other one was Grape Ape. Yeah... yeah

[@Mousie10]

Grape Ape and Beegle Beagle. Yow! A Gor-ril-ril-ril-a!!!

[@evancredeur7498]

Fangface even had two of his adventures turned into novelizations.

[@troyc4250]

The Saturday Morning Cartoon Experience!! Gone but not forgotten!!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Never forgotten, you got that right.

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

I'm a boomer born in 63 and I watched a lot of those cartoons back in the day. Good times.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

They were just early enough for us to Cross Over. Good times.

[@TheBigBadWolfO7]

My favorite was Clue Club as well with Jabberjaw as a very close second. I was born in 78’ but I remember watching these and many other Hanna Barbera classics on the USA Cartoon Express! I always thought Inch High Private Eye was a bit of a Mystery Inc clone too. Sure there were teens Lori and Gator and a dog Braveheart but the gimmick was Inch himself who was also uncle to Lori. Another great episode that brings back lots of nostalgia feels!

[@triumphantsam]

Saturdays were Utlraman, Superfriends, Scooby, and a local station did a run of George of the Jungle/Super Chicken/Tom Slick. Then it was time to go out and play. Josie, Speed Buggy, Funky Phantom, and the rest were syndicated for after school viewing, really wrecking my homework…

[@yell0wberry]

I wondered did the narrator left out the fact that Casper, the friendly ghost had a group who did mystery solving as well

[@sportsbabe1125]

George of the Jungle was my show! It was a clone of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show! Anthology cartoon!

[@samanthab1923]

@@sportsbabe1125Still love Fractured Fairytales & everytime Melania opened her mouth all I thought of was Boris & Natasha 😂

[@SG-jw8mo]

I was lucky enough to be born in 1966, so I got to see these 70s classics from the start. As my realm of memory starts in about 71, I must have seen Scooby Do Where are you in re-runs. I saw Josie and Funky Phantom in first run. There's something about stuff I watched in the early 70s that hits my sweet spot. So yea I'd say the Pussycats and Funky Phantom are my favourite Scooby clones by far. I too never saw Fang Face, that and the New Smoo, I guess co-inside with my getting older, so although I still watched Flintstones series made around this time, the last two were off my radar.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You are lucky to have seen many of these in the first run. I was happy to catch them in repeat (a long run of repeats). The great thing is, we had no understanding of time in that respect. We didn't know they were old, they were the first time for each of us, and we have a little emotional connection to so many of them.

[@samanthab1923]

Loved the Smoo ❤ & the Great Gazoo from Flintstones

[@theasinclaire52]

Clue Club was the best Scooby clone. I loved it. Also, that car on Shmoo reminds me of the car Urkel drove on Family Matters.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

LOL, you are so right. I wish I would I would have remembered his car to have mentioned it. CC all the way!

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

​@@GENXPERIENCE😂😂😂I just thought if something, what if we had a Shmoo/Family Matters crossover?

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

​@@GENXPERIENCE😂😂😂I just thought if something, what if we had a Shmoo/Family Matters crossover?

[@genxlife]

You should have mentioned Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog. They're still Scooby clones even if they're not the stars of the show.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I'd agree. I was avoiding superheroes, but truth is, they would have been great here.

[@Mousie10]

@@GENXPERIENCE The Wonder Twins and Gleek would have also fallen into that mold... even if they were not well received (and also "superheroes"). Space Ghost kinda did in that there were teenage side kicks and a monkey, but it wasn't from the 70s so probably also didn't qualify, also superheroes.

[@1mespud]

Bravo! Although not a copycat of Scooby Doo. But "The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan" gets an honorable mention solving mysteries and even being a band.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

People love it and keep bringing it up. It is so true, and I have plans for them in another show.

[@judibickford5306]

Josie and The Pussycats. "Long tails and ears for hats!".

[@tomkerruish2982]

Guitars, and sharps and flats!

[@jiminverness]

@@tomkerruish2982 The pussycats in Outer Spa-ace, yeah.

[@MsDana-mo9fp]

The Pre-Cana Cheetah Girls group!

[@gildersleevefan67]

You mean James Garner's "Rockford Files." Rock Hudson was "MacMillan and Wife"

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I DO

[@ericfusco8235]

Sometimes I think KZbinrs put in minor mistakes in their videos on purpose, to get people to engage in the comments and booth their engagement.

