It's October once again, and considering WB has been pushing this whole "Scoobtober" thing the last couple of years, I felt I had to post something about those meddling kids. Today, I've got two Scooby-Doo commercials from years past. This first one was aired in 2007, and advertises DirecTV. It was part of an extensive marketing campaign that saw faces from various movies and TV shows promote the cable company.
This next one, which aired in 1996, advertised a Burger King promotion for Scooby-Doo toys. It's quite an infamous one as well. From my understanding, this was the first time Casey Kasem did not portray Shaggy in animation. Kasem was a vegan and had no interest in advertising a hamburger restaurant. Thus, he left the role and did not return until 2002's What's New Scooby-Doo. I can't say for certain who voices him here, but most of the comments believe it's Tom Kenny. It certainly sounds like him. This was also one of the last times Don Messick voiced Scoob before his retirement later that year.
Yeah, it's hard to tell who voices Shaggy in that BK ad. A lot of people assumed it was Kasem voicing and that's why he left the role. If it is Kenny, it's very, very good. I couldn't tell the difference.
ReplyDeleteBTW, love that the underscore music during Scoob and Shaggys scene is the instrumental for The New Scooby-Doo Movies.