Month: June 2020

Episode 3 Promo: Zac Retz

Watch the above video for a clip of episode 3!

Episode 3 of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo features Zac Retz, who worked as a visual development artist on the new 2020 film SCOOB!

Stay tuned for the full episode on Friday, July 3!

Unmasked History of Scooby Doo Episode 2: Slade Echeverria

Episode 2 of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo features Slade Echeverria, lead singer and bassist of Anarbor. You may recognize the band from their version of What’s New Scooby Doo, or their song You and I, which were both used in the 2009 live action movie, Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins.

Highlights of this episode include:

1- How Anarbor was the band chosen to be featured in Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins. 

2- The process behind the making of the You and I music video. 

3- Info on the new Anarbor EP, Tangerine.

Make sure to listen above! Or you can read a transcript of the interview here.

If you want to follow Slade or Anarbor, you can find them on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and pretty much everywhere under Anarbor, or Anarbor band.

Photo credit: Instagram, @slade_ech.

Interview Transcript – Episode 2: Slade Echeverria

Not able to listen to the podcast episode? Check out the full transcript of the interview with Anarbor bassist and lead singer Slade Echeverria here.

Episode 2 Promo: Slade Echeverria

Watch the above video for a clip of episode 2!

Episode 2 of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo features lead singer and bassist of Anarbor, Slade Echeverria. Anarbor did a version of What’s New Scooby Doo for the 2009 live action movie Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins.

Stay tuned for the full episode on Friday, June 26, to hear about what it was like recording two songs for the movie!

Image credit: Instagram, @slade_ech

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I’m happy to announce that the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo is now available wherever you’d like to get your podcast fix!

Unmasked History of Scooby Doo Episode 1: Rich Dickerson

Episode 1 of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo is here!! Featured this episode is music composer Rich Dickerson, who has quite an expansive songwriting catalog in the Scooby-Doo franchise. Rich worked on early direct-to-video movies including Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! Monster of Mexico, as well as, most notably, writing the theme song and other music for What’s New Scooby-Doo?

Photo courtesy of Rich Dickerson.

Highlights of this episode include:

1- The story of how the What’s New Scooby Doo theme song was written.

2- The process of writing music for animation.

3- Who was originally considered to sing the What’s New Scooby Doo theme.

Make sure to listen above! Or you can also read a transcript of the interview here.

If you’d like to follow Rich, you can find him on Instagram @richmusic, or at richdickerson.com.

I kept thinking that they’re going to replace it. I just didn’t believe it. I thought, not until I’m watching it on TV am I going to believe it.

Rich Dickerson

As mentioned in the episode, Rich was so kind as to send me a few really cool behind the scenes photos! I’ve watermarked them with both his name and the podcast, as he certainly didn’t have to share them and I don’t want them circling around the internet with no credit! Take a look below.

The sheet music for the What’s New Scooby Doo theme song. Photo courtesy of Rich Dickerson.
The guitar the What’s New Scooby theme song was written on. Photo courtesy of Rich Dickerson.
“To Rich: Just a short note to thank you for some great music!” A note from Scooby Doo creator, Ken Spears to Rich Dickerson. Photo courtesy of Rich Dickerson.
The sheet music for the song Merry Christmas Day, which appears in the What’s New Scooby Doo episode A Scooby Doo! Christmas (season 1, episode 10.) Photo courtesy of Rich Dickerson.

Interview Transcript – Episode 1: Rich Dickerson

Not able to listen to the full episode? Check out the full transcript of the interview with music composer Rich Dickerson here.

Episode 1 Promo: Rich Dickerson

The first episode of the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo features music composer Rich Dickerson. Check out the promo here for a sneak peek before the full episode comes out!

Welcome to the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo!

Hey there!

Welcome to the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo podcast. There’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes to get the first episode out, which should be coming soon! Make sure to stay tuned for more information.

But in the meantime, I’d like to introduce myself! I’m Alexa Lawlor, and I’ll be the host for Unmasked History. I’ve been a huge Scooby Doo fan for as long as I can remember, and I’m also a bit of a Scooby collector. I have a degree in journalism, and am very passionate about interviewing people. So I’m super excited to be able to put those two things together to create this podcast!

The goal of Unmasked History is to delve into the mystery of Scooby Doo media, getting clues from people who helped bring our favourite canine sleuth to life on various platforms. I’ll be interviewing people from all corners of the Scooby Doo franchise, and posting as much behind the scenes bonus content as I can.

I can’t wait to get the first episode out, and I hope you’ll take a listen!

But in the meantime, make sure to follow the Unmasked History of Scooby Doo on Twitter, @UnmaskedSD, or on Instagram, @unmaskedsdpodcast.

-Alexa