[@lab483]

@@ericfusco8235 booth I see what you did there😄

[@samanthab1923]

Love the spooky McMillian & Wife w/Keenan Wynn. Satanism 👻

[@kennethdickinson2591]

So many I remember! Even “Fangface”! I loved watching Josie and the Pussycats, but my favorite might have to be Speed Buggy. To this day I’m known to pipe up with a “rooma-zoom-zoom!” when driving. That and Sid and Marty Krofft’s Wonderbug were my introduction to the dune buggy.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You are keeping it alive, and that is something to celebrate. Thanks for watching. Oh, and Sid & Marty will get their own whole show in the future. Thanks again.

[@yell0wberry]

The super friends had Zan and Jayna there was also a group of mystery. Solving kids led by Mr. T.

[@NBK1122]

He forgot The Amazing Chan & the Chan Clan. Were they (at least the kids) the first animated non-stereotypical Asians? They had a band, and they had that pet that I couldn't tell if it was a dog or a cat.

[@davidwesley2525]

That was a Dog named Chu Chu . 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I did not forget them, I'm just putting them in a different show about cartoons based on old Hollywood (Charlie Chan). Plus since there dad was around in the cartoon, they didn't quite fit my mold. But I will cover them soon.

[@wb3381]

I liked the intro

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Yes i love that cartoon i have it on dvd lol❤

[@ETBX1]

It was a very comon staple, of Scooby-koockoff TV back then! One of the girls looks just like an Asian Daphne!

[@indiana2096]

I remember just a few of these that you talked about. There is one that I remember from when I was little around 5 maybe 6 and while not really a Scooby-Doo clone it was about a group that solved mysteries. "The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan" from 1972-73. I recently picked up the on-demand DVD set, and I still get a kick out of it!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I enjoyed that show, and I am just saving it for cartoons based on classic Hollywood (Charlie Chan, Stooges, Abbot & Costello, etc).

[@indiana2096]

@@GENXPERIENCE Thanks, I look forward to it!

[@tlady62]

My personal favorites: Scooby Doo, Josie & The Pussycats, The Funky Phantom, Speed Buggy, and Clue Club. I actually didn’t see Butch Cassidy until the late ‘80s, when USA aired it on their Cartoon Express compilation show. My least favorites: Jabberjaw (at least until I got older and watched the reruns), the space-age treatment of Josie and the Partridge Family, and Captain Caveman. Thanks for bringing back some great childhood memories. 😊👍🏾

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Great memories, for sure.

[@stillaboveground2470]

I watched all of these at various times when I was growing up in the '70s. Some more faithfully than others. I really liked both Speed Buggy and Clue Club, and wished they would have gotten more seasons for both.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Agreed on more seasons. Would have been nice. But reruns were ENDLESS.

[@thejughead138]

Fantastic content gen xperience! These cartoons were an integral part of my childhood growing up in the Uk during the 1970's! The 1970's were a wonderful time! Thank you. Love & respect, from your Nigerian brother, over here in the UK.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It is FANTASTIC to hear from someone across the pond. Nigerian? That is awesome. it just means that no matter how far apart or different, we share common bonds.

[@holliberry9778]

I remember most of these. Scooby was always a little scary for me but I watched it because my big brother did, too. Josie was my favorite!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Scary? Wow. Actually that is kinda cool to hear. Josie was a lot of fun for sure, and I read her comics, too.

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." This was just the video I've been waiting for! ❤️💚💙

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I love you saying that....thank you so much. It was fun and a labor of love.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

I did love Captain Caveman and I do have a vague memory of Fangface. Strange, until you mentioned it, I would not have remembered it.

[@FanboyMarkJabroni]

I loved the different animation of Josie & The Pussycats; I've never even heard of about 1/2 the others!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I suppose based on location, some of these just didn't play. I loved the credit animation especially to Josie.

[@BlackArroToons]

Interesting alternate Cartoon series attempts back then at Scooby Doo. Herculoids, a cool series. I haven't gotten a chance to see some of these yet. Thanks. Scooby Doo's horror theme remained consistent for that franchise thankfully after all the series made, in that they most times didn't span out into just regular crimes or non-horror mysteries.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Perhaps that has been Scooby's success. I love the great one-off movie storyline, too. Oh, you're so right about Herculoids. Hated missing that one on Saturdays.

