Post by Taxigirl on Oct 25, 2004 9:18:20 GMT
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Scooby-Doo first appeared in 1969
Children's TV favourite Scooby-Doo has been awarded a Guinness World Record for notching up the most episodes of a cartoon comedy series.
The show's 350th episode, Scooby-Doo Halloween, is being screened on the Boomerang channel on Friday, beating a previous record held by The Simpsons.
The adventures of Scooby and his friends Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne first aired in 1969.
The show was created by US animation company Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Seen in more than 160 countries, it was recently voted second in a list of cartoons that today's adults enjoyed as children.
The lovable Great Dane, whose real name is Scoobert, has incredibly remained seven years old over the 35 years of the show.
The Simpsons previously held the cartoon record with 335 episodes, followed by Tom and Jerry with 209, The Flintstones (166) and Disney's Mickey Mouse (120).
"It's a great honour to have taken Homer's crown," said Richard Kilgarriff of Boomerang TV.
Scooby-Doo will now be listed in the 2006 Guinness World Record book published at the end of next year.
A live-action remake of the classic Hanna Barbera cartoon featuring a computer generated version of the crime-fighting canine made $268m (£145m) at global box offices in 2002, despite poor reviews.
A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, was released earlier this year.
;DScooby-Doo first appeared in 1969
Children's TV favourite Scooby-Doo has been awarded a Guinness World Record for notching up the most episodes of a cartoon comedy series.
The show's 350th episode, Scooby-Doo Halloween, is being screened on the Boomerang channel on Friday, beating a previous record held by The Simpsons.
The adventures of Scooby and his friends Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne first aired in 1969.
The show was created by US animation company Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Seen in more than 160 countries, it was recently voted second in a list of cartoons that today's adults enjoyed as children.
The lovable Great Dane, whose real name is Scoobert, has incredibly remained seven years old over the 35 years of the show.
The Simpsons previously held the cartoon record with 335 episodes, followed by Tom and Jerry with 209, The Flintstones (166) and Disney's Mickey Mouse (120).
"It's a great honour to have taken Homer's crown," said Richard Kilgarriff of Boomerang TV.
Scooby-Doo will now be listed in the 2006 Guinness World Record book published at the end of next year.
A live-action remake of the classic Hanna Barbera cartoon featuring a computer generated version of the crime-fighting canine made $268m (£145m) at global box offices in 2002, despite poor reviews.
A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, was released earlier this year.