[@robertzastrow4648]

Great rundown on the original Scooby Doo series and the following cartoons patterned after them. Most I remember, but some, like Fangface, I don't. Interesting how the Scooby Doo characters were copied in the other shows, not only in personality, but looks, such as Shaggy and Tinker. Some, like Jabberjaw, I thought were just too silly. Have you thought of doing a series about animated shows from the mid to late 1960s. Some of those have been released on DVD, but some haven't, like Hot Wheels. Sky Hawks, and The Cattanooga Cats.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

THanks for watching and the comment. And for reminding me of Cattanooga Cats

[@r.morris5589]

My favs: Scooby doo, clue club, valley of the dinosaurs, speed buggy, hong kong phooey, great grape ape, jabberjaw, josie and the pussycats and Godzilla.

[@russellharrell2747]

Im only 1:30 in and wondering if Dobie Gillis was gonna get a mention as the ‘inspiration’ for the Scooby gang, as admired by some of the Hanna Barbera staff.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Hmmm, do you mean Maynard as Shaggy? I would watch that show in reruns later in life, and TOTALLY see the likeness. Good eye

[@lloydg8273]

Just came across this video and your channel. Love it. Subscribed as soon as the video ended. Born in 1967. Scooby Doo has always been my all-time favorite cartoon character. All the cartoons you mentioned I've watched, except for Butch Cassidey and the Sundance Kids. I've heard of it but never watched it. Several I own on DVD with more DVD purchases in the future. Of those listed, Josie and the Pussycats (and in Outer Space) would have to be my favorites. Looking forward to exploring your channel. Thanx for the retro fun!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

So love that you own some on DVD. You are slightly older and you saw so many in their first run, AWESOME. Thank you for watching and the SUBSCRIBE

[@rogertemple7193]

All of these cartoons were created by Hanna-Barbera and had either a dog or a cat in the show even the Harlem Globetrotters had a cartoon from H-B which is what I grew up watching Thanks. 🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲

[@GENXPERIENCE]

That is what I like to do. My point is to recall and reminisce. Thank you for watching.

[@kskollections2142]

Funny… I watched every one of these shows except Butch Cassidy. Loved them all! Guess that’s where I got my fascination with mysteries! Cartoons and then the Hardy Boys! 😉

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I watched whichever one was conveniently on that did not interfere with another favorite.

[@monkeymanbob]

In the UK (IIRC) we only got Fangface, New Shmoo, Captain Caveman (possibly the best and the one that entered the cultural zeitgeist), Goober and the Ghost Chasers, The Funky Phantom and Jabberjaw and only CC was run on repeatedly over the next decade or so. I like the titles to Butch Cassidy, the animation and art seems a step up from other show intros of the time, some rotoscoping going on? And did I imagine a number of crossovers at the time? I'm sure Scooby met the team from Goobers at one point.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Love that you mentioned Rotoscoping, as I didn't have time...but it is such a unique technique used during the time and through the very early 80s. Yes, the opening Credits to BOTH Butch and Josie used Rotoscoping for when the band plays. It gives that fluid realistic human motion that I think made us buy into it more. Scooby did meet SPeed Buggy and more recently Funky, not sure about Goober (but quite possible) Thanks for the comment.

[@karltadlock9850]

These all my favorite cartoons I remember the 70's I watched them when I was young

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Good times. So many great choices. Just which channel to choose.

[@karltadlock9850]

@@GENXPERIENCE your right so many good ones you could break the TV channel changer by switching the channels

[@luisrosado9772]

I loved Butch and The Sundance Kids! And my father was always telling me "Thats not Butch Cassidy! Butch Cassidy was an outlaw!"

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I can see a dad doing that. It was confusing for like a second for me, but LOVED the music.;

[@parlowderick]

Completely agree with you about Clue Club. Definitely my favorite of the ones you mentioned. I watched it during the 80's on USA network's Cartoon Express. Woofer and Wimper were a great duo, and I liked all the kids. The mysteries were pretty fun to try and figure out. Also love the theme song.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Great song...but yeah, why not expand that one out of them all. Time for reboot...but they would ruin it.

[@jdsrcs8061]

So many great cartoons. One of my favorites was Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I remember its name, but just not watching it. Thank you for watching this.

[@residentpotato6023]

Wheelie and the chick car were lame but the Choppers were hilarious. “Cha Cha Chiggy Chigah!”.

[@jdsrcs8061]

@@residentpotato6023 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yes the choppers were awesome!!!!

[@radfarlander]

Hanna-Barbera poked fun at how many times they copied themselves with this genre on the show Laff-a-lympics. The Scooby-doobies team would often feature characters from the many different H.B. Scooby clones.

[@MellamoDiego13]

Great video, I remember the most of those shows, I was lucky to see the Misteries Cartoon Sundays on the Colombian Cartoon Network during the 90s, By the way, there are 2 shows that You maybe forgot: The Clan Chan, a show about a Chinese Detective and his 8 sons and daughters solving misteries, The Plastic Man Show: The adventure and comedy show of the DC Superheroe solving misteries and facing villains teaming-up with the gorgeous Wendy and the Bad Luck Hula-Hula, Also there was another Hanna-Barbera cartoon of Casper the Friendly Ghost teaming-up with 2 young female police officers in the outer space.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thanks for the compliment, and I do think all of those fit part of the bill, but I got plans for Chan, lol. Thanks for watching.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

0:51, Ironically, I own a VHS Copy of Josie & The Pussycats that only contains 4 Episodes from the show

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Funny how a VHS would only have 4 on it, lol. Guess it was normal for the time.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@GENXPERIENCE I can still deal with it

[@norbertfranz2702]

Hello there! I just discovered your channel. Great job on analyzing all these cartoons. One of my friends once told me that, in his opinion at least, the cartoon Meatballs & Spaghetti from the early 1980s was also a late addition to the emulators of Scooby-Doo. Meatballs & Spaghetti were a husband-and-wife team (matching their names, a big rotund long-haired guy and his hot blond thin wife) who were in a touring rock band with a dog playing the drums. The dog acted as the comic relief character in most episodes. Their vehicle was a mobile home, or RV, as they say, in which they travelled from town to town. The show was in re-runs several times in the 1990s and into the '00s in my area. It used the rock band trope and had a music video once per episode much like Jem had later.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Really? If this is ringing a bell, I think I am simply making it up in my head, because I can't place this. Alright, I am looking it up, just for me, so I too can be in the know. Thank you for watching, and more importantly adding to my knowledge with something new.

[@norbertfranz2702]

@@GENXPERIENCE Thank you very much, and it's nice to be of assistance. Trust me, Meatballs & Spaghetti was very real... (apart from being among my favorite dishes growing up) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatballs_%26_Spaghetti

[@hairychest7865]

Clue Club was also my favorite of the clones. David Joliffe who voiced Larry had a sexy voice. And Wimper and Woofer were quite funny.

[@alesaenz]

Awesome topic 😎 I love Scooby-Doo and I am big fan of Captain Caveman and Funky Phantom too but definitely I agree with you that Clue Club is the best "clone" of Scooby concept 😉

[@GENXPERIENCE]

They are all worthy of course, but yeah, CC could have been Live Action.

[@mparkes1821]

Love these videos, what a trip down memory lane. Being from the UK we didn’t get every cartoon you list here. I was aware of Josie but don’t recall it airing here, not during the 80’s anyway. I certainly remember Fangface, Goober and Captain Caveman. Others which kinda clone Scooby but I suspect are 80’s rather than 70’s are Fonz and the happy days gang, Pole Position, Plastic Man, Hong Kong Phooey, Inspector Gadget, Denver the last dinosaur, Gem and the holograms, Godzilla, Sport Billy

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank you so much for watching and enjoying. I'm still finding my place here, but glad you shared. The FONZ and those TV Based Cartoons I have done in another video, so please watch. But yeah, I think the 80s had plenty more. All the ones you named, wonderful entries and classics for each of us. Thank you

[@theorca3275]

I remember a few years ago when there was a movie about how Daphne and Velma met before meeting Scooby and the others. A movie I'd love to see is how the Teen Angels Brenda, Dee Dee, and Taffy met before they found Capt Caveman.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I remember hearing about it for sure, but probably not up my alley. Did you see it? And yeah, I think a Teen Angel, like Charlie's Angels, would be PERFECT.

[@theorca3275]

You mean you heard about a movie being made like I described?

[@richallenxbox1976]

Unfortunately it wouldn't work, because modern audiences wouldn't know the source material.

[@theorca3275]

The movie could describe the cartoon initially, and older people would surely get the concept.

[@fgjr96way]

I still remember "wait till you Father gets home" but my favorites was Pink Panther, The Archies and Mighty Mouse and loved those Beatles.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Pink Panther and MIghty MOuse were 2 favorite Sat Morning Cartoons of mine, too.

[@docsavage8640]

I loved Jabber Jaw, Drac Pack, Speed Buggy, and all of them!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Yeah, why pick...just give them all love. Thank you

[@laustcawz2089]

Scooby-Doo itself was essentially a clone-- characters based on those from the sitcom, "The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis"... except they added a dog.

[@stuartsharman3055]

My favourite was The Funky Phantom. It was hilarious, well I thought so anyway. Im 60 now. Was 8 when I first saw the Funky Phantom. Blonde April was my very first girl crush❤. Then 3 years later I met a girl buddy who looked just like her!! She was my first girlfriend. Her name was Sharon, and for a while,we were inseperable. Sweet times.😢

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Love your first girl crush. T hanks for watching and sharing your memories.

[@kylew3132]

definitely clue club is one of my favorites along with funky phantom. Should make a video of the other mystery solving cartoons. inch high private eye is another great one

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I have a couple more Saturday Morning Cartoon themes coming...Inch High, MY LEAST FAV, lol

[@kylew3132]

lol oh man I prefer inch high over secret squirrel and hong kong fooey@@GENXPERIENCE

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I take that you've seen the Mystery Incorporated episode titled "Mystery Solving State Club Finals"? So many of those Scooby Doo clone cartoons mentioned in your vid have prominent roles in that episode, it's the only reason I know half of the character featured here!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I LOVED Mystery Incorporated. Such a great reboot/sequel.

[@black_zero_1111]

Clue Club, Captain Caveman and Jabberjaw are the best ❤❤❤❤

[@GENXPERIENCE]

YOu know it!

[@mikevivian3648]

Yeah I watched Fangface. Thought it was ok but barely. Schmoo, I hated that one! Loved pretty mcuh all the rest. However gotta go with your choice for #1! Clue club! Like you it really resonated with me!

[@VintageBeauty1313]

JABBERJAW!!! AAAHHH!! Loved that show so much!!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I wish they had made HUNDREDS more episodes. It was great!

[@BusinessMan1619]

This was a very FUN video. My generation. Subscribed!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Love you for that. THanks for the shout out and subscribe.

[@MrScottx]

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan was a Scooby Doo Clone. I was surprised Clue Club had only one season. It was pretty popular!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Chan Clan was a clone, except their dad was involved, so I didn't put it in. However, the world noticed it wasn't there, lol. I thought CC was popular as well, and could have kept going.

[@dorickopinto575]

Thanks for the cool informative video on Scooby clone cartoons . As far as these similar cartoons go the ones I liked best were Josie and the Pussycats and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids. I thought both of these cartoons had really catchy theme songs. I also remember Butch Cassidy was an attempt to cash in on similar named Partridge Family star David Cassidy who was mega- popular at the time. Thanks again for the trip down Saturday Morning cartoon time ! 😂 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You bet. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for sharing your favs, too.

[@specterman2000]

13:00 Don't you also recognize how Puggsy and Sherman Fangsworth both look like the two 1950's Bowery Boys Slip Mahoney and Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones?

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Although Puggsy as a Bowery Boy did make it in the original cut, I decided to edit it out for the final. I have a different show about cartoons from classic Hollywood in the future.

[@esean1]

I remember ALL of these. Clearly, I watched way too much TV as a kid!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

lol! Same goes for me. They are great little time capsule of our lives, though.

[@mikeburnette2190]

Just watched the video, and I enjoyed it. Clue Club has really grown on me over the years...mainly because Woofer and Wimper were the comic relief, and I kinda sorta maybe had a bit of a thing for Dottie. Dottie is my absolute favorite in Clue Club because she's sassy and spunky, but the only thing they really did wrong in the show is have the older kids act as jerks to Dottie, but its understandable, because in that line of work, you make enemies, so that was their way of protecting Dottie.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

lol. Adorable, and I'm glad it grew on you. I could see CC in live action.

[@mikeburnette2190]

Indeed. Most guys would probably go for Pepper, but she doesn't stand out like Dottie. CC in Live Action would be interesting...especially if they get Dottie's voice actor Tara Talboy involved, since David Joliffe(Larry) and Patricia Stitch(Pepper are older now. The only thing I'd really change is instead of Larry, Pepper, and D. D. act like jerks to Dottie is have them have a more heart to heart on why they don't want her on the field with them, because that actually could have backfired on them in a few ways.@@GENXPERIENCE

[@MsDisneylandlover]

This is one of your best videos yet..❤

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Wow, thank you. That is awesome compliment.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

​@@GENXPERIENCEi have a old soul lol ❤😂

[@samanthab1923]

These were all Sat. AM. Sundays were only Davey & Goliath 🙏🏻 Maybe Gumby & Pokey. But during the week we would run home to Paris @ cold call. Cut around those tracks 🚂

[@misterx8325]

The character of "Puggsy" (the short guy wearing the hat) in Fang Face looks like he was modeled, at least in appearance, on Leo Gorcey's character in The Bowery Boys.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I too thought he had like a 30s 40s style gangster to him. I like that look for sure, but strange to use. I know the Bowery Boys, but not well enough to know the characters. Good eye, and I think you're probably right.

[@LeFouGallois]

As a kid, my favourites out of these Scooby copy cats were 'The New Shmoo' and 'Captain Caveman'. I have to say that I absolutely loved Scrappy Doo, when they introduced him to 'Scooby Doo'.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Well, I was not a fan of Scrappy like you, but I certainly enjoyed some Cpt Caveman. Thank you for watching and sharing. This is just a time capsule for people like us.

[@LeFouGallois]

@@GENXPERIENCE thank you for this in depth look at these cartoons. Only yesterday I was talking to my hubby about how the unmasked villain in Scooby Doo always would've ''..gotten away without if it hadn't been for you pesky kids !''. It was only once I had grown up that I realised I was in the minority for liking Scrappy Doo. As a nipper I could often be heard in the school playground doing the, ''Da da da da dadah ! Puppy power !''. I thought he was so cool. lol ! :)

[@beaupierrebondurant5651]

Is your theme song from the "secret of the sword"?

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Why yes it was. I like to use that theme sometimes for background.

[@kylerogerspowers2935]

I liked clue club. They were all pretty ok in there on right. Pretty much have to say a few were better then others, but hey it killed time on Saturday morning. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You hit it with TIME KILLER. Anything filled in while waiting for our favorites, and we liked it. Thanks for watching.

[@TerrickTerran]

Clue Club will always be my favorite and I really wish it had lasted longer.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It certainly should have.

[@sharkMac]

I didn’t know that! Curly the voice for Jabber-Jaws! Lol fun-learning things

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Well, whether it was the real Curly or not is one thing...I think it was a sound alike.

[@joemannchen]

First time seeing the GEN Xperience…noice! All the dune buggy ‘toons remind me of the ‘live action’ cartoon Wonderbug. Loved that show so much, I convinced my parents to get vanity plates for our convertible vw bug. Good times.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I remember Wunderbug, but just slightly. However, I know he had TONS of fans. Thanks for watching. I appreciate the support.

[@nooctip]

Favorite I guess the nod would have to go to Clue Club. But how can you not perk up at the shout of CAPTAIN CAVEMAN!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

YES, another vote for CC. I think it is everyone's next fav. Thanks for commenting.

[@Fradycatcartoons]

The good old days!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You said, my friend.

[@Digglesisdead]

I wanted to wear a costume just like Josie & the Pussycats!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I bet so many did. They were hip, cool, and sexy.

[@Rose_Bride]

I was looking forward to seeing _The Chan Clan_ on this list. SO disappointed that it didn't get a mention, but great video, regardless! ♥️

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Appreciate your compliment, though. HOWEVER, it was in the original cut, and then deleted. I have to include it in a very special show coming soon. Wait and see.

[@hairychest7865]

Inch High Private Eye was sort of similar. I have most all of the cartoons you mentioned on DVD.

[@studogable]

I'd forgotten all about Clue Club! I loved that show!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Glad I could remind you. THanks for watching.

[@robo5013]

Never heard of Clue Club, Shmoo, Fang Face or the one with Goober, but I lived in a small market area. The rest I would occasionally watch with Jaber Jaws and Captain Caveman being my favorites (though Josey and the Pussycats piqued my interest as I approached puberty), after Scooy Doo of course. Scooby Doo was my jam! Still is, have a small Scooby stuffed animal, a Mystery Machine tin and a Scooby pillow (which my cats have appropriated) out here in my man cave.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

That is too bad, but I understand. In the 80s there were a number of popular shows that were not in my area. CHEATED. Yes, I am sure Josie did pique your interest, lol. There is a reason Scooby Doo lives on...and in your mancave. Thanks for sharing.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

Funny enough, the only ones Mystery Inc. met in any form of Media (TV, Movie and Comic Book Form) was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kids, Goober & The Ghost Chasers, Dynomutt & Blue-Falcon, Josie & The Pussycats, JabberJaw & The Neptunes, The Funky Phantom, Speed-Buggy and Captain Caveman & The Teen Angels.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

NOt surprised.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@GENXPERIENCE I wonder how big the Hanna-Barbera Universe is

[@tomkerruish2982]

They also met Johnny Bravo.

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

@@tomkerruish2982 But he's not a Scooby-Doo Clone

[@tomkerruish2982]

@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 True. That's what I get for posting at 1am.

[@jerrywalls3402]

One of my favorite Scooby Doo clones was, "The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan". Yes, I know.... I'm a horrible person.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

HA HA, not at all. It was awesome. Especially be so family orientated. You didn't get a lot of that. I am saving that for a different kind of show.

[@jeancaron9325]

I say Captain Caveman and teen Angels are the best Scooby-Clone.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I like your style and your vote. That one did last for awhile, too.

[@scoobyblox2539]

What about clue club

[@brandonb.4517]

Yes Captain Caveman and Clue Club would be the clones of Scooby Doo… those were the only cartoons that solved mysteries fr…

[@scoobyblox2539]

@@brandonb.4517 exactly

[@robertprice2148]

'Rock Hudson's Rockford Files!' James Garner, I think! Otherwise interesting stuff, thanks for putting it together and posting. 😊

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Oh, I know...For some reason, RockFord/Rock Hundson (which I loved McMillian and Wife) just was on my brain, lol. Thank you

[@tomkerruish2982]

10:20 Zorak?

[@dawnngray278]

All of them were awesome

[@GravesRWFiA]

I remember scooby from when i first came to this country, along with flintstones and gumby it is some of my earliest memories of america. My fav of the clones was funky phantom which did break the pattern a little since the two guys-both voices by mickey dolenz, were constantly squabbling over the girl.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank you for sharing your first memories. Scooby is a good one to have. They each did have their own uniqueness, to be sure.

[@Mousie10]

Jabberjaw was my favorite, but you left out Inch High Private Eye (though not sure the sidekicks were teens so maybe that's why), though Clue Club and Speed Buggy hold special places in my heart due to USA doing reruns of them on their Cartoon Express which is how I saw a lot of these cartoons for the first time. Captain Caveman was also a fav though I never cared for the Teen Angels as much, and while I became aware of Funky Phantom, Goober, and Josie later they never really captured my heart the same way (though Fangface came close). I was not aware of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids. That one never aired (to my knowledge) on USA's Cartoon Express or anywhere on cable at the time. (Maybe due to some licensing issues) as I recall all the others (except maybe Fangface, I think I just saw it syndicated somewhere) on Cartoon Express at one point or another. I was also unaware Shmoo had his own show, I didn't see him until The Flinstones meet the Shmoo where I remember Fred and Barney as cops, where Fred Flintstone had his much toned down more kid friendly 80s personality.

[@panowa8319]

I'm not sure if you might consider them copycats, but a couple of superhero cartoons with a dog sudekick who solve mysteries. Those being Blue Falcon and his sidekick, the robotic Dynomutt, the Dog Wonder, and Scooby-Doo and the gang guest starred. The other being Mighty Man and Yukk, the World's Ugliest Dog.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I was avoiding superheroes only because there are a good number of them. Plus MOST are adults...MOST, I do think Wendy, Marv, and Wonderdog could fit here easily. Oh, and I LOVE BLUE FALCONG and DYNOMUT

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS was up against STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES. 'Nuff said. I'm afraid that, at our house at least, Goober was invisible from day one... ;)

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Sounds about right. I, too, was not a Goober fan...but ST the animated was absolutely intriguing.